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Word Meanings - ENDEARMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

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  • STROKER
    One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton.
  • DEVOTIONALLY
    In a devotional manner; toward devotion.
  • CLEAVER
    One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
  • STROKING
    The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order. 3. pl. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke. I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. Milton.
  • CLEAVELANDITE
    A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.
  • CLEAVE
    clifian; akin to OS. klibon, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klæbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. 1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of
  • DEVOTIONAL
    Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.
  • STROKESMAN
    The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. Totten.
  • CARESSINGLY
    In caressing manner.
  • FONDLER
    One who fondles. Johnson.
  • CLEAVAGE
    The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment
  • FONDLING
    The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.
  • BLANDISHMENT
    The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Cowering low with blandishment. Milton. Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.
  • ENDEARMENT
    The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.
  • CLEAVERS
    A species of Galium , having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
  • CLEAVABLE
    Capable of cleaving or being divided.
  • DEVOTION
    1. The act of devoting; consecration. 2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated
  • ADHESION
    The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. (more info) 1. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like. 2. Adherence;
  • DEVOTIONALITY
    The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough.
  • CONSTANCY
    1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from hange; stability; fixedness; immutabilitu; asm the constancy of God in his nature and attributes. 2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness
  • CRAWL STROKE
    A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.
  • SELF-DEVOTION
    The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self- devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
  • BY-STROKE
    An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
  • REATTACHMENT
    The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
  • SPLIT SHOT; SPLIT STROKE
    In croquet, etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own and the opponent's ball placed in contact.
  • INADHESION
    Want of adhesion.
  • COUNTERSTROKE
    A stroke or blow in return. Spenser.
  • MISDEVOTION
    Mistaken devotion.
  • UNDEVOTION
    Absence or want of devotion.
  • DEAD-STROKE
    Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer , a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

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