Alt. of Backwards
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Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
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Alt. of Backwards
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Alt. of Backwards
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…
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Clothing; garments; ornaments.
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of Happen
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
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Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
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The quality or state of being opposite.
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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.
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To order a second time.
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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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of Run
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The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…
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Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.
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To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an a…
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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…
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To deprive of sacredness; to secularize.
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To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the…
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The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.
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To make false; to represent falsely.
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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
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To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…
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To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
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To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…
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The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
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To deny; to disown.
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To turn back.
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To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
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To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
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Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
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A small, flexible twig or rod.
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A stain; a tache.
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To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
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To change into a different shape; to transform.
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To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…
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To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
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To profane; to desecrate.
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Limitation; abridgment.
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The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…
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To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…
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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
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Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
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Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
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A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…
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To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
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To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.
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Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
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To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…
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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
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Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
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To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
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To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
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To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
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To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
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To recall; to summon again, as persons.
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To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
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Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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To call or bring back; to recall.
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Offset, n., 4.
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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…
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To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; t…
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The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.
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An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
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An agreement; a covenant; a promise.
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Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
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Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
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