Word Meanings - OBEDIENTIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
According to the rule of obedience. An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.
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- ACCORD
1. To agree; to correspond; to be in harmony; -- followed by with, formerly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton. 2. To agree in pitch and tone. - SUBJECTION
1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government - OBEDIENCE
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames. 2. Words or actions denoting - ACCORDANCY
Accordance. Paley. - ACCORDANTLY
In accordance or agreement; agreeably; conformably; -- followed by with or to. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - ACCORDINGLY
1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate - ACCORDING
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. - ACCORDMENT
Agreement; reconcilement. Gower. - NATURED
Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc. - NATURELESS
Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton. - ACCORDABLE
1. Agreeing. Chaucer. 2. Reconcilable; in accordance. - ACCORDANT
Agreeing; consonant; harmonious; corresponding; conformable; -- followed by with or to. Strictly accordant with true morality. Darwin. And now his voice accordant to the string. Coldsmith. - ACCORDIONIST
A player on the accordion. - ACCORDION
A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds. - ACCORDANCE
Agreement; harmony; conformity. "In strict accordance with the law." Macaulay. Syn. -- Harmony; unison; coincidence. - NATURE
1. The existing system of things; the world of matter, or of matter and mind; the creation; the universe. But looks through nature up to nature's God. Pope. Nature has caprices which art can not imitate. Macaulay. 2. The personified sum and order - UNNATURE
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney. - INOBEDIENCE
Disobedience. Wyclif. Chaucer. - DEMINATURED
Having half the nature of another. Shak. - TIME SIGNATURE
A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as - INSUBJECTION
Want of subjection or obedience; a state of disobedience, as to government. - BON-ACCORD
Good will; good fellowship; agreement. - ORNATURE
Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed. - CONSIGNATURE
Joint signature. Colgrave. - RESUBJECTION
A second subjection. - TRANSNATURE
To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel. - DISOBEDIENCE
Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition. He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson. - DENATURE
To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.