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reaching
(mass) | reaching
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reaching
(encz) | reaching,dosahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Reaching
(gcide) | Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (r[=e]cht)
(Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaching.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to
extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and
possibly to AS. r[imac]ce powerful, rich, E. rich.
[root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R.
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Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
--John xx. 27.
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Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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He reached me a full cup. --2 Esd. xiv.
39.
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3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to
extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
object with the hand, or with a spear.
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O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. --Dryden.
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4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an
object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
children, let them examine. --Locke.
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6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. --Milton.
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7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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Before this letter reaches your hands. --Pope.
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8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
to be advanced to.
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The best account of the appearances of nature which
human penetration can reach, comes short of its
reality. --Cheyne.
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9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
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Do what, sir? I reach you not. --Beau. & Fl.
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10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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reaching
(wn) | reaching
n 1: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [syn:
reach, reaching, stretch]
2: accomplishment of an objective [syn: arrival, reaching] |
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preaching
(mass) | preaching
- kázanie |
reaching
(mass) | reaching
- siahajúci |
breaching
(encz) | breaching,narušení n: Zdeněk Brožbreaching,nedodržení n: Zdeněk Brožbreaching,porušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
far-reaching
(encz) | far-reaching,dalekosáhlý Pavel Machek; Giza |
overreaching
(encz) | overreaching, adj: |
preaching
(encz) | preaching,kázání n: Zdeněk Brož |
reaching
(encz) | reaching,dosahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Breaching
(gcide) | Breach \Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Breaching.]
To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a
city.
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far-reaching
(gcide) | far-reaching \far-reaching\ adj.
having a wide range or effect; as, far-reaching (or
extensive) forests; a far-reaching reform.
Syn: extensive.
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High-reaching
(gcide) | High-reaching \High"-reach`ing\, a.
Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. --Shak.
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Overreaching
(gcide) | Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching.]
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1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
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Preaching
(gcide) | Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preaching.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
(assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf.
Predicate, Predict.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim
the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject,
or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.
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How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
x. 15.
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From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
17.
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2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
in the manner of a preacher.
[1913 Webster]Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
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Preaching cross
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
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preaching friar
(gcide) | Blackfriar \Black"fri`ar\, Black friar \Black"
fri`ar\(bl[a^]k"fr[imac]`[~e]r). (Eccl.)
A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the
black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also predicant
and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes,
a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
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Preaching friars
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
[1913 Webster]Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in
England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States
was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is
always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also
preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from
their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France,
Jacobins.
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preaching friars
(gcide) | Preaching \Preach"ing\ (pr[=e]ch"[i^]ng), n.
The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of
sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse;
serious, earnest advice. --Milner.
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Preaching cross, a cross, sometimes surmounting a pulpit,
erected out of doors to designate a preaching place.
Preaching friars. See Dominican.
[1913 Webster]Dominican \Do*min"i*can\, prop. n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de
Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in
England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States
was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is
always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also
preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from
their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France,
Jacobins.
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Unpreaching
(gcide) | Unpreaching \Unpreaching\
See preaching. |
overreaching
(wn) | overreaching
adj 1: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the
heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: overreaching,
vaulting] |
preaching
(wn) | preaching
n 1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during
a church service) [syn: sermon, discourse, preaching]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn:
sermon, preaching] |
reaching
(wn) | reaching
n 1: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [syn:
reach, reaching, stretch]
2: accomplishment of an objective [syn: arrival, reaching] |
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