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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge.

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That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge. (more info) implere, impletum, to fill up, finish, complete; pref. im- in + plere to fill. The word was perh. confuse with OF. empleier, emploier, to

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  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • INSTRUMENTAL
    Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • WEAPONRY
    Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
  • UTENSIL
    That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton. (more info) utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti,
  • AGENT
    Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. "The body agent." Bacon. (more info) Gr. aka to drive, Skr. aj.
  • IMPLEMENT
    That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade, of husbandry, or of war. Genius must have talent as its complement and implement. Coleridge.
  • INSTRUMENTALITY
    The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
  • WEAPONLESS
    Having no weapon.
  • RECORDATION
    Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. Shak.
  • CHANNEL
    A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging
  • INSTRUMENTATION
    1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
  • RECORD
    L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. "I it you record." Chaucer. 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. They longed to see the day, to hear the lark
  • DOCUMENT
    1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. I. Watts. 2. An example for instruction or warning. They were
  • RECORDER
    A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. "Flutes and soft recorders." Milton. (more info) 1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. 2. The title of the
  • SUPPRESSION
    Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain. (more info) 1. The act of suppressing,
  • INSTRUMENTALLY
    1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end. South. They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instrumentally so. Burke. 2. With instruments of music; as, a song instrumentally accompanied. Mason.
  • INSTRUMENT
    A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. Burrill. 4. One who, or that which, is made a means, or is caused to serve a purpose; a medium,
  • WEAPON
    A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. Concealed weapons. See under Concealed. -- Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. Boyle. (more info) wapen, G. waffe,
  • RECORDERSHIP
    The office of a recorder.
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • INTERAGENT
    An intermediate agent.
  • INSUPPRESSIBLE
    That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
  • GLIDING MACHINE
    A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.
  • INSUPPRESSIVE
    Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
  • PRECORDIAL
    Situated in front of the heart; of or pertaining to the præcordia.
  • DIMPLEMENT
    The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. The ground's most gentle dimplement. Mrs. Browning.

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