English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions |
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Page vii
... purposes of language as the minute differences between similar substances are for the purposes of chemistry . Often definition itself is best secured by the comparison of kindred terms and the pointing out where each differs from the ...
... purposes of language as the minute differences between similar substances are for the purposes of chemistry . Often definition itself is best secured by the comparison of kindred terms and the pointing out where each differs from the ...
Page viii
... purpose of the present work , to be a guide to selection from the varied treasures of English speech . This work treats within 375 pages more than 7500 synonyms . It has been the study of the author to give every definition or ...
... purpose of the present work , to be a guide to selection from the varied treasures of English speech . This work treats within 375 pages more than 7500 synonyms . It has been the study of the author to give every definition or ...
Page x
... purposes of the class = room , this portion will be found of value to the individual student . Excepting those who have made a thorough study of language most persons will discover with surprise how difficult it is to answer any set of ...
... purposes of the class = room , this portion will be found of value to the individual student . Excepting those who have made a thorough study of language most persons will discover with surprise how difficult it is to answer any set of ...
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... purpose , or aside from the main design . Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces . Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent , but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be ; we say " he has a ...
... purpose , or aside from the main design . Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces . Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent , but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be ; we say " he has a ...
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... purpose , or out of all propor- tion to the purpose contemplated . The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others . Compare ALERT ; ALIVE ; MEDDLE- SOME . Antonyms : dull , heavy , inactive , indolent , idle , inert ...
... purpose , or out of all propor- tion to the purpose contemplated . The officious are undesirably active in the affairs of others . Compare ALERT ; ALIVE ; MEDDLE- SOME . Antonyms : dull , heavy , inactive , indolent , idle , inert ...
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absolute action allegory Anglo-Saxon animal Antonyms applied authority bad sense beautiful body called cause character chiefly command comminuted common commonly Compare synonyms deliberative assembly delight denotes derived desire differ distinctive divine effect endeavor enduring enemy erally especially evil EXAMPLES expression faith fancy favorable feeling foreordination formal friendship give habit happy heart honor hostile human human voice ical idea imply injury intent involve kind knowledge language less limited marriage matter ment mental mind monomania moral motion nature niggardly obiter dictum object offense one's onyms ordinarily original pain pardon periphrasis person or thing pietism pity Pleonasm possession practise predestination Prepositions primarily purpose qualities QUESTIONS rarely reason refers regard relations result Saxon signify soul sound speak special sense speech spirit statement style substance suggestion term thou thought tical tion truth uncon unfavorable sense usage usually utterance word wrong