Word Meanings - IMPATRONIZATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. Cotgrave.

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• 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,
• INVESTIGATIVE
  Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
• ABSOLUTENESS
  The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness.
• POSSESSIONER
  1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc.,
• INVESTIENT
  Covering; clothing. Woodward.
• INVESTITURE
  Livery of seizin. The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony oinvestiture, or open delivery of possession. Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering. While we yet have on Our gross
• POSSESSIONARY
  Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
• ABSOLUTE
  Pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol. (more info) 1. Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command; absolute power; an
• INVEST
  To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town. 7. To lay out in business with the as, to invest money in bank stock. (more info) 1. To
• INVESTMENT
  The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded. The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments. Marshall. 4. The laying out of money in the
• ABSOLUTELY
  In an absolute, independent, or unconditional manner; wholly; positively.
• POSSESSION
  The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy;
• INVESTIGABLE
  Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.
• INVESTIVE
  Investing. Mir. for Mag.
• INVESTURE
  Investiture; investment. Bp. Burnet.
• INVESTIGATOR
  One who searches diligently into a subject.
• INVESTIGATE
  To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.
• INVESTOR
  One who invests.
• REINVESTMENT
  The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
• REINVEST
  To invest again or anew.
• DISPOSSESSION
  The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
• SELF-POSSESSION
  The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
• SUPERINVESTITURE
  An outer vestment or garment. Bp. Horne.
• PREPOSSESSION
  1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond. 2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions
• REINVESTIGATE
  To investigate again. -- Re`in*ves`ti*ga"tion (-g, n.