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inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love: an amorous disposition.
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showing or expressing love: an amorous letter.
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of or pertaining to love: amorous poetry.
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being in love; enamored: She smiled and at once he became amorous of her. |
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–noun
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a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
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a jester's scepter. |
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–adjective
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indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his bawdy stories.
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coarse or indecent talk or writing; bawdry; bawdiness: a collection of Elizabethan bawdy. |
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–verb (used with object)
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to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
2.
to adorn or embellish, esp. brilliantly or showily.
3.
to describe in heraldic terminology.
4.
to depict (heraldic arms or the like) in proper form and color.
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an escutcheon; coat of arms.
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the heraldic description of armorial bearings.
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conspicuous display. |
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–noun
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irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability.
2.
Old Physiology. yellow bile.
3.
Obsolete. biliousness. |
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–noun
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saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
2.
childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense; twaddle.
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3.
to let saliva flow from the mouth or mucus from the nose; slaver.
4.
to talk childishly or idiotically.
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Archaic. to issue like spittle.
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to utter childishly or idiotically.
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to waste foolishly. |
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–adjective
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(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
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characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc.: effeminate luxury.
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to make or become effeminate. |
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–noun
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the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness.
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eloquent language or discourse: a flow of eloquence. |
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–adjective
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direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
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without inhibition or subterfuge; direct; undisguised: a frank appeal for financial aid.
3.
Pathology. unmistakable; clinically evident: frank blood.
4.
Archaic. liberal or generous.
5.
Obsolete. free.
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a Signature or mark affixed by special privilege to a letter, package, or the like to ensure its transmission free of charge, as by mail.
7.
the privilege of franking letters, packages, etc.
8.
a franked letter, package, etc.
–verb (used with object)
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to mark (a letter, package, etc.) for transmission free of the usual charge, by virtue of official or special privilege; send free of charge, as mail.
10.
to convey (a person) free of charge.
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to enable to pass or go freely: to frank a visitor through customs.
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to facilitate the comings and goings of (a person), esp. in society: A sizable inheritance will frank you faster than anything else.
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to secure exemption for.
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Carpentry. to assemble (millwork, as sash bars) with a miter joint through the moldings and a butt joint or mortise-and-tenon joint for the rest.
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–noun
1.
a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, esp. in autumn.
2.
a thread or a web of this substance.
3.
an extremely delicate variety of gauze, used esp. for veils.
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any thin, light fabric.
5.
something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate.
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a thin, waterproof outer garment, esp. for women. |
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–noun
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(formerly) a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
2.
a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the returning swallows, those heralds of spring.
3.
a person or thing that proclaims or announces: A good newspaper should be a herald of truth.
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(in the Middle Ages) an officer who arranged tournaments and other functions, announced challenges, marshaled combatants, etc., and who was later employed also to arrange processions, funerals, etc., and to regulate the use of armorial bearings.
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an official intermediate in rank between a king-of-arms and a pursuivant, in the Heralds' College in England or the Heralds' Office in Scotland.
–verb (used with object)
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to give news or tidings of; announce; proclaim: a publicity campaign to herald a new film.
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to indicate or signal the coming of; usher in. |
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–verb (used with object),-put·ed, -put·ing.
1.
to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
2.
to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable), as to a person.
3.
Law. to ascribe to or charge (a person) with an act or quality because of the conduct of another over whom one has control or for whose acts or conduct one is responsible.
4.
Theology. to attribute (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to a person or persons vicariously; ascribe as derived from another.
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Obsolete. to charge (a person) with fault. |
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–noun
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an act or instance of interceding.
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an interposing or pleading on behalf of another person.
3.
a prayer to god on behalf of another.
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Roman History. the interposing of a veto, as by a tribune. |
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–noun
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the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
2.
any petitioning or supplication for help or aid.
3.
a form of prayer invoking God's presence, esp. one said at the beginning of a religious service or public ceremony.
4.
an entreaty for aid and guidance from a Muse, deity, etc., at the beginning of an epic or epiclike poem.
5.
the act of calling upon a spirit by incantation.
6.
the magic formula used to conjure up a spirit; incantation.
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the act of calling upon or referring to something, as a concept or document, for support and justification in a particular circumstance.
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the enforcing or use of a legal or moral precept or right. |
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–verb (used without object)
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to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.
2.
to hang loosely; droop; dangle: The dog stood in the heat with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.
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3.
to allow to hang, droop, or dangle.
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4.
the act of lolling.
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a person or thing that lolls. |
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–noun
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a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
2.
a musician, singer, or poet.
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one of a troupe of comedians, usually white men made up as black performers, presenting songs, jokes, etc. |
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–noun,plural-ries. Law.
the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry. |
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–adjective,-li·er, -li·est.
1.
rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
2.
Archaic. stately, dignified, or imposing. |
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–noun
1.
a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
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to apply a poultice to. |
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–noun
bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. |
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–noun
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a small sword, esp. of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
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a longer, heavier sword, esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a double-edged blade and used for slashing and thrusting. |
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–adjective
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of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
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to make sallow. |
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–adjective,-ci·er, -ci·est.
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impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
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pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter. |
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–verb (used with object)
1.
to attack with severe criticism.
2.
to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching.
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hurt, harm, or injury. |
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–noun
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defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
2.
a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
3.
Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
–verb (used with object)
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to utter slander against; defame.
–verb (used without object)
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to utter or circulate slander. |
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–adjective
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marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
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wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix. |
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–adjective,vil·er, vil·est.
1.
wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
2.
highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable: vile slander.
3.
repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feelings: a vile odor.
4.
morally debased, depraved, or despicable: vile deeds.
5.
foul; filthy: vile language.
6.
poor; wretched: vile workmanship.
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of mean or low condition: a vile beggar.
8.
menial; lowly: vile tasks.
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degraded; ignominious: vile servitude.
10.
of little value or account; paltry: a vile recompense. |
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–adjective
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done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
2.
deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?
3.
without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions.
4.
sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior.
5.
extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style.
6.
luxuriant, as vegetation.
7.
Archaic.
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sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals.
b.
having free play: wanton breezes; a wanton brook.
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a wanton or lascivious person, esp. a woman.
–verb (used without object)
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to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.
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to squander, esp. in pleasure (often fol. by away): to wanton away one's inheritance. |
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–noun
1.
well-being, prosperity, or happiness: the public weal; weal and woe.
2.
Obsolete. wealth or riches.
3.
Obsolete. the body politic; the state. |
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