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-ed
unknown · 78% connection
The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
-en
unknown · 78% connection
The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Affinity
noun · 78% connection
Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Allegory
noun · 78% connection
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Baron
noun · 78% connection
A husband; as, baron and feme, husband and wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Been
unknown · 78% connection
The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Bluebeard
noun · 78% connection
The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. Sh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Brother-in-law
noun · 78% connection
The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Condonation
noun · 78% connection
Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Condone
verb · 78% connection
To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Disloyal
adjective · 78% connection
Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; fait…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Dowager
noun · 78% connection
A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Faithful
adjective · 78% connection
True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Get
verb · 78% connection
To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Give
noun · 78% connection
To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Organize
verb · 78% connection
To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; org…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Overtake
verb · 78% connection
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
Participial
adjective · 78% connection
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: subject, petty, authority, said, wife.
