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venal
(encz) | venal,prodejný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Venal
(gcide) | Venal \Ve"nal\ (v[=e]"nal), a. [L. vena a vein.]
Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]
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Venal
(gcide) | Venal \Ve"nal\, a. [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr.
'w^nos price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. v['e]nal.]
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other
valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held
for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as,
venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." --Macaulay.
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The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.
--Burke.
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Syn: Mercenary; hireling; vendible.
Usage: Venal, Mercenary. One is mercenary who is either
actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a
mercenary judge, etc.), or is governed by a sordid
love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a
mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and
supposes either an actual purchase, or a readiness to
be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in
the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot
played ingeniously on the latter word in his
celebrated saying, " My pen is venal that it may not
be mercenary," meaning that he wrote books, and sold
them to the publishers, in order to avoid the
necessity of being the hireling of any political
party.
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Thus needy wits a vile revenue made,
And verse became a mercenary trade. --Dryden.
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This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse
This, from no venal or ungrateful muse. --Pope.
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venal
(wn) | venal
adj 1: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges";
"dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a
venal police officer" [syn: corruptible, bribable,
dishonest, purchasable, venal] |
VENAL
(bouvier) | VENAL. Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad
sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
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juvenal
(encz) | Juvenal, |
ravenala
(encz) | ravenala, n: |
venality
(encz) | venality,prodejnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
venally
(encz) | venally,prodejně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
načervenalý
(czen) | načervenalý,reddishadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Avenalin
(gcide) | Avenalin \A*ven"a*lin\, n. [L. avena eats.] (Chem.)
A crystalline globulin, contained in oat kernels, very
similar in composition to excelsin, but different in
reactions and crystalline form.
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Juvenal
(gcide) | Juvenal \Ju"ve*nal\, n. [L. juvenalis youthful, juvenile, fr.
juvenis young.]
A youth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Ravenala
(gcide) | Ravenala \Rav`e*na"la\ (r[a^]v`[-e]*n[aum]"l[.a]), n.
[Malagasy.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana.
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Note: Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is
an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing
alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing
bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water,
which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife,
whence the plant is called traveler's tree.
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Ravenala Madagascariensis
(gcide) | Ravenala \Rav`e*na"la\ (r[a^]v`[-e]*n[aum]"l[.a]), n.
[Malagasy.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants related to the banana.
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Note: Ravenala Madagascariensis, the principal species, is
an unbranched tree with immense oarlike leaves growing
alternately from two sides of the stem. The sheathing
bases of the leafstalks collect and retain rain water,
which flows freely when they are pierced with a knife,
whence the plant is called traveler's tree.
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Venal
(gcide) | Venal \Ve"nal\ (v[=e]"nal), a. [L. vena a vein.]
Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Venal \Ve"nal\, a. [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr.
'w^nos price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. v['e]nal.]
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other
valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held
for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as,
venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." --Macaulay.
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The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.
--Burke.
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Syn: Mercenary; hireling; vendible.
Usage: Venal, Mercenary. One is mercenary who is either
actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a
mercenary judge, etc.), or is governed by a sordid
love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a
mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and
supposes either an actual purchase, or a readiness to
be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in
the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot
played ingeniously on the latter word in his
celebrated saying, " My pen is venal that it may not
be mercenary," meaning that he wrote books, and sold
them to the publishers, in order to avoid the
necessity of being the hireling of any political
party.
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Thus needy wits a vile revenue made,
And verse became a mercenary trade. --Dryden.
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This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse
This, from no venal or ungrateful muse. --Pope.
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Venality
(gcide) | Venality \Ve*nal"i*ty\, n. [L. venalitas: cf. F.
v['e]nalit['e].]
The quality or state of being venal, or purchasable;
mercenariness; prostitution of talents, offices, or services,
for money or reward; as, the venality of a corrupt court; the
venality of an official.
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Complaints of Roman venality became louder. --Milton.
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Venally
(gcide) | Venally \Ve"nal*ly\, adv.
In a venal manner.
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decimus junius juvenalis
(wn) | Decimus Junius Juvenalis
n 1: Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman
society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
[syn: Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis] |
genus ravenala
(wn) | genus Ravenala
n 1: woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in
family Musaceae |
juvenal
(wn) | Juvenal
n 1: Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman
society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
[syn: Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis] |
ravenala
(wn) | ravenala
n 1: giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that
yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an
emergency source of water for travelers [syn: {traveler's
tree}, traveller's tree, ravenala, {Ravenala
madagascariensis}] |
ravenala madagascariensis
(wn) | Ravenala madagascariensis
n 1: giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that
yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an
emergency source of water for travelers [syn: {traveler's
tree}, traveller's tree, ravenala, {Ravenala
madagascariensis}] |
venality
(wn) | venality
n 1: prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward |
venally
(wn) | venally
adv 1: in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly
when he gave the contract to his best friend" [syn:
dishonestly, venally, deceitfully] [ant:
aboveboard, honestly] |
VENAL
(bouvier) | VENAL. Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad
sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
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