Word Meanings - ADDEEM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To award; to adjudge. "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

Related words: (words related to ADDEEM)

• AWARDER
  One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.
• ADJUDGER
  One who adjudges.
• ADJUDGE
  1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November
• ADDEEM
  To award; to adjudge. "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.
• PRISE
  An enterprise. Spenser.
• SPENSERIAN
  Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
• AWARD
  To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden.
• PRISER
  See PRIZER
• ENTERPRISER
  One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.
• ENTERPRISE
  1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak.
• MAINPRISE
  A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete. Wharton. Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
• DISPENSER
  One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
• VAWARD
  The fore part; van. Since we have the vaward of the day. Shak.
• SUPPRISE
  To surprise. Chaucer.
• SURPRISE
  1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion
• SEAWARD
  Directed or situated toward the sea. Donne. Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.
• MISPRISE
  See SHAK
• REPRISE
  Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as 3. A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate. (more info) 1. A taking by way of retaliation. Dryden. 2. pl.
• MESPRISE
  Misadventure; ill-success. Spenser. (more info) 1. Contempt; scorn. 2. Etym:
• COMPRISE
  To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon. Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.
• SURPRISEMENT
  Surprisal. Daniel.
• APPRISE
  To give notice, verbal or written; to inform; -- followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised the commander of what he had done.
• PURPRISE
  A close or inclosure; the compass of a manor. Bacon.