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posing
(encz) | posing,pózování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Posing
(gcide) | Pose \Pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Posing.] [F. poser to place, to put, L. pausare to pause,
in LL. also, to place, put, fr. L. pausa a pause, Gr. ?, fr.
? to make to cease, prob. akin to E. few. In compounds, this
word appears corresponding to L. ponere to put, place, the
substitution in French having been probably due to confusion
of this word with L. positio position, fr. ponere. See Few,
and cf. Appose, Dispose, Oppose, Pause, Repose,
Position.]
To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of
effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a
studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a
sitter for a portrait.
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posing
(wn) | posing
n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as
for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait
painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn:
sitting, posing] |
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supposing
(mass) | supposing
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composing
(encz) | composing,komponování n: Zdeněk Brožcomposing,skládání n: Zdeněk Brožcomposing,vytváření n: Zdeněk Brož |
decomposing
(encz) | decomposing,rozkládající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deposing
(encz) | deposing, |
disposing
(encz) | disposing,disponující |
exposing
(encz) | exposing,odhalení n: Zdeněk Brožexposing,vystavování n: Zdeněk Brož |
imposing
(encz) | imposing,impozantní adj: Zdeněk Brožimposing,ukládání n: Zdeněk Brožimposing,vnucování n: Zdeněk Brož |
imposingly
(encz) | imposingly, |
interposing
(encz) | interposing, |
juxtaposing
(encz) | juxtaposing,kladoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožjuxtaposing,pokládající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
opposing
(encz) | opposing,antagonistický adj: Zdeněk Brožopposing,protikladný adj: |
posing
(encz) | posing,pózování n: Zdeněk Brož |
predisposing
(encz) | predisposing, |
presupposing
(encz) | presupposing, |
proposing
(encz) | proposing,navržení n: Zdeněk Brož |
purposing
(encz) | purposing, |
reposing
(encz) | reposing, |
repurposing
(encz) | repurposing,změna smyslu n: Ivan Kykalrepurposing,změna účelu n: Ivan Kykal |
superimposing
(encz) | superimposing, |
superposing
(encz) | superposing, |
supposing
(encz) | supposing,předpokládající adj: Zdeněk Brožsupposing,předpokládání n: Zdeněk Brožsupposing,připouštění n: Zdeněk Brož |
transposing
(encz) | transposing, |
unimposing
(encz) | unimposing, |
Composing
(gcide) | Compose \Com*pose"\ (k[o^]m*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Composed; p. pr. & vb. n. Composing.] [F. composer; com-
+ poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the
origin is different. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts;
to put together; to make up; to fashion.
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Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of
all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat.
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2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to
constitute.
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Their borrowed gold composed
The calf in Oreb. --Milton.
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A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual
possessions. --I. Watts.
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3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or
put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of
forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or
proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a
symphony, or a picture.
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Let me compose
Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope.
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The genius that composed such works as the
"Standard" and "Last Supper". --B. R.
Haydon.
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4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in
proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.
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In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden.
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How in safety best we may
Compose our present evils. --Milton.
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5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to
soothe; to calm; to quiet.
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Compose thy mind;
Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed.
--Dryden.
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6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order
for printing; to set (type).
[1913 Webster]Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a.
1. Tending to compose or soothe.
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2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
column, may be determined.
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Composing frame
(gcide) | Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a.
1. Tending to compose or soothe.
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2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
column, may be determined.
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Composing rule
(gcide) | Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a.
1. Tending to compose or soothe.
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2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
column, may be determined.
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Composing stick
(gcide) | Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a.
1. Tending to compose or soothe.
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2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.
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Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type
when in use.
Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel,
against which the type is arranged in a composing stick,
or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are
lifted; -- called also setting rule.
Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal,
which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which
he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open
side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length
of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or
column, may be determined.
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Decomposing
(gcide) | Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf.
Discompose.]
To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
original elements; to set free from previously existing forms
of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or
decay.
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Deposing
(gcide) | Depose \De*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deposing.][FF. d['e]poser, in the sense of L. deponere
to put down; but from pref. d['e]- (L. de) + poser to place.
See Pose, Pause.]
1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.]
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Thus when the state one Edward did depose,
A greater Edward in his room arose. --Dryden.
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2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.]
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Additional mud deposed upon it. --Woodward.
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3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to
dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.
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A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to
be deposed. --Prynne.
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4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now
usually said of bearing testimony which is officially
written down for future use. --Abbott.
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To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands.
--Bacon.
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5. To put under oath. [Obs.]
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Depose him in the justice of his cause. --Shak.
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Discomposing
(gcide) | Discompose \Dis`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf.
OF. decomposer, F. d['e]composer.]
1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder;
to unsettle; to break up.
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Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. --Pope.
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2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the
composure or equanimity; to agitate.
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Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity.
--Glanvill.
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3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
Syn: To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert;
agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.
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Disposing
(gcide) | Dispose \Dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Disposing.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to
place. See Pose.]
1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in
order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.
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Who hath disposed the whole world? --Job xxxiv.
13.
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All ranged in order and disposed with grace. --Pope.
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The rest themselves in troops did else dispose.
--Spenser.
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2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.
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The knightly forms of combat to dispose. --Dryden.
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3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object
or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.
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Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on
her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor.
--Evelyn.
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4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause
to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a
bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; --
usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the
indirect object.
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Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose
To future good our past and present woes. --Dryden.
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Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to
jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and
melancholy. --Bacon.
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To dispose of.
(a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of
control over; to fix the condition, application,
employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.
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Freedom to order their actions and dispose of
their possessions and persons. --Locke.
(b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to
pass over into the control of some one else, as by
selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to
get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of
one's time.
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More water . . . than can be disposed of. --T.
Burnet.
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I have disposed of her to a man of business.
--Tatler.
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A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize.
--Waller.
Syn: To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate;
adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.
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Disposingly
(gcide) | Disposingly \Dis*pos"ing*ly\, adv.
In a manner to dispose.
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Exposing
(gcide) | Expose \Ex*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to
place. See Pose, v. t.]
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to
show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose
pictures to public inspection.
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Those who seek truth only, freely expose their
principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
examined. --Locke.
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2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything
objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may
affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to
expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold,
insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to
destruction or defeat.
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Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak.
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3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to
public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing
that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the
like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.
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You only expose the follies of men, without
arraigning their vices. --Dryden.
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4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to
lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making
public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat,
liar, or hypocrite.
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Imposing
(gcide) | Impose \Im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Imposing.] [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place.
See Pose, v. t.]
1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.
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Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose
Within a wicker basket. --Chapman.
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2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation,
command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict;
as, to impose a toll or tribute.
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What fates impose, that men must needs abide.
--Shak.
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Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton.
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Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. --Waller.
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3. (Eccl.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of
confirmation and ordination.
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4. (Print.) To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or
metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of
columns or pages of type, forms, etc.
[1913 Webster]Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, a.
1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.
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2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as,
an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and
imposing edifices." --Bp. Hobart.
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3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
[1913 Webster]Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.
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Imposing stone
(gcide) | Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.
[1913 Webster]Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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imposing stone
(gcide) | Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.
[1913 Webster]Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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imposing table
(gcide) | Imposing \Im*pos"ing\, n. (Print.)
The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a
sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4.
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Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or
columns of types are imposed or made into forms; -- called
also imposing table.
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Imposingly
(gcide) | Imposingly \Im*pos"ing*ly\, adv.
In an imposing manner.
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Imposingness
(gcide) | Imposingness \Im*pos"ing*ness\, n.
The quality of being imposing.
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Indisposing
(gcide) | Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and
Dispose.]
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1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
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2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
--Shak.
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It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton.
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3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love
of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride
and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
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The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the
persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.
--Clarendon.
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Interposing
(gcide) | Interpose \In`ter*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-,
and Pose, v. t.]
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1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the
eye and the light.
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Mountains interposed
Make enemies of nations. --Cowper.
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2. To thrust; to intrude; to put between, either for aid or
for troubling.
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What watchful cares do interpose themselves
Betwixt your eyes and night? --Shak.
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The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed
his hand, and rescues miserable man. --Woodward.
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3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation
or argument. --Milton.
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Opposing
(gcide) | Oppose \Op*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Opposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Opposing.] [F. opposer. See Ob-, Pose, and cf.2d
Appose, Puzzle, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.]
1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to
exhibit.
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Her grace sat down . . .
In a rich chair of state; opposing freely
The beauty of her person to the people. --Shak.
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2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or
countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
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I may . . . oppose my single opinion to his.
--Locke.
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3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by
arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to
resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to
oppose a bill in Congress.
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4. To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival
for a prize.
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I am . . . too weak
To oppose your cunning. --Shak.
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Syn: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn;
contravene; check; obstruct.
[1913 Webster]opposed \opposed\ ([o^]p*p[=o]zd"), opposing \opposing\
([o^]p*p[=o]"z[i^]ng),adj.
1. characterized by active opposition; as, two bitterly
opposing schools of thought.
Syn: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opponent.
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2. acting in opposition to; as, the opposing sector of the
same muscle group.
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opposing
(gcide) | Oppose \Op*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Opposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Opposing.] [F. opposer. See Ob-, Pose, and cf.2d
Appose, Puzzle, n. Cf.L. opponere, oppositum.]
1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to
exhibit.
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Her grace sat down . . .
In a rich chair of state; opposing freely
The beauty of her person to the people. --Shak.
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2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or
countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically.
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I may . . . oppose my single opinion to his.
--Locke.
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3. To resist or antagonize by physical means, or by
arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to
resist; to withstand; as, to oppose the king in battle; to
oppose a bill in Congress.
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4. To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival
for a prize.
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I am . . . too weak
To oppose your cunning. --Shak.
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Syn: To combat; withstand; contradict; deny; gainsay; oppugn;
contravene; check; obstruct.
[1913 Webster]opposed \opposed\ ([o^]p*p[=o]zd"), opposing \opposing\
([o^]p*p[=o]"z[i^]ng),adj.
1. characterized by active opposition; as, two bitterly
opposing schools of thought.
Syn: antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, opponent.
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2. acting in opposition to; as, the opposing sector of the
same muscle group.
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Posingly
(gcide) | Posingly \Pos"ing*ly\, adv.
So as to pose or puzzle.
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Postposing
(gcide) | Postpose \Post*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postposed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Postposing.] [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose,
v. t.]
To postpone. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Precomposing
(gcide) | Precompose \Pre`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precomposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Precomposing.]
To compose beforehand. --Johnson.
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Predisposing
(gcide) | Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
F. pr['e]disposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
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2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
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Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body
liable to disease; predisponent causes.
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Predisposing causes
(gcide) | Predispose \Pre`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predisposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Predisposing.] [Pref. pre- + dispose: cf.
F. pr['e]disposer.]
1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition
or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.
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2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency
to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.
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Predisposing causes (Med.), causes which render the body
liable to disease; predisponent causes.
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Presupposing
(gcide) | Presuppose \Pre`sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Presupposed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Presupposing.] [Pref. pre- + suppose: cf.
F. pr['e]supposer.]
To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for
granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
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Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary
things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand.
--Hooker.
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Proposing
(gcide) | Propose \Pro*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proposed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Proposing.] [F. proposer; pref. pro- (L. pro for,
forward) + poser to place. See Pose, v.]
1. To set forth. [Obs.]
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That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce
could lift it up. --Chapman.
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2. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or
adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a
question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to
propose a person for office.
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3. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed;
hence, to purpose; to intend.
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I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history
of the people of New England. --Palfrey.
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To propose to one's self, to intend; to design.
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Purposing
(gcide) | Purpose \Pur"pose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purposed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Purposing.] [OF. purposer, proposer. See Propose.]
1. To set forth; to bring forward. [Obs.]
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2. To propose, as an aim, to one's self; to determine upon,
as some end or object to be accomplished; to intend; to
design; to resolve; -- often followed by an infinitive or
dependent clause. --Chaucer.
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Did nothing purpose against the state. -- Shak.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
which is within the memory of men still living.
--Macaulay.
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Recomposing
(gcide) | Recompose \Re`com*pose"\ (-p?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recomposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recomposing.] [Pref.
re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.]
1. To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or
repeatedly.
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The far greater number of the objects presented to
our observation can only be decomposed, but not
actually recomposed. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize;
as, to recompose the mind. --Jer. Taylor.
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Reposing
(gcide) | Repose \Re*pose"\ (r[-e]*p[=o]z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reposed
(-p?zd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reposing.] [F. reposer; L. pref.
re- re- + pausare to pause. See Pause, Pose, v.]
1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to
deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. [Obs.]
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But these thy fortunes let us straight repose
In this divine cave's bosom. --Chapman.
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Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth .
. . are left behind. --Woodward.
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2. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose;
to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a
couch.
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All being settled and reposed, the lord archbishop
did present his majesty to the lords and commons.
--Fuller.
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After the toil of battle to repose
Your wearied virtue. --Milton.
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3. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
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The king reposeth all his confidence in thee.
--Shak.
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Superimposing
(gcide) | Superimpose \Su`per*im*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Superimposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Superimposing.]
To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth
superimposed on another stratum. -- Su`per*im`po*si"tion,
n.
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Superposing
(gcide) | Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Superposing.] [F. superposer. See Super-,
and Pose.]
1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another.
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2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner
that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of
the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.
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Supposing
(gcide) | Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Supposing.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser
to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere,
suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify,
counterfeit. See Pose.]
1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as
true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some
consequence or application which the reality would involve
or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of
argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us
suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what
would be the result?
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Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak.
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When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as
we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not
to make any doubt of its existence. --Tillotson.
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2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak.
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Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the
young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
--2 Sam. xiii.
32.
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3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of
thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
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One falsehood always supposes another, and renders
all you can say suspected. --Female
Quixote.
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4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]
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Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view;
regard; conjecture; assume.
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Transposing
(gcide) | Transpose \Trans*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Transposing.] [F. transposer; pref. trans- (L.
trans across) + poser to put. See Pose.]
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1. To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the
other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to
transpose letters, words, or propositions.
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2. To change; to transform; to invert. [R.]
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Things base and vile, holding no quantity,
Love can transpose to form and dignity. --Shak.
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3. (Alg.) To bring, as any term of an equation, from one side
over to the other, without destroying the equation; thus,
if a + b = c, and we make a = c - b, then b is said to be
transposed.
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4. (Gram.) To change the natural order of, as words.
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5. (Mus.) To change the key of.
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Unimposing
(gcide) | Unimposing \Unimposing\
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composing
(wn) | composing
n 1: the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of
parts in relation to each other and to the whole;
"harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of
art" [syn: composition, composing]
2: musical creation [syn: composing, composition] |
imposing
(wn) | imposing
adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an
imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking
policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
[syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
2: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an
eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's
imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" [syn:
distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial] |
imposingly
(wn) | imposingly
adv 1: in an impressive manner; "the students progressed
impressively fast" [syn: impressively, imposingly]
[ant: unimpressively] |
opposing
(wn) | opposing
adj 1: characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or
opposing) armies" [syn: opponent, opposing] |
posing
(wn) | posing
n 1: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as
for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait
painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting" [syn:
sitting, posing] |
unimposing
(wn) | unimposing
adj 1: lacking in impressiveness; "on the whole the results of
this system are unimposing" |
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