| slovo | definícia |
reason
(mass) | reason
- príčina, dôvod, premýšľať, uvažovať, argumentovať |
reason
(encz) | reason,důvod |
reason
(encz) | reason,příčina n: Zdeněk Brož |
Reason
(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L.
ratio (akin to Goth. ra[thorn]j[=o] number, account,
gara[thorn]jan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr.
reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. Arraign,
Rate, Ratio, Ration.]
1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a
determination or an opinion; a just ground for a
conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted
as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or
a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination;
proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a
conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause;
ground of argument.
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I'll give him reasons for it. --Shak.
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The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel
watch is by the motion of the next wheel. --Sir M.
Hale.
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This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the
church was called "catholic." --Bp. Pearson.
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Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there
is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness
and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
--Tillotson.
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2. The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is
distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior
animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower
cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and
in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises
conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional
faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or
the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the
understanding, which is called the discursive or
ratiocinative faculty.
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We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing
anything divine or human, but by our five senses and
our reason. --P. Browne.
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In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that
power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood,
and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to
combine means for the attainment of particular ends.
--Stewart.
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Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of
those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and
constitute his rational nature, more especially,
perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to
express the power of deduction or argumentation.
--Stewart.
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By the pure reason I mean the power by which we
become possessed of principles. --Coleridge.
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The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own
peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or
rationalized understanding, comprehends.
--Coleridge.
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3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or
that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind
rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
fair deductions from true principles; that which is
dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind;
right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
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I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser.
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But law in a free nation hath been ever public
reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he
denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which
ought to be our law; interposing his own private
reason, which to us is no law. --Milton.
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The most probable way of bringing France to reason
would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish
West Indies. --Addison.
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4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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By reason of, by means of; on account of; because of.
"Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the
sterility of the soil." --Bacon.
In reason,
In all reason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right
view.
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When anything is proved by as good arguments as a
thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in
reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson.
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It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
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Yet it were great reason, that those that have
children should have greatest care of future times.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
sake; account; object; purpose; design. See Motive,
Sense.
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Reason
(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reasoned
(r[=e]"z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reasoning.] [Cf. F.
raisonner. See Reason, n.]
1. To exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences
from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of
induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a
systematic comparison of facts.
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2. Hence: To carry on a process of deduction or of induction,
in order to convince or to confute; to formulate and set
forth propositions and the inferences from them; to argue.
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Stand still, that I may reason with you, before the
Lord, of all the righteous acts of the Lord. --1
Sam. xii. 7.
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3. To converse; to compare opinions. --Shak.
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Reason
(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\, v. t.
1. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to
examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as,
I reasoned the matter with my friend.
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When they are clearly discovered, well digested, and
well reasoned in every part, there is beauty in such
a theory. --T. Burnet.
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2. To support with reasons, as a request. [R.] --Shak.
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3. To persuade by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one
into a belief; to reason one out of his plan.
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Men that will not be reasoned into their senses.
--L'Estrange.
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4. To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down;
as, to reason down a passion.
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5. To find by logical processes; to explain or justify by
reason or argument; -- usually with out; as, to reason out
the causes of the librations of the moon.
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reason
(wn) | reason
n 1: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that
war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
[syn: reason, ground]
2: an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a
steady state was never reached was that the back pressure
built up too slowly"
3: the capacity for rational thought or inference or
discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason
and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason,
understanding, intellect]
4: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his
rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on
reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: rationality,
reason, reasonableness]
5: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
6: a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion;
"there is reason to believe he is lying"
v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We
reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
[syn: reason, reason out, conclude]
2: present reasons and arguments [syn: argue, reason]
3: think logically; "The children must learn to reason" |
reason
(devil) | REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.
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reason
(devil) | REASON, n. Propensitate of prejudice.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
reason
(mass) | reason
- príčina, dôvod, premýšľať, uvažovať, argumentovať |
reasonable
(mass) | reasonable
- pochopiteľný, primeraný, súdny, rozumný |
reasonably
(mass) | reasonably
- pomerne, primerane, rozumne |
reasonless
(mass) | reasonless
- bezdôvodný, nezmyselný |
unreasonable
(mass) | unreasonable
- nezmyselne |
unreasoning
(mass) | unreasoning
- nezmyselne |
adduce reasons
(encz) | adduce reasons,uvést důvody |
by reason of
(encz) | by reason of,pro (z důvodu) webby reason of,v důsledku (čeho) webby reason of,z důvodů web |
deductive reasoning
(encz) | deductive reasoning, n: |
for one reason or another
(encz) | for one reason or another,z toho či onoho důvodu [id.] web |
for some reason
(encz) | for some reason, adv: |
give reasons for
(encz) | give reasons for,zdůvodnit Jakub Suchý |
high treason
(encz) | high treason,velezrada n: Zdeněk Brožhigh treason,vlastizrada n: Zdeněk Brož |
inductive reasoning
(encz) | inductive reasoning, n: |
line of reasoning
(encz) | line of reasoning, n: |
no rhyme or reason
(encz) | no rhyme or reason, |
nonmonotonic reasoning
(encz) | nonmonotonic reasoning,nemonotónní uvažování [mat.] Jan Gregor |
reason
(encz) | reason,důvod reason,příčina n: Zdeněk Brož |
reason out
(encz) | reason out, v: |
reasonable
(encz) | reasonable,rozumný adj: |
reasonable care
(encz) | reasonable care, n: |
reasonable doubt
(encz) | reasonable doubt,důvodné pochybnosti n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
reasonably
(encz) | reasonably,celkem adv: PetrVreasonably,poměrně adv: PetrVreasonably,přiměřeně adv: Zdeněk Brožreasonably,rozumně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
reasonably available control technology (ract).
(encz) | Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT).,rozumně dosažitelná
ochranná technologie (RACT) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
reasoned
(encz) | reasoned,logický adj: Zdeněk Brožreasoned,odůvodněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reasoner
(encz) | reasoner,debatér n: Zdeněk Brož |
reasoning
(encz) | reasoning,argument n: Zdeněk Brožreasoning,argumentace n: Zdeněk Brožreasoning,dedukce n: Zdeněk Brožreasoning,logické myšlení Oldřich Švecreasoning,usuzování n: Zdeněk Brožreasoning,úvaha n: Zdeněk Brož |
reasoning backward
(encz) | reasoning backward, n: |
reasoning by elimination
(encz) | reasoning by elimination, n: |
reasonless
(encz) | reasonless,bezdůvodný adj: Zdeněk Brožreasonless,nesmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
reasons
(encz) | reasons,důvody n: pl. IvČa |
rule of reason
(encz) | rule of reason,rozumové pravidlo [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
treason
(encz) | treason,velezrada n: Zdeněk Brožtreason,zrada n: Zdeněk Brož |
treasonable
(encz) | treasonable,schopný zrady Zdeněk Brožtreasonable,zrádcovský adj: Zdeněk Brožtreasonable,zrádný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
treasonably
(encz) | treasonably, adv: |
treasonist
(encz) | treasonist, n: |
treasonous
(encz) | treasonous,protistátní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unreason
(encz) | unreason,nerozum n: Zdeněk Brož |
unreasonable
(encz) | unreasonable,bezdůvodný Pavel Cvrčekunreasonable,nepřiměřený adj: Zdeněk Brožunreasonable,nerozumný Pavel Cvrčekunreasonable,nesmyslný Pavel Cvrček |
unreasonableness
(encz) | unreasonableness,nerozumnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
unreasonably
(encz) | unreasonably,nerozumně adv: Zdeněk Brožunreasonably,nesmyslně adv: Zdeněk Brožunreasonably,přehnaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unreasoned
(encz) | unreasoned, |
unreasoning
(encz) | unreasoning,bezdůvodný adj: Zdeněk Brožunreasoning,nemyslící Jaroslav Šedivýunreasoning,neopodstatněný adj: Zdeněk Brožunreasoning,nesmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unreasoningly
(encz) | unreasoningly, adv: |
with greater reason
(encz) | with greater reason, adv: |
with more reason
(encz) | with more reason, adv: |
with reason
(encz) | with reason, adv: |
within reason
(encz) | within reason, adv: |
without reasoning
(encz) | without reasoning, adv: |
rolling on the floor for no apparent reason
(czen) | Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason,ROFFNAR[zkr.] |
Abbot of Unreason
(gcide) | Unreason \Un*rea"son\, n. [Pref. un- not + reason.]
Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
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Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.
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By reason of
(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L.
ratio (akin to Goth. ra[thorn]j[=o] number, account,
gara[thorn]jan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr.
reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. Arraign,
Rate, Ratio, Ration.]
1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a
determination or an opinion; a just ground for a
conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted
as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or
a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination;
proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a
conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause;
ground of argument.
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I'll give him reasons for it. --Shak.
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The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel
watch is by the motion of the next wheel. --Sir M.
Hale.
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This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the
church was called "catholic." --Bp. Pearson.
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Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there
is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness
and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
--Tillotson.
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2. The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is
distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior
animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower
cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and
in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises
conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional
faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or
the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the
understanding, which is called the discursive or
ratiocinative faculty.
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We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing
anything divine or human, but by our five senses and
our reason. --P. Browne.
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In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that
power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood,
and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to
combine means for the attainment of particular ends.
--Stewart.
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Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of
those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and
constitute his rational nature, more especially,
perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to
express the power of deduction or argumentation.
--Stewart.
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By the pure reason I mean the power by which we
become possessed of principles. --Coleridge.
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The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own
peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or
rationalized understanding, comprehends.
--Coleridge.
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3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or
that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind
rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
fair deductions from true principles; that which is
dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind;
right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
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I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser.
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But law in a free nation hath been ever public
reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he
denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which
ought to be our law; interposing his own private
reason, which to us is no law. --Milton.
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The most probable way of bringing France to reason
would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish
West Indies. --Addison.
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4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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By reason of, by means of; on account of; because of.
"Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the
sterility of the soil." --Bacon.
In reason,
In all reason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right
view.
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When anything is proved by as good arguments as a
thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in
reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson.
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It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
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Yet it were great reason, that those that have
children should have greatest care of future times.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
sake; account; object; purpose; design. See Motive,
Sense.
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For the reason that
(gcide) | For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D.
voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f["u]r, Icel. fyrir,
Sw. f["o]r, Dan. for, adv. f["o]r, Goth. fa['u]r, fa['u]ra,
L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. Fore, First,
Foremost, Forth, Pro-.]
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration
of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done
or takes place.
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1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action;
the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an
act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of
which a thing is or is done.
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With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak.
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How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller.
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Now, for so many glorious actions done,
For peace at home, and for the public wealth,
I mean to crown a bowl for C[ae]sar's health.
--Dryden.
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That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to
crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness
of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to
grant. --Hooker.
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2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the
end or final cause with reference to which anything is,
acts, serves, or is done.
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The oak for nothing ill,
The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill.
--Spenser.
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It was young counsel for the persons, and violent
counsel for the matters. --Bacon.
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Shall I think the worls was made for one,
And men are born for kings, as beasts for men,
Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden.
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For he writes not for money, nor for praise.
--Denham.
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3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which,
anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of;
on the side of; -- opposed to against.
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We can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth. --2 Cor. xiii.
8.
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It is for the general good of human society, and
consequently of particular persons, to be true and
just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.
--Tillotson.
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Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis.
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4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is
directed, or the point toward which motion is made;
?ntending to go to.
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We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon.
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5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything
acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an
equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or
made; instead of, or place of.
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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23,
24.
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6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which
anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
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We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley.
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If a man can be fully assured of anything for a
truth, without having examined, what is there that
he may not embrace for tru?? --Locke.
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Most of our ingenious young men take up some
cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden.
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But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips.
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7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls
in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which
anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to
notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by
all, aught, anything, etc.
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The writer will do what she please for all me.
--Spectator.
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God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next
minute supervene. --Dr. H. More.
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For anything that legally appears to the contrary,
it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift.
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8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or
state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or
time of.
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For many miles about
There 's scarce a bush. --Shak.
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Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.
--prior.
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To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
--Garth.
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9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of
which, anything is done. [Obs.]
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We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
--Beau. & Fl.
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For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with
reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently.
See under As.
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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
--Josh. xxiv.
15.
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For me, my stormy voyage at an end,
I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden.
For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of.
For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for
all the world, like cutlers' poetry." --Shak.
For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that;
seeing that; since.
For by. See Forby, adv.
For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever.
For me, or For all me, as far as regards me.
For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended
on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook.
For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.]
"For that I love your daughter." --Shak.
For thy, or Forthy [AS. for[eth][=y].], for this; on this
account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy."
--Spenser.
For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of.
[Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] --
"What went ye out for to see?" --Luke vii. 25. See To,
prep., 4.
O for, would that I had; may there be granted; --
elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of
fire." --Shak.
Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of
account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral
consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were
it not for the will." --Sir M. Hale.
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High treason
(gcide) | High \High\, a. [Compar. Higher; superl. Highest.] [OE.
high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he['a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h,
OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw.
h["o]g, Dan. h["o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound,
G. h["u]gel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
1. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a
line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or
extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as,
a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
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2. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished;
remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or
relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are
understood from the connection; as
(a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or
intellectual; pre["e]minent; honorable; as, high aims,
or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul."
--Baxter.
(b) Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or
in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified;
as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
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He was a wight of high renown. --Shak.
(c) Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
(d) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like;
strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes,
triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high
wind; high passions. "With rather a high manner."
--Thackeray.
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Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
--Ps. lxxxix.
13.
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Can heavenly minds such high resentment show?
--Dryden.
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(e) Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount;
grand; noble.
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Both meet to hear and answer such high things.
--Shak.
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Plain living and high thinking are no more.
--Wordsworth.
(f) Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods
at a high price.
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If they must be good at so high a rate, they
know they may be safe at a cheaper. --South.
(g) Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; --
used in a bad sense.
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An high look and a proud heart . . . is sin.
--Prov. xxi.
4.
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His forces, after all the high discourses,
amounted really but to eighteen hundred foot.
--Clarendon.
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3. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or
superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i.
e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy)
seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e.,
deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough)
scholarship, etc.
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High time it is this war now ended were. --Spenser.
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High sauces and spices are fetched from the Indies.
--Baker.
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4. (Cookery) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures
do not cook game before it is high.
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5. (Mus.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as,
a high note.
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6. (Phon.) Made with a high position of some part of the
tongue in relation to the palate, as [=e] ([=e]ve), [=oo]
(f[=oo]d). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 10,
11.
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High admiral, the chief admiral.
High altar, the principal altar in a church.
High and dry, out of water; out of reach of the current or
tide; -- said of a vessel, aground or beached.
High and mighty arrogant; overbearing. [Colloq.]
High art, art which deals with lofty and dignified subjects
and is characterized by an elevated style avoiding all
meretricious display.
High bailiff, the chief bailiff.
High Church, & Low Church, two ecclesiastical parties in
the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The high-churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic
succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental
presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and
to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach
much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship.
Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, and, in
many instances, reject altogether the peculiar tenets of
the high-church school. See Broad Church.
High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See
Constable, n., 2.
High commission court, a court of ecclesiastical
jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal
power by Queen Elizabeth in 1559. On account of the abuse
of its powers it was abolished in 1641.
High day (Script.), a holy or feast day. --John xix. 31.
High festival (Eccl.), a festival to be observed with full
ceremonial.
High German, or High Dutch. See under German.
High jinks, an old Scottish pastime; hence, noisy revelry;
wild sport. [Colloq.] "All the high jinks of the county,
when the lad comes of age." --F. Harrison.
High latitude (Geog.), one designated by the higher
figures; consequently, a latitude remote from the equator.
High life, life among the aristocracy or the rich.
High liver, one who indulges in a rich diet.
High living, a feeding upon rich, pampering food.
High Mass. (R. C. Ch.) See under Mass.
High milling, a process of making flour from grain by
several successive grindings and intermediate sorting,
instead of by a single grinding.
High noon, the time when the sun is in the meridian.
High place (Script.), an eminence or mound on which
sacrifices were offered.
High priest. See in the Vocabulary.
High relief. (Fine Arts) See Alto-rilievo.
High school. See under School.
High seas (Law), the open sea; the part of the ocean not in
the territorial waters of any particular sovereignty,
usually distant three miles or more from the coast line.
--Wharton.
High steam, steam having a high pressure.
High steward, the chief steward.
High tea, tea with meats and extra relishes.
High tide, the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
High time.
(a) Quite time; full time for the occasion.
(b) A time of great excitement or enjoyment; a carousal.
[Slang]
High treason, treason against the sovereign or the state,
the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Note: It is now sufficient to speak of high treason as
treason simply, seeing that petty treason, as a
distinct offense, has been abolished. --Mozley & W.
High water, the utmost flow or greatest elevation of the
tide; also, the time of such elevation.
High-water mark.
(a) That line of the seashore to which the waters
ordinarily reach at high water.
(b) A mark showing the highest level reached by water in a
river or other body of fresh water, as in time of
freshet.
High-water shrub (Bot.), a composite shrub ({Iva
frutescens}), growing in salt marshes along the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
High wine, distilled spirits containing a high percentage
of alcohol; -- usually in the plural.
To be on a high horse, to be on one's dignity; to bear
one's self loftily. [Colloq.]
With a high hand.
(a) With power; in force; triumphantly. "The children of
Israel went out with a high hand." --Ex. xiv. 8.
(b) In an overbearing manner, arbitrarily. "They governed
the city with a high hand." --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: Tall; lofty; elevated; noble; exalted; supercilious;
proud; violent; full; dear. See Tall.
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(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L.
ratio (akin to Goth. ra[thorn]j[=o] number, account,
gara[thorn]jan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr.
reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. Arraign,
Rate, Ratio, Ration.]
1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a
determination or an opinion; a just ground for a
conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted
as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or
a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination;
proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a
conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause;
ground of argument.
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I'll give him reasons for it. --Shak.
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The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel
watch is by the motion of the next wheel. --Sir M.
Hale.
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This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the
church was called "catholic." --Bp. Pearson.
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Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there
is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness
and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
--Tillotson.
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2. The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is
distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior
animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower
cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and
in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises
conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional
faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or
the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the
understanding, which is called the discursive or
ratiocinative faculty.
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We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing
anything divine or human, but by our five senses and
our reason. --P. Browne.
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In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that
power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood,
and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to
combine means for the attainment of particular ends.
--Stewart.
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Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of
those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and
constitute his rational nature, more especially,
perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to
express the power of deduction or argumentation.
--Stewart.
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By the pure reason I mean the power by which we
become possessed of principles. --Coleridge.
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The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own
peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or
rationalized understanding, comprehends.
--Coleridge.
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3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or
that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind
rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
fair deductions from true principles; that which is
dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind;
right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
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I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser.
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But law in a free nation hath been ever public
reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he
denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which
ought to be our law; interposing his own private
reason, which to us is no law. --Milton.
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The most probable way of bringing France to reason
would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish
West Indies. --Addison.
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4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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By reason of, by means of; on account of; because of.
"Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the
sterility of the soil." --Bacon.
In reason,
In all reason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right
view.
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When anything is proved by as good arguments as a
thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in
reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson.
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It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
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Yet it were great reason, that those that have
children should have greatest care of future times.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
sake; account; object; purpose; design. See Motive,
Sense.
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In reason
(gcide) | Reason \Rea"son\ (r[=e]"z'n), n. [OE. resoun, F. raison, fr. L.
ratio (akin to Goth. ra[thorn]j[=o] number, account,
gara[thorn]jan to count, G. rede speech, reden to speak), fr.
reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Cf. Arraign,
Rate, Ratio, Ration.]
1. A thought or a consideration offered in support of a
determination or an opinion; a just ground for a
conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted
as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or
a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination;
proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a
conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause;
ground of argument.
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I'll give him reasons for it. --Shak.
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The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel
watch is by the motion of the next wheel. --Sir M.
Hale.
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This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the
church was called "catholic." --Bp. Pearson.
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Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there
is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness
and virtue, and against vice and wickedness.
--Tillotson.
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2. The faculty or capacity of the human mind by which it is
distinguished from the intelligence of the inferior
animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower
cognitive faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and
in contrast to the feelings and desires. Reason comprises
conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional
faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or
the faculty of first truths, as distinguished from the
understanding, which is called the discursive or
ratiocinative faculty.
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We have no other faculties of perceiving or knowing
anything divine or human, but by our five senses and
our reason. --P. Browne.
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In common and popular discourse, reason denotes that
power by which we distinguish truth from falsehood,
and right from wrong, and by which we are enabled to
combine means for the attainment of particular ends.
--Stewart.
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Reason is used sometimes to express the whole of
those powers which elevate man above the brutes, and
constitute his rational nature, more especially,
perhaps, his intellectual powers; sometimes to
express the power of deduction or argumentation.
--Stewart.
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By the pure reason I mean the power by which we
become possessed of principles. --Coleridge.
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The sense perceives; the understanding, in its own
peculiar operation, conceives; the reason, or
rationalized understanding, comprehends.
--Coleridge.
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3. Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or
that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind
rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
fair deductions from true principles; that which is
dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind;
right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
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I was promised, on a time,
To have reason for my rhyme. --Spenser.
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But law in a free nation hath been ever public
reason; the enacted reason of a parliament, which he
denying to enact, denies to govern us by that which
ought to be our law; interposing his own private
reason, which to us is no law. --Milton.
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The most probable way of bringing France to reason
would be by the making an attempt on the Spanish
West Indies. --Addison.
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4. (Math.) Ratio; proportion. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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By reason of, by means of; on account of; because of.
"Spain is thin sown of people, partly by reason of the
sterility of the soil." --Bacon.
In reason,
In all reason, in justice; with rational ground; in a right
view.
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When anything is proved by as good arguments as a
thing of that kind is capable of, we ought not, in
reason, to doubt of its existence. --Tillotson.
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It is reason, it is reasonable; it is right. [Obs.]
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Yet it were great reason, that those that have
children should have greatest care of future times.
--Bacon.
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Syn: Motive; argument; ground; consideration; principle;
sake; account; object; purpose; design. See Motive,
Sense.
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