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Word Meanings - TALLAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.

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  • CAUSEFUL
    Having a cause.
  • CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
    Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
    A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
  • IMPOSTURAGE
    Imposture; cheating. Jer. Taylor.
  • IMPOSTOR
    One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.
  • IMPOSTHUMATION
    1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. 2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.
  • IMPOSTURY
    Imposture. Fuller.
  • IMPOSTROUS
    Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.
  • IMPOSTHUME
    A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
  • IMPOST
    The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. Note: The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break. Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty;
  • IMPOSTURE
    The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson. Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion.
  • CAUSERIE
    Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
  • IMPOSTURED
    Done by imposture.
  • IMPOSTHUMATE
    To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.
  • CAUSER
    One who or that which causes.
  • TALLAGE
    To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
  • CAUSELESS
    1. Self-originating; uncreated. 2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
  • TALLAGE; TALLIAGE
    A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior Note: When paid out of knight's fees, it was called scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage. Blackstone.
  • IMPOSTORSHIP
    The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.
  • CAUSE
    A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give
  • SELF-IMPOSTURE
    Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.
  • UNCAUSED
    Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter.
  • STALLAGE
    The right of erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall. 2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw.

 

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