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giver
(encz) | giver,dárce n: Zdeněk Brož |
Giver
(gcide) | Giver \Giv"er\, n.
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who
imparts or distributes.
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It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the
heart of the Christian. --Kollock.
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giver
(wn) | giver
n 1: someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no
greater givers than those who give themselves"
2: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver,
presenter, bestower, conferrer] |
GIVER
(bouvier) | GIVER, contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his gift, the giver always
impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.
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tergiversation
(mass) | tergiversation
- výhovorka |
caregiver
(encz) | caregiver, |
forgiver
(encz) | forgiver, |
lawgiver
(encz) | lawgiver,zákonodárce n: Zdeněk Brož |
lease giver
(encz) | lease giver, n: |
tergiversate
(encz) | tergiversate,vymlouvat se Zdeněk Brožtergiversate,vytáčet se Zdeněk Brož |
tergiversation
(encz) | tergiversation,odpadlictví n: Zdeněk Brožtergiversation,výmluva n: Zdeněk Brožtergiversation,vytáčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Almsgiver
(gcide) | Almsgiver \Alms"giv`er\ ([add]mz"g[i^]v`[~e]r), n.
A giver of alms.
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Forgiver
(gcide) | Forgiver \For*giv"er\, n.
One who forgives. --Johnson.
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Giver
(gcide) | Giver \Giv"er\, n.
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who
imparts or distributes.
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It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the
heart of the Christian. --Kollock.
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Lawgiver
(gcide) | Lawgiver \Law"giv`er\, n.
One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a
legislator.
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Tergiversate
(gcide) | Tergiversate \Ter"gi*ver*sate\, v. i. [L. tergiversatus, p. p.
of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back +
versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to
shuffle. [R.] --Bailey.
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Tergiversation
(gcide) | Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
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Writing is to be preferred before verbal
conferences, as being freer from passions and
tergiversations. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
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The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. --Clarendon.
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Tergiversator
(gcide) | Tergiversator \Ter"gi*ver*sa`tor\, n. [L.]
One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
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Thanksgiver
(gcide) | Thanksgiver \Thanks"giv`er\, n.
One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. --Barrow.
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almsgiver
(wn) | almsgiver
n 1: a person who gives alms |
caregiver
(wn) | caregiver
n 1: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating
illness or disability [syn: health professional, {primary
care provider}, PCP, health care provider, caregiver]
2: a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a
child or dependent adult |
forgiver
(wn) | forgiver
n 1: a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or
offense [syn: pardoner, forgiver, excuser] |
indian giver
(wn) | Indian giver
n 1: an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a
present he has given you |
lawgiver
(wn) | lawgiver
n 1: a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws [syn:
lawgiver, lawmaker] |
lease giver
(wn) | lease giver
n 1: someone who grants a lease [syn: lessor, lease giver] |
rain-giver
(wn) | Rain-giver
n 1: an epithet for Jupiter [syn: Jupiter Pluvius, {Rain-
giver}] |
tergiversate
(wn) | tergiversate
v 1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or
withhold information [syn: beat around the bush,
equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter]
2: abandon one's beliefs or allegiances [syn: apostatize,
apostatise, tergiversate] |
tergiversation
(wn) | tergiversation
n 1: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
equivocation, tergiversation]
2: the act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy,
tergiversation] |
tergiversator
(wn) | tergiversator
n 1: a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn:
hedger, equivocator, tergiversator] |
GIVER
(bouvier) | GIVER, contracts. He who makes a gift. (q. v.) By his gift, the giver always
impliedly agrees with the donee that he will not revoke the gift.
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