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Word Meanings - TANTAMOUNT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Equivalent in value, signification, or effect. A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam. The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. De Quincey.

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  • EQUALIZER
    One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
  • IDENTICAL
    1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then
  • EQUALIZE
    1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
  • EQUALITY
    Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
  • MEAN
    menen, AS. mænan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS. menian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G. meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, 1. To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you
  • COINCIDENT
    Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with. Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well- inclined man. South.
  • MEANDROUS; MEANDRY
    Winding; flexuous.
  • EQUIVALENTLY
    In an equal manner.
  • COEQUALITY
    The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
  • IDENTICALLY
    In an identical manner; with respect to identity. "Identically the same." Bp. Warburton. "Identically different." Ross.
  • MEANDER
    Fretwork. See Fret. (more info) 1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. Sir M. Hale. While lingering rivers in meanders glide. Sir R. Blackmore. 2. A tortuous or intricate movement.
  • TANTAMOUNT
    Equivalent in value, signification, or effect. A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam. The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. De Quincey.
  • MEANLY
    Moderately. A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. Ascham.
  • MEAN-SPIRITED
    Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
  • MEANDRINA
    A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.
  • EQUIVALENT
    Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. (more info) aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power,
  • COEQUAL
    Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n.
  • MEANTIME; MEANWHILE
    The intervening time; as, in the meantime .
  • EQUIPOLLENT
    Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently. (more info) 1. Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.
  • SYNONYMOUS
    Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea. -- Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv. These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same
  • MISDEMEAN
    To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
  • DEMEANURE
    Behavior. Spenser.
  • REMEANT
    Coming back; returning. "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.
  • UNEQUALABLE
    Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
  • INEQUALITY
    An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
  • ARAMAEAN; ARAMEAN
    Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.
  • INTERMEAN
    Something done in the meantime; interlude. B. Jonson.
  • UNEQUALNESS
    The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
  • UNMEANT
    Not meant or intended; unintentional. Dryden.
  • SUBEQUAL
    Nearly equal.
  • DEMEANANCE
    Demeanor. Skelton.
  • FOREMEANT
    Intended beforehand; premeditated. Spenser.
  • CADMEAN
    Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- Cadmean letters. Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished;

 

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