The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conceivable \Con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. concevable.]
Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. ``Any
conceivable weight.''
--Bp. Wilkins.
It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that
very person whose shape and voice it assumed.
--Atterbury.
-- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.
Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate.]
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To pardon; to forgive.
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
--W. Black.It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns.
--J. C. Shairp. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Besnow \Be*snow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besnowed.] [OE. bisnewen, AS. besn[=i]wan; pref. be- + sn[=i]wan to snow.]
To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.]
--Gower.To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
Crush \Crush\ (kr[u^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (kr[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.]
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To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.
Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut.
--Lev. xxii. 24.The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall.
--Num. xxii. 25. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.
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To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
--Dryden.Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again.
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To oppress or burden grievously.
Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway.
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To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels.
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to subdue or overwhelm (a person) by argument or a cutting remark; to cause (a person) to feel chagrin or humiliation; to squelch. To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] To crush out.
To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes.
To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.
Side \Side\ (s[imac]d), n. [AS. s[=i]de; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. s[=i]ta, Icel. s[=i]?a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. s[=i]d large, spacious, Icel. s[=i]?r long, hanging.] 1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc. 3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side. Looking round on every side beheld A pathless desert. --Milton. 4.
One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
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The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.
--John xix. 34.5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
Along the side of yon small hill.
--Milton.6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
God on our side, doubt not of victory.
--Shak.We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics.
--Landor.Sets the passions on the side of truth.
--Pope.7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's side thy father.
--Milton.8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
By the side of, close at hand; near to.
Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of Ravelin.
Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front.
--H. L. Scott.Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or along with.
To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side.
To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.
Increasable \In*creas"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being increased.
--Sherwood. --
In*creas"a*ble*ness, n.
An indefinite increasableness of some of our ideas.
--Bp. Law.
Charlock \Char"lock\, n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. le['a]c leek. Cf. Hemlock.] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant ( Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed ( Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
Self-abuse \Self`-abuse"\, n.
The abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
Self-deception; delusion. [Obs.]
--Shak.Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Brutalization \Bru`tal*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
Wrestle \Wres"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wrestled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrestling.] [OE. wrestlen, wrastlen, AS. wr?stlian, freq. of wr?stan to wrest; akin to OD. wrastelen to wrestle. See Wrest, v. t.]
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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
To-morrow, sir, I wrestle for my credit, and he that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him well.
--Shak.Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum.
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Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
Come, wrestle with thy affections.
--Shak.We wrestle not against flesh and blood.
--Eph. vi. 12.Difficulties with which he had himself wrestled.
--M. Arnold.
Wrestling \Wres"tling\, n. Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other.
Note: The various styles of wrestling differ in their definition of a fall and in the governing rules. In
Greco-Roman wrestling, tripping and taking hold of the legs are forbidden, and a fall is gained (that is, the bout is won), by the contestant who pins both his opponent's shoulders to the ground. In
catch-as-catch-can wrestling, all holds are permitted except such as may be barred by mutual consent, and a fall is defined as in Greco-Roman style.
Lancashire style wrestling is essentially the same as catch-as-catch-can. In
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling the contestants stand chest to chest, grasping each other around the body. The one first losing his hold, or touching the ground with any part of his body except his feet, loses the bout. If both fall to the ground at the same time, it is a dogfall, and must be wrestled over. In the
Cornwall and Devon wrestling, the wrestlers complete in strong loose linen jackets, catching hold of the jacket, or anywhere above the waist. Two shoulders and one hip, or two hips and one shoulder, must touch the ground to constitute a fall, and if a man is thrown otherwise than on his back the contestants get upon their feet and the bout recommences.
Stipendiate \Sti*pen"di*ate\, v. t. [L. stipendiatus, p. p. of
stipendiari to receive pay.]
To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.
--Evelyn.
It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and
to stipendiate professors.
--I. Taylor.
Gentle-hearted \Gen"tle-heart`ed\, a.
Having a kind or gentle disposition.
--Shak. --
Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.
Great-bellied \Great"-bel`lied\, a.
Having a great belly; bigbellied; pregnant; teeming.
--Shak.
Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[=i]tere.]
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One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
They [came] that handle the pen of the writer.
--Judg. v. 14.My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
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One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile.
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A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished.
--Wharton (Law. Dict.)Writer's cramp, Writer's palsy or Writer's spasm (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also scrivener's palsy.
Writer to the signet. See under Signet.
mag \mag\ n. Shortened form of magazine, the periodic paperback publication. [slang]
Mountebank \Mount"e*bank\, v. t.
To cheat by boasting and false pretenses; to gull. [R.]
--Shak.
Mountebank \Mount"e*bank\, v. i. To play the mountebank.
Mountebank \Mount"e*bank\, n. [It. montimbanco, montambanco; montare to mount + in in, upon + banco bench. See Mount, and 4th Bank.]
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One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infallible remedies; a quack doctor.
Such is the weakness and easy credulity of men, that a mountebank . . . is preferred before an able physician.
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Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Nothing so impossible in nature but mountebanks will undertake.
--Arbuthnot.
Countervail \Coun`ter*vail"\ (koun`t?r-v?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countervailed (-v?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Countervailing.] [OF. contrevaloir; contre (L. contra) + valoir to avail, fr. L. valere to be strong, avail. See Vallant.] To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will
hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong
with it.
--L'Estrange.
Countervail \Coun"ter*vail`\ (koun"t?r-v?l`), n. Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. [Obs.]
Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor
countervail for the bitterness of the review.
--South.
Dentistry \Den"tist*ry\, n. The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.
cathect \cathect\ v. to inject with libidinal energy.
Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G. solch, Icel. sl[=i]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See So, Like, a., and cf. Which.]
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Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better.
And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun.
--Chaucer.His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping.
--Macaulay.Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such; as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to be avoided; few such ideas were then held.
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Having the particular quality or character specified.
That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself.
--Milton. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. ``[It] hath such senses as we have.''
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Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived.
--Daniel.To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
--James iv. 13.Note: Such is used pronominally. ``He was the father of such as dwell in tents.''
--Gen. iv. 20. ``Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained.''
--Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. ``Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed.''
--De Foe.Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
--Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.
--Shak. [1913 Webster] Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many.Such and such, or Such or such, certain; some; -- used to represent the object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another, or as being of one kind or another. ``In such and such a place shall be my camp.''
--2 Kings vi. 8. ``Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action.''
--South.Such like or Such character, of the like kind.
And many other such like things ye do.
--Mark vii. 8.
Stateful \State"ful\ (st[=a]t"f[usd]l), a.
Full of state; stately. [Obs.] ``A stateful silence.''
--Marston.
Wiktionary
a. Not numerical; outside the realm of numbers.
n. The state or quality of being conceivable.
vb. (en-past of: decrescendo)
n. Any interface through which there is no transfer of heat or entropy
n. (plural of fly nodot=yes English) (a type of carriage)
vb. (context transitive English) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
vb. (en-third-person singular of: endanger)
n. (plural of tin sandwich English)
a. Being, or coming from, a bush of low stature (context used in names of certain fruits, such as lowbush blueberry and lowbush cranberry English).
adv. In a noncooperative manner; not cooperatively; uncooperatively alt. In a noncooperative manner; not cooperatively; uncooperatively
vb. (present participle of overcoddle English)
vb. (en-past of: besnow)
a. copiously decorated with jewelery such as precious stones and precious metal
n. (plural of savinase English)
n. (context analysis English) Of two mappings, a point in the domain of both mappings that has same image under both.
contraction (context nonstandard English) you#English will have.
n. 1 (context grammar English) Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed. 2 The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.
adv. In a carefree way.
vb. 1 To squeeze a wet material, either by twist with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water. 2 To force someone to give something, usually truth, or money. 3 (context aviation English) To push an aircraft to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
a. Pertaining to something that can be increase.
vb. (en-pastcarry out)
n. (context vulgar pejorative English) Someone who is strange or awkward; stronger and more vulgar form of (term: weirdo).
vb. (present participle of infirm English)
n. 1 self-deception. (from early 17th c.) 2 (context historical euphemistic English) masturbation. (from 18th c.) 3 self-harm. vb. (context historical euphemistic English) To masturbate.
vb. (present participle of five English)
vb. (en-third-person singularsign out)
alt. 1 (context uncountable English) The act or process of making brutal 2 An instance of being brutalized. n. 1 (context uncountable English) The act or process of making brutal 2 An instance of being brutalized.
n. (alternative form of Superstitial English)
n. (context informal English) Short form of '''president'''.
vb. (en-past of: rehypnotize)
adv. (context chiefly Scotland English) (alternative spelling of once English)
n. 1 A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points. 2 A professional tumbling act that emulates the sport of wrestling. Also called "professional wrestling". It is distinguished from sport wrestling -- which has strict internationally recognized rules and is conducted on a mat -- by being scripted, rehearsed, conducted in a boxing ring rather than on a mat, and programmed as entertainment. 3 (context countable English) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something. vb. (present participle of wrestle English)
n. (plural of magistrature English)
vb. (context transitive English) To provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.
n. (context anatomy English) A palatine tonsil.
n. 1 (label de colloquial abbreviation) magazine, the publication or ammunition 2 (label de colloquial abbreviation) magnet 3 (label de colloquial abbreviation) mag wheel
vb. (present participle of seroconvert English)
n. A hyperon of short life.
n. 1 One who sells dubious medicines. 2 One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To act as a mountebank. 2 (context transitive English) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To have the same value as. 2 To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize. 3 To compensate for.
alt. (jefe político English) n. (jefe político English)
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis(,) and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity. 2 (context uncountable English) operation performed on teeth and adjoining areas such as drilling, filling cavity(,) and placing crowns and bridges. 3 (context countable English) A dental surgery, an operation on the teeth. 4 (context countable English) A place where dental operations are performed. (qualifier: Not as common as "dentist's office". Compare ''surgery''.)
vb. To focus one's emotional energies on someone or something.
vb. (present participle of geminate English)
n. (plural of topsider English)
vb. (en-third-person singular of: lard)
alt. (context broadcasting English) A line of text of latest news, that moves across the lower part of a television screen. n. (context broadcasting English) A line of text of latest news, that moves across the lower part of a television screen.
n. (alternative spelling of kvass English)
a. (context US English) Without an intermission; without a pause between acts in the performance of a play or in a film on television
a. 1 (context computing English) That supports different states, reacting to the same input differently depending on the current state. 2 (context obsolete English) Full of state; stately.
Usage examples of "stateful".
There is likely to be stateful examination of your upload vector, and careful background checks before you are admitted.