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False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. Forsyth.

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  • FALSENESS
    The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
  • VISIONARY
    1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given
  • IMAGINARY
    Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus. -- Imaginary expression or quantity
  • SIGHTLY
    1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. "Many brave, sightly horses." L'Estrange. 2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
  • FALSE-FACED
    Hypocritical. Shak.
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • VISION
    The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve. 3. That
  • SIGHT-HOLE
    A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak.
  • VISIONARINESS
    The quality or state of being visionary.
  • DEPRAVITY
    The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity. See Original sin, and Calvinism. Syn.
  • SIGHTED
    Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, and the like.
  • VISIONLESS
    Destitute of vision; sightless.
  • DEPRAVINGLY
    In a depraving manner.
  • SIGHTING
    from Sight, v. t. Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
  • DEPRAVEDLY
    In a depraved manner.
  • FALSE
    Not in tune. False arch , a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing,
  • SIGHTLESS
    1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. Pope. 2. That can not be seen; invisible. The sightless couriers of the air. Shak. 3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. Shak.
  • VISIONIST
    A visionary.
  • DEPRAVER
    One who deprave or corrupts.
  • SIGHT-SEER
    One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
  • PEEP SIGHT
    An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight.
  • HALF-SIGHTED
    Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
  • MISDIVISION
    Wrong division.
  • DIVISIONARY
    Divisional.
  • DIVISIONALLY
    So as to be divisional.
  • HIGH-SIGHTED
    Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
  • PROVISIONARY
    Provisional. Burke.
  • PROVISIONAL
    Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
  • INVISION
    Want of vision or of the power of seeing. Sir T. Browne.
  • CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
    Acute discernment.
  • DULL-SIGHTED
    Having poor eyesight.
  • IMPROVISION
    Improvidence. Sir T. Browne.

 

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