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Word Meanings - HIGH-PRINCIPLED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Possessed of noble or honorable principles.

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  • POSSESSIVE
    Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • NOBLEWOMAN
    A female of noble rank; a peeress.
  • HONORABLENESS
    1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
  • POSSESSIONER
    1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc.,
  • NOBLE
    nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues,
  • NOBLENESS
    The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor.
  • POSSESSIONARY
    Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
  • POSSESSOR
    One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world.
  • NOBLEY
    1. The body of nobles; the nobility. Chaucer. 2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. Chaucer.
  • NOBLESS; NOBLESSE
    1. Dignity; greatness; noble birth or condition. Chaucer. Spenser. B. Jonson. 2. The nobility; persons of noble rank collectively, including males and females. Dryden.
  • POSSESSION
    The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy;
  • POSSESSIVELY
    In a possessive manner.
  • POSSESSORY
    Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. Possessory action or suit , an action to regain or obtain possession of something. See under Petitory.
  • NOBLEMAN
    One of the nobility; a noble; a peer; one who enjoys rank above a commoner, either by virtue of birth, by office, or by patent.
  • POSSESS
    possess, from an inseparable prep. + sedere to sit. 1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. Jer. xxxii. 15. Yet beauty,
  • NOBLE-MINDED
    Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. -- No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • POSSESSIVAL
    Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. Earle.
  • DISPOSSESS
    To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess
  • IGNOBLENESS
    State or quality of being ignoble.
  • UNNOBLE
    Ignoble. Shak.
  • ENNOBLE
    Etym: 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. 2. To raise to the rank
  • REPOSSESS
    To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again .
  • UNPOSSESS
    To be without, or to resign, possession of.
  • GEORGE NOBLE
    A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.
  • ENNOBLER
    One who ennobles.
  • DISPOSSESSOR
    One who dispossesses. Cowley.
  • FOREPOSSESSED
    1. Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson.
  • DISPOSSESSION
    The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.
  • SELF-POSSESSION
    The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

 

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