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A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.…

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A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

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A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

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The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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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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To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

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Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoke…

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An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

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The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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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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imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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The quality or state of being flat.

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The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility.

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

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The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

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A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

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The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

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The state or quality of being grandiose,

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The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

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Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.

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The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.

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The quality of being ornate.

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That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as p…

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The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression.

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The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical…

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The act of responding.

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The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

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A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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Quality or state of being smooth.

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The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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A small poniard; a stiletto.

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An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.

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The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.

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Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

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Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Created; composed; begotten.

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The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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The act of discerning.

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Alt. of Elegancy

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

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The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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

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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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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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That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Chance; lot; destiny.

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To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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

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To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from th…

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To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

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To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

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One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.

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One who is a master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of style.

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Of or pertaining to style in language.

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Of or pertaining to style in language.

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An epistle.

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A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.

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To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

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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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Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

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An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.

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An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in th…

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Away.

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