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lifemate
[[English]]
[Etymology]
life + mate
[Noun]
lifemate (plural lifemates)
1.A companion for life.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Hawthorne to this entry?)Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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concomitant
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈkɒmɪtənt/[Adjective]
concomitant (not comparable)
1.Happening at the same time as something else, especially because one thing is related to or causes the other, i.e. concurrent.
2.1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 41:
The new technology on which super-industrialism is based, much of it blue-printed in American research laboratories, brings with it an inevitable acceleration of change in society and a concomitant speed-up of the pace of individual life as well.
3.1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 144:
While skills in human interaction will become more important, due to the growing needs for collaboration in complex tasks, there will be a concomitant reduction in group cohesiveness...
[Etymology]
First attested 1607; from French concomitant, from present participle of Latin concomitari (“accompany”), from con- (“together”) + comitari (“to company”), from comes (“companion”).
[Noun]
concomitant (plural concomitants)
1.Something happening or existing at the same time.
2.1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg.93:
The declining commitment to place is thus related not to mobility per se, but to a concomitant of mobility- the shorter duration of place relationships.
3.1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 301:
It is also instructive to consider the relation of these dreams to anxiety dreams. In the dreams we have been discussing, a repressed wish has found a means of evading censorship—and the distortion which censorship involves. The invariable concomitant is that painful feelings are experienced in the dream.
[Related terms]
- concomitance
- concomitantly
- concomitate
[Synonyms]
- (following as a consequence): accompanying, adjoining, attendant, incidental
- (a concomitant event or situation): accompaniment, co-occurrence
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃kɔmitɑ̃/[Adjective]
concomitant m. (f. concomitante, m. plural concomitants, f. plural concomitantes)
1.concomitant
[Etymology]
Borrowed from Latin concomitari (“accompany”).
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overripeness
[[English]]
[Noun]
overripeness (uncountable)
1.The state or condition of being overripe.
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by rights
[[English]]
[Adverb]
by rights (not comparable)
1.(idiomatic) Properly, in justice.
The post of vice-president should, by rights, have been given to John.
[Synonyms]
- (properly): by all rights, in fairness
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petitioner
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- repetition
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:PetitionerWikipedia petitioner (plural petitioners)
1.(law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
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amplified
[[English]]
[Verb]
amplified
1.Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
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amplify
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæmp.lɪ.faɪ/[Etymology]
From Middle English amplifyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample.
[Verb]
amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)
1.(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2.(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
3.(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
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gustily
[[English]]
[Adverb]
gustily (comparative more gustily, superlative most gustily)
1.In a gusty manner; in gusts.
[Anagrams]
- gutsily
[Etymology]
gusty + -ly
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rapt
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹæpt/[Adjective]
rapt (comparative more rapt, superlative most rapt)
1.(not comparable, archaic) Snatched, taken away; abducted.
2.(not comparable) Lifted up into the air; transported into heaven.
3.(comparable) Very interested, involved in something, absorbed, transfixed; fascinated or engrossed.
The children watched in rapt attention as the magician produced object after object from his hat.
4.1851-2, George W. M. Reynolds, The Necromancer, in Reynolds′s Miscellany, republished 1857; 2008, page 247,
It was an enthusiasm of the most rapt and holy kind.
5.1906, Ford Madox Ford, The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court, Works of Ford Madox Ford, 2011, unnumbered page,
Her expression grew more rapt; she paused as if she had lost the thread of the words and then spoke again, gazing far out over the hall as jugglers do in performing feats of balancing: […] .
6.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
The Rat never answered, if indeed he heard. Rapt, transported, trembling, he was possessed in all his senses by this new divine thing that caught up his helpless soul and swung and dandled it, a powerless but happy infant in a strong sustaining grasp.
7.1998, Derel Leebaert, Present at the Creation, Derek Leebaert (editor), The Future of the Electronic Marketplace, page 24,
8.(comparable) Enthusiatic; ecstatic, elated, happy.
He was rapt with his exam results.
9.1996, James Richard Giles, Wanda H. Giles, American Novelists Since World War II: Fifth Series, page 139,
Creatures who navigate long-distance migrations — including the green turtles, wind birds, or great cranes — draw his most rapt commentaries.
10.2010, Michael Reichert, Richard Hawley, Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Strategies that Work—and Why, John Wiley & Sons, US, page 121,
Even in the most rapt accounts of independent student work, there appears an appreciative acknowledgment of the teacher′s having determined just the right amount of room necessary to build autonomy without risking frustration and failure.
11.2010, Caroline Overington, I Came to Say Goodbye, page 201,
One bloke I met in the pub was the owner of the local meatworks. He was rapt to have the Sudanese, and if 1600 more were coming – that was the rumour – well, he′d have been even more rapt.
12.2012, Greig Caigou, Wild Horizons: More Great Hunting Adventures, HarperCollins (New Zealand), unnumbered page,
These are worthy aspects of the hunt to give some consideration to with the next generation, because market forces want us to get more rapt with ever more sophisticated gear and an algorithmic conquering of animal instinct.
[Anagrams]
- part, prat, tarp, trap
[Etymology]
From Latin raptor (“robber”), from Latin rapere (“seize”)
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:rapt
[Verb]
rapt (third-person singular simple present rapts, present participle rapting, simple past and past participle rapted)
1.(obsolete) To transport or ravish.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
2.(obsolete) To carry away by force.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Daniel to this entry?)
[[French]]
[Noun]
rapt m. (plural rapts)
1.kidnapping, abduction
[Synonyms]
- enlèvement
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sharon
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
sharon
1.persimmon
[Synonyms]
- kaki
- kakiluumu
- persimon
- persimoni
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Sharon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃærən/[Anagrams]
- rhason
[Etymology]
Biblical place name, Hebrew "the plain".
[Proper noun]
Sharon
1.A plain in Israel.
2.1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Song of Solomon 2:1
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
3.A female given name derived from the biblical place name.
4.(UK derogatory slang) A working-class female.
5.Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada named after the biblical place.
[See also]
- Kevin
- Wikipedia article on Ariel Sharon
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reposed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
reposed (comparative more reposed, superlative most reposed)
1.calm and tranquil; at rest
(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
[Anagrams]
- deposer, predose
[Verb]
reposed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of repose.
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repose
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊz[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin repausare (“to lay at rest, quiet, also nourish, intransitive to be at rest, rest, repose”), from Latin re- (“again”) + pausare (“to pause, rest”), from pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (pausis).
[External links]
- repose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- repose in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- repose at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
repose (uncountable)
1.(dated) rest, sleep
2.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well-earned repose.
3.1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6
You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?
4.quietness, ease; peace, calmness
5.(geology) period between eruptions of a volcano.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:calmness
[Verb]
repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)
1.To lay, to set down.
2.To confide or entrust to someone.
3.To reside in something.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁə.pɔz/[Anagrams]
- opères, opérés
[See also]
- repos
[Verb]
repose
1.First-person singular indicative present form of reposer.
2.Third-person singular indicative present form of reposer.
3.Second-person singular imperative present form of reposer.
4.First-person singular subjunctive present form of reposer.
5.Third-person singular subjunctive present form of reposer.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
repose (infinitive reposar)
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reposar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reposar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reposar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reposar.
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soiree
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌswɑˈreɪ/[Alternative forms]
- soirée
[Etymology]
from French soirée (“evening activity”)
[Noun]
soiree (plural soirees)
1.a formal evening party
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soirée
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌswɑˈreɪ/[Alternative forms]
- soiree
[Etymology]
from French soirée (“evening”)
[Noun]
soirée (plural soirées)
1.A formal evening party.
[[French]]
ipa :/swa.ʁe/[Etymology]
soir + -ée
[Noun]
soirée f. (plural soirées)
1.evening
2.evening activity
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avocation
[[English]]
ipa :/avə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃən/[Etymology]
From Latin āvocātiōnem, from avocō.
[Noun]
avocation (plural avocations)
1.(obsolete) A calling away; a diversion.
2.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 204:
But though she could neither sleep nor rest in her bed, yet, having no avocation from it, she was found there by her father at his return from Allworthy's, which was not till past ten o'clock in the morning.
3.A hobby or recreational or leisure pursuit.
4.That which calls one away from one's regular employment or vocation.
5.Pursuits; duties; affairs which occupy one's time; usual employment; vocation.
[See also]
- volunteerism
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abortive
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈbɔɹ.tɪv/[Adjective]
abortive (comparative more abortive, superlative most abortive)
1.(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as an abortive child.
2.Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
3.(Can we date this quote?), John Milton
Plunged in that abortive gulf."
4.(Can we date this quote?), William H. Prescott
An abortive enterprise.
5.(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
6.(medicine) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
7.(Can we find and add a quotation of Parr to this entry?)
8.(medicine) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
[Etymology]
- First attested in 1382, with meaning "causing stillbirth or miscarriage".
- From Middle English, from Latin abortīvus (“causing abortion”), from aborior (“miscarry, disappear”), from ab (“amiss”) + orīor (“appear, be born, arise”)[1].
[Noun]
abortive (plural abortives)
1.(obsolete) That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
2."Thou elvish-mark'd, abortive, rooting hog!" - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii
3.(obsolete) A fruitless effort or issue.
4.(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
[References]
- abortive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
1.^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 4:
[[French]]
[Adjective]
abortive f.
1.feminine form of abortif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
abortive f. pl.
1.feminine plural form of abortivo
[Anagrams]
- breviato
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
abortīve
1.vocative masculine singular of abortīvus
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ordinarily
[[English]]
[Adverb]
ordinarily (not comparable)
1.(obsolete) In accordance with normal custom or routine; as a matter of established occurrence.
2.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.19:
It is ordinarily seene how good intentions, being managed without moderation, thrust men into most vicious effects.
3.Usually or as a general rule; commonly.
4.Ordinarily I go to the match on a Saturday
5.In the usual manner; unexceptionally.
6.The man was ordinarily dressed
[Etymology]
From ordinary + -ly.
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sparkle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɑːkl/[Etymology]
Middle English, from sparken + -le
[Noun]
sparkle (plural sparkles)
1.A little spark; a scintillation.
2.Brilliance; luster
the sparkle of a diamond.[edit] Translationsscintillationbrilliance
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- French: scintiller (verbe), scintillant (adjectif)
[References]
- sparkle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
[Synonyms]
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- (3): shine, glisten, scintillate, radiate, coruscate, glitter, twinkle
[Verb]
sparkle (third-person singular simple present sparkles, present participle sparkling, simple past and past participle sparkled)
1.(intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
2.A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. -- Chaucer.
3.(intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
4.I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --- Milton.
5.(intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
6.(transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
7.Did sparkle forth great light. -- Spenser
8.(transitive, obsolete) To disperse.
9.The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. --State Papers.
10.(transitive, obsolete) To scatter on or over.
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assiduously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
assiduously (comparative more assiduously, superlative most assiduously)
1.In an assiduous manner.
2.2003, Matrix Reloaded, The Architect
While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
[Etymology]
assiduous + -ly
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eloquent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/[Adjective]
eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
1.fluently persuasive and articulate
2.effective in expressing meaning by speech
[Etymology]
Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).
[Synonyms]
- articulate
- well-spoken
[[German]]
[Adjective]
eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)
1.eloquent
[Synonyms]
- redegewandt
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
eloquent m. (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)
1.eloquent
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excerpted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
excerpted (comparative more excerpted, superlative most excerpted)
1.Consisting of excerpts.
[Verb]
excerpted
1.Simple past tense and past participle of excerpt.
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stupefyingly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
stupefyingly (comparative more stupefyingly, superlative most stupefyingly)
1.In a stupefying manner.
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unnaturally
[[English]]
[Adverb]
unnaturally (not comparable)
1.In an unnatural manner
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enthralled
[[English]]
[Verb]
enthralled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of enthrall.
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enthral
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːl[Alternative forms]
- enthrall
[Synonyms]
- (hold spellbound): bewitch, captivate, charm, hold in awe, transfix
- (make subservient): enslave, subjugate
[Verb]
enthral (third-person singular simple present enthrals or enthralls, present participle enthralling, simple past and past participle enthralled)
1.(transitive) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
2.(transitive) To make subservient; to enslave or subjugate.
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negotiated
[[English]]
[Verb]
negotiated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of negotiate.
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16697
writhe
[[English]]
ipa :/raɪð/[Anagrams]
- whiter
- wither
[Etymology]
Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþanan 'to twist, turn' (cf. Old High German rīdan 'to turn', Old Norse ríða 'to wind'), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Lithuanian riēsti 'to unbend, wind, roll').
[Noun]
writhe (plural writhes)
1.(knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
[Verb]
writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or wrothe, past participle writhed or writhen)
1.(transitive) To twist, to wring (something).
2.(transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
3.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
4.(intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
5.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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changeling
[[English]]
[Etymology]
change + -ling
[Noun]
changeling (plural changelings)
1.(mythology) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant.
2.(informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant.
3.(science fiction and fantasy) An organism which can change shape to mimic others.
[Synonyms]
- (fairy's child): oaf (obsolete)
- (being that can change shape): shape-shifter
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alacrity
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈlæk.ɹɪ.ti/[Antonyms]
- (eagerness): apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctance
[Etymology]
Coined between 1500 and 1510 from Latin alacritās,[1] from alacer (“brisk”) + -itas (“-ity”).
[Noun]
alacrity (plural alacrities)
1.Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
2.1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 12:
"I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity.
3.1922, Edith Wharton, The Glimpses of the Moon, ch. 24:
This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
4.Promptness; speed.
5.1849, Henry David Thoreau, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
6.1902, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Part 1:
He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity.
[References]
1.^ "Alacrity" in Dictionary.com
[Synonyms]
- (eagerness): avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness
- (promptness): briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftness
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primitive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
primitive (comparative more primitive, superlative most primitive)
1.Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
2.Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
3.Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
4.(biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
[Etymology]
From Old French primitif, from Latin primitivus (“first or earliest of its kind”), from primus (“first”); see prime.
[Noun]
primitive (plural primitives)
1.An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
2.(computing, programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
3.A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
4.(mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
primitive f.
1.feminine form of primitif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
primitive f.
1.Feminine plural form of primitivo
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
prīmitīve
1.vocative masculine singular of prīmitīvus
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Aristotle
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotelēs).
[Proper noun]
Aristotle
1.An ancient Greek philosopher (382–322 BC), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
2.A male given name.
[[Malay]]
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotelēs).
[Proper noun]
Aristotle
1.Aristotle
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotelēs).
[Proper noun]
Aristotle
1.Aristotle
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utensil
[[English]]
ipa :/juˈtɛn.səl/[Anagrams]
- sultine
[Etymology]
Ultimately from Latin utensilis (“usable”).
[Noun]
utensil (plural utensils)
1.An instrument or device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war.
2.A small hand tool or material-handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:instrument
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deprived
[[English]]
[Adjective]
deprived (comparative more deprived, superlative most deprived)
1.Subject to deprivation; poor.
[Verb]
deprived
1.Past participle of deprive
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approx
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
approx
1.Alternative form of approx..
2.2009 January 23, Achim Herterich, “Cooking tips, recipes with eggs”:
[…] place the pan into a hot oven 175 degrees approx 5 minutes until the top has been cooked.
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Indra
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Darin, dinar, drain, Drina, Nadir, nadir, Ndari, ranid
[Etymology]
From Sanskrit इन्द्र (índra).
[Proper noun]
Indra
1.(Hinduism) The God of War and Weather, also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.
[[Latvian]]
[Etymology 1]
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. As a given name, derived from the place name, or from Indriķis (“Henry”).
[Etymology 2]
From Sanskrit.
[References]
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Indra was the only given name of 2637 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
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Division
[[German]]
[Etymology]
From Latin dīvīsiō.
[Noun]
Division f. (genitive Division, plural Divisionen)
1.division (arithmetic: process of dividing a number by another)
2.division (military formation)
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van
[[English]]
ipa :/væn/[Anagrams]
- AVN, nav
[Etymology]
Short for caravan.
[Noun]
van (plural vans)
1.A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck
The van sped down the road.
2.(UK) a railway carriage
3.shortened form of vanguard
4.Milton
Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, / Stream in the air.
5."'Let Karṇa, clad in armour, stand in the van. And I shall command the entire army in the rear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
6.shortened form of caravan
[See also]
- lorry
- transit (UK)
- truck
[Verb]
van (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned)
1.(transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).
2.1966, United States Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce:
I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them.
3.1999, Bonnie Bryant, Changing Leads, p. 53:
[They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing.
[[Afrikaans]]
[Preposition]
van
1.of
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
van
1.Third-person plural present indicative form of anar.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/vaːn/[Etymology 1]
From Old Norse vanr (pl. vanir (“one of two groups of gods in Norse mythology”)).
[Etymology 2]
From English van.
[Etymology 3]
From Old Norse vanr (“wont, accustomed”).
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑn[Adverb]
van
1.of, from
Ik neem er tien van. — I’ll take ten of them.
2.from
Ik vertrek van daar. — I’ll start from there.
3.by, from
Ik word er gek van. — It drives me crazy.
Men wordt daar sloom van. — It turns one numb.
4.of, about
Wat zegt u daar van? — What do you say about that?
Ik weet daar niks van. — I don’t know anything about that.
[Etymology]
From Middle Dutch, from Old Dutch fan (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fana, *funa (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *pone, *pana (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *apo-, *pā- (“off, of”). Cognate with Old Saxon fana, fan (“from”), Old Frisian fan, fon (“from”), Old High German fona, fon (“from”).
[Preposition]
van
1.(possession) of
De hoed van het meisje. — The hat of the girl.
Het gewicht van een olifant. — The weight of an elephant.
2.(of a place, direction) from, off
Hij ging van deur tot deur. — He went from door to door.
Het vlees van de beenderen snijden. — To cut the meat from the bones.
Van vader op zoon. — From father to son.
Hij komt van Griekenland. — He’s from Greece.
3.(time) from
Van dag tot dag. — Day by day.
Van toen af aan. — From then onwards.
Van ’s avonds laat tot ’s morgens vroeg. — From the early morning till late at night.
De trein van tien uur. — The 10.00 train.
4.(cause) of, with
Sidderen van angst. — Trembling with fear.
Tranen van geluk. — Tears of joy.
5.(origin) by, of
Een schilderij van Rubens. — A painting by Rubens.
Een plaat van de Beatles. — A Beatles record.
6.(resource) with, of
Van dit geld kan ik een basgitaar kopen. — With this money I’m able to buy a bass.
7.(part) of, among
De jongste van zijn dochters. — The youngest of his daughters.
8.(quality) of
Zij was van adel. — She was of nobel stock.
Een stad van één miljoen inwoners. — A city of one million inhabitants.
Hij is een man van eer. — He’s a man of honour.
Dat is hier niet van toepassing. — That’s not applicable here.
[See also]
- uit
[[French]]
[Etymology]
Latin vannus
[Noun]
van m. (plural vans)
1.a winnowing basket
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
van m. (feminine va, masculine plural vans, feminine plural vas)
1.empty, devoid of content, containing only air
2.useless, ineffective
3.(of a person) vacuous, trivial-minded
[Verb]
van
1.third-person plural present indicative of ir
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Noun]
van
1.wind
[[Hungarian]]
[Etymology]
See Hungarian volt
[Synonyms]
- (exist): létezik
[Verb]
van
1.be, exist
2.have; someone -nak/-nek has something -ja/-je
Péternek van egy kutyája. - “Peter has a dog” (literally 'There is a his dog for Peter' (sic))
3.there is
Van itt valaki? - “Is there anybody here?”
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
van (comparative plus van, superlative le plus van)
1.vain, futile
2.vain, worthless
3.vain, conceited
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
van
1.Rafsi of vanju.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ʋân/[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
[Etymology 3]
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
Ultimately from Latin vadere
[Verb]
van (infinitive ir)
1.Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of ir.
2.Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of ir.
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
van (comparative vanare, superlative vanast)
1.accustomed to; used to, have the habit to
Han är van vid att stiga upp klockan sju varje morgon.
“He is used to getting up at seven every morning.”
2.experienced, adept
Hon är en van bilförare.
“She is an experienced driver.”
[Antonyms]
- ovan
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Van
[[English]]
ipa :/væn/[Anagrams]
- AVN, nav
[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
Wikipedia has an article on:Van, TurkeyWikipediaAkhtamar Island on Lake Van, with the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, a 10th century Armenian church and monastic complexFrom Armenian Վան, in many cases via Turkish Van.
[Etymology 3]
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
From Armenian Վան (Van).
[Proper noun]
Van
1.Van (city)
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cha
[[English]]
ipa :/tʃɑː/[Anagrams]
- ach, cah, HAC
[Etymology]
From Hindustani चा / چا (ćā), from Persian چا, from Sinitic 茶.
[Noun]
cha (uncountable)
1.The drink made by infusing the dried leaves or buds of the tea plant in hot water, often served with milk or cream and sugar added.
Would you like a cup of cha?
[Synonyms]
- tea
[[Irish]]
ipa :[xa][Etymology]
From Old Irish nícon.
[Particle]
cha (negative) (Triggers lenition of b, c, f, g, m, p, s. Triggers eclipsis of d, t.)
1.(Ulster) not
Cha phósann sí é.
She will not marry him.
Cha dtugaim.
I do not give, I will not give.
[Synonyms]
- ní (used in Munster Irish, Connacht Irish, and some varieties of Ulster Irish)
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[cɕa][Noun]
cha (hiragana ちゃ)
1.茶: tea
[Syllable]
cha
1.The hiragana syllable ちゃ (cha) or the katakana syllable チャ (cha) in Hepburn romanization.
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
cha
1.Nonstandard spelling of chā.
2.Nonstandard spelling of chá.
3.Nonstandard spelling of chǎ.
4.Nonstandard spelling of chà.
[[Manx]]
[Etymology 1]
From Old Irish nícon.
[Etymology 2]
[[Navajo]]
ipa :[ʧʰɑ̀][Noun]
cha
1.crying
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/xa/[Etymology]
From Old Irish nícon.
[Particle]
cha
1.not
Cha robh bean aig Iain. - Iain didn't have a wife.
Cha toigh leam caise. - I don't like cheese.
[Usage notes]
- Used with the dependent form of a verb. With the copula, the verb may be suppressed.
- Becomes chan before a vowel.
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
From ki- + -a
[Particle]
cha
1.of (class 7 nouns)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Noun]
cha
1.father, dad
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uncle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌŋ.kəl/[Antonyms]
- (with regard to gender): aunt
- (with regard to ancestry): niece, nephew
- (African-American): boy
- (India): aunty
[Etymology]
Middle English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother’s brother”; literally, “little grandfather”), diminutive of avus (“grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *awo- (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”). Displaced native Middle English eam, eme (“maternal uncle”) (from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), compare Old English fædera (“paternal uncle”) from the same Proto-Indo-European root. More at eme.
[Interjection]
uncle
1.A cry used to indicate surrender.
[Noun]
uncle (plural uncles)
1.A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
2.(euphemistic) A companion to your (usually unmarried) mother.
3.(figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
4.(UK, informal) A pawnbroker.
5.(Southern US English and parts of UK, colloquial) A close male friend of the parents of a family.
6.(Southern US English, slang, archaic) an older male African-American person
7.(India, slang) An affectionate name for an older man.
[References]
- “uncle” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001). [1]
- "uncle" in Merriam-Webster
[Synonyms]
- (dialectal, Scottish): eam, eme
[[Anglo-Norman]]
[Noun]
uncle m. (oblique plural uncles, nominative singular uncles, nominative plural uncle)
1.uncle
2.circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
D'ambes parz out filz e peres,
uncles, nevos, cosins e freres
On both sides there were sons and fathers,
Uncles, nephews, cousins and brothers
3.circa 1250, Marie de France, Chevrefeuille
Tristram en Wales se rala, tant que sis uncles le manda
Tristan returned to Wales, while he waited for his uncle to call on him
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mirada
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
mirada f. (plural mirades)
1.look; gaze
[Verb]
mirada
1.feminine past participle of mirar
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
mirada
1.Feminine singular past participle of verb mirar.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/mi'ɾa.ða/[Etymology]
from the participle of mirar
[Noun]
mirada f. (plural miradas)
1.look, glance
[Synonyms]
- vistazo
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tree
[[English]]
ipa :/tɹiː/[Anagrams]
- reet
- rete
[Etymology]
From Middle English tree, tre, treo, treou, trew, trow, from Old English trēo, trēow (“tree, wood, timber, beam, log, stake, stick, grove, cross, rood”), from Proto-Germanic *trewan (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Cognate with Scots tree (“wood, rod, stick”), North Frisian tre, trä (“tree”), Middle Dutch tree (“tree”), Danish træ (“tree”), Swedish trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”), Norwegian tre (“tree”), Icelandic tré (“tree”), Gothic (triu, “tree, wood, piece of wood”), Albanian dru (“tree, wood”), Welsh dâr (“oaks”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóry, “wood, spear”), Tocharian A or. Related to tar, true.
[Noun]
tree (trees or treen (obsolete))
1.A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age).
Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
Birds have a nest in a tree in the garden.
2.Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree in the strict botanical sense: for example the banana "tree".
3.An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.
He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
4.A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.
He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
5.The structural frame of a saddle.
6.(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, equivalently, a connected graph with n vertices and n-1 edges.
7.(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.
8.(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.
We’ll show it as a tree list.
9.Any structure or construct having branches akin to (1).
10.The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
11.(informal) Marijuana.
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: notice · week · stone · #780: tree · cost · value · cast
[Synonyms]
- sapling, seedling
[Verb]
tree (third-person singular simple present trees, present participle treeing, simple past and past participle treed)
1.(transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.
The dog treed the cat.
2.(transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.
to tree a boot
[[Dutch]]
ipa :[treː][Alternative forms]
- trede
[Anagrams]
- eert, eter, reet, teer, tere
[Noun]
tree m. (plural treden, diminutive treetje)
1.step (of a staircase), stair
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VA
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
VA
1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for the Holy See.
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
VA
1.(geography) Virginia, a state of the United States of America.
[Anagrams]
- AV, Av, Av., av
[Initialism]
Wikipedia has an article on:VAWikipediaVA
1.(US, government) Veterans Administration, the government department of Veterans Affairs
VA Hospital
2.(management) Value Analysis
3.(music) various artists.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- av.
[Initialism]
VA
1.Initialism (film) "version anglais" — English-language version (EV); a film dubbed in English.
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Va
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
Va
1.Abbreviation for Virginia.
[Anagrams]
- AV, Av, Av., av
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agent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈeɪ.dʒɛnt/[Anagrams]
- Tegan
[Antonyms]
- (grammar): patient
[Etymology]
From Latin agens, present participle of agere (“to drive", lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”)
[External links]
- agent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- agent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[Noun]
agent (plural agents)
1.One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.
2.
Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden.
3.One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.
4.
I see in him [Moby Dick] outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him. --Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 36
5.An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
6.(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
7.(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
[See also]
- proxy
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:deputy
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Etymology]
Latin agentis - acting.
[Noun]
agent
1.agent
[References]
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
- gaten
[Noun]
agent m. (plural agenten, diminutive agentje)
1.a police officer
2.an undercover agent
3.an agent, a surrogate (one who acts on behalf of another)
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- étang
- gante, ganté
- géant
- gênât
[Etymology]
From Latin agens, agentis
[Noun]
agent m. (plural agents)
1.Agent
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
agent
1.third-person plural future active indicative of agō
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[aˈdʒent][Alternative forms]
- aghent
[Etymology]
French agent
[Noun]
agent m. (plural agenți; feminine equivalent agentă)
1.agent
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ǎɡent/[Noun]
àgent m. (Cyrillic spelling а̀гент)
1.agent
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
agent c.
1.an agent
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Agent
[[German]]
[Noun]
Agent m. (genitive Agenten, plural Agenten, feminine Agentin)
1.agent (intermediary for certain services, such as for artistic performances or public relations)
2.agent, spy (person working for a secret service)
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おやすみ
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
An abbreviation of お休みなさい, 御休みなさい (おやすみなさい, oyasuminasai; "good night").
[Interjection]
おやすみ (romaji oyasumi)
1.(abbreviation) お休み, 御休み: good night
[Noun]
おやすみ (romaji oyasumi)
1.(polite) お休み, 御休み: a day off, absence, a holiday
2.(honorary) お休み, 御休み: sleep, rest
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おや
[[Japanese]]
[Interjection]
おや (oya)
1.Oh!, Good heavens!
[Noun]
おや (romaji oya)
1.親: parent
[References]
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2
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drat
[[English]]
ipa :/dræt/[Anagrams]
- dart, DART, DTRA, tard, trad
[Etymology]
An aphetism of od-rat (‘God rot’) as a minced oath.
[Interjection]
drat!
1.A cry of anger or frustration
[Synonyms]
- damn!
- goddamit!
- crap!
[Verb]
drat (third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)
1.(transitive and intransitive) To damn or curse
That dratted cat's been in the vegetable patch again.
[[Dalmatian]]
[Adjective]
drat
1.straight
[Etymology]
From Latin *derectus < dīrectus.
[[Volapük]]
ipa :[dɾat][Noun]
drat (plural drats)
1.wire (metal)
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extricate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛks.tɹɪ.keɪt/[Etymology]
From Latin extricatus, past participle of extricō.
[References]
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
[Verb]
extricate (third-person singular simple present extricates, present participle extricating, simple past and past participle extricated)
1.(transitive) To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
I finally managed to extricate myself from the tight jacket.
The firemen had to use the jaws of life to extricate Monica from the car wreck.
2.(rare) To free from intricacies or perplexity
3.1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
Your argumentation ... is invelloped with certain intricacies, that are not easie to be extricated.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
extrīcāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of extrīcō
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