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Pattern

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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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

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Decoration 76% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Example 76% connected

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

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Exemplar 76% 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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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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graph 76% connected

A diagram representing data or a set of equations

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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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Itinerary 76% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

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Jibe 76% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

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Match 76% connected

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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Model 76% 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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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Ornamentation 76% connected

The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

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Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Simulate 76% connected

Feigned; pretended.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

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Narrower term 44

Calisthenics 76% connected

The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

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Callisthenics 76% connected

See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

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Cannibalism 76% connected

The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

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Cooperation 76% connected

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

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Custom 76% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Damascene 76% connected

Of or relating to Damascus.

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Decalcomania 76% connected

Alt. of Decalcomanie

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Emblem 76% connected

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

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Fashion 76% connected

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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Formalism 76% connected

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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Fractal 76% connected

A pattern whose structure repeats at different scales.

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Grid 76% connected

A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

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Habitude 76% connected

Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.

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Herringbone 76% connected

Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate…

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Kaleidoscope 76% connected

An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes…

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Lynch law 76% connected

The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.

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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Mistreatment 76% connected

Wrong treatment.

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Modernism 76% connected

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

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Mosaic 76% connected

A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.

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Motif 76% connected

Motive.

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Motive 76% connected

That which moves; a mover.

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Naturism 76% connected

The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

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Occult 76% connected

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Papism 76% connected

Popery; -- an offensive term.

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Peonage 76% connected

The condition of a peon.

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Pluralism 76% connected

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

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Popery 76% connected

The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

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Quotation 76% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

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Ritual 76% connected

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

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Ritualism 76% connected

A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

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Slaveholding 76% connected

Holding persons in slavery.

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Slavery 76% connected

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

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Strand 76% connected

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

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Sunburst 76% connected

A burst of sunlight.

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Symbolism 76% connected

The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emb…

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Symbolization 76% connected

The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

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Systematism 76% connected

The reduction of facts or principles to a system.

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Tattoo 76% connected

A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to the…

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Universal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-…

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Usage 76% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Usance 76% connected

Use; usage; employment.

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Weave 76% connected

To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, silk, etc.; hence,…

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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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Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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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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Practical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to practice or action.

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Practice 74% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Practice 74% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Shape 74% 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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Shape 74% 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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Component part 2

Approach 70% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Lobe 70% connected

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form

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Percept 70% connected

That which is perceived.

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Perception 70% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Synonym 11

Blueprint 92% connected

See under Print.

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Convention 92% connected

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

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Design 92% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

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Figure 92% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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form 92% connected

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

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Formula 92% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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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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Normal 92% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Practice 92% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Rule 92% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Shape 92% 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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