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Word Meanings - GUERDON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his

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A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles. (more info) , fr. OHG. widarl; widar again, against + lon reward, G. lohn, akin to AS.

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  • GUERDONABLE
    Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.
  • PLUNDERER
    One who plunders or pillages.
  • REWARDFUL
    Yielding reward.
  • PUNISHER
    One who inflicts punishment.
  • REWARD
    To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
  • OVATION
    A lesser kind of triumph allowed to a commander for an easy, bloodless victory, or a victory over slaves. 2. Hence: An expression of popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. To rain an April of ovation round Their statues.
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • PUNISHABLE
    Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses. That time was, when to be a Protestant, to be a Christian, was by law as punishable as to be a traitor. Milton. -- Pun"ish*a*ble*ness,
  • RECOMPENSER
    One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
  • RECOMPENSE
    recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
  • BRIBER
    1. A thief. Lydgate. 2. One who bribes, or pays for corrupt practices. 3. That which bribes; a bribe. His service . . . were a sufficient briber for his life. Shak.
  • BONUS
    A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier. 2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits. 3. Money paid
  • RECOMPENSEMENT
    Recompense; requital. Fabyan.
  • SPOIL
    1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of
  • REWARDLESS
    Having, or affording, no reward.
  • SPOILER
    1. One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler. 2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
  • SPOILSMAN
    One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public
  • SPOILABLE
    Capable of being spoiled.
  • BOUNTY
    bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity;
  • ENCOURAGEMENT
    1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. 2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward,
  • HYPERTROPHY
    A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
  • EUTROPHY
    Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.
  • RENOVATION
    The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. Thomson. There is something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world. Rabbler.
  • SHOREWARD
    Toward the shore.
  • INNOVATION
    A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses. (more info) 1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc. Dryden. 2. A change effected by innovating; a change in
  • OVERPRIZE
    Toprize excessively; to overvalue. Sir H. Wotton.
  • EXSTROPHY
    The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.
  • APPRIZER
    A creditor for whom an appraisal is made. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. An appraiser.
  • ASTROPHYTON
    A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
  • APPRIZEMENT
    Appraisement.

 

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