Word Meanings - REVERSIONARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
Related words: (words related to REVERSIONARY)
- RIGHT-RUNNING
Straight; direct. - AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - REVERSION
The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - INVOLVEDNESS
The state of being involved. - RIGHTEOUSNESS
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, - ENJOY
1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation. 2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy - ENJOYER
One who enjoys. - REVERSIONER
One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated. Blackstone. - INTERESTED
1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. - RIGHT-ANGLED
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle. - AFTERSHAFT
The hypoptilum. - AFTERPIECE
The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. - RIGHTEOUS
Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution. Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton. - SUCCESSION
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. 2. A series of persons or things according to - PARTICULARITY
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity." - PARTICULARLY
1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil - TERMINATIONAL
Of or pertaining to termination; forming a termination. - AFTER DAMP
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid. - BRIGHT
See I - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - UNINTERESTED
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration. - CARTWRIGHT
An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. - REESTATE
To reëstablish. Walis. - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - SHRIGHT
imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer. - DEHONESTATE
To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see - UPRIGHTNESS
the quality or state of being upright. - OVERRIGHTEOUS
Excessively righteous; -- usually implying hypocrisy.