| slovo | definícia |
advent
(encz) | advent,advent "období 4 neděle před Vánocemi" |
advent
(encz) | advent,nástup n: Tolda |
advent
(encz) | advent,příchod n: Tolda |
advent
(czen) | advent,advent "období 4 neděle před Vánocemi" |
Advent
(gcide) | Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf.
F. avent. See Advene.]
1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before
Christmas.
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Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of
Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of
St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley.
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2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
[1913 Webster]
3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
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Death's dreadful advent. --Young.
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Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson.
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advent
(wn) | advent
n 1: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something
momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent,
coming]
2: the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
3: (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for
the Last Judgment [syn: Second Coming, {Second Coming of
Christ}, Second Advent, Advent, Parousia] |
advent
(foldoc) | ADVENT
/ad'vent/ The prototypical computer adventure game,
first implemented by Will Crowther for a CDC computer
(probably the CDC 6600?) as an attempt at computer-refereed
fantasy gaming.
ADVENT was ported to the PDP-10, and expanded to the
350-point Classic puzzle-oriented version, by Don Woods of
the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). The
game is now better known as Adventure, but the TOPS-10
operating system permitted only six-letter filenames. All
the versions since are based on the SAIL port.
David Long of the University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business Computing Facility (which had two of the four
DEC20s on campus in the late 1970s and early 1980s) was
responsible for expanding the cave in a number of ways, and
pushing the point count up to 500, then 501 points. Most of
his work was in the data files, but he made some changes to
the parser as well.
This game defined the terse, dryly humorous style now expected
in text adventure games, and popularised several tag lines
that have become fixtures of hacker-speak: "A huge green
fierce snake bars the way!" "I see no X here" (for some noun
X). "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
"You are in a little maze of twisty passages, all different."
The "magic words" xyzzy and plugh also derive from this
game.
Crowther, by the way, participated in the exploration of the
Mammoth & Flint Ridge cave system; it actually *has* a
"Colossal Cave" and a "Bedquilt" as in the game, and the "Y2"
that also turns up is cavers' jargon for a map reference to a
secondary entrance.
See also vadding.
[Was the original written in Fortran?]
[Jargon File]
(1996-04-01)
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advent
(jargon) | ADVENT
/ad'vent/, n.
The prototypical computer adventure game, first designed by Will Crowther
on the PDP-10 in the mid-1970s as an attempt at computer-refereed fantasy
gaming, and expanded into a puzzle-oriented game by Don Woods at Stanford
in 1976. (Woods had been one of the authors of INTERCAL.) Now better
known as Adventure or Colossal Cave Adventure, but the TOPS-10 operating
system permitted only six-letter filenames in uppercase. See also {vadding
}, Zork, and Infocom.
Figure 1. Screen shot of the original ADVENT game
Orange River Chamber
You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers
of
orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west
sidesof the chamber.
A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing.
>drop rod
Dropped.
>take bird
You catch the bird in the wicker cage.
>take rod
Taken.
>w
At Top of Small Pit
At your feet is a small pit breathing traces of white mist. A west passage
ends
here except for a small crack leading on.
Rough stone steps lead down the pit.
>down
In Hall of Mists
You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the
west.
There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads
downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro
almost
as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the
top
of a dome behind you.
Rough stone steps lead up the dome.
This game defined the terse, dryly humorous style since expected in text
adventure games, and popularized several tag lines that have become
fixtures of hacker-speak: “A huge green fierce snake bars the way!” “I see
no X here” (for some noun X). “You are in a maze of twisty little passages,
all alike.” “You are in a little maze of twisty passages, all different.”
The ‘magic words’ xyzzy and plugh also derive from this game.
Crowther, by the way, participated in the exploration of the Mammoth &
Flint Ridge cave system; it actually has a Colossal Cave and a Bedquilt as
in the game, and the Y2 that also turns up is cavers' jargon for a map
reference to a secondary entrance.
ADVENT sources are available for FTP at ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/doc/misc/
if-archive/games/source/advent.tar.Z. You can also play it as a Java applet
. There is a good page of resources at the Colossal Cave Adventure Page.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
adventitious
(mass) | adventitious
- neočakávaný, náhodný |
adventitiously
(mass) | adventitiously
- neočakávane, náhodne |
adventurist
(mass) | adventurist
- avanturista |
misadventure
(mass) | misadventure
- nešťastie |
peradventure
(mass) | peradventure
- azda |
advent
(encz) | advent,advent "období 4 neděle před Vánocemi" advent,nástup n: Toldaadvent,příchod n: Tolda |
adventitious
(encz) | adventitious,adventativní adj: [bio.] o kořenech Jirka Daněkadventitious,cizí Pavel Cvrčekadventitious,nahodilý adj: Zdeněk Brožadventitious,přídatný adj: [bot.] o kořenech Jirka Daněk |
adventitious roots
(encz) | adventitious roots,adventativní kořeny n: [bio.] pl. Jirka Daněk |
adventure
(encz) | adventure,dobrodružství |
adventurer
(encz) | adventurer,dobrodruh |
adventurers
(encz) | adventurers,dobrodruhové adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adventures
(encz) | adventures,dobrodružství pl. Zdeněk Brož |
adventuress
(encz) | adventuress,dobrodružka n: Zdeněk Brož |
adventuring
(encz) | adventuring,hledání dobrodružství n: Zdeněk Brož |
adventurism
(encz) | adventurism,avanturismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
adventurous
(encz) | adventurous,dobrodružný adventurous,podnikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adventurously
(encz) | adventurously,dobrodružně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
adventurousness
(encz) | adventurousness,dobrodružnost Pavel Cvrček |
misadventure
(encz) | misadventure,nehoda n: Zdeněk Brožmisadventure,neštěstí Zdeněk Brož |
peradventure
(encz) | peradventure,možná adj: Zdeněk Brožperadventure,snad Zdeněk Brož |
unadventurous
(encz) | unadventurous,bez dobrodružství n: Zdeněk Brož |
advent
(czen) | advent,advent "období 4 neděle před Vánocemi" |
adventativní
(czen) | adventativní,adventitiousadj: [bio.] o kořenech Jirka Daněk |
adventativní kořeny
(czen) | adventativní kořeny,adventitious rootsn: [bio.] pl. Jirka Daněk |
A bill of adventure
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter,
anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire,
adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the
sense of "to happen, befall." See Advene.]
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1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;
hence, chance of danger or loss.
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Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she
must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him
individually. --Milton.
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2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]
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He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.
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3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking
enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be
encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.
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He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay.
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4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring
incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.
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5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a
venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that
the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.
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Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.
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Advent
(gcide) | Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf.
F. avent. See Advene.]
1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before
Christmas.
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Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of
Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of
St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley.
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2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
[1913 Webster]
3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
[1913 Webster]
Death's dreadful advent. --Young.
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Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson.
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Advent Sunday
(gcide) | Sunday \Sun"day\, n. [AS. sunnandaeg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the
sun + daeg day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called
because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to
its worship. See Sun, and Day.]
The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to
rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the
Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
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Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See
under Advent, Low, etc.
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Syn: See Sabbath.
[1913 Webster]Advent \Ad`vent\, n. [L. adventus, fr. advenire, adventum: cf.
F. avent. See Advene.]
1. (Eccl.) The period including the four Sundays before
Christmas.
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Advent Sunday (Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of
Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of
St. Andrew (Now. 30). --Shipley.
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2. The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
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3. Coming; any important arrival; approach.
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Death's dreadful advent. --Young.
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Expecting still his advent home. --Tennyson.
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Adventism
(gcide) | Adventism \Adventism\ n.
1. 1 any Christian religion that believes the second coming
of Christ is imminent.
Syn: Second Adventism
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Adventist
(gcide) | Adventist \Ad"vent*ist\, n.
One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look
for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also
Second Adventists. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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adventitia
(gcide) | adventitia \adventitia\ n.
1. the membranous outer covering of an organ or blood vessel.
[WordNet 1.5] |
adventitial
(gcide) | adventitial \adventitial\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to adventitia.
[WordNet 1.5] |
adventitious
(gcide) | adventitious \ad`ven*ti"tious\ ([a^]d`v[e^]n*t[i^]sh"[u^]s), a.
[L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
Syn: accidental; casual; incidental; additional;
supervenient; foreign.
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To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
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3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
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4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. --AS
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5. (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an
external source. --Stedman 25
[PC] -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n.
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Adventitious membrane
(gcide) | Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that
covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See
Member.] (Anat.)
A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a
fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ,
and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids.
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Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded
parts, of various texture, both in animals and
vegetables.
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Adventitious membrane, a membrane connecting parts not
usually connected, or of a different texture from the
ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix.
Jacob's membrane. See under Retina.
Mucous membranes (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and
cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as
ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually
secreting mucus.
Schneiderian membrane. (Anat.) See Schneiderian.
Serous membranes (Anat.), the membranes, like the
peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities
having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid.
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Adventitiously
(gcide) | adventitious \ad`ven*ti"tious\ ([a^]d`v[e^]n*t[i^]sh"[u^]s), a.
[L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
Syn: accidental; casual; incidental; additional;
supervenient; foreign.
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To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
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3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
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4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. --AS
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5. (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an
external source. --Stedman 25
[PC] -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n.
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Adventitiousness
(gcide) | adventitious \ad`ven*ti"tious\ ([a^]d`v[e^]n*t[i^]sh"[u^]s), a.
[L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
Syn: accidental; casual; incidental; additional;
supervenient; foreign.
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To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
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2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
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3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
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4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. --AS
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5. (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an
external source. --Stedman 25
[PC] -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n.
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Adventive
(gcide) | Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, a.
1. Accidental.
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2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
[1913 Webster]Adventive \Ad*ven"tive\, n.
A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
--Bacon.
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Adventual
(gcide) | Adventual \Ad*ven"tu*al\ (?; 135), a.
Relating to the season of advent. --Sanderson.
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Adventure
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. aventure, aunter,
anter, F. aventure, fr. LL. adventura, fr. L. advenire,
adventum, to arrive, which in the Romance languages took the
sense of "to happen, befall." See Advene.]
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1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap;
hence, chance of danger or loss.
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Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she
must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him
individually. --Milton.
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2. Risk; danger; peril. [Obs.]
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He was in great adventure of his life. --Berners.
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3. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking
enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be
encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen
events; a daring feat.
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He loved excitement and adventure. --Macaulay.
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4. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring
incident; as, the adventures of one's life. --Bacon.
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5. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a
venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
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A bill of adventure (Com.), a writing setting forth that
the goods shipped are at the owner's risk.
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Syn: Undertaking; enterprise; venture; event.
[1913 Webster]Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To try the chance; to take the risk.
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I would adventure for such merchandise. --Shak.
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Adventured
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
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Adventureful
(gcide) | Adventureful \Ad*ven"ture*ful\, a.
Given to adventure.
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Adventurer
(gcide) | Adventurer \Ad*ven"tur*er\, n. [Cf. F. aventurier.]
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1. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who
seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous
enterprises.
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2. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
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Adventuresome
(gcide) | Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
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Adventuresomeness
(gcide) | Adventuresome \Ad*ven"ture*some\, a.
Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. --
Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n.
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Adventuress
(gcide) | Adventuress \Ad*ven"tur*ess\, n.
A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by
equivocal means.
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Adventuring
(gcide) | Adventure \Ad*ven"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adventured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Adventuring.] [OE. aventuren, auntren, F.
aventurer, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
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He would not adventure himself into the theater.
--Acts xix.
31.
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2. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
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Yet they adventured to go back. --Bunyan,
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Discriminations might be adventured. --J. Taylor.
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adventurism
(gcide) | adventurism \adventurism\ n.
1. recklessness in politics or foreign affairs.
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adventuristic
(gcide) | adventuristic \adventuristic\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to adventurism.
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Adventurous
(gcide) | Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.
aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to
embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied
to persons.
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Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
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2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
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Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.
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Adventurously
(gcide) | Adventurously \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ly\, adv.
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
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Adventurousness
(gcide) | Adventurousness \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being adventurous; daring;
venturesomeness.
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Bill of adventure
(gcide) | Bill \Bill\, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille),
for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter,
edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG.
bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. Bull papal edict, Billet a
paper.]
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1. (Law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong
the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a
fault committed by some person against a law.
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2. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain
sum at a future day or on demand, with or without
interest, as may be stated in the document. [Eng.]
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Note: In the United States, it is usually called a note, a
note of hand, or a promissory note.
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3. A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for
enactment; a proposed or projected law.
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4. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away,
to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale
of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill.
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She put up the bill in her parlor window. --Dickens.
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5. An account of goods sold, services rendered, or work done,
with the price or charge; a statement of a creditor's
claim, in gross or by items; as, a grocer's bill.
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6. Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a
bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of
mortality; a bill of fare, etc.
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Bill of adventure. See under Adventure.
Bill of costs, a statement of the items which form the
total amount of the costs of a party to a suit or action.
Bill of credit.
(a) Within the constitution of the United States, a paper
issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the
State, and designed to circulate as money. No State
shall "emit bills of credit." --U. S. Const. --Peters.
--Wharton. --Bouvier
(b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other
person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to
the bearer for goods or money.
Bill of divorce, in the Jewish law, a writing given by the
husband to the wife, by which the marriage relation was
dissolved. --Jer. iii. 8.
Bill of entry, a written account of goods entered at the
customhouse, whether imported or intended for exportation.
Bill of exceptions. See under Exception.
Bill of exchange (Com.), a written order or request from
one person or house to another, desiring the latter to pay
to some person designated a certain sum of money therein
generally is, and, to be negotiable, must be, made payable
to order or to bearer. So also the order generally
expresses a specified time of payment, and that it is
drawn for value. The person who draws the bill is called
the drawer, the person on whom it is drawn is, before
acceptance, called the drawee, -- after acceptance, the
acceptor; the person to whom the money is directed to be
paid is called the payee. The person making the order may
himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called
a draft. See Exchange. --Chitty.
Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the
dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with
prices annexed) which may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
Bill of health, a certificate from the proper authorities
as to the state of health of a ship's company at the time
of her leaving port.
Bill of indictment, a written accusation lawfully presented
to a grand jury. If the jury consider the evidence
sufficient to support the accusation, they indorse it "A
true bill," otherwise they write upon it "Not a true
bill," or "Not found," or "Ignoramus", or "Ignored."
Bill of lading, a written account of goods shipped by any
person, signed by the agent of the owner of the vessel, or
by its master, acknowledging the receipt of the goods, and
promising to deliver them safe at the place directed,
dangers of the sea excepted. It is usual for the master to
sign two, three, or four copies of the bill; one of which
he keeps in possession, one is kept by the shipper, and
one is sent to the consignee of the goods.
Bill of mortality, an official statement of the number of
deaths in a place or district within a given time; also, a
district required to be covered by such statement; as, a
place within the bills of mortality of London.
Bill of pains and penalties, a special act of a legislature
which inflicts a punishment less than death upon persons
supposed to be guilty of treason or felony, without any
conviction in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings.
--Bouvier. --Wharton.
Bill of parcels, an account given by the seller to the
buyer of the several articles purchased, with the price of
each.
Bill of particulars (Law), a detailed statement of the
items of a plaintiff's demand in an action, or of the
defendant's set-off.
Bill of rights, a summary of rights and privileges claimed
by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the
Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of
Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they
became king and queen. In America, a bill or declaration
of rights is prefixed to most of the constitutions of the
several States.
Bill of sale, a formal instrument for the conveyance or
transfer of goods and chattels.
Bill of sight, a form of entry at the customhouse, by which
goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of
full information, may be provisionally landed for
examination.
Bill of store, a license granted at the customhouse to
merchants, to carry such stores and provisions as are
necessary for a voyage, custom free. --Wharton.
Bills payable (pl.), the outstanding unpaid notes or
acceptances made and issued by an individual or firm.
Bills receivable (pl.), the unpaid promissory notes or
acceptances held by an individual or firm. --McElrath.
A true bill, a bill of indictment sanctioned by a grand
jury.
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Coadventure
(gcide) | Coadventure \Co`ad*ven"ture\, v. i.
To share in a venture. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]Coadventure \Co`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n.
An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
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Coadventurer
(gcide) | Coadventurer \Co`ad*ven"tur*er\, n.
A fellow adventurer.
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Disadventure
(gcide) | Disadventure \Dis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
adventure: cf. OF. desaventure.]
Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Disadventurous
(gcide) | Disadventurous \Dis`ad*ven"tur*ous\, a.
Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Gross adventure
(gcide) | Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. Grosser; superl. Grossest.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
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6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
net.
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Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called general average. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from neat weight, or net weight.
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Homicide by misadventure
(gcide) | Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F.
m['e]saventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill
adventure. --Chaucer.
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Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when
a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of
injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also
excusable homicide. See Homicide. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity.
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Misadventure
(gcide) | Misadventure \Mis`ad*ven"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. mesaventure, F.
m['e]saventure.]
Mischance; misfortune; ill luck; unlucky accident; ill
adventure. --Chaucer.
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Homicide by misadventure (Law), homicide which occurs when
a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of
injury, unfortunately kills another; -- called also
excusable homicide. See Homicide. --Blackstone.
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Syn: Mischance; mishap; misfortune; disaster; calamity.
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Misadventured
(gcide) | Misadventured \Mis`ad*ven"tured\, a.
Unfortunate. [Obs.]
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Misadventurous
(gcide) | Misadventurous \Mis`ad*ven"tur*ous\, a.
Unfortunate.
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Peradventure
(gcide) | Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure,
F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If
peradventure he speak against me." --Shak.
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
--Gen. xviii.
24.
[1913 Webster]Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
[1913 Webster]May \May\ (m[=a]), v. [imp. Might (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. maeg
I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G.
m["o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ.
moche. [root]103. Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The
old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by
expressing:
(a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
expressed by can.
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How may a man, said he, with idle speech,
Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
--Spenser.
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For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what
he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
--Bacon.
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
--Whittier.
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(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
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Thou mayst be no longer steward. --Luke xvi. 2.
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(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
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Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope.
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(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a
question or remark.
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How old may Phillis be, you ask. --Prior.
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(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction,
and the like. "May you live happily." --Dryden.
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May be, & It may be, are used as equivalent to
possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance,
peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
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peradventure
(gcide) | Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, adv. & conj. [OE. per aventure,
F. par aventure. See Per, and Adventure.]
By chance; perhaps; it may be; if; supposing. "If
peradventure he speak against me." --Shak.
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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.
--Gen. xviii.
24.
[1913 Webster]Peradventure \Per`ad*ven"ture\, n.
Chance; hap; hence, doubt; question; as, proved beyond
peradventure. --South.
[1913 Webster]May \May\ (m[=a]), v. [imp. Might (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. maeg
I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G.
m["o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ.
moche. [root]103. Cf. Dismay, Main strength, Might. The
old imp. mought is obsolete, except as a provincial word.]
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by
expressing:
(a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener
expressed by can.
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How may a man, said he, with idle speech,
Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
--Spenser.
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For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what
he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
--Bacon.
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these: "It might have been."
--Whittier.
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(b) Liberty; permission; allowance.
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Thou mayst be no longer steward. --Luke xvi. 2.
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(c) Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
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Though what he learns he speaks, and may advance
Some general maxims, or be right by chance. --Pope.
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(d) Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a
question or remark.
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How old may Phillis be, you ask. --Prior.
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(e) Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction,
and the like. "May you live happily." --Dryden.
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May be, & It may be, are used as equivalent to
possibly, perhaps, maybe, by chance,
peradventure. See 1st Maybe.
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Second Adventist
(gcide) | Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf.
Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.
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And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.
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2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.
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3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second
Troy; a second deluge.
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A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
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Second Adventist. See Adventist.
Second cousin, the child of a cousin.
Second-cut file. See under File.
Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
ground}, or middle distance. [R.]
Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers.
Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
Second intention. See under Intention.
Second story, Second floor, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the first floor, the one beneath being the
ground floor.
Second thought or Second thoughts, consideration of a
matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.
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On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.
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Second Adventists
(gcide) | Adventist \Ad"vent*ist\, n.
One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look
for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also
Second Adventists. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
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