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Word Meanings - SEAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Grease; tallow; lard. Shak. Dryden.
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- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - REPROACHER
One who reproaches. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North. - COMMENDATARY
One who holds a living in commendam. - APPROVEMENT
a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now - APPROVE
approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. - COMMENDATION
A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of - REPROACH
LL. reproriare; L. pref. re- again, against, back + prope near; hence, originally, to bring near to, throw in one's teeth. Cf. 1. To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace. I thought your - PRAISEMENT
Appraisement. - CICATRIX
The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar. - REPROACHFUL
1. Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive. The reproachful speeches . . . That he hath breathed in my dishonor here. Shak. 2. Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life. Syn. - BLEMISHLESS
Without blemish; spotless. A life in all so blemishless. Feltham. - PRAISELESS
Without praise or approbation. - COMMENDATORY
1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer , a prayer read over the dying. "The - COMMENDABLE
Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv. - REPROACHLESS
Being without reproach. - COMMENDAM
A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836. There was some sense - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline - OVERPRAISE
To praise excessively or unduly. - RECOMMENDATORY
Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift. - SUPERPRAISE
To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak. - RECOMMENDER
One who recommends. - DISCOMMENDER
One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson. - APPRAISE
1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. 2. To estimate; to conjecture. Enoch . . . appraised his weight. Tennyson. 3. To praise; to commend. R. Browning.