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Word Meanings - OVERMATCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To be more than equal to or a match for; hence, to vanquish. Drayton. 2. To marry to a superior. Burton.

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  • MARRY
    1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. Tell him that he shall marry the
  • EQUALIZER
    One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
  • MATCHMAKER
    1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. 2. One who tries to bring about marriages.
  • EQUALIZE
    1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
  • EQUALITY
    Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
  • MATCHLOCK
    An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
  • VANQUISH
    pret. vainquis, OF. veintre, pret. venqui, venquis (cf. an OF. infin. vainquir), fr. L. vincere; akin to AS. wig war, battle, wigant a warrior, wigan to fight, Icel. vig battle, Goth. weihan to fight, 1. To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle,
  • MATCH-CLOTH
    A coarse cloth.
  • MATCH PLAY
    Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.
  • SUPERIORLY
    In a superior position or manner.
  • SUPERIORITY
    The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preƫminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage.
  • VANQUISHABLE
    That may be vanquished.
  • HENCE
    ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
  • MATCHMAKING
    1. The act or process of making matches for kindling or burning. 2. The act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.
  • MATCH GAME
    A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games.
  • MATCH-COAT
    A coat made of match-cloth.
  • MATCH
    Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by
  • VANQUISHMENT
    The act of vanquishing, or the state of being vanquished. Bp. Hall.
  • EQUAL
    Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. (more info) 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied
  • SUPERIORESS
    A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
  • UNEQUALABLE
    Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • INEQUALITY
    An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
  • UNMARRY
    To annul the marriage of; to divorce. Milton.
  • THENCEFROM
    From that place.
  • MISMATCH
    To match unsuitably.
  • IMMATCHABLE
    Matchless; peerless. Holland.
  • UNEQUALNESS
    The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
  • SUBEQUAL
    Nearly equal.
  • PARLOR MATCH
    A friction match that contains little or no sulphur.
  • INTERMARRY
    To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians
  • UNDERMATCH
    One who is not a match for another. Fuller.
  • THENCE
    see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark

 

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