Word Meanings - CURRENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. 1. Running or moving rapidly. Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

Additional info about word: CURRENT

of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. 1. Running or moving rapidly. Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower. To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson. 2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month. 3. Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history. That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt. Arbuthnot. Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak. His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew. 4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged. 5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable. O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak. Account current. See under Account. -- Current money, lawful money. Abbott.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CURRENT)

• Authentic
• Genuine
• veritable
• reliable
• real
• original
• trustworthy
• not spurious
• true
• legitimate
• certain
• accepted
• current
• received
• Extant
• Existent
• surviving
• forthcoming
• present
• Popular
• Common
• vulgar
• public
• general
• favorite
• beloved
• prevailing
• approved
• widespread
• liked
• Proverbial
• Notorious
• acknowledged
• unquestioned
• Purport
• Tendency
• meaning
• import
• bearing
• signification
• drift
• tenor
• intent
• spirit

Related words: (words related to CURRENT)

• PROVERBIAL
  1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
  An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that
• SPIRITUOUS
  1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
• ACCEPTABLE
  Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
• POPULARIZATION
  The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• INTENTIONALITY
  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
• PUBLICLY
  1. With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made. 2. In the name of the community. Addison.
• AUTHENTICITY
  1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity,
• ACCEPT
  To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; bill , to agree to pay it when due. -- To accept service , to agree that a writ or
• DRIFTBOLT
  A bolt for driving out other bolts.
• APPROVING
  Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
• PUBLIC SCHOOL
  In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually
• PURPORTLESS
  Without purport or meaning.
• RECEIVE
  To bat back when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act
• PRESENT
  one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. John xiv. 25.
• IMPORTUNELY
  In an importune manner.
• COMMONER
  1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
• PRESENTIVE
  Bringing a conception or notion directly before the mind; presenting an object to the memory of imagination; -- distinguished from symbolic. How greatly the word "will" is felt to have lost presentive power in the last three centuries. Earle. --
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• WATER-BEARER
  The constellation Aquarius.
• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• MAJOR GENERAL
  . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
• MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
  Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
• MISDEMEAN
  To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• DEMEANURE
  Behavior. Spenser.
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• WELL-LIKING
  Being in good condition. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer .
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
• DEATHLIKE
  1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
• CHURCHLIKE
  Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.