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venting
(encz) | venting,ventilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
venting
(encz) | venting,větrání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Venting
(gcide) | Vent \Vent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Venting.]
1. To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage
or outlet to.
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2. To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to
utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
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The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent.
--Dryden.
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3. To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.]
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By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. --Milton.
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Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations.
--Barrow.
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4. To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] --Turbervile.
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5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a
mold.
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venting
(wn) | venting
n 1: the act of venting [syn: discharge, venting] |
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circumventing
(encz) | circumventing,obcházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
eventing
(encz) | eventing,military druh jezdeckého sportu Pavel Machek |
inventing
(encz) | inventing,vynalézání n: Zdeněk Brož |
preventing
(encz) | preventing,zabraňování n: Zdeněk Brož |
venting
(encz) | venting,ventilace n: Zdeněk Brožventing,větrání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Circumventing
(gcide) | Circumvent \Cir`cum*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumvented;
p. pr. & vb. n. Circumventing.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of
circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum +
venire to come, akin to E. come.]
To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to
decieve; to delude; to get around.
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I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden.
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Inventing
(gcide) | Invent \In*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invented; p. pr. & vb.
n. Inventing.] [L. inventus, p. p. of invenire to come
upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to
E. come: cf. F. inventer. See Come.]
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1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.]
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And vowed never to return again,
Till him alive or dead she did invent. --Spenser.
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2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to
devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; --
applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable
mode, instrument, or machine.
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Thus first Necessity invented stools. --Cowper.
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3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to
forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the
machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.
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Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. --Milton.
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He had invented some circumstances, and put the
worst possible construction on others. --Sir W.
Scott.
Syn: To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate;
concoct; elaborate. See Discover.
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Preventing
(gcide) | Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prevented; p. pr. &
vb. n. Preventing.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before
+ venire to come. See Come.]
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide;
to direct. [Obs.]
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We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1
Thess. iv. 15.
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We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and
follow us. --Bk. of
Common Prayer.
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Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior.
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2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.]
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Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope.
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3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
"This vile purpose to prevent." --Shak.
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Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton.
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Preventingly
(gcide) | Preventingly \Pre*vent"ing*ly\, adv.
So as to prevent or hinder.
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venting
(wn) | venting
n 1: the act of venting [syn: discharge, venting] |
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