Word Meanings - CONVERSATIONED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl.
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- ACQUAINTANCE
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract - ACQUAINTED
Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t. - BETTERMOST
Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham. - GALLOWS
The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. (more info) AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. galgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows - BEHAVE
To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill. Note: This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as, - ACQUAINTEDNESS
State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. Boyle. - ACQUAINTABLE
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. Rom. of R. - BEHAVIOR
Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular - ACQUAINTANT
An acquaintance. Swift. - DEPORTMENT
Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carrige; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing. The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through - BETTERMENT
An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. Bouvier. (more info) 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu. - CONVERSATIONIST
One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron. - BETTER
1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. 2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be - BETTERNESS
1. The quality of being better or superior; superiority. Sir P. Sidney. 2. The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard. - ACQUAINT
Acquainted. - CONVERSATION
conversacion, F. conversation, fr. L. conversatio frequent abode in a 1. General course of conduct; behavior. Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. Philip. i. 27. 2. Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close - CONVERSATIONISM
A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism. - CONVERSATIONAL
Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray. - CONVERSATIONALIST
A conversationist. - ACQUAINTANCESHIP
A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey. - DISACQUAINT
To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick. - INACQUAINTANCE
Want of acquaintance. Good. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - SCAPEGALLOWS
One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. Dickens. - PREACQUAINTANCE
Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris. - PREACQUAINT
To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding. - ABETTER; ABETTOR
One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor - MISBEHAVIOR
Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison. - UNACQUAINTANCE
The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance. He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity. Sir W. Hamilton. - NONACQUAINTANCE
Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.