Word Meanings - REMITTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift.
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- FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - GIVES
Fetters. - GIVING
1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. 2. A gift; a benefaction. Pope. 3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving - SWIFTNESS
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc. - SWIFTLET
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible. - SWIFTER
A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast. - FIRST-CLASS
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended - SURRENDER
To yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion. (more info) 1. To yield to the power - REMITTEE
One to whom a remittance is sent. - SURRENDEROR
One who makes a surrender, as of an estate. Bouvier. - REMITTAL
A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits. Swift. - SWIFTLY
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif. - FIRST-RATE
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett . - GIVER
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock. - SWIFTFOOT
Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag. - SWIFT
to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to 1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, - FIRSTLY
In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first. - REMITTITUR
A remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages. A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. Wharton. - GIVEN
p. p. & a. from Give, v. - REMITTENT
Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever , a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial. - TERGIVERSATOR
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion. - THANKSGIVING
1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. And taught by thee - ALMSGIVING
The giving of alms. - MISGIVING
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South. - FUNGIVOROUS
Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails. - REGIVE
To give again; to give back. - FORGIVER
One who forgives. Johnson. - OGIVE
The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. - THANKSGIVER
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow. - THANKSGIVE
To give or dedicate in token of thanks. Mede. - UPGIVE
To give up or out. - LIFE-GIVING
Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating. - FORGIVING
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp. - MISGIVE
1. To give or grant amiss. Laud. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun.