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eased
(encz) | eased,uklidněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
eased
(encz) | eased,ulehčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
eased
(encz) | eased,zmírněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Eased
(gcide) | Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Eased ([=e]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See
Ease, n.]
1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to
ease the body or mind.
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Eased [from] the putting off
These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton.
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Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
--Dryden.
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2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
alleviate.
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My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13.
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3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to
lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut
in machinery.
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4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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To ease off, To ease away (Naut.), to slacken a rope
gradually.
To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
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eased
(gcide) | eased \eased\ adj.
made less severe or intense; mitigated.
Syn: alleviated, relieved.
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eased
(wn) | eased
adj 1: (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear [syn:
alleviated, eased, relieved] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
deceased
(mass) | deceased
- zosnulý |
increased
(mass) | increased
- zvýšený |
released
(mass) | released
- uvoľnený, prepustený |
appeased
(encz) | appeased,utišený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ceased
(encz) | ceased,ukončený adj: Zdeněk Brožceased,zaniklý adj: Zdeněk Brožceased,zastavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
creased
(encz) | creased,pomačkaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcreased,vrásčitý adj: Zdeněk Brožcreased,zmačkaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deceased
(encz) | deceased,zemřelý adj: Zdeněk Broždeceased,zesnulý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deceased person
(encz) | deceased person, n: |
decreased
(encz) | decreased,snížený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diseased
(encz) | diseased,nemocný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
diseased person
(encz) | diseased person, n: |
displeased
(encz) | displeased,nespokojen v: Zdeněk Brož |
eased
(encz) | eased,uklidněný adj: Zdeněk Brožeased,ulehčený adj: Zdeněk Brožeased,zmírněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
greased
(encz) | greased,promazal v: Zdeněk Brož |
greased lightning
(encz) | greased lightning, |
i am pleased
(encz) | I am pleased,jsem potěšený (spokojený) [fráz.] Pavlína Raszyková |
increase in cash on hand as a result of increased registered capital
(encz) | increase in cash on hand as a result of increased registered capital,
share premium etc.,zvýšení peněžních prostředků z důvodů zvýšení
základního kapitálu, emisního ážia atd. [ekon.] přehled o peněžních
tocích/cash flow statement Ivan Masár |
increased
(encz) | increased,zvýšený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
leased
(encz) | leased,pronajatý adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
leased goods
(encz) | leased goods, |
pleased
(encz) | pleased,potěšený adj: Zdeněk Brožpleased,spokojený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pleased as punch
(encz) | pleased as punch, |
pleased to meet you
(encz) | pleased to meet you,těší mě |
predeceased
(encz) | predeceased, |
re-released
(encz) | re-released, |
released
(encz) | released,osvobozený adj: josereleased,propoštěný adj: josereleased,uvolněný released,vypuštěný adj: jose |
teased
(encz) | teased,škádlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unappeased
(encz) | unappeased,nesmířený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
uncreased
(encz) | uncreased, |
ungreased
(encz) | ungreased,nenamazaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unreleased
(encz) | unreleased,neuvolněný adj: Zdeněk Brožunreleased,nevydaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
will of the deceased
(encz) | will of the deceased,poslední vůle web |
Ceased
(gcide) | Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased (s[=e]st);
p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser,
fr. L. cessare, v. intensive fr. cedere to withdraw. See
Cede, and cf. Cessation.]
1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to
desist; as, the noise ceased. "To cease from strife."
--Prov. xx. 3.
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2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut.
xv. 11.
Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue;
refrain; leave off; pause; end.
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Creased
(gcide) | Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased (kr?st); p. pr. &
vb. n. Creasing.]
To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
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Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray.
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Deceased
(gcide) | Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deceasing.]
To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
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She's dead, deceased, she's dead. --Shak.
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When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson.
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Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with
him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson.
[1913 Webster]Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.
Passed away; dead; gone.
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The deceased, the dead person.
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Decreased
(gcide) | Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
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He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
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The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
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Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
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decreased
(gcide) | Decrease \De*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F.
d['e]cro[^i]tre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.),
fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See
Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished
gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in
strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in
length from June to December.
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He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
Syn: To Decrease, Diminish.
Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and
from within, or through some cause which is
imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold
decreases; their affection has decreased. Things
commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one
which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by
disease; his property is diminishing through
extravagance; their affection has diminished since
their separation their separation. The turn of
thought, however, is often such that these words may
be interchanged.
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The olive leaf, which certainly them told
The flood decreased. --Drayton.
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Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]decreased \decreased\ adj.
made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded,
weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate;
diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent;
attenuated]
Syn: reduced.
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Diseased
(gcide) | Diseased \Dis*eased"\, a.
Afflicted with disease.
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It is my own diseased imagination that torments me.
--W. Irving.
Syn: See Morbid.
[1913 Webster]Disease \Dis*ease"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Diseasing.]
1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress.
[Obs.]
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His double burden did him sore disease. --Spenser.
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2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease
or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in
the participle diseased.
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He was diseased in body and mind. --Macaulay.
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Diseasedness
(gcide) | Diseasedness \Dis*eas"ed*ness\, n.
The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.]
--T. Burnet.
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Displeased
(gcide) | Displease \Dis*please"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased; p.
pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] [OF. desplaisir, whence F.
d['e]plaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to
please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]
1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation
or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex;
-- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less
than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.
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God was displeased with this thing. --1 Chron.
xxi. 7.
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Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? --Psalms
lxxxv. 5 (Bk.
of Com.
Prayer).
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This virtuous plaster will displease
Your tender sides. --J. Fletcher.
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Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be
displeased therewith? --Barrow.
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2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.]
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I shall displease my ends else. --Beau. & Fl.
Syn: To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe;
anger; provoke; affront.
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Displeasedly
(gcide) | Displeasedly \Dis*pleas"ed*ly\, adv.
With displeasure. [R.]
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Displeasedness
(gcide) | Displeasedness \Dis*pleas"ed*ness\, n.
Displeasure. [R.] --South.
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eased
(gcide) | Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Eased ([=e]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See
Ease, n.]
1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses;
to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or
tranquillity to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; to
ease the body or mind.
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Eased [from] the putting off
These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton.
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Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
--Dryden.
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2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
alleviate.
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My couch shall ease my complaint. --Job vii. 13.
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3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to
lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut
in machinery.
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4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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To ease off, To ease away (Naut.), to slacken a rope
gradually.
To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate
the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly
amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain
on the wheel rope. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
[1913 Webster]eased \eased\ adj.
made less severe or intense; mitigated.
Syn: alleviated, relieved.
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Greased
(gcide) | Grease \Grease\ (gr[=e]z or gr[=e]s; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Greased (gr[=e]zd or gr[=e]sd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Greasing.]
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1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to
lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
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2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
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The greased advocate that grinds the poor. --Dryden.
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3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
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To grease in the hand, To grease the hand, to corrupt by
bribes. --Usher.
[1913 Webster]greased \greased\ adj.
smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased
pig is too slippery to hold.
Syn: lubricated.
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greased
(gcide) | Grease \Grease\ (gr[=e]z or gr[=e]s; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Greased (gr[=e]zd or gr[=e]sd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Greasing.]
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1. To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to
lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.
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2. To bribe; to corrupt with presents.
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The greased advocate that grinds the poor. --Dryden.
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3. To cheat or cozen; to overreach. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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4. (Far.) To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.
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To grease in the hand, To grease the hand, to corrupt by
bribes. --Usher.
[1913 Webster]greased \greased\ adj.
smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased
pig is too slippery to hold.
Syn: lubricated.
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Increased
(gcide) | Increase \In*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Increased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Increasing.] [OE. incresen, encresen, enrescen, OF.
encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to
grow. See Crescent, and cf. Decrease.]
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1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number,
degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation,
wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to
decrease.
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The waters increased and bare up the ark. --Gen.
vii. 17.
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He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
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The heavens forbid
But that our loves and comforts should increase,
Even as our days do grow! --Shak.
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2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile,
fruitful, or prolific.
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Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts
or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. --Sir
M. Hale.
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3. (Astron.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the
surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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Increasing function (Math.), a function whose value
increases when that of the variable increases, and
decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a
monotonically increasing function.
Syn: To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten;
amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify;
augment; advance.
Usage: To Increase, Enlarge, Extend. Enlarge implies to
make larger or broader in size. Extend marks the
progress of enlargement so as to have wider
boundaries. Increase denotes enlargement by growth and
internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom
is enlarged by the addition of new territories; the
mind is enlarged by knowledge. A kingdom is extended
when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance
from the center. A man's riches, honors, knowledge,
etc., are increased by accessions which are made from
time to time.
[1913 Webster]increased \increased\ adj.
1. made greater in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
decreased. [Narrower terms: {augmented ; {exaggerated,
hyperbolic, inflated}; {exaggerated, magnified, enlarged
; {raised(prenominal), inflated ]
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increased
(gcide) | Increase \In*crease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Increased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Increasing.] [OE. incresen, encresen, enrescen, OF.
encreistre, fr. L. increscere; pref. in- in + crescere to
grow. See Crescent, and cf. Decrease.]
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1. To become greater or more in size, quantity, number,
degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation,
wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to
decrease.
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The waters increased and bare up the ark. --Gen.
vii. 17.
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He must increase, but I must decrease. --John iii.
30.
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The heavens forbid
But that our loves and comforts should increase,
Even as our days do grow! --Shak.
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2. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile,
fruitful, or prolific.
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Fishes are more numerous or increasing than beasts
or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. --Sir
M. Hale.
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3. (Astron.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the
surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.
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Increasing function (Math.), a function whose value
increases when that of the variable increases, and
decreases when the latter is diminished; also called a
monotonically increasing function.
Syn: To enlarge; extend; multiply; expand; develop; heighten;
amplify; raise; enhance; spread; aggravate; magnify;
augment; advance.
Usage: To Increase, Enlarge, Extend. Enlarge implies to
make larger or broader in size. Extend marks the
progress of enlargement so as to have wider
boundaries. Increase denotes enlargement by growth and
internal vitality, as in the case of plants. A kingdom
is enlarged by the addition of new territories; the
mind is enlarged by knowledge. A kingdom is extended
when its boundaries are carried to a greater distance
from the center. A man's riches, honors, knowledge,
etc., are increased by accessions which are made from
time to time.
[1913 Webster]increased \increased\ adj.
1. made greater in size or amount or degree. Opposite of
decreased. [Narrower terms: {augmented ; {exaggerated,
hyperbolic, inflated}; {exaggerated, magnified, enlarged
; {raised(prenominal), inflated ]
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Leased
(gcide) | Lease \Lease\ (l[=e]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leased; p. pr. &
vb. n. Leasing.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to
leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus
loose, wide. See Lax, and cf. Lesser.]
1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of
lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
with out.
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There were some [houses] that were leased out for
three lives. --Addison.
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2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant
leases his land from the owner.
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Miseased
(gcide) | Miseased \Mis*eased"\, a.
Having discomfort or misery; troubled. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pleased
(gcide) | Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.
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Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.
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A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
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To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Pleased \Pleased\, a.
Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. --
Pleas"ed*ness, n.
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Pleasedly
(gcide) | Pleased \Pleased\, a.
Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. --
Pleas"ed*ness, n.
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Pleasedness
(gcide) | Pleased \Pleased\, a.
Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. --
Pleas"ed*ness, n.
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Released
(gcide) | Release \Re*lease"\ (r?-l?s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Released
(r?*l?st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Releasing.] [OE. relessen, OF.
relassier, to release, to let free. See Relay, n., Relax,
and cf. Release to lease again.]
1. To let loose again; to set free from restraint,
confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set
at liberty; to let go.
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Now at that feast he released unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired. --Mark xv. 6.
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2. To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or
oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
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3. (Law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or
relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying
to another who has some right or estate in possession, as
when the person in remainder releases his right to the
tenant in possession; to quit.
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4. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to
release an ordinance. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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A sacred vow that none should aye release.
--Spenser.
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Syn: To free; liberate; loose; discharge; disengage;
extricate; let go; quit; acquit.
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Teased
(gcide) | Tease \Tease\ (t[=e]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teased (t[=e]zd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Teasing.] [AS. t?san to pluck, tease; akin
to OD. teesen, MHG. zeisen, Dan. t[ae]se, t[ae]sse. [root]58.
Cf. Touse.]
1. To comb or card, as wool or flax. "Teasing matted wool."
--Wordsworth.
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2. To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap;
teasel.
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3. (Anat.) To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with
needles or similar instruments.
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4. To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy,
disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and
raillery; to plague. --Cowper.
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He . . . suffered them to tease him into acts
directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.
--Macaulay.
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Syn: To vex; harass: annoy; disturb; irritate; plague;
torment; mortify; tantalize; chagrin.
Usage: Tease, Vex. To tease is literally to pull or
scratch, and implies a prolonged annoyance in respect
to little things, which is often more irritating, and
harder to bear, than severe pain. Vex meant originally
to seize and bear away hither and thither, and hence,
to disturb; as, to vex the ocean with storms. This
sense of the term now rarely occurs; but vex is still
a stronger word than tease, denoting the disturbance
or anger created by minor provocations, losses,
disappointments, etc. We are teased by the buzzing of
a fly in our eyes; we are vexed by the carelessness or
stupidity of our servants.
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Not by the force of carnal reason,
But indefatigable teasing. --Hudibras.
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In disappointments, where the affections have
been strongly placed, and the expectations
sanguine, particularly where the agency of
others is concerned, sorrow may degenerate into
vexation and chagrin. --Cogan.
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Tease tenon (Joinery), a long tenon at the top of a post to
receive two beams crossing each other one above the other.
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The deceased
(gcide) | Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.
Passed away; dead; gone.
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The deceased, the dead person.
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To be pleased in
(gcide) | Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.
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Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.
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A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
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To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.
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To be pleased to do a thing
(gcide) | Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.
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Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.
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A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
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To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.
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To be pleased with
(gcide) | Please \Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin
to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable,
Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or
emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to
satisfy.
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I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.
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What next I bring shall please thee, be assured.
--Milton.
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2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to
desire; to will.
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Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps.
cxxxv. 6.
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A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases,
are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.
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3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used
impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should
all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.
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To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.
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To be pleased in or To be pleased with, to have
complacency in; to take pleasure in.
To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it;
to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it.
--Dryden.
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Unappeased
(gcide) | Unappeased \Unappeased\
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