Word Meanings - STAR-READ - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. Which in star-read were wont have best insight. Spenser.

Related words: (words related to STAR-READ)

• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• ASTRONOMY
  1. Astrology. Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck; And yet methinks I have astronomy. Shak. 2. The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical
• INSIGHT
  1. A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; -- frequently used with into. He had an insight into almost all the secrets of state. Jortin. 2. Power of acute observation and deduction; penetration;
• ASTROLOGY
  In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.
• SPENSERIAN
  Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
• STARSHOOT
  See NOSTOC
• DOCTRINE
  1. Teaching; instruction. He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken. Mark iv. 2. 2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or
• STARSHINE
  The light of the stars. The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.
• KNOWLEDGE
  The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. lac, 1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
• STARSTONE
  Asteriated sapphire.
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• ACKNOWLEDGE
  1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
• DISPENSER
  One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
• UNKNOWLEDGED
  Not acknowledged or recognized. For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson.
• ACKNOWLEDGER
  One who acknowledges.
• GASTROLOGY
  The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
• FOREKNOWLEDGE
  Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
• DISACKNOWLEDGE
  To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.
• SELF-KNOWLEDGE
  Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
• INTERKNOWLEDGE
  Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. Bacon.
• GASTRONOMY
  The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
• MONROE DOCTRINE
  See DOCTRINE