To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
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Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
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Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
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To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…
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To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
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Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
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To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
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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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A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
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To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
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To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
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An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
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To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.
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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by inc…
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Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…
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To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.
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To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
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To range at large, or without restraint.
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To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…
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To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
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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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Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…
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Taken.
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To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
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The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
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The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
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To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
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Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…
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To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
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To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.
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Delineated; portrayed.
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Designated; appointed; chosen.
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To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative…
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To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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Fixed; solidified.
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To stretch' to extend; to distend.
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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…
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Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
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To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
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To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…
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of Set
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To mention specially; to particularize.
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Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
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