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blest
(encz) | blest,blahoslavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blest
(encz) | blest,požehnal v: Zdeněk Brož |
Blest
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Blest
(gcide) | Blest \Blest\, a.
Blessed. "This patriarch blest." --Milton.
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White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail.
--Trumbull.
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blest
(wn) | blest
adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);
"our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed,
curst] |
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ablest
(encz) | ablest,nejschopnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cobblestone
(encz) | cobblestone,dlaždice n: Zdeněk Brožcobblestone,dlažební kostka n: Zdeněk Brožcobblestone,kočičí hlava Zdeněk Brož |
cobblestones
(encz) | cobblestones,dlažební kostky Zdeněk Brož |
feeblest
(encz) | feeblest, |
humblest
(encz) | humblest,nejskromnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
noblest
(encz) | noblest,nejušlechtilejší noblest,nejvznešenější |
the ablest
(encz) | the ablest,nejschopnější adj: |
Ablest
(gcide) | Abler \A"bler\, a.,
comp. of Able. -- A"blest, a., superl. of Able.
[1913 Webster] AbletAble \A"ble\, a. [comp. Abler; superl. Ablest.] [OF. habile,
L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit.]
1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
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A many man, to ben an abbot able. --Chaucer.
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2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or
resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed
of qualifications rendering competent for some end;
competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman,
soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to
reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain;
able to play on a piano.
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3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong
mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever;
powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able
speech.
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No man wrote abler state papers. --Macaulay.
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4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
as, able to inherit or devise property.
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Note:
Able for, is Scotticism.
"Hardly able for such a march." --Robertson.
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Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.
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Blest
(gcide) | Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blessedor Blest; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blessing.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian,
bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to
consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See Blood.]
1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
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And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
--Gen. ii. 3.
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2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity
or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
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The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
--Shak.
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It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may continue forever before thee.
--1 Chron.
xvii. 27 (R.
V. )
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3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to
invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
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Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii.
14.
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4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities
upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix.
16.
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5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self).
[Archaic] --Holinshed.
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6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
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7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
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Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
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8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
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The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer.
iv. 3.
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9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
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And burning blades about their heads do bless.
--Spenser.
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Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
--Fairfax.
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Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson,
Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old
rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all
parts of it. "In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a
compass as though they would turn about and bless all
the field." --Ascham.
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Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. "Bless
me from marrying a usurer." --Shak.
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To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
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To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness.
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Blessed. "This patriarch blest." --Milton.
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White these blest sounds my ravished ear assail.
--Trumbull.
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Cobblestone
(gcide) | Cobblestone \Cob"ble*stone`\, n.
A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled;
a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other
purposes.
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cobblestone cobblestoned
(gcide) | paved \paved\ adj.
1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways.
[Narrower terms: {asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac,
tarmacadam}; blacktopped, brick, {cobblestone,
cobblestoned}] [Ant: unpaved]
Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed
[Australian].
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Feeblest
(gcide) | Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r);
superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
Chron. xxviii.
15.
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2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble
voice." --Shak.
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Humblest
(gcide) | Humble \Hum"ble\ (h[u^]m"b'l; 277), a. [Compar. Humbler
(h[u^]m"bl[~e]r); superl. Humblest (h[u^]m"bl[e^]st).] [F.,
fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth,
ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
1. Near the ground; not high or lofty.
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Thy humble nest built on the ground. --Cowley.
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2. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming;
modest; as, a humble cottage. Used to describe objects.
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3. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's
self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's
self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands
of God; lowly; weak; modest. Used to describe people.
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God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
humble. --Jas. iv. 6.
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She should be humble who would please. --Prior.
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Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of
our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy
nation. --Washington.
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Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the
genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva).
To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or
apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or
humiliation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the
entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served
to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See
Humbles. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.
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Nimblest
(gcide) | Nimble \Nim"ble\ (n[i^]m"b'l), a. [Compar. Nimbler
(n[i^]m"bl[~e]r); superl. Nimblest (n[i^]m"bl[e^]st).] [OE.
nimel, prob. orig., quick at seizing, fr. nimen to take, AS.
niman; akin to D. nemen, G. nehmen, OHG. neman, Icel. nema,
Goth. nima, and prob. to Gr. ne`mein to distribute. [root] 7.
Cf. Nomand, Numb.]
Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity;
lively; swift.
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Through the mid seas the nimble pinnace sails. --Pope.
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Note: Nimble is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, nimble-footed,
nimble-pinioned, nimble-winged, etc.
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Nimble Will (Bot.), a slender, branching, American grass
(Muhlenbergia diffusa), of some repute for grazing
purposes in the Mississippi valley.
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Syn: Agile; quick; active; brisk; lively; prompt.
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Noblest
(gcide) | Noble \No"ble\, a. [Compar. Nobler; superl. Noblest.] [F.
noble, fr. L. nobilis that can be or is known, well known,
famous, highborn, noble, fr. noscere to know. See know.]
1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above
whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable;
magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
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Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong
To nobler poets for a nobler song. --Dryden.
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2. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble
edifice.
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3. Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility;
distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title;
highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
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Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
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Noble gas (Chem.), a gaseous element belonging to group
VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with
other elements under normal reaction conditions;
specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton,
xenon, or radon; also called inert gas.
Noble metals (Chem.), silver, gold, and platinum; -- so
called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to
dissolution by acids. Copper, mercury, aluminium,
palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes
included.
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Syn: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted;
superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious;
renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand;
magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
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Pebblestone
(gcide) | Pebblestone \Peb"ble*stone`\
A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of
pebblestone." --Marlowe.
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Rubblestone
(gcide) | Rubblestone \Rub"ble*stone`\, n.
See Rubble, 1 and 2.
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Unblest
(gcide) | Unblessed \Un*blessed"\, Unblest \Un*blest\, a. [Pref. un- not +
blessed, blest.]
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed;
wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." --Milton.
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Unblestful
(gcide) | Unblestful \Un*blest"ful\, a.
Unblessed. [R.] --Sylvester.
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cobblestone
(wn) | cobblestone
n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone] |
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