Word Meanings - ANISEED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.

Related words: (words related to ANISEED)

• ANISETTE
  A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
• PREPARATIVELY
  By way of preparation.
• CORDIALNESS
  Cordiality. Cotgrave.
• BRANDER
  1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. 2. A gridiron.
• CORDIALIZE
  1. To make into a cordial. 2. To render cordial; to reconcile.
• ANISE
  An umbelliferous plant growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds. 2. The fruit or seeds of this plant.
• PREPARER
  One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood.
• PREPARABLE
  Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.
• CORDIAL
  1. Proceeding from the heart. A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton. 2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton. 3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength
• PREPARATION
  The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock.
• ANISEED
  The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. "Oil of aniseed." Brande & C.
• PREPARATORY
  Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
• BRANDENBURG
  A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe. He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett.
• CORDIALITY
  1. Relation to the heart. That the ancients had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne. 2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley.
• CORDIALLY
  In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.
• PREPARATOR
  One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz.
• PREPARED
  Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- Pre*par"ed*ly, adv. Shak. -- Pre*par"ed*ness, n.
• PREPARATIVE
  Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory. Laborious quest of knowledge preparative to this work. South.
• PREPARE
  1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. Dryden. 2. To procure
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• PRECORDIAL
  Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.
• DISPREPARE
  To render unprepared. Hobbes.
• PRAECORDIAL
  See PRECORDIAL
• NONPREPARATION
  Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.