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mantic
(encz) | mantic, adj: |
Mantic
(gcide) | Mantic \Man"tic\, a. [Gr. ? prophetic.]
Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one
inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
[R.] "Mantic fury." --Trench.
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mantic
(wn) | mantic
adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic
powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and
infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory,
mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical] |
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chiromantic
(encz) | chiromantic, adj: |
lithomantic
(encz) | lithomantic, adj: |
mantichora
(encz) | mantichora, n: |
manticora
(encz) | manticora, n: |
manticore
(encz) | manticore, n: |
necromantic
(encz) | necromantic,nekromantický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
necromantical
(encz) | necromantical, adj: |
neoromanticism
(encz) | neoromanticism, n: |
polysemantic
(encz) | polysemantic, adj: |
polysemantic word
(encz) | polysemantic word, n: |
romantic
(encz) | romantic,romantický adj: lunoromantic,romantik n: Zdeněk Brož |
romantic realism
(encz) | romantic realism, n: |
romantically
(encz) | romantically,romanticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
romanticisation
(encz) | romanticisation, n: |
romanticise
(encz) | romanticise, v: |
romanticised
(encz) | romanticised, |
romanticises
(encz) | romanticises, |
romanticising
(encz) | romanticising, |
romanticism
(encz) | romanticism,romantičnost n: Zdeněk BrožRomanticism,romantismus |
romanticist
(encz) | romanticist,romantik n: Zdeněk Brož |
romanticistic
(encz) | romanticistic, adj: |
romanticization
(encz) | romanticization, n: |
romanticize
(encz) | romanticize,romantizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
romanticized
(encz) | romanticized,romantický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
romanticizing
(encz) | romanticizing, |
semantic
(encz) | semantic,sémantický adj: Petr Prášeksemantic,významový adj: Petr Prášek |
semantic error
(encz) | semantic error, n: |
semantic memory
(encz) | semantic memory, n: |
semantic relation
(encz) | semantic relation, n: |
semantic role
(encz) | semantic role, n: |
semantical
(encz) | semantical,sémantický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semantically
(encz) | semantically,sémanticky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
semanticist
(encz) | semanticist, |
semantics
(encz) | semantics,sémantika n: Zdeněk Brož |
synsemantic
(encz) | synsemantic, adj: |
unromantic
(encz) | unromantic,neromantický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unromantically
(encz) | unromantically, adv: |
nekromantický
(czen) | nekromantický,necromanticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
neromantický
(czen) | neromantický,unromanticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
romanticky
(czen) | romanticky,romanticallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
romantický
(czen) | romantický,romanticadj: lunoromantický,romanticizedadj: Zdeněk Brož |
sémanticky
(czen) | sémanticky,semanticallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
sémantický
(czen) | sémantický,semanticadj: Petr Prášeksémantický,semanticaladj: Zdeněk Brož |
Aspidium athamanticum
(gcide) | Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Astromantic
(gcide) | Astromantic \As`tro*man"tic\, a. [Gr. ? astrology.]
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars;
astrologic. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
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Chiromantic
(gcide) | Chiromantic \Chi`ro*man"tic\, Chiromantical
\Chi`ro*man"tic*al\a.
Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
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Chiromantical
(gcide) | Chiromantic \Chi`ro*man"tic\, Chiromantical
\Chi`ro*man"tic*al\a.
Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
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General semantics
(gcide) | General semantics \Gen"er*al sem*an"tics\, n. (1933)
a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its
relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred
Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to
express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with
others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the
more critical use of words and other symbols; -- sometimes
also called semantics.
Note: More information can be found on the web site of the [a
HREF="http:]/www.general-semantics.org/">Institute of
General Semantics.
[PJC]
General Semantics is the study of the relations
between language, "thought", and behavior:
between how we talk, therefore how we think,
therefore how we act. --George DorisSemantics \Sem*an"tics\, n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having
meaning, from sh^ma a sign.]
1. the study of the meanings of words and of the sense
development of words; -- formerly called semasiology.
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2. a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its
relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred
Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to
express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with
others and one's environment is enhanced by training in
the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- also
called {general semantics}.
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3. the meanings of words as they are used to achieve an
effect; especially, the multiple meanings of words or the
multiplicity of words having the same meaning; -- used in
referring to the confusion that can be caused
(intentionally or unintentionally) by multiple meanings;
as, there's no real difference, it's only a matter of
semantics.
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general semantics
(gcide) | General semantics \Gen"er*al sem*an"tics\, n. (1933)
a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its
relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred
Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to
express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with
others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the
more critical use of words and other symbols; -- sometimes
also called semantics.
Note: More information can be found on the web site of the [a
HREF="http:]/www.general-semantics.org/">Institute of
General Semantics.
[PJC]
General Semantics is the study of the relations
between language, "thought", and behavior:
between how we talk, therefore how we think,
therefore how we act. --George DorisSemantics \Sem*an"tics\, n. sing. or pl. [Gr. shmantikos having
meaning, from sh^ma a sign.]
1. the study of the meanings of words and of the sense
development of words; -- formerly called semasiology.
[PJC]
2. a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its
relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred
Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to
express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with
others and one's environment is enhanced by training in
the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- also
called {general semantics}.
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3. the meanings of words as they are used to achieve an
effect; especially, the multiple meanings of words or the
multiplicity of words having the same meaning; -- used in
referring to the confusion that can be caused
(intentionally or unintentionally) by multiple meanings;
as, there's no real difference, it's only a matter of
semantics.
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Geomantic
(gcide) | Geomantic \Ge`o*man"tic\, Geomantical \Ge`o*man"tic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. g['e]omantique.]
Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.
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Geomantical
(gcide) | Geomantic \Ge`o*man"tic\, Geomantical \Ge`o*man"tic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. g['e]omantique.]
Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.
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Hydromantic
(gcide) | Hydromantic \Hy`dro*man"tic\, a. [Cf. F. hydromantique.]
Of or pertaining to divination by water.
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Mantic
(gcide) | Mantic \Man"tic\, a. [Gr. ? prophetic.]
Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one
inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
[R.] "Mantic fury." --Trench.
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mantichora
(gcide) | mantichora \mantichora\, manticora \manticora\, manticore
\manticore\n.
A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and
the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn: manticore, mantichora, mantiger.
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manticora
(gcide) | mantichora \mantichora\, manticora \manticora\, manticore
\manticore\n.
A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and
the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn: manticore, mantichora, mantiger.
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manticore
(gcide) | mantichora \mantichora\, manticora \manticora\, manticore
\manticore\n.
A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and
the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Syn: manticore, mantichora, mantiger.
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Meum Athamanticum
(gcide) | Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long
nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary
leaves.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely
divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney,
mew, and bearwort. [Written also spignel.]
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Necromantic
(gcide) | Necromantic \Nec`ro*man"tic\, n.
Conjuration. [R.]
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With all the necromantics of their art. --Young.
[1913 Webster] NecromanticNecromantic \Nec`ro*man"tic\, Necromantical \Nec`ro*man"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. --
Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Necromantical
(gcide) | Necromantic \Nec`ro*man"tic\, Necromantical \Nec`ro*man"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. --
Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Necromantically
(gcide) | Necromantic \Nec`ro*man"tic\, Necromantical \Nec`ro*man"tic*al\,
a.
Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. --
Nec`ro*man"tic*al*ly, adv.
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Onomantic
(gcide) | Onomantic \On`o*man"tic\, Onomantical \On`o*man"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
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Onomantical
(gcide) | Onomantic \On`o*man"tic\, Onomantical \On`o*man"tic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
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Pseudo-romantic
(gcide) | Pseudo-romantic \Pseu`do-ro*man"tic\, a. Pseudo- + romantic.]
Falsely romantic.
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The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. --De
Quincey.
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Pyromantic
(gcide) | Pyromantic \Pyr`o*man"tic\, n. [Cf. Gr. ?.]
One who pretends to divine by fire. --Sir T. Herbert.
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Of or pertaining to pyromancy.
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Romantic
(gcide) | Romantic \Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See
Romance.]
1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling
romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic
undertaking.
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Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such
a persuasion? --South.
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Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men
have represented as chimerical and romantic.
--Addison.
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2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance;
as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
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3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular
literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical
antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
as, the romantic school of poets.
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4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
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Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
extravagant; wild; chimerical. See Sentimental.
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The romantic drama. See under Drama.
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Romantical
(gcide) | Romantical \Ro*man"tic*al\, a.
Romantic.
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Romanticaly
(gcide) | Romanticaly \Ro*man"tic*al*y\, adv.
In a romantic manner.
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Romanticism
(gcide) | Romanticism \Ro*man"ti*cism\, n. [CF. It. romanticismo, F.
romantisme, romanticisme.]
A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;
specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic
effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers
who sought to revive certain medi?val forms and methods in
opposition to the so-called classical style.
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He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from
pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus
unconsciously the founder of romanticism. --Lowell.
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Romanticist
(gcide) | Romanticist \Ro*man"ti*cist\, n.
One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. --J. R.
Seeley.
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Romanticly
(gcide) | Romanticly \Ro*man"tic*ly\, adv.
Romantically. [R.] --Strype.
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Romanticness
(gcide) | Romanticness \Ro*man"tic*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being romantic; widness;
fancifulness. --Richardson.
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Semantic
(gcide) | Semantic \Sem*an"tic\, Semantical \Sem*an"tic*al\, n. sing. or
pl. [Gr. shmantikos having meaning, from sh^ma a sign.]
1. pertaining to the meanings of words.
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2. of or pertaining to semantics.
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