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Word Meanings - MIRROR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See DISEASE (more info) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. 1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

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See DISEASE (more info) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L. mirari to wonder. 1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often viewèd fair. Spenser. 2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar. She is mirour of all courtesy. Chaucer. O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and majesty divine. Spenser.

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  • THINKING
    Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
  • EXHIBITION
    The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
  • PONDEROUS
    1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load; the ponderous elephant. The sepulcher . . . Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws. Shak. 2. Important; momentous; forcible. "Your more ponderous and settled project." Shak. 3.
  • EXHIBITIONER
    One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
  • CONSIDERINGLY
    With consideration or deliberation.
  • CONTEMPLATE
    contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the 1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love,
  • PONDERARY
    Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. M'Culloch.
  • COGITATE
    To engage in continuous thought; to think. He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon. (more info) prob. fr. co-
  • RETURNLESS
    Admitting no return. Chapman.
  • PONDERAL
    Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. Arbuthnot.
  • RUMINATE; RUMINATED
    Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
  • PONDEROUSLY
    In a ponderous manner.
  • THINK
    confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. þencean ; akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dünken, Icel. þekkja to perceive, to know, þykkja to seem, Goth. þagkjan, þaggkjan, to think, þygkjan to think, to seem,
  • PONDERATION
    The act of weighing. Arbuthnot.
  • MEDITATE
    To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. Jer. Taylor. In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2.
  • REFLECTOR
    1. One who, or that which, reflects. Boyle. Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc. A reflecting telescope. A device for reflecting sound.
  • CONSIDER
    consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to
  • ADVERTENT
    Attentive; heedful; regardful. Sir M. Hale. -- Ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.
  • PONDERATE
    To consider; to ponder.
  • PONDERING
    Deliberating. -- Pon"der*ing*ly, adv.
  • EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
    Equality of weight; equipoise.
  • SUPERREFLECTION
    The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
  • UNCONSIDERED
    Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.
  • MISTHINK
    To think wrongly. "Adam misthought of her." Milton.
  • PREPONDERATINGLY
    In a preponderating manner; preponderantly.
  • INCONSIDERATION
    Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp.
  • PREPONDERATE
    prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater

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