English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions |
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... Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy , " Deut . xxiv , 14. Misemploy , misuse , and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to per- sons . A dissolute youth misemploys his time , misuses his money ...
... Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy , " Deut . xxiv , 14. Misemploy , misuse , and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to per- sons . A dissolute youth misemploys his time , misuses his money ...
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... thou art converted , strengthen thy brethren . " In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration . Antonyms : constancy , continuance , firmness , Prepositions : fixedness , fixity , identity ...
... thou art converted , strengthen thy brethren . " In popular use conversion is the most common word to express the idea of regeneration . Antonyms : constancy , continuance , firmness , Prepositions : fixedness , fixity , identity ...
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... thou standest is holy ground , " Ex . iii , 5. In such use holy is more than sacred , as if the very qualities of a spiritual or divine presence were imparted to the place or object . Divine has been used with great looseness , as ...
... thou standest is holy ground , " Ex . iii , 5. In such use holy is more than sacred , as if the very qualities of a spiritual or divine presence were imparted to the place or object . Divine has been used with great looseness , as ...
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... thou art good " ; to say we are guilty , but thou art good , " would make the concession of guilt more emphatic . Compare BUT ; YET . Synonyms : despite , 66 NOTWITHSTANDING , prep . in spite of . Notwithstanding simply states that ...
... thou art good " ; to say we are guilty , but thou art good , " would make the concession of guilt more emphatic . Compare BUT ; YET . Synonyms : despite , 66 NOTWITHSTANDING , prep . in spite of . Notwithstanding simply states that ...
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... thou art a prophet , " John iv , 19. That which we apprehend we catch , as with the hand ; that which we conceive we are able to analyze and recompose in our mind ; that which we comprehend , we , as it were , grasp around , take ...
... thou art a prophet , " John iv , 19. That which we apprehend we catch , as with the hand ; that which we conceive we are able to analyze and recompose in our mind ; that which we comprehend , we , as it were , grasp around , take ...
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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