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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See {Fact}.] 1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May. That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. --Shak. 2. Manifestation; expression; sign. All the large effects That troop with majesty. --Shak. 3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury. The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. --Whewell. 4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. --J. C. Shairp. The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. --W. Irving. 5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect. 6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to. They spake to her to that effect. --2 Chron. xxxiv. 22. 7. The purport; the sum and substance. [bd]The effect of his intent.[b8] --Chaucer. 8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham. 9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. {For effect}, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. {In effect}, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. {Of no effect}, {Of none effect}, {To no effect}, [or] {Without effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. [bd]Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition.[b8] --Mark vii. 13. [bd]All my study be to no effect.[b8] --Shak. {To give effect to}, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. {To take effect}, to become operative, to accomplish aims. --Shak. Syn: {Effect}, {Consequence}, {Result}. Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results. Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. --Cowper. Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. --Milton. | |
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Open-handed \O"pen-hand`ed\, a. Generous; liberal; munificent. -- {O"pen-hand`ed*ness}, n. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Open-handed \O"pen-hand`ed\, a. Generous; liberal; munificent. -- {O"pen-hand`ed*ness}, n. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.] 1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter. And all the windows of my heart I open to the day. --Whittier. 2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand. 3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. The king opened himself to some of his council, that he was sorry for the earl's death. --Bacon. Unto thee have I opened my cause. --Jer. xx. 12. While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv. 32. 4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc. The English did adventure far for to open the North parts of America. --Abp. Abbot. 5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting. 6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers. {To open one's mouth}, {to speak}. {To open up}, to lay open; to discover; to disclose. Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views into the character and condition of our [bd]bold peasantry, their country's pride.[b8] --Prof. Wilson. | |
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Opening \O"pen*ing\, n. 1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. The opening of your glory was like that of light. --Dryden. 2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. --Shak. 3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.] --Dickens. 4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] --Cooper. | |
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Ophiomancy \O"phi*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + -mancy: cf. F. ophiomantie.] Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils. | |
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Opianine \O"pi*a*nine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in small quantity in opium. It is identical with narcotine. | |
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Opining \O*pin"ing\, n. Opinion. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Opine \O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Opined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Opining}.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus (in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.] To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South. | |
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Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See {Opine}.] 1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action. Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persussion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting. --Sir M. Hale. I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak. 2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. --Shak. Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South. However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon. 3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.] Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak. This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. --Milton. 4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted. {To be of opinion}, to think; to judge. {To hold opinion with}, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See {Sentiment}. | |
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Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t. To opine. [Obs.] | |
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Opinionable \O*pin"ion*a*ble\, a. Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine. --C. J. Ellicott. | |
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Opinionate \O*pin"ion*ate\, a. Opinionated. | |
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Opinionated \O*pin"ion*a`ted\, a. Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Opinionately \O*pin"ion*ate*ly\, adv. Conceitedly. --Feltham. | |
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Opinionatist \O*pin"ion*a*tist\, n. An opinionist. [Obs.] | |
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Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a. 1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated. --Milton. 2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.] [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a. 1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated. --Milton. 2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.] [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a. 1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated. --Milton. 2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.] [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Opinionator \O*pin"ion*a`tor\, n. An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.] --South. | |
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Opinioned \O*pin"ioned\, a. Opinionated; conceited. His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious. --Milton. | |
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Opinionist \O*pin"ion*ist\, n. [Cf. F. opinioniste.] One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions. --Glanvill. | |
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Opponency \Op*po"nen*cy\, n. The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.] --Todd. | |
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Opponent \Op*po"nent\, a. [L. opponens, -entis, p. pr. of opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + ponere to place. See {Position}.] Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. --Pope. | |
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Opponent \Op*po"nent\, n. 1. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe. --Macaulay. 2. One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it. How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! --Dr. H. More. Syn: Antagonist; opposer; foe. See {Adversary}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Open University established in 1969. It teaches degree-level courses in many subjects via BBC radio and television broadcasts and summer schools. {(http://hcrl.open.ac.uk/ou/ouhome.html)}. (1999-07-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OpenInsight 95}/{Windows NT} version of {Advanced Revelation}, featuring native support for {Lotus Notes}, {Microsoft SQL Server}, {Oracle} and {ODBC}. OpenInsight is available from {Revelation Software}. (1997-04-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
OpenWindows {Sun} {workstation}s which handles {SunView}, {NeWS} and {X Window System} protocols. (1995-06-11) |