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Word Meanings - MAYBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak. In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.

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  • COUNTERBRACE
    To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
  • COUNTERACTIVE
    Tending to counteract.
  • COUNTERVIEW
    1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
  • COUNTERFLEURY
    Counterflory.
  • COUNTER WEIGHT
    A counterpoise.
  • COUNTABLE
    Capable of being numbered.
  • COUNTRY-DANCE
    See MACUALAY
  • COUNTERJUMPER
    A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
  • COUNTERPLEAD
    To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
  • COUNTER BRACE
    The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
  • COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
    See A
  • COUNTER
    A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note:
  • COUNTERGUARD
    A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
  • LIBERALIZE
    To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
  • AMOROUSNESS
    The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
  • COUNTERACT
    To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
  • COUNTRY SEAT
    A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
  • COUNTERTRIPPANT
    Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
  • COUNTERPART
    One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate. 3. A person who closely resembles another. 4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another
  • ENCOUNTERER
    One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
  • ACCOUNTANTSHIP
    The office or employment of an accountant.
  • ILLIBERALISM
    Illiberality.
  • CLAMOROUS
    Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness,
  • SPEED COUNTER
    A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
  • ACCOUNTANCY
    The art or employment of an accountant.

 

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