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The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is (more info) 1. That which moves; a mover. Shak. 2. That

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The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is (more info) 1. That which moves; a mover. Shak. 2. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object. By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively. J. Edwards.

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  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • CAUSEFUL
    Having a cause.
  • DARKEN
    Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
  • CHANCELLERY
    Chancellorship. Gower.
  • HAZARDIZE
    A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
  • DESIGN
    drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
  • RELATIONSHIP
    The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
  • REVOKER
    One who revokes.
  • INTENTIONALITY
    The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
  • OBJECTIVENESS
    Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
  • ROUSE
    To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • ACCOUNTANTSHIP
    The office or employment of an accountant.
  • DESIGNATE
    Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
  • PURPOSELESS
    Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • STORY-WRITER
    1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
  • REASONING
    1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons. 2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument. His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay.
  • MISCOMPUTE
    To compute erroneously. Sir T. Browne.
  • VENTURESOME
    Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
  • TROUSSEAU
    The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.
  • CARNIVOROUS
    Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
  • BARBAROUS
    slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. Barbarous
  • LUSTROUS
    Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.
  • INDECOROUSNESS
    The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
  • GYPSIFEROUS
    Containing gypsum.
  • DISVENTURE
    A disadventure. Shelton.
  • PURPURIPAROUS
    Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • CIRROUS
    Cirrose.
  • ANANTHEROUS
    Destitute of anthers. Gray.
  • INCONSEQUENCE
    The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
  • POLYSPOROUS
    Containing many spores.
  • MURIATIFEROUS
    Producing muriatic substances or salt.
  • ONEROUS
    Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor. Onerous cause , a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.
  • TETTEROUS
    Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.

 

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