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In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

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Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

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Having a right or honest mind.

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Having a right or honest mind.

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A variant of Strait, a.

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A variant of Strait, a.

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Alt. of Abye

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To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.

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To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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To change or modify in any way for the better

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To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

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To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

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To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards o…

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make…

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imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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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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To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.

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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.

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Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.

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A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bo…

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The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

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To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.

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To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

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To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Remedial.

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That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for t…

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To return.

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To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.

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of Set

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To make sharp.

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To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

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Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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A sound; a note; a tone.

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A cipher; nothing; naught.

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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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An apparatus for weighing.

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To rate or chide vehemently; to scold.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

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To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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To beat severely.

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The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To make penal.

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To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; t…

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove;…

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To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.

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Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.

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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to sco…

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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

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Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

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The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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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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Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

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Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

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In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

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Belonging to one; one's own; individual.

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Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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Conformable to fact; in accordance with the actual state of things; correct; not false, erroneous, inaccurate, or the like; as, a true relation or na…

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The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the c…

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Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

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Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

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To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

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To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

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To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

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To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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To chide; to reprove.

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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…

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To dress again.

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

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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To make false; to represent falsely.

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To make false; to represent falsely.

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Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

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Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty.

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imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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