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likelihood
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlaɪklihʊd/[Antonyms]
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- unlikelihood
[Etymology]
editFrom likely + -hood.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Likelihood functionWikipedia likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)
1.The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
2.(statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
3.Likeness, resemblance.
"There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." ((Can we date this quote by Raleigh and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?))
4.(archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
"What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" ((Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?))
[Synonyms]
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- likeliness
- odds
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slate
[[English]]
ipa :/sleɪt/[Anagrams]
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- Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English slate, slat, slatte, sclate, sclatte, from Old French esclate, from esclat (French éclat), from Frankish *slaitan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”). Doublet of éclat.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English slatten, sclatten, from the noun (see above).
[References]
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- slate at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Slate
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- Slates
[Anagrams]
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- Astle, ETLAs, Teals, Tesla, astel, laste, lates, least, leats, salet, setal, stale, steal, stela, taels, tales, teals, telas, tesla
[Etymology]
editMetonymic occupational surname for a slater.
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Slate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editSlate (plural Slates)
1.A surname.
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designee
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- ensieged
[Etymology]
editdesignate + -ee
[Noun]
editdesignee (plural designees)
1.(law) One who has been designated
2.2008, December 11, Automakers to remain under pressure for months yet[1]:
The bill authorizes the President's designee, to access funds that the Congress has already appropriated for the auto industries.
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stewardship
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -ship.
[Noun]
editstewardship (countable and uncountable, plural stewardships)
1.The rank or office of a steward.
2.The act of caring for or improving with time.
3.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
In selecting Bran Stark, the lords of Westeros are choosing to value these stories and memories above whatever other qualities might make a good ruler, and more specifically, put an end to the caprices of heritage that have allowed bloodlines to wreak havoc on good stewardship of these kingdoms.
Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.
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devoted
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈvəʊtəd/[Adjective]
editdevoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)
1.Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2.Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
3.Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4.(obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
5.1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:
The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]
6.1828, Washington Irving, “First Landing of Columbus in the New World”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], OCLC 1024134489, book IV, page 151:
The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.
[Etymology]
editFrom devote + -ed.
[Verb]
editdevoted
1.simple past tense and past participle of devote
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acute
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈkjuːt/[Adjective]
editacute (comparative acuter or more acute, superlative acutest or most acute)
1.Brief, quick, short.
Synonyms: fast, rapid
Antonyms: leisurely, slow
It was an acute event.
2.2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance: How Risky is Inhalation of Organic Solvents?”, in American Scientist[1], Research Triangle Park, N.C.: Sigma Xi, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 231015383, archived from the original on 19 June 2013:
Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
3.High or shrill.
Antonym: grave
an acute accent or tone
4.1751, “a Lover of the Mathematicks” [pseudonym; Nathaniel Whittemore?], “Part II. New Paradoxes Solved.”, in A Mathematical Miscellany, in Four Parts. […], London: Printed for M. Cooper, […], OCLC 931756039, paradox 61, stanza III, page 53:
The nimble Fly's Wings quicker were / Than those of her Competitor [a bee], / As may by this appear; / For an acuter Tone they made, / And in a ſharper Key they play'd, / (Which made the matter clear.)
5.1851, William C. Larrabee, “Lecture X. Evidences of Design from the Structure and Adaptations of the External Senses.”, in B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Tefft, editor, Lectures on the Scientific Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion, Cincinnati, Oh.: Published by L. Swormstedt & J. H. Power, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, […]; R. P. Thompson, printer, OCLC 4596096, paragraph 233, page 177:
The acuteness of sound in stringed instruments depends on three circumstances—length, thickness, and tension. The shorter, smaller, and tighter a string, the more acute the sound. […] In the violin, when you desire an acute sound, you tighten the string. When you wish a loud sound, you draw the bow over the strings heavily.
6.Intense, sensitive, sharp.
Synonyms: keen, powerful, strong
Antonyms: dull, obtuse, slow, witless
She had an acute sense of honour. Eagles have very acute vision.
7.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Pride and Prejudice, volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, pages 37–38:
Miss Darcy was tall, and on a larger scale than Elizabeth; and, though little more than sixteen, her figure was formed, and her appearance womanly and graceful. She was less handsome than her brother; but there was sense and good humour in her face, and her manners were perfectly unassuming and gentle. Elizabeth, who had expected to find in her as acute and unembarrassed an observer as ever Mr. Darcy had been, was much relieved by discerning such different feelings.
8.1912, Fyodor Dostoevsky; Constance Garnett, transl., “Elders”, in The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue (Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky; 1), London: W[illiam] Heinemann, OCLC 5234211; republished as The Brothers Karamazov, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, [1943], OCLC 3216382, page 32:
It was at this time that the discord between Dmitri and his father seemed at its acutest stage and their relations had become insufferably strained.
9.2013, Thomas Keneally, Shame and the Captives, North Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, →ISBN; 1st Atria Books hardcover edition, New York, N.Y.: Atria, 2015, →ISBN, page 87:
Then, at three, for Neville's sake and for the sake of her marriage as undernourished and spectral as it had been rendered by absence, its substance being all in the future, and an honest hope of hearing some news or of extending solace to other women, not least those with children, who seemed each to have an acuter sense of the man she was missing than Alice had of Neville, she attended the Friday meeting for wives and mothers of prisoners of war at the School of the Arts.
10.Urgent.
Synonyms: emergent, pressing, sudden
His need for medical attention was acute.
11.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase—First Day”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299, page 601:
[…] Ahab rapidly ordered the ship's course to be slightly altered, and the sail to be shortened. The acute policy dictating these movements was sufficiently vindicated at daybreak, by the sight of a long sleek on the sea directly and lengthwise ahead, smooth as oil, and resembling in the pleated watery wrinkles bordering it, the polished metallic-like marks of some swift tide-rip, at the mouth of a deep, rapid stream.
12.(botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
Antonym: obtuse
13.2007 April 24, R[obert] J[ames] Chinnock, “Taxonomic Treatment of the Family Myoporaceae R. Br.”, in Eremophila and Allied Genera: A Monograph of the Plant Family Myoporaceae, Dural Delivery Centre, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing, →ISBN, section XXV (Eremophila sec. Pulchrisepalae (12 spp.)), page 622:
204. Eremophila abietina […] Corolla 23–35 mm long, cream or very pale lilac, lobes faintly metallic bluish green or lilac, tube occasionally brownish, prominently purple spotted; outer and inner surfaces glandular-pubescent; lobes acute, lobe of lower lip strongly reflexed.
14.(geometry) Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
Antonym: obtuse
The teacher pointed out the acute angle.
15.1850 March 30, J[ohn] H[all] Gladstone, “On Chlorophosphuret of Nitrogen and Its Products of Decomposition”, in Henry Watts, editor, The Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, volume III, number X, London: Hippolyte Bailliere, […], published 1851, OCLC 848175490, part I, page 138:
Chlorophosphuret of nitrogen (at ordinary temperatures) is a solid crystalline body. […] The form of the crystals, as obtained by sublimation, is that of a rhomboid, of which the obtuse angle measures 131° or 132°, the acute 48° or 49°: the acute angle of this rhomboid, either at one or both ends, is often truncated, when of course the angle formed is about 114°: the hexagonal prism is also found.
16.(geometry) Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
Synonym: acute-angled
Antonyms: obtuse, obtuse-angled
an acute triangle
17.1997, Joen Wolfrom, “The Fascination of Shapes”, in The Visual Dance: Creating Spectacular Quilts, Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Publishing, →ISBN; republished Lafayette, Calif.: C&T Publishing, 2009, →ISBN, page 39:
In order to be an acute triangle, all three angles of a triangle must be less than 90°. These triangles can have very prickly personalities. So, if you want to create images of porcupines, rugged mountains, or narrow pine trees in your geometric design, you may best do it by using acute triangles […]. The most commonly used acute triangle in quiltmaking is the equilateral triangle […]. All three of its angles are 60°.
18.(linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
19.1804, William Mitford, “Section IV. Of Tones or Accents, and Emphasis in English Speech, and of Their Connection with the Time or Quantity of Syllables.”, in An Inquiry into the Principles of Harmony in Language, and of the Mechanism of Verse, Modern and Antient, 2nd edition, London: Printed by Luke Hansard, […], for T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], OCLC 156111119, pages 57–58:
Let this [the word alalal] be ſpoken as an Engliſh word, with the ſtrong accent on either ſyllable, or, on each, in repeating the word; and, no change of articulation diſturbing the ear, it will be abundantly evident that, with ordinary Engliſh pronunciation, the strengthened syllable has always the acuter tone, or, in muſical phraſe, the higher note.
20.(phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
Coordinate term: grave
21.(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
He dropped dead of an acute illness.
22.1995, G. J. Kaloyanides, “Drug-induced Acute Renal Failure”, in Rinaldo Bellomo and Claudio Ronco, editors, Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill (Update in Intensitve Care and Emergency Medicine; 20), Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-79244-1, →ISBN, page 204:
Of particular relevance to the ICU [intensive care unit] setting is ketorolac, a NSAID [non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug] that is being increasingly used for pain control in order to avoid problems of respiratory depression, sedation, and addiction associated with narcotics. […] ICU patients, who typically are under great stress from an acute illness that is often accompanied by multiorgan dysfunction including renal insufficiency, are especially prone to develop renal complications from ketorolac […].
23.(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
Antonym: chronic
The acute symptoms resolved promptly.
24.2013 May–June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News: Bat News”, in American Scientist[2], volume 101, number 3, Research Triangle Park, N.C.: Sigma Xi, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 231015383, archived from the original on 5 June 2017, page 193:
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
25.(orthography) After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
The last letter of ‘café’ is ‘e’ acute.
26.2007, Geoff[rey J. S.] Hart, “Editing in Special Situations”, in Effective Onsceen Editing: New Tools for an Old Profession, Pointe-Claire, Que.: Diaskeuasis Publishing, →ISBN, page 404:
A more conservative approach, particularly if your author is a skilled computer user, would be to replace the problem characters with simple words or codes that are guaranteed to transfer successfully between computers. For example, you could replace é with e-acute if that particular character is causing problems. […] The author could then do a search and replace to change all instances of e-acute back to é before publication.
27.2017, [Michael] Mitchell; [Susan] Wightman, “Foreign Languages”, in Typographic Style Handbook, London: MacLehose Press, →ISBN, section 10.2.1 (Commonly Used Accents), page 143:
Commonly used European accents are available as below: / á Á a acute / […] / é É e acute / […] / í Í i acute / […] / ó Ó o acute / […] / ú Ú u acute
[Anagrams]
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- AUTEC, Ceuta
[Etymology]
edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}The corollas of the spotted poverty bush (Eremophila abietina) have acute lobes (sense 5)An angle of 45 degrees is an acute angle (sense 6)All the internal angles of an acute triangle (sense 7) measure less than 90 degreesFrom Late Middle English acūte (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta,[1] from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). The word is cognate to ague (“acute, intermittent fever”).As regards the noun, which is derived from the verb, compare Middle English acūte (“severe but short-lived fever; of blood: corrosiveness, sharpness; musical note of high pitch”).[3]
[Further reading]
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- acute (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editacute (plural acutes)
1.(medicine) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
2.1990, Gerry Fewster, “Down to Business”, in Being in Child Care: A Journey into Self, Binghamton, N.Y.; London: The Haworth Press, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.; Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, 2012, →ISBN, page 113:
Anne Marie had been assigned a ‘constant supervision’ status. […] Always avoiding the unrest of the television lounge, she would sometimes join some of the older ‘acutes’ who sat isolated in metal chairs at the end of the hallway and gaze out of the window with them.
3.(linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
Antonym: grave
4.1827, Uvedale Price, “Restoration of Ancient Accent Impossible”, in An Essay on the Modern Pronunciation of the Greek and Latin Languages, Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter, OCLC 20216673, page 206:
[I]t would be strange if we wer to recite Homer, raising our voices on the acutes, lowering them on the graves, and managing the circumflexes as well as we could, yet to recite Virgil without any of these regular elevations, depressions, and circumbendibus.
5.1869–1870, William D[wight] Whitney, “II.—On the Nature and Designation of the Accent in Sanskrit.”, in Transactions of the American Philological Association, Hartford, Conn.: Published by the [American Philological] Association; printed by Case, Lockwood & Brainard, published 1871, OCLC 643390955, pages 40–41:
There would be no sense in our assuming that even an independent circumflex after an acute might be raised in pitch for the sake of clearer distinction from that acute; for it is sufficiently distinguished by its sliding tone; and, if it had any right to be further distinguished, an acute following an acute would have much more right; while, nevertheless, any number of acutes are allowed to succeed one another, without modification of their natural character.
6.(orthography) An acute accent (´).
The word ‘cafe’ often has an acute over the ‘e’.
7.1817 June, John Farey, Sen., “CI. On Mr. Listons, or the Euharmonic Scale of Musical Intervals, […]”, in Alexander Tilloch, editor, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal: […], volume XLIX, number 230, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor. […], OCLC 314687878, page 445:
The number of Notes in this Table, without either acute or grave marks (´ or `), is 75. Of those bearing one acute mark (´) it is 74, of those with two acutes (´´) 70, with three acutes (´´´ or ´3) 51, […]
8.1824, J[ohn] Johnson, “A Fount of Letter, as Considered by Letter Founders”, in Typographia, or The Printers’ Instructor: […], volume II, London: Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, […], OCLC 489871362, page 34:
The five vowels marked with acutes over them, it is probable, were first contrived to assist the ignorant monks in reading the church service, that by this means they might arrive to a proper and settled pronunciation in the discharge of their sacerdotal duties; […]
[References]
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1. ^ “acūte, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 June 2018.
2. ^ “acute”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “acūte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 June 2018.
[Verb]
editacute (third-person singular simple present acutes, present participle acuting, simple past and past participle acuted)
1.(transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
He acutes his rising inflection too much.
2.1696, [William] Lily; W. T., “Prosodia Examin’d and Explain’d by Question and Answer”, in Lily, Improved, Corrected, and Explained; with the Etymological Part of the Common Accidence, London: Printed for R. Bentley, […], OCLC 838404801, page 151:
Polyſyllables having their Penultima long by poſition are acuted; as Camíllus: but having it long by nature and the last ſhort, they are circumflected; as, Românus, amâre: except the Compounds of ſit, whose Ultima is acuted; as Malefít, calefít, benefít, ſatisfít.
3.1762, John Foster, “On the Accent of the Old Greeks. […]”, in An Essay on the Different Nature of Accent and Quantity, with Their Use and Application in the Pronunciation of the English, Latin, and Greek Languages; […], Eton, Berkshire: Printed by J. Pote; […], OCLC 702647599, pages 103–104:
This word ωροπαροξύνον has been generally underſtood, before Dr. G[ally] undertook to explain it otherwiſe, to ſignify "acuting the antepenultima."
4.1859, John Kelly, “On the Pronunciation of the Manks Letters”, in A Practical Grammar of the Antient Gaelic, or Language of the Isle of Man, usually Called Manks. […] (Manx Society series; 2), Douglas, Isle of Man: Printed for the Manx Society, OCLC 29134267; reprinted London: Bernard Quaritch, […], 1870, OCLC 29380641, page 4:
O is a broad vowel. When acuted, it is pronounced as o in gone; thus, cron, son; when circumflexed, as o in bone; thus, ôney. And thus it answers to the Greek Omicron and Omega.
5.1874, John Stuart Blackie, “On the Place and Power of Accent in Language”, in Horæ Hellenicæ: Essays and Discussions on Some Important Points of Greek Philology and Antiquity, London: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 702335519, paragraph 4, page 347:
That the acute accent meant stress is plain from the inherited intonation of the modern Greeks; […] and, if any person objects that the modern Greek not only acutes the last syllables of these words, but makes their quantity long, this is all in favour of my argument; […]
6.(transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
7.1732, John Floyer; Edward Baynard, “[The Appendix.] The Other Cure Wrought by the Cold Bath, was upon Mrs. Taylor, a Young Gentlewoman that Boarded at My Father’s”, in ΨΥΧΡΟΛΟΥΣΙ´Α [PSYCHROLOUSIA]: Or, The History of Cold-bathing, both Ancient and Modern. In Two Parts. […], 6th edition, London: Printed for W[illiam] Innys and R. Manby, […], OCLC 561191015, part II (Of Cold Baths), pages 476–477:
[A]n old Farmer […] uſed, when fuddled over Night, to walk naked, or only in his Shirt, until he had cooled himſelf throughly, […] This Courſe may not be improperly call'd a Balenum Aerium, and may be of great Uſe to ſober People, as well as the Fuddlers; for running empty, after Sleep and Concoction, warms the Blood and Spirits, acutes the Circulations, fans and cools the Lungs, helps both Excretion and Secretion; […]
8.2010, R. J. Cyle, The Verticord: Turner of Hearts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 36:
It had been over a week that I had not been over to visit my most favorable place. Since I was allowed a rare opening that jaggled an intense curiosity, it acuted my senses with great anticipation that a living current was felt in my center, brought on by something truly new.
[[Asturian]]
[Verb]
editacute
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive of acutar
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɑˈky.tə/[Adjective]
editacute
1.Inflected form of acuut.
[[French]]
ipa :/a.kyt/[Adjective]
editacute
1.feminine singular of acut
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
editacute (not comparable)
1.acute
[[Italian]]
ipa :/aˈku.te/[Adjective]
editacute
1.feminine plural of acuto
[Anagrams]
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- caute
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editacūte
1.vocative masculine singular of acūtus
[References]
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- acute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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gleaned
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡliːnd/[Anagrams]
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- Egeland, angeled, gelande
[Verb]
editgleaned
1.simple past tense and past participle of glean
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glean
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡliːn/[Anagrams]
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- -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, lenga
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), from Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *glanos.[1]
[Etymology 2]
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[References]
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- “glean” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “glean”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
1. ^ Webster, Noah (1828): An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
[[Manx]]
[Mutation]
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[Noun]
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1.Eclipsed form of clean.
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early days
[[English]]
[Noun]
editearly days pl (plural only)
1.A time too soon to make a decision or come to a conclusion.
2.2015, Dave Rigby, Darkstone: The Future May Be Closer Than You Think
Lorna liked the sudden transition from urban overcrowding to the rural isolation of Kintrawe House, but she knew it was early days yet.
3.The initial period of an innovation
In the early days of television, the service was always breaking down.
4.Initial stages of a project.
Hold on. We're still early days on this.
5.2010 December 11, Andrew Revkin, “Consensus Emerges On Common Climate Path”, NYTimes.com:
This is still early days, with more to wrap up in the morning and […]
[Synonyms]
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- (initial time period): beginnings, dawning
- (initial stage of a project): early innings, formative years, genesis, inception, outset
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impose
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈpoʊz/[Anagrams]
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- mopies, pomeis
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French imposer (“to lay on, impose”), taking the place of Latin imponere (“to lay on, impose”), from in (“on, upon”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “impose” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “impose” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impose at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Verb]
editimpose (third-person singular simple present imposes, present participle imposing, simple past and past participle imposed)
1.(transitive) To establish or apply by authority.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 7”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Death is the penaltie impos'd.
Congress imposed new tariffs.
3.1975 March 17, Marian Christy, “Suzy Chaffee, A Liberated Beauty”, in Lebanon Daily News[1]:
Suzy says "It's foolish for society to impose the restriction of one man to the married woman."
4.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[2]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
5.(intransitive) to be an inconvenience (on or upon)
I don't wish to impose upon you.
6.to enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
Social relations impose courtesy.
7.2011 December 10, Arindam Rej, “Norwich 4 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport[3]:
Norwich soon began imposing themselves on that patched-up defence with Holt having their best early chance, only to see it blocked by Simpson.
8.2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 57:
In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act of deliberate desecration and assertion of the railways' power, passed over the site of the high altar.
9.To practice a trick or deception (on or upon).
10.To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.
11.To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
[[French]]
[Verb]
editimpose
1.first-person singular present indicative of imposer
2.third-person singular present indicative of imposer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of imposer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of imposer
5.second-person singular imperative of imposer
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
editimpose
1.third-person singular past historic of imporre
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deep-pocketed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdeep-pocketed (comparative more deep-pocketed, superlative most deep-pocketed)
1.Having a lot of money and willing to spend it; moneyed, affluent.
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resurgent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editresurgent (comparative more resurgent, superlative most resurgent)
1.Undergoing a resurgence; experiencing renewed vigor or vitality.
2.1894, Algernon Charles Swinburne, “England: An Ode” in Astrophel and Other Poems, London: Chatto & Windus, Part I, stanza 5, p. 103,[1]
All the terror of time, where error and fear were lords of a world of slaves,
Age on age in resurgent rage and anguish darkening as waves on waves,
Fell or fled from a face that shed such grace as quickens the dust of graves.
3.1948, Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, New York: Scribner, Chapter 26, p. 184,[2]
What if this voice should say words that it speaks already in private, should rise and not fall again, should rise and rise and rise, and the people rise with it, should madden them with thoughts of rebellion and dominion, with thoughts of power and possession? Should paint for them pictures of Africa awakening from sleep, of Africa resurgent, of Africa dark and savage?
4.1975, Gerald Ford, State of the Union Address delivered on 15 January, 1975,[3]
A resurgent American economy would do more to restore the confidence of the world in its own future than anything else we can do.
5.2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC[4]:
They won at West Ham in a quarter-final replay then survived a comeback from a resurgent Everton to win the semi-final with Antony Martial's late winner.
6.(astronomy) Of a celestial object, moving upwards relative to the horizon after a period of having moved downwards.
7.Rising again, as from the dead.
8.1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection, Aphorisms on Spiritual Religion, Aphorism 19, p. 326,[5]
[…] the co-eternal Word and only-begotten Son of the Living God, incarnate, tempted, agonizing […] , crucified, submitting to Death, resurgent, communicant of his Spirit, ascendent, and obtaining for his Church the Descent and Communion of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
9.1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day” in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, p. 36,[6]
Break not my dream, obtrusive tomb!
Or teach thou, Spring! the grand recoil
Of life resurgent from the soil
Wherein was dropped the mortal spoil.
[Etymology]
editre- + surgent.
[Noun]
editresurgent (plural resurgents)
1.One who rises again, as from the dead.
2.1808, Sydney Smith, “Indian Missions” in The Edinburgh Review, Volume 12, Number 23, April 1808, p. 175,[7]
The poor man came before the Police, making the bitterest complaints upon being restored to life; and for three years the burden of supporting him fell upon the mistaken Samaritan, who had rescued him from death. During that period, scarcely a day elapsed in which the degraded resurgent did not appear before the European, and curse him with the bitterest curses—as the cause of all his misery and desolation.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.
(See the entry for “resurgent” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editresurgent
1.third-person plural future active indicative of resurgō
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bounce back
[[English]]
[Verb]
editbounce back (third-person singular simple present bounces back, present participle bouncing back, simple past and past participle bounced back)
1.(idiomatic) To recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.
We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital.
2.2018 December 8, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Chelsea bounced back from the disappointment of losing at Wolves in midweek to end City's 21-game unbeaten league run stretching back to April, and a sequence of 14 unbeaten games away from home.
3.2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 49:
The current Coronavirus pandemic has obviously had an effect on the line's traffic, but I have little doubt that the numbers will bounce back sooner or later because the ELL has proved too vital a link for both business and leisure travel.
4.(of a message, usually an email) To be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.
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bounceback
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom bounce + back.
[Noun]
editbounceback (plural bouncebacks)
1.A rebound.
2.An economic recovery.
3.(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
Synonym: bounce
4.2012, Alex Blyth, How to Grow Your Business (page 17)
Don't be fooled into thinking that just because you don't get many bouncebacks and not many people are unsubscribing that you have a good list […]
5.(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
6.1977, Richard D. Millican, National Mailing-list Houses (page 5)
List management company and rental order service. Includes AMERICAN CONSUMER (10,372,518 names) covering such subject lists as horticultural products, art prints, books, jewelry and fashion items, diet products, beauty and cosmetics, housewares and gifts, general merchandise, catalog offers, bouncebacks, […]
7.1991, Herman Holtz, Starting and Building Your Catalog Sales Business (page 11)
It is not unusual to get as high as 15 or 20 percent return in bounceback orders if customer satisfaction with the original order is high and the appeal for a follow-up order is strong.
8.1996, Night Club & Bar (volume 12, page 16)
Bouncebacks encourage customers […]
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Back
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editBack
1.A surname.
[[German]]
ipa :/bak/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Low German bak (“bowl, box, chest”), from Middle Dutch bak (modern Dutch bak), from Old French bac (“large bowl”). Related with Becken, but unrelated with Backbord.The sense “dining table” is due to the fact that several sailors would eat from one bowl, so the word Back came to be used for the entire area that they shared. The sense “forecastle” might be a further generalisation because it is this part of the ship where the sailors ate and slept. Otherwise it could be derived from the sense “box, chest”.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English back. Doublet of Bache.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- Back on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Back” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Back (Schüssel, Esstisch)” in Duden online
- “Back (Verteidiger im Fußball)” in Duden online
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protrude
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈtɹuːd/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prōtrūdō, prōtrūdere.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (extend from a surface or boundary): jut, project, protuberate
[Verb]
editprotrude (third-person singular simple present protrudes, present participle protruding, simple past and past participle protruded)
1.(intransitive) To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
2.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter V, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586:
The old woman's face was wrinkled; her two remaining teeth protruded over her under lip; and her eyes were bright and piercing.
3.1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Viking, Chapter 20, p. 272,[1]
[…] from his hip pocket protruded a notebook with metal covers.
4.1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.
5.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
6.(transitive) To cause to extend from a surface or boundary; to cause to stick out.
7.1695, Richard Blackmore, “Book IX”, in Prince Arthur. An Heroick Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Awnsham and John Churchil […], OCLC 1015428537, page 267:
With thoſe that ſtretcht along the Weſtern Coaſt; / To whom the old Creonian Towns were loſt, / Where high Epidium midſt th' Hibernian Waves, / Protrudes his Head, and all their Monſters braves.
8.1781, Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Wales, London, Volume 2, p. 303,[2]
Before me soared the great promontory of PENMAEN MAWR, protruding itself into the sea […]
1.(transitive) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
2.1730, James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, OCLC 642619686:
He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems, / Marks the first bud, and sucks the healthful gale / Into his freshen'd soul; […]
3.1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXXVII, in Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
Mr. Hawley's disgust at the notion of the "Pioneer" being edited by an emissary, and of Brooke becoming actively political—as if a tortoise of desultory pursuits should protrude its small head ambitiously and become rampant—was hardly equal to the annoyance felt by some members of Mr. Brooke's own family.
4.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter II, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, OCLC 843386372:
Then […] I perceived something stir. I made a run for this, but before I reached it a brown object separated itself, rose on two muddy legs and protruded two drooping, bleeding hands.
5.1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter X, in Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 690663892; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001:
The man protruded the tip of a white tongue, licked the place where his lips should have been, and then passed on.(transitive, obsolete) To thrust forward; to drive or force along.
- 1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure, London: Richard Tottell and William Jones, Volume 1, The .xlj. Nouell,[3]
[…] ye people standyng round about […] cried out, incontinently for the deliuerie of the Ladie, & for vengeaunce to be taken of hym, whiche so wickedly had protruded her into that daunger:
- 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Right and Left Hand”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203, 4th book, page 163:
[…] Palſies doe oftneſt happen upon the left ſide, if underſtood in this ſense; the moſt vigorous part protecting it ſelf, and protruding the matter upon the weaker and leſſe reſiſtive ſide.
- 1655, Hamon L’Estrange, The Reign of King Charles, London: Edward Dod and Henry Seile, p. 169,[4]
For in case of general disturbance, nothing is more familiar then for several Factions, of several, and sometimes of contrary inclinations and interests, to protrude and drive on one and the same design, to several intents and purposes.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter IV, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242, book II, page 50:
Of pure Space then, and Solidity, there are several (amongst which, I confess my self one) who persuade themselves, they have clear and distinct Ideas; and that they can think on Space, without any thing in it, that resists, or is protruded by Body; […]
[[Italian]]
ipa :/proˈtru.de/[Verb]
editprotrude
1.third-person singular present indicative of protrudere
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editprōtrūde
1.second-person singular present active imperative of prōtrūdō
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lull
[[English]]
ipa :/lʌl/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (to sing) and Hiligaynon lala (to sing a lullaby). Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lulla (“to lull”).
[Noun]
editlull (plural lulls)
1.A period of rest or soothing.
2.A period of reduced activity; a respite
3.(nautical) A period without waves or wind.
4.1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, p. 26:
[…] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
5.1875, W. G. Wilson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874, p. 74:
After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]
6.2016, David Houghton and Fiona Campbell, Wind Strategy, not paginated
The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.
7.(surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
8.1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, p. 19-19
It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
9.808surfer.com forum (password needed)
About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (To cause to rest): appease
[Verb]
edit Holding in one's arms is a common technique to lull into sleep.lull (third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled)
1.(transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
Synonyms: soothe, quiet
2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto V, stanza 30:
To lull him soft a sleepe
3.1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673, page 54:
Such ſweet compulſion doth in muſick ly, / To lull the daughers of Neceſſity,
4.(intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
The storm lulled.
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Lull
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edit
- As a German surname, from personal names based on Leute (“people, population”).
- As a Catalan surname, spelling variant of Llull.
[Further reading]
edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lull”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editLull (plural Lulls)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lull is the 29604th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 796 individuals. Lull is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.
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claim __
[[English]]
ipa :/kleɪm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- claym (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- malic
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (“to call, name, send for”), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (“to call, cry out”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”), which is imitative; see also Lithuanian kalba (“language”), Old English hlōwan (“to low, make a noise like a cow”), Old High German halan (“to call”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call, convoke”), κλέδον (klédon, “report, fame”), κέλαδος (kélados, “noise”), Middle Irish cailech (“cock”), Latin calō (“to call out, announce solemnly”), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, “cock”, literally “dawn-calling”). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.
[Further reading]
edit
- “claim” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “claim” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editclaim (plural claims)
1.A demand of ownership made for something.
a claim of ownership
a claim of victory
2.The thing claimed.
3.The right or ground of demanding.
You don't have any claim on my time, since I'm no longer your employee.
4.A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
The company's share price dropped amid claims of accounting fraud.
5.2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
The thing is, we've even had formal confirmation from Government itself that the crucial research required to make such sweeping claims hasn't been done!
6.A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
Miners had to stake their claims during the gold rush.
7.(law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.
[Related terms]
edit
- claimable
- claimant
- claimer
- disclaim
- disclaimer
[Verb]
editclaim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)
1.To demand ownership of.
2.To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
3.To demand ownership or right to use for land.
4.(law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
5.(intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
6.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187:
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority, upon what ground any one has empire
7.To cause the loss of, usually by violent means.
The attacks claimed the lives of five people.
A fire claimed two homes.
8.(obsolete) To proclaim.
9.(archaic) To call or name.
10.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 4, canto 10:
Nor all, that else through all the world is named […] / Might like to this be clamed.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editclaim
1.first-person singular present indicative of claimen
2. imperative of claimen
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[[English]]
ipa :/kleɪmd/[Anagrams]
edit
- camelid, decimal, declaim, maliced, medical
[Verb]
editclaimed
1.simple past tense and past participle of claim
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Claim
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English claim.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Claim” in Duden online
[Noun]
editClaim m or n (strong, genitive Claim or Claims, plural Claims)
1.claim
2.advertising slogan
[See also]
edit
- seine Claims abstecken
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valiant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvæ.ljənt/[Adjective]
editvaliant (comparative more valiant, superlative most valiant)
1.Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
Synonyms: bold, valorous; see also Thesaurus:brave
Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
2.1560, Thomas Cooper, “To the Ryght Honorable Lorde Russell Erle of Bedforde, and One of the Queenes Maiesties Moste Honorable Counsell: Thomas Cooper Wisheth Longe Continuance of Prosperous Life and Muche Honour.”, in Coopers Chronicle, Conteininge the Whole Discourse of the Histories as well of This Realme, as All Other Countreis, […], new edition, London: […] [in the house late Thomas Berthelettes], OCLC 1172192520:
For by readyng of hiſtories fyrſte we know how longe time mightie empyres, great kyngedomes, famous common weales and citees haue floriſhed: how many yeres noble prynces, valiant capitaynes, and wyſe gouernours haue reigned: in what age they were, which was before other, and how farre diſtante in tyme one from an other.
3.1560, [William Whittingham et al., transl.], The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. […] (the Geneva Bible), Geneva: […] Rouland Hall, OCLC 557472409, I. Chronicles XII:8:
And of the Gadites there ſeparated them ſelues ſome vnto Dauid into the holde of the wildernes, valiant men of warre, and mẽ of armes, & apt for battel, which colde handle ſpeare and ſhield, and their faces were like the faces of lyons, and were like the roes in the mountaines in ſwiftenes, […]
4.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene v], page 88, column 1:
Hee's truly Valiant, that can wiſely ſuffer
The worſt that man can breath,
And make his Wrongs, his Out-ſides,
To weare them like his Rayment, careleſſely,
And ne're preferre his iniuries to his heart,
To bring it into danger.
5.1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], OCLC 228725984; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, OCLC 5190338, page 61:
Then they read to him ſome of the worthy Acts that ſome of his Servants had done. As how they had ſubdued Kingdoms, wrought Righteouſneſs, obtained Promiſes, ſtopped the mouths of Lions, quenched the violence of Fire, eſcaped the edge of the Sword; out of weakneſs were made ſtrong, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the Armies of the Aliens. [Heb[rews] 11. 33, 34.]
6.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Barlandus, &c.] Fab[le] CCVII. A Wolfe and a Kid.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523, page 178:
The Advantages of Time and Place are enough to make a Poultron Valiant. There's Nothing ſo Couragious as a Coward if you put him out of Danger.
7.1718, [Maurice Shelton or John Randall], “Of the First Roman Nobility”, in An Historical and Critical Essay on the True Rise of Nobility, Political and Civil; […], London: […] C[harles] Rivington […], OCLC 776757599, page 51:
But admit that good Men are begotten of good Parents, and valiant Men of valiant Fathers; and if this be to Mankind proper, why are not good and valiant Children begotten of good and valiant common Perſons also? for they are Men as well as the other. But nothing is more deceitful than this Rule; for through the Corruption of Man's Nature we ſee it often happens, a prodigal Son to be born of a frugal Father, a Fool of a wiſe Man, and a Coward of a courageous Man.
8.Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
9.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, OCLC 951696502, [Act II, scene ii]:
She is a theame of honour and renowne,
A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes,
And fame in time to come canonize us, [...]
[Anagrams]
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- Latvian, Talivan
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms],[1] from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre,[2] the present active infinitive of valeō (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).
[Further reading]
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- valiant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editvaliant (plural valiants)
1.(obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii], page 117, column 1:
Cowards dye many times before their deaths,
The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: [...]
3.1639, “Ch. M.” [pseudonym; Matthew Kellison], “The Tenth Flovver of the Myrrhine Posie: Christ Crvcified: Or His Sufferances on the Crosse. […]”, in A Myrrhine Posie of the Bitter Dolovrs of Christ: His Passion, and of the Seaven VVords He Spake on the Crosse, Doway [i.e., Douai, France]: […] L. Kellam, OCLC 1203809202, page 123:
O yee Angells, yee Champions and valiants of the court of heauen, and ſtout ſoldiers of Chriſt your King, who euerie one ſingle is able to encounter and to defeat the greateſt armie that euer was ſeene on earth, where are you?
4.1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 876856636, page 32:
No Sailer with the News ſwell Egypt’s Pride.
By what inglorious Fate our Valiant dy’d!
5.1772, Plautus, “The Churl”, in [Richard Warner], transl., Comedies of Plautus, Translated into Familiar Blank Verse, […], volume IV, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, […], OCLC 504223901, Act II, scene ii, lines 19–22, page 228:
The valiant profit more
Their country, than the fineſt clevereſt ſpeakers.
Valour once known, will ſoon find eloquence
To trumpet forth her praiſe— [...]
[References]
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1. ^ “vailaunt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “valiant, adj. (and n.)”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1916; “valiant, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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unsung
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌnˈsʌŋ/[Adjective]
editunsung (comparative more unsung, superlative most unsung)
1.Which has not been lauded or appreciated.
The backstage crew of the movie were the unsung heroes.
2.1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 133:
Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.
3.2019 November 23, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23:
He said: "Every day, thousands of unsung women and men go to work to keep London moving and to make this city better, cleaner and safer for everyone. [...]"
4.Not sung.
The third hymn remained unsung.
[Etymology]
editun- + sung
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unsung hero
[[English]]
[Noun]
editunsung hero (plural unsung heroes)
1.One who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition for them.
2.2002, John Catsoulis, “Foreword”, in Designing Embedded Hardware, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page xi:
Embedded computers are the unsung heroes of modern life.
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shortly
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɔːɹtli/[Adverb]
editshortly (not comparable)
1.In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
2.In or after a short time; soon.
3.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
4.In few words
Synonyms: briefly, concisely
Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose
5.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292:
We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared.
6.In an irritable ("short") manner.
Synonyms: abruptly, curtly
7.2009, Susanne James, The Millionaire's Chosen Bride (page 147)
'Well, I still think it was a rather off-hand way for you—for anyone—to behave,' he said shortly.
Suddenly Melody felt trapped—and annoyed. And she didn't like being spoken to like a child, either.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English sċortlīċ, equivalent to short + -ly.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English sċortlīċe, equivalent to short + -ly.
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intimidation
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom French intimidation, from Medieval Latin *intimidatio, from intimidō (“to intimidate”); surface analysis intimidate + -tion.
[Noun]
editintimidation (countable and uncountable, plural intimidations)
1.The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated
2.1920, Warren G. Harding, Liberty Under the Law
It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.
[References]
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- “intimidation” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “intimidation” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[[French]]
[Further reading]
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- “intimidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editintimidation f (plural intimidations)
1.intimidation
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compensated
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcompensated
1.simple past tense and past participle of compensate
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compensate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒm.pən.seɪt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare (“to weight together one thing against another, balance, make good, later also shorten, spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensare (“to weight”).
[Synonyms]
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- (to do something good): See Thesaurus:compensate
- (to pay): guerdon, reimburse; see also Thesaurus:reimburse
- (to adjust to a change): acclimatize, acclimate, accommodate, accustom, adapt; see also Thesaurus:accustom
- (to make up for): See Thesaurus:atone or Thesaurus:offset
- equate
- offset
- redeem
- accord
- reconcile
- harmonize
- atone
- indemnify
- requite
- rectify
- level
- resolve
- square
- amend
- expiate
- redress
- remedy
- remunerate
- appease
- restitute and restitution
[Verb]
editcompensate (third-person singular simple present compensates, present participle compensating, simple past and past participle compensated)
1.To do (something good) after (something bad) happens
2.To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
It is hard work, but they will compensate you well for it.
3.(transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.
His loud voice cannot compensate for a lack of personality.
To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
4.1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day.
5.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], OCLC 5634253, (please specify the page):
, Preface
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries.
6.To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.
I don't like driving that old car because it always steers a little to the left so I'm forever compensating for that when I drive it. Trust me, it gets annoying real fast.
To compensate for his broken leg, Gary uses crutches.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcompēnsāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of compēnsō
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pursuant
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈsjuː.ənt/[Adjective]
editpursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)
1.In conformance to, or in agreement with.
2.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann:
And pursuant to this idea of a holiday, he insisted upon playing cards after we had eaten.
[Adverb]
editpursuant (comparative more pursuant, superlative most pursuant)
1.Accordingly; consequently.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pursuaunt (obsolete, rare)
[Anagrams]
edit
- usurpant
[Etymology]
editAnglo-Norman pursuant, present participle of pursure. Doublet of pursuivant.
[[Old French]]
[Verb]
editpursuant
1.present participle of pursure
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onerous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɒnəɹəs/[Adjective]
editonerous (comparative more onerous, superlative most onerous)
1.imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
2.1820, Washington Irving, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
3.1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 13, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], OCLC 84390265:
Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous, how irksome.
4.1910, Jack London, "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays:
[I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.
5.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 11:
However, given current sensibilities about individual privacy and data protection, the recording of oral data is becoming increasingly onerous for researchers[.]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English onerous, from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus (“burdensome”), from onus (“load”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (burdensome): demanding, difficult, taxing, wearing
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ɔnɛˈruːs/[Adjective]
editonerous
1.(Late Middle English) onerous
[Alternative forms]
edit
- honerous, onerose, onerouse
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, from Latin onerosus.
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surpassing
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsurpassing (comparative more surpassing, superlative most surpassing)
1.Becoming superior to others; becoming excellent; exceptional; exceeding.
2.1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 2, page 87:
"Yet once again," exclaimed he, passionately, "let me gaze on that beautiful and beloved face! let me see if sorrow has cast a shadow on its surpassing loveliness! I will not let her know how near I am, and how wretched! No, in secret and in silence will I look upon her once more; and then, farewell for ever!"
[Noun]
editsurpassing (plural surpassings)
1.The act or process by which something is surpassed; a bettering.
2.2001, William Desmond, Ethics and the Between (page 347)
In both of these surpassings, the human being, in being freed, is freed both to be itself and to be beyond itself; but the second orients us more fully towards being free beyond self-determination.
[Verb]
editsurpassing
1.present participle of surpass
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matching
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmætʃɪŋ/[Adjective]
editmatching (comparative better matching, superlative best matching)
1.The same as another; sharing the same design.
We bought a new sofa and matching armchairs.
2.2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 61, photo caption:
[...] the Class 142s and 143s have at times sported a number of advertising liveries [...]. The two cars of Arriva Trains Wales 142081 were certainly not a matching pair when photographed in 2005.
[Anagrams]
edit
- might can
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Matching (graph theory)Wikipedia matching (plural matchings)
1.The process by which things are matched together or paired up.
2.(graph theory) A set of independent edges in a given graph, i.e. a set of edges which do not intersect, such that pairs of vertices are "matched" to each other one to one.
[Verb]
editmatching
1.present participle of match
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grow
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɹəʊ/[Antonyms]
edit
- shrink
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).cognatesCognate with Scots grow, grew (“to grow”), North Frisian grojen, growen (“to grow”), West Frisian groeie (“to grow”), Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Middle High German grüejen (“to grow, grow green”), Danish gro (“to grow”), Norwegian gro (“to grow”), Swedish gro (“to germinate, grow, sprout”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”), Latin herba (“plant, herb, weed”), Swedish gröda (“crop”), North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”). Related to growth, grass, green.
[References]
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- grow at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Verb]
editgrow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)
1.(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
Children grow quickly.
2.1960 December, “Talking of trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708:
[...] but the dangers to trespassers, especially children, are growing, and a vigorous educational programme is urged.
3.(ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
Apples now grow all over the world.
4.(intransitive) To appear or sprout.
Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.
A long tail began to grow from his backside.
5.(intransitive) To develop, to mature.
As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
6.(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
7.2011 March 1, Peter Roff, “Another Foolish Move By Congress”, in Fox News[1]:
The Bush administration – which sought to grow the number of fisheries managed under a program known as “catch shares”...
8.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
Have you ever grown your hair before?
9.(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
10.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 18:
In fact she was so bus doing all the things that anyone might, who finds themselves alone in an empty house, that she did not notice at first when it began to turn dusk and the rooms to grow dim.
11.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
The boy grew wise as he matured.
The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
You have grown strong.
12.(intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
13.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:
Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
14.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grow.
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editgrow
1.Alternative form of growen
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substantially
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editsubstantially (comparative more substantially, superlative most substantially)
1.In a strong substantial manner; considerably.
2.2012 October 23, Leonhardt, David, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in New York Times[1], retrieved 24 October 2012:
For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.
3.To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
4.Without material qualifications.
[Etymology]
editsubstantial + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- (in a strong substantial manner): majorly, significantly, uberly
- (to a great extent): at heart, deep down; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally
- (without material qualifications):
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White
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- withe
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hwit (“white”), as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning.In Scotland and Ireland, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon). Also an anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname.
[Etymology 2]
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[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English White.
[Proper noun]
editWhite
1.a surname, from English
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White Plains
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- whitesplain
[Proper noun]
editWhite Plains
1.A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.
2.An unincorporated community in Chambers County, Alabama.
3.A small city in Greene County, Georgia, United States.
4.A home rule city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
5.An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland, United States.
6.A city, the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States.
7.A census-designated place in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
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slaughter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈslɔːtə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- slaughtre (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Laughters, laughster, laughters, laughtres, lethargus, slaughtre
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English slaughter, from Old Norse *slahtr, later sláttr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. Equivalent to slay + -ter (as in laughter). Eventually derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). Related with Dutch slachten, German schlachten (both “to slaughter”).
[Noun]
editslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural slaughters)
1.(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
2.A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
3.1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416,
For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.
4.(rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
5.1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:
There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.
6.A rout or decisive defeat.
7.A group of iguanas.
Synonym: mess
[Verb]
editslaughter (third-person singular simple present slaughters, present participle slaughtering, simple past and past participle slaughtered)
1.(transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
2.(transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
3.(transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
4.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.
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Slaughter
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Laughters, laughster, laughters, laughtres, lethargus, slaughtre
[Etymology]
editOriginally named for someone who slaughtered animals for food.
[Proper noun]
editSlaughter
1.A surname.
2.A town in Louisiana.
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English Slaughter.
[Proper noun]
editSlaughter
1.a surname, from English
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Chur
[[English]]
ipa :/kuːɹ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ruch, Urch
[Proper noun]
editChur
1.A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.
[[Alemannic German]]
ipa :[ˈkʰuːr][Alternative forms]
edit
- Khur, Khûr
[Etymology]
editFrom Romansch Cuira, Cuoira, Cuera, Coira, Cuoira, from a Celtic language cŭria ("tribe, kin"), from earlier *korjā, *korā, which is attested in many place names. The often cited derivation from Latin cūria (“senate”) is widely discredited as the first vowel in the Romansh name cannot be inherited from the long Latin ū.[1]
[Proper noun]
editChur n
1.Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland).
[References]
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1. ^ http://online.drg.ch/main.aspx#7d47a29c6ec6f5f445aec3f6f3dce6ae
[[German]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Alemannic German Chur.
[Etymology 2]
edit
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entrant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛntɹənt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Tranent
[Etymology]
editFrom French entrant, present participle of entrer.
[Noun]
editentrant (plural entrants)
1.A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
2.A newcomer.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ənˈtɾant/[Noun]
editentrant m (plural entrants)
1.appetizer
[Verb]
editentrant
1.present participle of entrar
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/[Anagrams]
edit
- rentant
[Further reading]
edit
- “entrant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Verb]
editentrant
1.present participle of entrer
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eke
[[English]]
ipa :/iːk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Eek, Kee, eek, kee
[Etymology 1]
editThe noun is derived from Middle English eke, eche (“addition, increase; enhancement; additional piece of land”), from Old English ēaca (“addition, increase; supplement”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“addition, increase”), from *aukaną (“to grow, increase”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”).[2] The English noun is cognate with Old Frisian āka (“addition, increase; bonus”), Old Norse auki (“growth, increase, proliferation”).The verb is derived partly:[3]
- from the noun; and
- from Middle English eken (“to increase; to enlarge, expand, extend; to lengthen; to add to, amplify; to improve; to stimulate; to advance; to exalt; to intensify; to aggravate, make worse; to prosper, succeed”) [and other forms], from three distinct verbs (1) Old English ēcan, īcan, īeċan, ȳcan (“(West Saxon) to increase; to accomplish”), (2) ēacan (“to be enlarged or increased”), and (3) ēacian,[4] all from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to grow, increase”); see further above.The English verb is cognate with Latin augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread; to lengthen; to exaggerate; to enrich; to honour; (figuratively) to exalt, praise”), Old English ēac (“also”), Old Norse auka (“to augment, increase; to add; to exceed, surpass”) (Danish øge (“to enhance; to increase”), Icelandic auka (“to augment, increase”), Norwegian Bokmål øke (“to increase”), Norwegian Nynorsk auka (“to increase”), Swedish öka (“to increase”)).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English ek, eek, eke (“also”) [and other forms], from Old English ēac, ǣc, ēc (“also”),[6] from Proto-West Germanic *auk, from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also, too; furthermore, in addition”), then either:[7][8]
- from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”); or
- from Pre-Germanic *h₂ew (“away from, off; again”) + *g(ʰ)e (postpositional intensifying particle meaning ‘at any rate, indeed, in fact’)The English word is cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌺 (auk, “also; for, because; but also”), Old Frisian âk, Old High German ouh (“also, as well, too”) (Middle High German ouch, modern German auch (“also, as well, too”)), Old Norse auk (“also; and”) (Danish og (“and”), Swedish och (“and”), ock (“(dated) also, as well as, too”)), Old Saxon ôk (Dutch ook (“also, too; moreover; either”)), Saterland Frisian ook, uk (“also, too”), West Frisian ek (“also, too”).[7]
[References]
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1. ^ “ēke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ Compare “† eke, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891.
3. ^ “eke, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891; “eke1, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
4. ^ “ēken, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
5. ^ David A. Cushman ((Can we date this quote?)) “Eke”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1]
6. ^ “ēk, adv. and conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
7.↑ 7.0 7.1 Compare “eke, adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1891.
8. ^ “eke2, adv.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈɛkɛ][Etymology]
editBorrowed from a Chuvash-type Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Compare the Turkish verb form ek.[1]
[Noun]
editeke (plural ekék)
1.plough (UK), plow (US)
[References]
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1. ^ eke in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈɛkə][Etymology]
editFrom informal Dutch ikke (standard Dutch ik), from Middle Dutch ic, from Old Dutch ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare to Afrikaans ek. Doublet of ego.
[Pronoun]
editeke
1.(colloquial, dated) I: The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
Synonyms: aku, saya, gua, gue
[[Maori]]
ipa :/ˈeke/[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Verb]
editeke
1.to embark
[[Pali]]
[Numeral]
editeke
1.inflection of eka (“one”):
1.masculine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
2.feminine vocative singular
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish, see ek (“oak”).
[Noun]
editeke n
1.(uncountable) wood of oak
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
editeke
1.dative singular of ek
[[Volapük]]
[Pronoun]
editeke
1.dative singular of ek
[[Zazaki]]
[Conjunction]
editeke
1.if
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eke out
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom obsolete eke (“to add to, augment; to increase”) + out.
[Verb]
editeke out (third-person singular simple present ekes out, present participle eking out, simple past and past participle eked out)
1.(transitive) To supplement.
The old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.
2.1694 October 8, John Houghton, compiler, “A Letter from a Lancashire Friend about Breeding Cattle. […]”, in Richard Bradley, editor, Husbandry and Trade Improv’d: Being a Collection of Many Valuable Materials Relating to Corn, Cattle, Coals, Hops, Wool, &c. […] In Three Volumes, number CXIII, London: Prin[t]ed for Woo[d]man and Lyon […], published 1727, OCLC 911709521, page 303:
Now the reaſons why they teach the calves to drink ſo ſoon are various. [...] Secondly, the goodwife ſaves milk by this way of drinking, for ſhe quickly ekes out the milk with pottage, &c.
3.1805 July, “Art. XIV. History of Great Britain. By William Belsham. Vol. XI. and XII. London, 1805. 8vo. [book review]”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, volume VI, number XII, Edinburgh: Printed by D. Willison, […], for Archibald Constable & Co. […], and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme, […], OCLC 950902861, page 428:
[T]he author [William Belsham] ekes out his volume with a great many extraneous details, which relate to a ſubſequent period; [...] The whole work is ſingularly confuſed and deſultory: and, indeed, the plan which the author adopts, is altogether incompatible with that unity and coherence which is eſſential to hiſtory.
4.1848, John Stuart Mill, “Continuation of the Same Subject [Of Peasant Proprietors]”, in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], OCLC 948263597, book II (Distribution), § 4, page 338:
A majority of the properties are so small as not to afford a subsistence to the proprietors, of whom, according to some computations, as many as three millions are obliged to eke out their means of support either by working for hire, or by taking additional land, generally on metayer tenure.
5.1934, Robert Graves, chapter I, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, OCLC 441429562, page 3:
[I]t is indeed Claudius himself who is writing this book, and no mere secretary of his, and not one of those official annalists, either, to whom public men are in the habit of communicating their recollections, in the hope that elegant writing will eke out meagreness of subject-matter and flattery soften vices.
6.(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.
He eked out a living selling vegetables from the garden.
7.2001 October 23, Roberta Smith, “Howard Finster, Folk Artist and Preacher, Dies at 84”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
[…] stylistically raw work known as outsider art that was frequently made by Southern blacks and whites who eked out livings as farmers or repairmen.
8.2011, Kamin Mohammadi, “Displaced”, in The Cypress Tree: A Love Letter to Iran, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN; paperback edition, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, →ISBN, page 197:
But before too long, the rations that Parivash was ekeing out to feed them fell short and the tension that sprang from so many families piled in together overflowed.
9.2012 July 12, Ben Perry, “Branson’s spaceship steals the spotlight at airshow”, in Yahoo! News[2], archived from the original on 26 April 2020:
British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders.
10.2013, Meriel Fuller, chapter 1, in The Knight’s Fugitive Lady (Harlequin Historical; 370), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 7:
Her stomach growled at the prospect of eating roast rabbit for breakfast; the last time she had eaten meat had been three days ago. Since then, they had been ekeing out the last dusty contents of a sack of oats, watered down and cooked to make a sloppy gruel.
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[[Turkish]]
[Proper noun]
editEke
1.A male given name
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crowd out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- outcrowd
[Verb]
editcrowd out (third-person singular simple present crowds out, present participle crowding out, simple past and past participle crowded out)
1.(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To force to leave by crowding; to push out or away through strength of numbers.
2.2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)[1]
Gary Neville, the former Manchester United and England right-back, has acknowledged that, were he starting his career today, he would probably have found himself crowded out of the Old Trafford first-team picture by overseas imports.
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crowded
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹaʊdɪd/[Adjective]
editcrowded (comparative more crowded, superlative most crowded)
1.Containing too many of something; teeming.
[Synonyms]
edit
- dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
[Verb]
editcrowded
1.simple past tense and past participle of crowd
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plotline
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- plot line
[Anagrams]
edit
- line plot, lineplot
[Etymology]
editplot + line
[Noun]
editplotline (plural plotlines)
1.The basic plot of a story or group of stories
2.A group of stories sharing a plot
[See also]
edit
- logline
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earliest
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɝ.li.ɪst/[Adjective]
editearliest
1.superlative form of early: most early
[Adverb]
editearliest
1.superlative form of early: most early
[Anagrams]
edit
- Aleister, ateliers, e-tailers, etailers, laterise, leariest, realties
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indexed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editindexed
1.Having an index.
[Anagrams]
edit
- deindex
[Verb]
editindexed
1.simple past tense and past participle of index
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈindɛksɛd][Etymology]
editindex + -ed (possessive suffix)
[Noun]
editindexed
1.second-person singular single-possession possessive of index
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Index
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- nixed, xenid
[Proper noun]
editIndex
1.An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
2.An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
3.A ghost town in Cass County, Missouri.
4.A small hamlet in Otsego County, New York.
5.An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.
6.A town in Snohomish County, Washington.
7.An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɪndɛks/[Further reading]
edit
- “Index” in Duden online
[Noun]
editIndex m (strong, genitive Index or Indexes or Indicis, plural Indizes or Indices or Indexe)
1.index
[Proper noun]
editIndex
1.the index, maintained by the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefärdende Medien ("Federal department for examination of youth‐endangering media"), of media not allowed to be distributed within Germany
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[[English]]
ipa :/bəʊd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Debo, Obed, bedo
[Etymology 1]
editVerb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). See bid.Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message, offer”).Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English bod, from Old English bod (“a bidding”), from Proto-Germanic *budą (“a bidding, offer”). Cognate with Swedish bud, Dutch bod, Icelandic boð, Faroese boð, Norwegian Nynorsk bod, Norwegian Bokmål bud. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot. See bid.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English bode, from Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”). Cognate with Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English bod, abod (“a stopping”).
[Etymology 5]
editInflected form of bide.
[References]
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- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “bode”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Chichewa]]
ipa :/ˈɓó.ɗe/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English body.
[Noun]
editbóde 5 (plural mabóde 6)
1.body of a lorry
[[Czech]]
ipa :/ˈbodɛ/[Noun]
editbode
1.vocative singular of bod
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈboːdə/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch bōde, from Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
[[Galician]]
ipa :/ˈbɔðe̝/[Etymology]
editUnknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.
[Noun]
editbode m (plural bodes)
1.buck, billy goat
Synonym: castrón
2.goatskin
Synonym: fol
[References]
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- “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
- “bode” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
- “bode” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bode” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bode” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Laboya]]
[References]
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- Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “bode”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 10
[Verb]
editbode
1.(intransitive) to stop
[[Middle Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈbɔːdə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch bodo, from Proto-Germanic *budô.
[Further reading]
edit
- “bode (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bode (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
[Noun]
editbōde m
1.messenger
2.servant
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English boda.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editbode
1.past participle of by
[[Plautdietsch]]
[Verb]
editbode
1.to bathe, to lave
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈbɔˑðɨ/[Etymology]
editUnknown. Probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Or, possibly of Germanic origin, borrowed through Spanish bode.[1]
[Noun]
editbode m (plural bodes)
1.goat buck, billy goat
Synonym: cabrão
[References]
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1. ^ “bode” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Verb]
editbode (Cyrillic spelling боде)
1.third-person singular present of bosti
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Spanish bote, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, see also German Bock.
[Further reading]
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- “bode” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
[Noun]
editbode m (plural bodes)
1.goat buck
Synonym: cabrón
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editbode
1.dative singular of bod
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