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Word Meanings - REBARBARIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion, n. Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.

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  • AGAINSTAND
    To withstand.
  • REDUCEMENT
    Reduction. Milton.
  • REBARBARIZE
    To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion, n. Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.
  • AGAINSAY
    To gainsay. Wyclif.
  • REDUCE
    To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from
  • AGAIN
    again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
  • AGAINST
    1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
  • AGAIN; AGAINS
    Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
  • HAMILTON PERIOD
    A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
  • RELIGIOUS
    1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids
  • RELIGIOUSLY
    In a religious manner. Drayton.
  • POLEMICAL
    Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- Po*lem"ic*al*ly, adv. Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor.
  • REDUCER
    One who, or that which, reduces.
  • RELIGIOUSNESS
    The quality of being religious.
  • BARBARISM
    1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton.
  • AGAINWARD
    Back again.
  • THEOLOGY
    The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; "the knowledge derivable from
  • AGAINBUY
    To redeem. Wyclif.
  • REDUCENT
    Tending to reduce. -- n.
  • THEREAGAIN
    In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
  • PHYSICO-THEOLOGY
    Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
  • IRRELIGIOUS
    1. Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impiou. Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious. South. 2. Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious
  • PANTHEOLOGY
    A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology.
  • ATHEOLOGY
    Antagonism to theology. Swift.
  • IRRELIGIOUSNESS
    The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
  • SEMIBARBARISM
    The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
  • UNRELIGIOUS
    Irreligious. Wordsworth.
  • ASTROTHEOLOGY
    Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham.

 

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