Word Meanings - CHIASMUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.
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- REPEAT
To repay or refund . To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. -- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn. - SKILLFUL
1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, - REPEATEDLY
More than once; again and again; indefinitely. - HANDSPRING
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. - FORSAKE
1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to - FORSAKER
One who forsakes or deserts. - BLESSING
A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. - WORDSMAN
One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell. - HANDSOMELY
Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner. - SKILLED
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry. - SKILLIGALEE
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. - REPEATER
One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. A repeating firearm. An instrument for resending a telegraphic message - THESE
The plural of this. See This. - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - HANDSOMENESS
The quality of being handsome. Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare. - BLESSEDLY
Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney. - HANDSPIKE
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. - SENTENCER
One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation. - HANDSOME
-some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. That they be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson . For - VOICEFUL
Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding. Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Coleridge. - CURBLESS
Having no curb or restraint. - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - CONSTABLESS
The wife of a constable. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - INVOICE
A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large - RIBLESS
Having no ribs. - LIMBLESS
Destitute of limbs. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - THUMBLESS
Without a thumb. Darwin. - SWORDSMANSHIP
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.