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staking
(encz) | staking,měkčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
staking
(encz) | staking,vytyčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Staking
(gcide) | Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staked (st[=a]kd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Staking.]
1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake
vines or plants.
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2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
out land; to stake out a new road.
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3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
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I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
--Pope.
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4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.
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mistaking
(encz) | mistaking,záměna n: Zdeněk Brož |
painstaking
(encz) | painstaking,přičinlivý adj: Martin Králpainstaking,usilovný adj: Martin Král |
painstakingly
(encz) | painstakingly,horlivě adv: Petr Prášekpainstakingly,pilně adv: Petr Prášekpainstakingly,snaživě adv: Petr Prášek |
painstakingness
(encz) | painstakingness, n: |
staking
(encz) | staking,měkčení n: Zdeněk Brožstaking,vytyčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mistaking
(gcide) | Mistake \Mis*take"\ (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p.
Mistook (m[i^]s*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Mistaken
(m[i^]s*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis-
+ take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend,
or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's
meaning. --Locke.
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My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak.
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3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one
person for another.
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A man may mistake the love of virtue for the
practice of it. --Johnson.
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4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character,
qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
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Mistake me not so much,
To think my poverty is treacherous. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Mistaking \Mis*tak"ing\, n.
An error; a mistake. --Shak.
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Mistakingly
(gcide) | Mistakingly \Mis*tak"ing*ly\, adv.
Erroneously.
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Painstaking
(gcide) | Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\ (p[=a]nz"t[=a]k`[i^]ng), a.
Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. "Painstaking
men." --Harris.
[1913 Webster]Painstaking \Pains"tak`ing\, n.
The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in
performance. --Beau. & Fl.
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mistaking
(wn) | mistaking
n 1: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation
of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking
her meaning" [syn: misinterpretation, misunderstanding,
mistaking] |
painstaking
(wn) | painstaking
adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand";
"painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
[syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous] |
painstakingly
(wn) | painstakingly
adv 1: in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a
waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of
selling" [syn: painstakingly, fastidiously] |
painstakingness
(wn) | painstakingness
n 1: the trait of being painstaking and careful [syn:
conscientiousness, painstakingness] [ant:
unconscientiousness] |
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