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–verb (used without object)
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to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.
2.
(of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.
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3.
an ambling gait.
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a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
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–noun
1.
a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, esp. in the mouth.
2.
a disease affecting horses' feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul-smelling exudate.
3.
a defined area of diseased tissue, esp. in woody stems.
4.
something that corrodes, corrupts, destroys, or irritates.
5.
Also called canker rose. British Dialect. dog rose.
–verb (used with object)
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to infect with canker.
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to corrupt; destroy slowly.
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to become infected with or as if with canker. |
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a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage.
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a person who seeks favor by flattery, charm, etc. |
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–noun
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impudence; effrontery.
2.
bile, esp. that of an animal.
3.
something bitter or severe.
4.
bitterness of spirit; rancor.
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5.
gall and wormwood, bitterness of spirit; deep resentment. |
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–adjective,lust·i·er, lust·i·est.
1.
full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
2.
hearty, as a meal.
3.
spirited; enthusiastic.
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lustful; lecherous. |
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–noun
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an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
2.
Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, esp. a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army.
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics.
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of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas. |
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–verb (used with object)
1.
to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
2.
to reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does.
3.
to transmit (hereditary features or elements) to, or through, offspring.
4.
to spread (a report, doctrine, practice, etc.) from person to person; disseminate.
5.
to cause to increase in number or amount.
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to create (an effect) at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit: to propagate sound.
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to multiply by any process of natural reproduction, as organisms; breed.
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to increase in extent, as a structural flaw: The crack will propagate only to this joint.
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(of electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc.) to travel through space or a physical medium. |
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–noun
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excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit: Failure to be elected was a great blow to his vanity.
2.
an instance or display of this quality or feeling.
3.
something about which one is vain.
4.
lack of real value; hollowness; worthlessness: the vanity of a selfish life.
5.
something worthless, trivial, or pointless.
6.
vanity case.
7.
dressing table.
8.
a wide, counterlike shelf containing a wash basin, as in the bathroom of a hotel or residence, often equipped with shelves, drawers, etc., underneath.
9.
a cabinet built below or around a bathroom sink, primarily to hide exposed pipes.
10.
compact1 (def. 13).
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produced as a showcase for one's own talents, esp. as a writer, actor, singer, or composer: a vanity production.
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of, pertaining to, or issued by a vanity press: a spate of vanity books. |
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–noun
1.
the doing of good; active goodness or kindness; charity.
2.
a beneficent act or gift; benefaction. |
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–noun
1.
a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
2.
any confused, disorderly mass: a chaos of meaningless phrases.
3.
the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the existence of the ordered universe.
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(initial capital letter) the personification of this in any of several ancient Greek myths.
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Obsolete. a chasm or abyss. |
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–adjective
1.
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
2.
consisting of or characterized by distinct or individual parts; discontinuous.
3.
Mathematics.
a.
(of a topology or topological space) having the property that every subset is an open set.
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defined only for an isolated set of points: a discrete variable.
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using only arithmetic and algebra; not involving calculus: discrete methods. |
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–adjective
1.
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
2.
attended with or causing dizziness: a giddy climb.
3.
frivolous and lighthearted; impulsive; flighty: a giddy young person. |
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–verb (used with object),marred, mar·ring.
1.
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
2.
to disfigure, deface, or scar: The scratch marred the table. |
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–adjective
1.
of the nature of a portent; momentous.
2.
ominously significant or indicative: a portentous defeat.
3.
marvelous; amazing; prodigious. |
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–adjective
1.
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
2.
limited; meager; not large: a scant amount.
3.
barely amounting to as much as indicated: a scant two hours; a scant cupful.
4.
having an inadequate or limited supply (usually fol. by of): scant of breath.
–verb (used with object)
5.
to make scant; diminish.
6.
to stint the supply of; withhold.
7.
to treat slightly or inadequately.
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Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
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–noun
1.
the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
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aspect; appearance. |
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–noun
1.
a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
2.
a bubbling or roaring noise; a clamor.
3.
Slang. a large, noisy party.
–verb (used without object)
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to quarrel angrily and noisily; wrangle.
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to make a bubbling or roaring noise, as water flowing over a rocky bed. |
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–noun
1.
a ship for carrying coal.
2.
a coal miner.
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Obsolete. a person who carries or sells coal. |
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–verb (used with object)
1.
to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration: I esteem him for his honesty.
2.
to consider as of a certain value or of a certain type; regard: I esteem it worthless.
3.
Obsolete. to set a value on; appraise.
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favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard: to hold a person in esteem.
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Archaic. opinion or judgment; estimation; valuation. |
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–noun
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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
2.
Roman Catholic Church. a baptized Roman Catholic who willfully and persistently rejects any article of faith.
3.
anyone who does not conform to an established attitude, doctrine, or principle.
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heretical. |
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–noun
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a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
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a dramatic composition for such entertainment.
3.
a masquerade; masked ball; revel.
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mask (def. 14). |
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–adjective
1.
characterized by irreverence or contempt for god or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
2.
not devoted to holy or religious purposes; unconsecrated; secular (opposed to sacred).
3.
unholy; heathen; pagan: profane rites.
4.
not initiated into religious rites or mysteries, as persons.
5.
common or vulgar.
–verb (used with object)
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to misuse (anything that should be held in reverence or respect); defile; debase; employ basely or unworthily.
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to treat (anything sacred) with irreverence or contempt; violate the sanctity of: to profane a shrine. |
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–noun
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Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to god or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
2.
any tax, levy, or the like, esp. of one-tenth.
3.
a tenth part or any indefinitely small part of anything.
–verb (used with object)
4.
to give or pay a tithe or tenth of (produce, money, etc.).
5.
to give or pay tithes on (crops, income, etc.).
6.
to exact a tithe from (a person, community, parish, etc.).
7.
to levy a tithe on (crops, income, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
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to give or pay a tithe. |
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–verb (used with object)
1.
to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
2.
to use (a weapon, instrument, etc.) effectively; handle or employ actively.
3.
Archaic. to guide or direct.
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Archaic. to govern; manage. |
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–noun
1.
Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
2.
a spit for roasting meat.
3.
a gimlet for tapping casks.
4.
(in a lock) a pin receiving the barrel of a key.
5.
Also, broach spire. Architecture. an octagonal spire rising directly from a tower without any intervening feature.
6.
Masonry. a pointed tool for the rough dressing of stone.
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brooch.
–verb (used with object)
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to enlarge and finish with a broach.
9.
to mention or suggest for the first time: to broach a subject.
10.
to draw (beer, liquor, etc.), as by tapping: to broach beer from a keg.
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to tap or pierce.
12.
Masonry. to shape or dress (a block of stone).
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Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to veer to windward.
14.
to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine. |
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–verb (used without object)
1.
to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often fol. by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
2.
Archaic. to agree in sentiment, opinion, etc.; be in harmony.
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3.
permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence: He gave his consent to the marriage.
4.
agreement in sentiment, opinion, a course of action, etc.: By common consent he was appointed official delegate.
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Archaic. accord; concord; harmony. |
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–noun
1.
a fight, battle, or skirmish.
2.
a competition or contest, esp. in sports.
3.
a noisy quarrel or brawl.
4.
Archaic. fright.
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5.
Archaic. to frighten.
–verb (used without object)
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Archaic. to fight or brawl. |
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–verb (used with object)
1.
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
2.
to make improper advances toward (a person).
3.
to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
4.
Obsolete. to annoy.
5.
Obsolete. to press; impel.
–verb (used without object)
6.
to make urgent or persistent solicitations.
7.
to make improper advances toward another person.
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importunate. |
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–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mating or the mating season of animals: nuptial behavior.
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3.
Usually, nuptials. a wedding or marriage. |
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–adjective
1.
extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
2.
(of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length. |
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–noun
an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin. |
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–noun
1.
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
2.
an affliction: She suffered a fall, among her other woes.
–interjection
3.
an exclamation of grief, distress, or lamentation. |
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