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sterner
(encz) | sterner,příkřejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sterner
(encz) | sterner,přísnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sterner
(gcide) | Stern \Stern\, a. [Compar. Sterner; superl. Sternest.] [OE.
sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk
refractory. [root]166.]
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or
aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed;
unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as,
a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern
gaze; a stern decree.
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The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer.
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I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak.
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When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak.
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Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden.
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These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
--Wordsworth.
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Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind;
hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless.
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Sterner
(gcide) | Sterner \Stern"er\, n. [See 3d Stern.]
A director. [Obs. & R.] --Dr. R. Clerke.
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easterner
(encz) | easterner, n: |
easterners
(encz) | easterners,východňáci Jaroslav Šedivý |
midwesterner
(encz) | Midwesterner, |
midwesterners
(encz) | Midwesterners, |
sterner
(encz) | sterner,příkřejší adj: Zdeněk Brožsterner,přísnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
westerner
(encz) | westerner,obyvatel Západu n: Zdeněk Brož |
westerners
(encz) | westerners,obyvatelé Západu n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
easterner
(gcide) | easterner \easterner\ n.
an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the eastern
U. S.
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Westerner
(gcide) | Westerner \West"ern*er\, n.
A native or inhabitant of the west.
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easterner
(wn) | easterner
n 1: an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the U.S. |
westerner
(wn) | westerner
n 1: an inhabitant of a western area; especially of the U.S. |
QUOD PERMITTAT PROSTERNERE
(bouvier) | QUOD PERMITTAT PROSTERNERE, Eng. law. That he give leave to demolish. The
name of a writ which commands the defendant to permit the plaintiff to abate
the nuisance of which complaint is made, or otherwise to appear in court and
to show cause why he will not. On proof of the facts the plaintiff is
entitled to have judgment to abate the nuisance and to recover damages. This
proceeding, on account of its tediousness and expense, has given way to a
special action on the case.
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