Word Meanings - TWICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.

Additional info about word: TWICE

see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor. Note: Twice is used in the formation of compounds, mostly self- explaining; as, twice-horn, twice-conquered, twice-planted, twice- told, and the like.

Related words: (words related to TWICE)

• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• ESSAYER
  One who essays. Addison.
• NEIGHBORING
  Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.
• ESSAY
  A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. 3. An assay. See Assay, n.
• TIMESERVING
  Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
• FORTUNATE
  1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. 2. Receiving same unforeseen
• AGAIN
  again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
• WARDSMAN
  A man who keeps ward; a guard. Sydney Smith.
• ESSAYIST
  A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson.
• WARDSHIP
  1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone. 2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. It was the wisest act . . .
• QUANTITY
  1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much"; measure in
• NEIGHBORLINESS
  The quality or state of being neighborly.
• TWICE
  see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
• FORTUNATELY
  In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• NEIGHBORHOOD
  1. The quality or condition of being a neighbor; the state of being or dwelling near; proximity. Then the prison and the palace were in awful neighborhood. Ld. Lytton. 2. A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which
• AGAIN; AGAINS
  Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
• TWOFOLD
  Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.
• DOUBLY
  1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden. 2. Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." Huloet.
• TOWNWARD; TOWNWARDS
  Toward a town. Longfellow.
• BETIME; BETIMES
  1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• TOWARD; TOWARDS
  1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
• TOWARDS
  See TOWARD
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• INWARD; INWARDS
  1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward. 2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton.
• BACKWARD; BACKWARDS
  1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. 3. On the back, or with the back downward. Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. 4. Toward, or in, past time or events;
• STEWARDSHIP
  The office of a steward. Shak.
• WESTWARD; WESTWARDS
  Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward. Westward the course of empire takes its way. Berkeley.