Word Meanings - OFFICIALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
By the proper officer; by virtue of the proper authority; in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office; as, accounts or reports officially vertified or rendered; letters officially communicated; persons officially notified.
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- COMMUNICATIVENESS
The quality of being communicative. Norris. - VEST
and E. wear: cf. F. veste. See Wear to carry on the person, and cf. 1. An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe. In state attended by her maiden train, Who bore the vests that holy rites - OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - PURSUANCE
1. The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being pursuant; consequence. In pursuance of, in accordance with; - VESTRY
A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually held in a vestry. (more info) vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to clothes, fr. vestis a 1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal - VESTLET
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus Cerianthus. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth - VESTIBULAR
Of or pertaining to a vestibule; like a vestibule. - COMMUNICATIVE
Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others. Determine, for the future, to be less communicative. Swift. - VESTING
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern. - OFFICE WIRE
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. - PROPERLY
1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer. - PROPERNESS
1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. Udall. - PROPERTY
All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge - PROPERATE
To hasten, or press forward. - VESTIGIAL
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a vestige. - VESTIGATE
To investigate. - VESTITURE
In vestiture. - VESTED
Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests. Vested legacy , a legacy the right to which commences in præsenti, and does not depend on a contingency; as, a legacy to one to be paid when he attains to - PROPERTIED
Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. "The propertied and satisfied classes." M. Arnold. - VESTALES
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies. - POST OFFICE
See POST - INVESTIGATION
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, - DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. - DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting. - INTERCOMMUNICATION
Mutual communication. Owen. - UNSPECIALIZED
Not specialized; specifically , not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks. - IMPROPERLY
In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly. - INOFFICIALLY
Without the usual forms, or not in the official character. - SELF-COMMUNICATIVE
Imparting or communicating by its own powers. - BOOKING OFFICE
1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold. - INVESTIGATIVE
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching. - CROWN OFFICE
The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill. - IMPROPERATION
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne - ESPECIALNESS
The state of being especial. - REVESTTURE
Vesture. Richrevesture of cloth of gold. E. Hall. - INVESTIENT
Covering; clothing. Woodward.