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Word Meanings - FRATERNAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.

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  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • FRATERNAL
    Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.
  • TENDERLY
    In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.
  • TENDERNESS
    The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.
  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • BROTHERLY
    Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. "I speak but brotherly of him." Shak.
  • WITHDRAWAL
    The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding.
  • WITHDRAW
    1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker. 2. To
  • WITHDRAWER
    One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.
  • AFFECTIONATED
    Disposed; inclined. Affectionated to the people. Holinshed.
  • AFFECTIONATE
    1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother. 2. Kindly inclined; zealous. Johson. Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat. 3. Proceeding from affection; indicating
  • WITHHOLD
    1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser. 2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. Forbid who will, none shall
  • RETAIN
    1. To belong; to pertain. A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness. Boyle. 2. To keep; to continue; to remain. Donne.
  • WITHHOLDMENT
    The act of withholding.
  • TENDER-HEARTED
    Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7.
  • WITHDRAWING-ROOM
    A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room. A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing-room. Sir W. Scott.
  • AFFECTIONATENESS
    The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.
  • WITHHOLDER
    One who withholds.
  • TENDERLOIN
    A strip of tender flesh on either side of the vertebral column under the short ribs, in the hind quarter of beef and pork. It consists of the psoas muscles.
  • TENDERFOOT
    A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.
  • TENDER
    A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
  • PRETENDER
    The pretender , the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident
  • UNAPPROPRIATE
    1. Inappropriate; unsuitable. 2. Not appropriated. Bp. Warburton.
  • 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
  • NOLO CONTENDERE
    A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty.
  • INTENDER
    One who intends. Feltham.
  • SUPERINTENDER
    A superintendent.
  • DISAFFECTIONATE
    Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. Blount.

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