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abbrevation
(mass) | abbrevation
- skratka |
coeval
(mass) | coeval
- vrstevník |
devastation
(mass) | devastation
- zničenie |
elevate
(mass) | elevate
- zdvihnúť |
elevated
(mass) | elevated
- zvýšenie |
elevation
(mass) | elevation
- povýšenie, zvýšenie |
elevator
(mass) | elevator
- výťah |
evaluate
(mass) | evaluate
- hodnotiť, oceniť, vyhodnotiť |
evaluating
(mass) | evaluating
- ohodnotenie |
evaluation
(mass) | evaluation
- hodnotenie, ocenenie, ohodnotenie, vyhodnotenie, zhodnotenie |
evangelical
(mass) | evangelical
- evanjelikálny |
evangelism
(mass) | evangelism
- hlásanie evanjelia, evanjelizácia |
evangelist
(mass) | evangelist
- evanjelista |
evangelize
(mass) | evangelize
- kázať evanjelium, šíriť kresťanstvo, evanjelizovať |
evangelizing
(mass) | evangelizing
- evanjelizovanie |
grievance
(mass) | grievance
- krivda, sťažnosť |
grievances
(mass) | grievances
- sťažnosť |
mediaeval
(mass) | mediaeval
- stredoveký |
prevailing
(mass) | prevailing
- bežný |
prevalence
(mass) | prevalence
- rozmach |
prevalent
(mass) | prevalent
- bežný, rozšírený |
relevant
(mass) | relevant
- relevantný |
unbelievable
(mass) | unbelievable
- neuveriteľný |
A cheval
(gcide) | A cheval \A` che*val"\ [F., lit., on horseback.]
Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in
designating the position of an army with the wings separated
by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.
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A position [`a] cheval on a river is not one which a
general willingly assumes. --Swinton.
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Abevacuation
(gcide) | Abevacuation \Ab`e*vac"u*a"tion\, n. [Pref. ab- + evacuation.]
(Med.)
A partial evacuation. --Mayne. AS
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achievability
(gcide) | achievability \achievability\ n.
1. 1 the possibility of being achieved or accomplished; -- a
property which may be possessed by a contemplated act.
Syn: attainability, attainableness
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Achievable
(gcide) | Achievable \A*chiev"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being achieved. --Barrow.
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Achievance
(gcide) | Achievance \A*chiev"ance\, n. [Cf. OF. achevance.]
Achievement. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Aggrievance
(gcide) | Aggrievance \Ag*griev"ance\, n. [OF. agrevance, fr. agrever. See
Aggrieve.]
Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Archaic]
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Angle of elevation
(gcide) | Elevation \El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F.
['e]l['e]vation.]
1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or
quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons,
the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain;
elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or
character.
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2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees
of elevation above us." --Locke.
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His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or
station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
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4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the
horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted
between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of
the pole, or of a star.
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5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the
substylar line.
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6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a
vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the
angle between the axis of the piece and the line o? sight;
-- distinguished from direction.
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7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other
object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon;
orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by
the ancients the orthography.
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Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending
line makes with a horizontal plane.
Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in
which the priest raises the host above his head for the
people to adore.
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Believability
(gcide) | Believable \Be*liev"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness,
n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty, n.
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Believable
(gcide) | Believable \Be*liev"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness,
n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty, n.
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Believableness
(gcide) | Believable \Be*liev"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being believed; credible. -- Be*liev"a*ble*ness,
n. -- Be*liev`a*bil"i*ty, n.
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bevatron
(gcide) | bevatron \bev"a*tron\ n.
a particle accelerator which is capable of accelerating
protons up to 6 gigaeletron volts.
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blasted desolate desolated devastated ravaged ruined wasted
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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Boulevard
(gcide) | Boulevard \Bou"le*vard`\, n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G.
bollwerk. See Bulwark.]
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1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or
fortified town.
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2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished
fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.
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Boulevardier
(gcide) | Boulevardier \Boule`var`dier"\, n. [F.]
A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. --F.
Harrison.
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Chevachie
(gcide) | Chevachie \Chev"a*chie`\, n.
See Chivachie. [Obs.]
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chevage
(gcide) | Chiefage \Chief"age\ (-[asl]j), n. [OF. chevage, fr. chief head.
See Chief.]
A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also
chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Chevage \Che"vage\, n.
See Chiefage. [Obs.]
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Chevage
(gcide) | Chiefage \Chief"age\ (-[asl]j), n. [OF. chevage, fr. chief head.
See Chief.]
A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also
chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]
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See Chiefage. [Obs.]
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Cheval
(gcide) | Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Cheval glass
(gcide) | Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Cheval-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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Chevalier
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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Chevalier d'industrie
(gcide) | Chevalier \Che`va*lier"\, n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See
Cavaller.]
1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount,
chevaliers; to arms." --Shak.
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2. A member of certain orders of knighthood.
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Chevalier d'industrie[F.], one who lives by persevering
fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper.
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward
Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender."
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the
Chevalier St. George.
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Chevaux
(gcide) | Chevaux \Che*vaux"\ (she*v[=o]"), n. pl.
See Cheval.
[1913 Webster]Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Chevaux-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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Chichevache
(gcide) | Chichevache \Chiche"vache`\, n. [F. chiche lean + vache cow.]
A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient
wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.
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Chievance
(gcide) | Chievance \Chiev"ance\, n. [OF. chevance property, equiv. To
chevisance, fr. chevir to accomplish. See Chevisance.]
An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as
discount. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Ci-devant
(gcide) | Ci-devant \Ci`-de*vant"\, a. [F., hitherto, formerly.]
Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
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Coeval
(gcide) | Coeval \Co*e"val\, a. [L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age.
See Age, n.]
Of the same age; existing during the same period of time,
especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
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Silence! coeval with eternity! --Pope.
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Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]Coeval \Co*e"val\, n.
One of the same age; a contemporary.
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As if it were not enough to have outdone all your
coevals in wit. --Pope.
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Couchant and levant
(gcide) | Couchant \Couch"ant\ (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See
Couch, v. t.]
1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.
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2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which
distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of
dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
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Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; --
said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long
enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down
and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a
day and night at the least. --Blackstone.
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Crataeva gynandra
(gcide) | Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[=a]rle['a]c; gar spear,
lance + le['a]c leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the
cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong
smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed
of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed
in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
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2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630).
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Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family
(Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of
garlic.
Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[ae]va
gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of
garlic, and a burning taste.
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Crevalle
(gcide) | Crevalle \Cre`val*le"\ (kr?`v?l-l?"), n. [Prob. of same origin
as cavally. See Cavally.] (Zool.)
(a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel.
(b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).
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Crevasse
(gcide) | Crevasse \Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See Crevice.]
1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the
clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is
divided.
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2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by
the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi.
[U.S.]
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Deva
(gcide) | Dev \Dev\, or Deva \De"va\ (?), n. [Skr. d?va. Cf. Deity.]
(Hind. Myth.)
A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.
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Devanagari
(gcide) | Devanagari \De`va*na"ga*ri\, n. [Skr. d[=e]van[=a]gar[imac];
d[=e]va god + nagara city, i. e., divine city.]
The script or characters in which Sanskrit and Hindi are
written.
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Devaporation
(gcide) | Devaporation \De*vap`o*ra"tion\, n.
The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.
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Devast
(gcide) | Devast \De*vast"\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]vaster. See Devastate.]
To devastate. [Obs.] --Bolingbroke.
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Devastate
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
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Devastated
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]devastated \devastated\ adj.
same as desolated.
Syn: blasted, desolate, desolated, ravaged, ruined, wasted.
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devastated
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]devastated \devastated\ adj.
same as desolated.
Syn: blasted, desolate, desolated, ravaged, ruined, wasted.
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Devastating
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]devastating \devastating\ adj.
1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
portrait of human folly.
Syn: annihilating, withering.
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2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
devastating hurricane.
Syn: annihilative.
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devastating
(gcide) | Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
vastus waste. See Vast.]
To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
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Whole countries . . . were devastated. --Macaulay.
Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
pillage.
[1913 Webster]devastating \devastating\ adj.
1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
portrait of human folly.
Syn: annihilating, withering.
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2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
devastating hurricane.
Syn: annihilative.
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Devastation
(gcide) | Devastation \Dev`as*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]vastation.]
1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated;
a laying waste.
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Even now the devastation is begun,
And half the business of destruction done.
--Goldsmith.
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2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or
administrator. --Blackstone.
Syn: Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin;
overthrow.
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Devastator
(gcide) | Devastator \Dev"as*ta`tor\, n. [L.]
One who, or that which, devastates. --Emerson.
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Devastavit
(gcide) | Devastavit \Dev`as*ta"vit\, n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law)
Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by
an executor or an administrator. --Bouvier.
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Devata
(gcide) | Devata \De"va*ta\, n. [Hind., fr. Skr. d?va god.] (Hind. Myth.)
A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. [Written
also dewata.]
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Elevate
(gcide) | Elevate \El"e*vate\, a. [L. elevatus, p. p.]
Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
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2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
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3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
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4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
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5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
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6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott.
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7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
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Elevated
(gcide) | Elevate \El"e*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Elevating.] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e +
levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See
Levity.]
1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to
raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.
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2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate
to an office, or to a high social position.
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3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as,
to elevate the spirits.
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4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind
or character.
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5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of
loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.
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6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.
[Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two
tubs of merry stingo." --Sir W. Scott.
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7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin
meaning] [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower
the breech.
Syn: To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist;
heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.
[1913 Webster]Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
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Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel.
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Elevated railway
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
[1913 Webster]Elevated \El"e*va`ted\, a.
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated
thoughts.
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Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised
considerably above the ground, especially a city railway
above the line of street travel.
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