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  • FREQUENTATIVE
    Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n.
  • MAINTAIN
    by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace;
  • SUSTAIN
    F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • GUARDIAN
    One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz.,
  • GUARDIANSHIP
    The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.
  • SUPPORTATION
    Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
  • RESTRAINABLE
    Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
  • GUARDIANESS
    A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • GUARDIANLESS
    Without a guardian. Marston.
  • SUSTAINABLE
    Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
  • PROTECT
    To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
  • CONCEALED
    Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
  • DISCONTINUE
    To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
  • GUARDER
    One who guards.
  • RETAINMENT
    The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
  • GUARDANT
    See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak.
  • REPRESSIBLE
    Capable of being repressed.
  • SUPPORTFUL
    Abounding with support. Chapman.
  • OVERFREQUENT
    Too frequent.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • CHAUNTERIE
    See CHAUCER
  • STRAINABLE
    1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
  • 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.
  • MISOBSERVE
    To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
  • DISTRAINER
    See DISTRAINOR
  • HALF-STRAINED
    Half-bred; imperfect. "A half-strained villain." Dryden.

 

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