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Word Meanings - BEATEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak. 2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled. 3. Exhausted; tired out. 4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. 5. Tried; practiced. Beau.

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1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak. 2. Vanquished; conquered; baffled. 3. Exhausted; tired out. 4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. 5. Tried; practiced. Beau. & Fl.

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  • TRISYLLABIC; TRISYLLABICAL
    Of or pertaining to a trisyllable; consisting of three syllables; as, "syllable" is a trisyllabic word. -- Tris`yllab"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • SMOOTHEN
    To make smooth.
  • TRINE
    The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. 2. A triad; trinity. A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
  • TRICLINATE
    Triclinic.
  • TRIPUDIARY
    Of or pertaining to dancing; performed by dancing. " Tripudiary augurations." Sir T. Browne.
  • TRILOBITE
    Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on
  • TRIOECIOUS
    Having three sorts of flowers on the same or on different plants, some of the flowers being staminate, others pistillate, and others both staminate and pistillate; belonging to the order Trioecia.
  • BEATIFIC; BEATIFICAL
    Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • TRINKETER
    One who trinkets.
  • TRIBUNARY
    Of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority.
  • TIRO
    See TYRO
  • TRIALITY
    Three united; state of being three. H. Wharton.
  • TRISKELION; TRISKELE
    A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.
  • TRICLINIUM
    A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. A dining room furnished with such a triple couch.
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • TRIFURCATE; TRIFURCATED
    Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
  • TRIGONAL
    Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
  • TRICHINA
    A small, slender nematoid worm which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvæ is swallowed by man, they
  • BROADSWORD
    A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
  • TRINDLE
    See TRUNDLE
  • MAISTRE; MAISTRIE; MAISTRY
    Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery. Chaucer.
  • PROVENTRIULUS
    The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
  • VENTRILOQUY
    See VENTRILOQUISM
  • INTRINSICAL
    1. Intrinsic. 2. Intimate; closely familiar. Sir H. Wotton.
  • TIRE
    A tier, row, or rank. See Tier. In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.
  • PEDESTRIAN
    Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
  • TRAY-TRIP
    An old game played with dice. Shak.
  • ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
    Of or pertaining to anemometry.
  • NAVEL-STRING
    The umbilical cord.
  • STRIATUM
    The corpus striatum.
  • CEPHALOTRIBE
    An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
  • ANELECTRIC
    Not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric. -- n.
  • FRICATRICE
    A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.
  • TERRESTRIFY
    To convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy. Sir T. Browne.
  • TANTRISM
    The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. -- Tan"trist , n.
  • UNCOMMON
    Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.

 

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