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Word Meanings - AMOEBAEUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

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  • REPRESENTABLE
    Capable of being represented.
  • REPRESENTANT
    Appearing or acting for another; representing.
  • THIRDLY
    In the third place. Bacon.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • SPEAKERSHIP
    The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • SPEAKER
    1. One who speaks. Specifically: One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides
  • REPRESENTATIVELY
    In a representative manner; vicariously.
  • THIRD
    third, G. dritte, Icel. , Goth. , L. tertius, Gr. t. See Three, and 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the thirdhour in the day. "The third night." Chaucer. 2. Constituting or being one of three equal
  • VIRGILIAN
    Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil. The rich Virgilian rustic measure Of Lari Maxume. Tennyson.
  • THIRDINGS
    The third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of Turfat in Herefordshire.
  • REPRESENTATIONARY
    Implying representation; representative.
  • SEVENTHLY
    In the seventh place.
  • THIRD-PENNY
    A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
  • THIRD RAIL
    The third rail used in the third-rail system. An electric railway using such a rail.
  • REPRESENTER
    1. One who shows, exhibits, or describes. Sir T. Browne. 2. A representative. Swift.
  • REPRESENTATIVE
    Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. (more info) 1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
  • REPRESENTATIVENESS
    The quality or state of being representative. Dr. Burnet observes, that every thought is attended with conssciousness and representativeness. Spectator.
  • REPRESENT
    To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative,3. The general capability of knowledge necessarily requires that, besides the
  • THIRD-BOROUGH
    An under constable. Shak. Johnson.
  • BESPEAKER
    One who bespeaks.
  • IRREPRESENTABLE
    Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
  • OUTSPEAK
    1. To exceed in speaking. 2. To speak openly or boldly. T. Campbell. 3. To express more than. Shak.
  • UNBESPEAK
    To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. Pepys.
  • FORSPEAK
    1. To forbid; to prohibit. Shak. 2. To bewitch. Drayton.
  • FORESPEAKING
    A prediction; also, a preface. Camden. Huloet.
  • UNSPEAK
    To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. Shak.
  • BESPEAK
    besprecan, to speak to, accuse; pref. be- + sprecan to speak. See 1. To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor. Concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was
  • HOME-SPEAKING
    Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.
  • MISREPRESENTATION
    Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional

 

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