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Full of meaning. Shak.

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  • MEAN
    menen, AS. mænan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. menian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, 1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you
  • MEANDROUS; MEANDRY
    Winding; flexuous.
  • MEANDER
    Fretwork. See Fret. (more info) 1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. Sir R. Blackmore. 2. A tortuous or intricate movement.
  • MEANLY
    Moderately. A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. Ascham.
  • MEAN-SPIRITED
    Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
  • MEANDRINA
    A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.
  • MEANTIME; MEANWHILE
    The intervening time; as, in the meantime .
  • MEANNESS
    1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison. 2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness.
  • MEANT
    of Mean.
  • MEANDRIAN
    Winding; having many turns.
  • MEANING
    1. That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent. If there be any good meaning towards you. Shak. 2. That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sence; import; as, the
  • MISDEMEAN
    To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
  • DEMEANURE
    Behavior. Spenser.
  • REMEANT
    Coming back; returning. "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.
  • ARAMAEAN; ARAMEAN
    Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.
  • INTERMEAN
    Something done in the meantime; interlude. B. Jonson.
  • UNMEANT
    Not meant or intended; unintentional. Dryden.
  • DEMEANANCE
    Demeanor. Skelton.
  • FOREMEANT
    Intended beforehand; premeditated. Spenser.
  • CADMEAN
    Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- Cadmean letters. Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished;
  • PIGMEAN
    See PYGMEAN
  • RAMEAN
    A Ramist. Shipley.
  • REMEAN
    To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. Wyclif.
  • NEMEAN
    Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

 

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