Word Meanings - DOUBTLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Free from fear or suspicion. Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. Shak.
Related words: (words related to DOUBTLESS)
- CHILDSHIP
The state or relation of being a child. - CHILDISHNESS
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. - CHILDED
Furnished with a child. - CHILDBIRTH
The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor. - SLEEPWALKER
One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist. - CHILDISH
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay. 2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who - CHILD STUDY
A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood. - SECURER
One who, or that which, secures. - SLEEP-AT-NOON
A plant which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard. Dr. Prior. - SLEEPLESS
1. Having no sleep; wakeful. 2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron. -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n. - SECURENESS
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security. - PRETTYISM
Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. Ed. Rev. - SLEEPWAKING
The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep. - CHILDCROWING
The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup. - SLEEPWAKER
On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep. - PRETTY-SPOKEN
Spoken or speaking prettily. - SUSPICION
suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L. suspicio 1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension - SLEEPMARKEN
See 4 - CHILDBED
The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition. - SECURELY
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton. - GODCHILD
One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather. - OUTSLEEP
To exceed in sleeping. Shak. - ASSECURE
To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker. - COUNTERSECURE
To give additional security to or for. Burke.