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Word Meanings - CONSTITUTIONAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness. 2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society;

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1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness. 2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms. 3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam. 4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis. The anient constitutional traditions of the state. Macaulay. 5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk. Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution, as a permanent system of political and juridical government, as distinguished from statutory and common law, which relate to matters subordinate to such constitution.

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  • RIGHT-RUNNING
    Straight; direct.
  • PECULIARIZE
    To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
  • SUITABILITY
    The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.
  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • ORGANICALNESS
    The quality or state of being organic.
  • SUITRESS
    A female supplicant. Rowe.
  • SUITING
    Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.
  • ADAPTABLE
    Capable of being adapted.
  • APPERTINENT
    Belonging; appertaining. Coleridge.
  • RIGHTEOUSNESS
    The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
  • LEGALITY
    1. The state or quality of being letter of the law.
  • CONSTITUTIONALIST
    One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
  • PECULIARNESS
    The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
  • RADICALNESS
    Quality or state of being radical.
  • APPROPRIATE
    Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words
  • BECOME
    happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional
  • RIGHT-ANGLED
    Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
  • FUNDAMENTALLY
    Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. "Fundamentally defective." Burke.
  • RIGHTEOUS
    Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.
  • LEGITIMATE
    1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir. 2. Lawfully begotten;
  • UNBECOMING
    Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • DEMISUIT
    A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the things, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.
  • SPORADICAL
    Sporadic.
  • CARTWRIGHT
    An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
  • UNSPECIALIZED
    Not specialized; specifically , not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.
  • IMPROPERLY
    In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
  • SPRIGHTLY
    Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  • FRIGHTFUL
    1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
  • SHRIGHT
    imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.

 

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