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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Admonition 76% connected

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Ideal 76% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Lesson 76% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Monition 76% connected

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Warning 76% connected

of Warn

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Apology 76% connected

Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as,…

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Archetype 76% connected

The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.

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Beauty 76% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Clip 76% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

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Epitome 76% connected

A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

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Exception 76% connected

The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

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Excuse 76% connected

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…

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Guide 76% connected

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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Humiliation 76% connected

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

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Image 76% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Loadstar 76% connected

Alt. of Lodestar

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Lodestar 76% connected

A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.

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Microcosm 76% connected

A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed…

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Mortification 76% connected

The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

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Original 76% connected

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the origina…

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Paradigm 76% connected

An example; a model; a pattern.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

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Precedent 76% connected

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

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Prefiguration 76% connected

The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

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Prodigy 76% connected

Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed…

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Prototype 76% connected

An original or model after which anything is copied; the pattern of anything to be engraved, or otherwise copied, cast, or the like; a primary form;…

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Quintessence 76% connected

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

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Sample 76% connected

Example; pattern.

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Specimen 76% connected

A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibit…

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Template 76% connected

Same as Templet.

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Templet 76% connected

A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's t…

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Time 76% connected

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

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Exemplary 74% connected

Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

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Exemplary 74% connected

Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

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Exemplify 74% connected

To show or illustrate by example.

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Exemplify 74% connected

To show or illustrate by example.

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Model 74% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Model 74% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Synonym 8

Case 92% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Exemplar 92% connected

A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

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Exercise 92% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Illustration 92% connected

The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.

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Instance 92% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Lesson 92% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Model 92% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Representative 92% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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