Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language, with Descriptions of Their Various Shades of Meaning, and Illustrations of Their Usages and SpecialitiesBell & Daldy, 1871 - 610 Seiten |
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... Ovid . " God having placed us in our station , He having apportioned to us our task . " - Barrow . ALLOW . TOLERATE . PERMIT . SUFFER . It ought to be observed that ALLOW bears two distinct meanings . This is ALLOW . best accounted for ...
... Ovid . " God having placed us in our station , He having apportioned to us our task . " - Barrow . ALLOW . TOLERATE . PERMIT . SUFFER . It ought to be observed that ALLOW bears two distinct meanings . This is ALLOW . best accounted for ...
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... Ovid . Sharp . BRAVE . See BOLD . BOUNTEOUS . BOUNTIFUL . See BRAVE , v . See CHALLENGE . BENEFICENT . BRAWNY . See STOUT . BRACE . COUPLE . TO BRACE ( Fr. bras , an arm , Lat . brachium ) is to bind for the purpose of giving additional ...
... Ovid . Sharp . BRAVE . See BOLD . BOUNTEOUS . BOUNTIFUL . See BRAVE , v . See CHALLENGE . BENEFICENT . BRAWNY . See STOUT . BRACE . COUPLE . TO BRACE ( Fr. bras , an arm , Lat . brachium ) is to bind for the purpose of giving additional ...
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... Ovid . CAST ( Dan . kaste , to throw ) is used almost in the same way as MOULD ( Fr. moule , Lat . modulus ) ; but we commonly apply cast to what is per- sonal in countenance , character , ap- pearance , and mould when we enter- tain ...
... Ovid . CAST ( Dan . kaste , to throw ) is used almost in the same way as MOULD ( Fr. moule , Lat . modulus ) ; but we commonly apply cast to what is per- sonal in countenance , character , ap- pearance , and mould when we enter- tain ...
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... Ovid . RUDE ( Lat . rudis ) denotes such a sort of roughness as belongs to un- skilled implements or productions . " Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed ? The shallowest under- standing , the rudest hand is more ...
... Ovid . RUDE ( Lat . rudis ) denotes such a sort of roughness as belongs to un- skilled implements or productions . " Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed ? The shallowest under- standing , the rudest hand is more ...
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... Ovid . " Death is the discharger of all griefs and miseries . " - Sir T. Elyot . The last quotation illustrates the wide meaning of discharge . It is , in short , to relieve of a charge or burden , which may be of many kinds , as of a ...
... Ovid . " Death is the discharger of all griefs and miseries . " - Sir T. Elyot . The last quotation illustrates the wide meaning of discharge . It is , in short , to relieve of a charge or burden , which may be of many kinds , as of a ...
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