Word Meanings - PROMISCUOUSNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The quality or state of being promiscuous.
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- ASSENTATORY
Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. - ASSENTER
One who assents. - INDISTINCTION
Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being - DOUBTFULLY
In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden. - DECIDER
One who decides. - DECIDEMENT
Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - RESOLVENT
Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent. - ASSENTMENT
Assent; agreement. - DOUBT
duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or - RESOLVED
Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding. - DECIDEDLY
In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly. - DETERMINER
One who, or that which, determines or decides. - DECIDED
1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott. 2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; - DOUBTFULNESS
1. State of being doubtful. 2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke. 3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon. - PROMISCUOUSNESS
The quality or state of being promiscuous. - ASSENTATOR
An obsequious; a flatterer. - RESOLVE
To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton. (more info) relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare - ASSENTING
Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv. - ASSENTIVE
Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. -- As*sent"ive*ness, n. - REDOUBTABLE
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; - REDOUBT
reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected - PRERESOLVE
To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering. - MISDOUBT
To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak. - DISASSENT
To dissent. - INDETERMINED
Undetermined. - RE-RESOLVE
To resolve again. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.