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Model

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

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Worthy 84% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

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Worthy 84% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

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Apotheosis 76% connected

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

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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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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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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Globe 76% connected

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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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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Ideal 76% connected

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

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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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Nonesuch 76% connected

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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Nonpareil 76% connected

Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name.

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Nonsuch 76% connected

See Nonesuch.

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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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Paragon 76% connected

A companion; a match; an equal.

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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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Pilot 76% connected

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

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Planetarium 76% connected

An orrery. See Orrery.

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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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Restoration 76% connected

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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Roughcast 76% connected

To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.

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Saint 76% connected

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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Simulation 76% connected

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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Sitter 76% connected

One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

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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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Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Exhibit 76% connected

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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Expose 76% connected

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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Forge 76% connected

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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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Help 76% connected

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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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

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Hypothesis 76% connected

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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Ideal 76% connected

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

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Imitate 76% connected

To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.

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Interpret 76% connected

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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Kind 76% connected

Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature; natural; native.

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Leader 76% connected

One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

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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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Re-create 76% connected

To create or form anew.

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Recreate 76% connected

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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Represent 76% connected

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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Representation 76% connected

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

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Simulate 76% connected

Feigned; pretended.

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Sort 76% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Theory 76% connected

A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.

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Variety 76% connected

The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Ramp 76% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Scale 76% connected

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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Example 74% connected

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

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Example 74% connected

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

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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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Modeler 74% connected

One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.

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Modeler 74% connected

One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art.

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Mould 74% connected

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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Mould 74% connected

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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Synonym 17

Example 92% connected

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

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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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Exemplary 92% connected

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

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Framework 92% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Manakin 92% connected

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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Manikin 92% connected

A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.

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Modeling 92% connected

of Model

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Modelling 92% connected

of Model

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Mold 92% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 92% connected

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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Pattern 92% 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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Pose 92% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Poser 92% connected

One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable question or fact.

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Posture 92% connected

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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Simulate 92% connected

Feigned; pretended.

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Simulation 92% connected

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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Sit 92% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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