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Berating
(gcide) | Berate \Be*rate"\ (b[-e]*r[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Berated; p. pr. & vb. n. Berating.] [See 2nd rate, v.
t..]
To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. --Holland. --Motley.
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berating
(wn) | berating
n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up] |
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deliberating
(encz) | deliberating,úmyslný Jaroslav Šedivýdeliberating,záměrný Jaroslav Šedivý |
liberating
(encz) | liberating, |
reverberating
(encz) | reverberating, |
Deliberating
(gcide) | Deliberate \De*lib"er*ate\ (d[-e]*l[i^]b"[~e]r*[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliberating.]
To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and
against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder;
as, to deliberate a question.
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liberating
(gcide) | liberating \liberating\ adj.
giving freedom from restriction or restraint.
Syn: emancipating, emancipative, freeing.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
gases.
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Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
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Liberating
(gcide) | liberating \liberating\ adj.
giving freedom from restriction or restraint.
Syn: emancipating, emancipative, freeing.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
(-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
(-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
gases.
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Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
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Reverberating
(gcide) | Reverberate \Re*ver"ber*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reverberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverberating.]
1. To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo,
as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat.
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Who, like an arch, reverberates
The voice again. --Shak.
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2. To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as,
flame is reverberated in a furnace.
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3. Hence, to fuse by reverberated heat. [Obs.] "Reverberated
into glass." --Sir T. Browne.
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berating
(wn) | berating
n 1: a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach
gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up] |
reverberating
(wn) | reverberating
adj 1: characterized by resonance; "a resonant voice"; "hear the
rolling thunder" [syn: resonant, resonating,
resounding, reverberating, reverberative] |
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