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Word Meanings - GARNISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 3. To furnish; to supply. 4. To fit with fetters. Johnson. (more info) prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin;

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To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 3. To furnish; to supply. 4. To fit with fetters. Johnson. (more info) prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warnon to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, 1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. All within with flowers was garnished. Spenser.

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    To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
  • ASSIGNEE
    In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
  • EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
    Equality of weight; equipoise.
  • INVESTIGATION
    The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
  • EQUIPOTENTIAL
    Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
  • FURNISHMENT
    The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • DECORATE
    To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
  • WAGERING
    Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. Wagering policy. See Wager policy, under Policy.
  • GARNISHMENT
    1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton. Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the
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    By adorning; decoratively.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • PERPETUATE
    To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize. Addison. Burke.
  • GARNISHEE
    One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. Note: The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee
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    Adornment.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
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    One who, or that which, garnishes.
  • INVESTIGATIVE
    Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • DEGARNISHMENT
    The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison.
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    Wildcat insurance.
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    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

 

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