The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English dictionary, Volumen11882 |
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... ment ) , n . 1. The act of abandoning or state of being aban- doned ; absolute relinquishment ; total de- sertion . - 2 . In marine insurance , the relin- quishing to underwriters of all the property saved from loss by shipwreck ...
... ment ) , n . 1. The act of abandoning or state of being aban- doned ; absolute relinquishment ; total de- sertion . - 2 . In marine insurance , the relin- quishing to underwriters of all the property saved from loss by shipwreck ...
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... ment " a ) , adv . [ It . ] In music , with self - abandonment ; so as to make the time subservient to the expression . Abbat ( ab'bat ) , n . Same as Abbot . Abbatical , Abbatial ( ab - bat'ik - al , ab - bā'- shi - al ) , a ...
... ment " a ) , adv . [ It . ] In music , with self - abandonment ; so as to make the time subservient to the expression . Abbat ( ab'bat ) , n . Same as Abbot . Abbatical , Abbatial ( ab - bat'ik - al , ab - bā'- shi - al ) , a ...
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... ment ) , n . [ From abode , to forebode . ] A secret anticipation of some- thing future ; prognostication ; omen . Tush : man , abodements must not now affright us . Shak . Aboding ( a - bod'ing ) , n . Presentiment ; prognostication ...
... ment ) , n . [ From abode , to forebode . ] A secret anticipation of some- thing future ; prognostication ; omen . Tush : man , abodements must not now affright us . Shak . Aboding ( a - bod'ing ) , n . Presentiment ; prognostication ...
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... ment ) , n . 1. The act of abridging or state of being abridged ; diminu- tion ; contraction ; reduction ; curtailment ; restriction ; as , an abridgement of expenses . ' Abridgment of liberty . " Locke . It was his sin and folly which ...
... ment ) , n . 1. The act of abridging or state of being abridged ; diminu- tion ; contraction ; reduction ; curtailment ; restriction ; as , an abridgement of expenses . ' Abridgment of liberty . " Locke . It was his sin and folly which ...
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... ment . [ Rare . } - 4 . The sudden termination of a disease by death . Hooper . - 5 . In rhet . a figure of speech , when , having begun to say a thing , a speaker stops abruptly , as supposing the matter sufficiently under- stood ...
... ment . [ Rare . } - 4 . The sudden termination of a disease by death . Hooper . - 5 . In rhet . a figure of speech , when , having begun to say a thing , a speaker stops abruptly , as supposing the matter sufficiently under- stood ...
Términos y frases comunes
acid action allied ammonia anapestic anat ancient angle animals anti antimony arch argali arms attached axis Bacon Bailey ball belonging birds body called cause Chaucer chiefly church colour common comp consisting containing court Dryden England English feet fishes flowers formerly fruit G. C. Lewis genus genus of plants give Goth Greek hence Icel kind land larvæ leaves Lord Macaulay manner means ment metal metron Milton molluscs name given native nature Naut noun object one's opposed origin ornament person Pertaining Pope Prefix priv produced Rare resembling root Scotch Scotland Scots law sense Shak ship side sometimes species Spenser stamens star stone substance taining Tennyson term applied thing thou tion tree v. t. pret verb vessel word
Pasajes populares
Página 183 - In darkness, and with dangers compassed round And solitude ; yet not alone while thou £ Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few...
Página 180 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he...
Página 43 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise fast by the tree of life Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life...
Página 191 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, — in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Página 198 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Página 151 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 42 - And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Página 52 - But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
Página 132 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Página 123 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...