Center: alternatives and connections

Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call.

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Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

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To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

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To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Bright; glittering; fiery.

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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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A composition of different materials.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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One who carries the line in surveying, etc.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

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A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

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Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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To appoint.

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The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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To carry or send back.

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To bring back; to restore.

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A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging.

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Of or pertaining to the head.

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

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Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

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The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

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That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

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A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

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A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

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A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both…

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The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.

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The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant o…

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Alt. of Centrical

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Alt. of Centrical

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Placed in the center or middle; central.

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Placed in the center or middle; central.

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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

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The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

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Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

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Four and one added; one more than four.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Arable land which has been or is being exhausted. See Infield, 1.

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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A resting place.

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In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

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A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

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The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

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The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an…

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Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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The middle of the way or distance; a middle way or course.

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To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consis…

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A public square in a city or town.

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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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