Word Meanings - TALLAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To lay an impost upon; to cause to pay tallage.
Related words: (words related to TALLAGE)
- 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.