Word Meanings - JESUITISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The principles and practices of the Jesuits. 2. Cunning; deceit; deceptive practices to effect a purpose; subtle argument; -- an opprobrious use of the word.

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• OPPROBRIOUS
  1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language. They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. Addison. 2. Infamous; despised; rendered
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• CUNNINGNESS
  Quality of being cunning; craft.
• EFFECTUOSE; EFFECTUOUS
  Effective. B. Jonson.
• SUBTLE
  subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to 1. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• DECEITLESS
  Free from deceit. Bp. Hall.
• CUNNINGLY
  In a cunning manner; with cunning.
• CUNNINGMAN
  A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. Hudibras.
• EFFECTOR
  An effecter. Derham.
• ARGUMENTIZE
  To argue or discuss. Wood.
• EFFECTUATE
  To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill. A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney. In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis.
• ARGUMENTATIVE
  1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator.
• ARGUMENTAL
  Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
• ARGUMENTABLE
  Admitting of argument. Chalmers.
• PURPOSER
  1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. 2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
• EFFECTION
  Creation; a doing. Sir M. Hale.
• EFFECTLESS
  Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.
• EFFECTER
  One who effects.
• REARGUMENT
  An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
• INEFFECTIVENESS
  Quality of being ineffective.
• CROSS-PURPOSE
  A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. (more info)
• DISPURPOSE
  To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. A. Brewer.
• SUPERSUBTLE
  To subtle. Shak.
• INEFFECTIVE
  Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal. The word of God, without the spirit, a dead and ineffective letter. Jer. Taylor.
• UNCUNNINGLY
  Ignorantly.
• OVERCUNNING
  Exceedingly or excessively cunning.
• INEFFECTUALLY
  Without effect; in vain. Hereford . . . had been besieged for abouineffectually by the Scots. Ludlow.