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Word Meanings - ALLUSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Figurative; symbolical. 2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.

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  • PREGNANT
    1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
  • ELLIPTICALLY
    1. In the form of an ellipse. 2. With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.
  • PREGNANTLY
    In a pregnant manner; fruitfully; significantly.
  • ALLUSIVENESS
    The quality of being allusive.
  • ALLUSIVELY
    Figuratively ; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
  • SUGGESTIVE MEDICINE
    Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient.
  • LATENTLY
    In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.
  • LATENT
    Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action. The evils latent in the most promising contrivances are provided for as they arise. Burke. Latent buds , buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may at length grow. Latent
  • SUGGESTIVE
    Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. -- Sug*gest"ive*ly, adv. -- Sug*gest"ive*ness, n.
  • ALLUSIVE
    1. Figurative; symbolical. 2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
  • SIGNIFICANTLY
    In a significant manner.
  • SIGNIFICANT
    1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant,
  • INSIGNIFICANT
    1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words. 2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile. Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of rewards and
  • INSIGNIFICANTLY
    without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose. "Anger insignificantly fierce." Cowper.
  • ELLIPTIC; ELLIPTICAL
    1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends. The planets move in elliptic orbits. Cheyne. 2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. Elliptic chuck. See under Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses,
  • UNSIGNIFICANT
    Insignificant. Holland.
  • IMPREGNANT
    That which impregnates. Glanvill.
  • CONSIGNIFICANT
    Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. Spelman.

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