Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
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A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
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Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
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Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
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The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
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The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed.
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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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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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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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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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Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
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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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Alt. of Lodestar
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A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
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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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A person or thing of a sort that there is no other such; something extraordinary; a thing that has not its equal. It is given as a name to various ob…
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Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.
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See Nonesuch.
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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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An example; a model; a pattern.
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A companion; a match; an equal.
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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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One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.
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An orrery. See Orrery.
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The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
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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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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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The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restora…
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To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
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A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
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The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…
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One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
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Same as Templet.
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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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Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
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An abundance or plenty of anything.
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To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
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To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…
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To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
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A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…
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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…
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One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.
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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…
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Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
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To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
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To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applie…
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Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.
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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
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A spot; a blemish; a mole.
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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
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The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
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To create or form anew.
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To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to…
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To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
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The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
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Feigned; pretended.
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Chance; lot; destiny.
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One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
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A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
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The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…
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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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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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To show or illustrate by example.
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To show or illustrate by example.
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One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.
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One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.
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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
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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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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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Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.
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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.
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Any one of numerous small birds belonging to Pipra, Manacus, and other genera of the family Pipridae. They are mostly natives of Central and South Am…
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A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
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of Model
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of Model
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A spot; a blemish; a mole.
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Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
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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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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
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One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.
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The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…
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Feigned; pretended.
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The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…
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obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.
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