abbreviate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   abbreviate
         v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
               manuscript must be shortened" [syn: {abridge},
               {foreshorten}, {abbreviate}, {shorten}, {cut}, {contract},
               {reduce}] [ant: {dilate}, {elaborate}, {enlarge}, {expand},
               {expatiate}, {exposit}, {expound}, {flesh out},
               {lucubrate}]
         2: shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"

English Dictionary: abbreviate	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abbreviated adj (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" Synonym(s): abbreviated, brief cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" Synonym(s): abbreviated, shortened, truncated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abbreviation n a shortened form of a word or phrase shortening something by omitting parts of it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abbreviator n one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work Synonym(s): abridger, abbreviator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abrupt adj marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose" Synonym(s): abrupt, disconnected exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather" extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" Synonym(s): abrupt, precipitous, sharp surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruptio placentae n a disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruption n an instance of sudden interruption [syn: breaking off, abruption]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruptly adv quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruptly-pinnate adj (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex Synonym(s): even-pinnate, abruptly-pinnate, paripinnate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruptly-pinnate leaf n a pinnate leaf with a pair of leaflets at the apex [syn: even-pinnate leaf, abruptly-pinnate leaf]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abruptness n an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness] the property possessed by a slope that is very steep Synonym(s): abruptness, precipitousness, steepness Antonym(s): gentleness, gradualness the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning Synonym(s): abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aby Warburg n German art historian (1866-1929) [syn: Warburg, {Aby Warburg}, Aby Moritz Warburg]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
afropavo n both sexes are brightly colored [syn: afropavo, {Congo peafowl}, Afropavo congensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Afropavo congensis n both sexes are brightly colored [syn: afropavo, {Congo peafowl}, Afropavo congensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aphrophora n a genus of Cercopidae [syn: Aphrophora, {genus Aphrophora}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aphrophora saratogensis n feeds on pines in northern United States [syn: {Saratoga spittlebug}, Aphrophora saratogensis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approbate v approve or sanction officially accept (documents) as valid Antonym(s): reprobate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approbation n official approval official recognition or approval Antonym(s): condemnation, disapprobation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approbative adj expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" Synonym(s): approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approbatory adj expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" Synonym(s): approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriable adj that can be appropriated; "appropriable funds"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriate adj suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; "a book not appropriate for children"; "a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; "it seems that an apology is appropriate" Antonym(s): inappropriate v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" Synonym(s): allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" Synonym(s): appropriate, capture, seize, conquer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriately adv in an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed" Synonym(s): appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly Antonym(s): inappropriately, unsuitably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriateness n appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn: appropriateness, rightness] Antonym(s): inappropriateness, wrongness the quality of being specially suitable Antonym(s): inappropriateness, unworthiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriation n money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose incorporation by joining or uniting Synonym(s): annexation, appropriation a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner; "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"; "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriation bill n a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriative adj of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
appropriator n someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approval n the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" Synonym(s): blessing, approval, approving Antonym(s): disapproval a feeling of liking something or someone good; "although she fussed at them, she secretly viewed all her children with approval" Antonym(s): disapproval acceptance as satisfactory; "he bought it on approval" Synonym(s): approval, favorable reception, favourable reception a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" Synonym(s): approval, commendation Antonym(s): disapproval
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approve v give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" Synonym(s): approve, O.K., okay, sanction Antonym(s): disapprove, reject judge to be right or commendable; think well of Antonym(s): disapprove
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approved adj established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates" Synonym(s): approved, sanctioned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approver n an authority with power to approve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approving adj expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" Synonym(s): approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive n the formal act of approving; "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person" Synonym(s): blessing, approval, approving Antonym(s): disapproval
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
approvingly adv in an approving manner; "she nodded approvingly" [ant: disapprovingly]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apropos adv at an opportune time; "your letter arrived apropos" [syn: seasonably, timely, well-timed, apropos] introducing a different topic; in point of fact; "incidentally, I won't go to the party" Synonym(s): by the way, by the bye, incidentally, apropos adj of an appropriate or pertinent nature Antonym(s): malapropos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Averrhoa bilimbi n East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit [syn: bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t. {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under {Agricultural}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bellows \Bel"lows\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. bely, below, belly, bellows, AS. b[91]lg, b[91]lig, bag, bellows, belly. Bellows is prop. a pl. and the orig. sense is bag. See {Belly}.] An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. {Bellows camera}, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accordion or bellows. {Hydrostatic bellows}. See {Hydrostatic}. {A pair of bellows}, the ordinary household instrument for blowing fires, consisting of two nearly heart-shaped boards with handles, connected by leather, and having a valve and tube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See {Abridge}.] 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, a. [L. abbreviatus, p. p.] 1. Abbreviated; abridged; shortened. [R.] [bd]The abbreviate form.[b8] --Earle. 2. (Biol.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, n. An abridgment. [Obs.] --Elyot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See {Abridge}.] 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviated \Abbre"via`ted\, a. Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviate \Abbre"viate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abbreviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abbreviating}.] [L. abbreviatus, p. p. of abbreviare; ad + breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See {Abridge}.] 1. To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken. It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. --Bacon. 2. (Math.) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviation \Abbre`via"tion\, n. [LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbr[82]viation.] 1. The act of shortening, or reducing. 2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. --Tylor. 3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America. 4. (Mus.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. --Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviator \Abbre"via`tor\, n. [LL.: cf. F. abbr[82]viateur.] 1. One who abbreviates or shortens. 2. One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviatory \Abbre"viatory\, a. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abbreviature \Abbre"via*ture\, n. 1. An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.] 2. An abridgment; a compendium or abstract. This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abhorrible \Abhor"rible\, a. Detestable. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abreption \Ab*rep"tion\, n. [L. abreptus, p. p. of abripere to snatch away; ab + rapere to snatch.] A snatching away. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, a. [L. abruptus, p. p. of abrumpere to break off; ab + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. Broken off; very steep, or craggy, as rocks, precipices, banks; precipitous; steep; as, abrupt places. [bd]Tumbling through ricks abrupt,[b8] --Thomson. 2. Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. [bd]The cause of your abrupt departure.[b8] --Shak. 3. Having sudden transitions from one subject to another; unconnected. The abrupt style, which hath many breaches. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, n. [L. abruptum.] An abrupt place. [Poetic] [bd]Over the vast abrupt.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abrupt \Ab*rupt"\, v. t. To tear off or asunder. [Obs.] [bd]Till death abrupts them.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abruption \Ab*rup"tion\, n. [L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F. abruption.] A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. --Woodward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abruptly \Ab*rupt"ly\, adv. 1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly. 2. Precipitously. {Abruptly pinnate} (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abruptly \Ab*rupt"ly\, adv. 1. In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly. 2. Precipitously. {Abruptly pinnate} (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abruptness \Ab*rupt"ness\, n. 1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness. 2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Honor \Hon"or\, n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. --Matt. xiii. 57. 2. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. --Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton. 3. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege. Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. --Wordsworth. I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace. 4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. [bd]Restored me to my honors.[b8] --Shak. I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1 Kings iii. 13. Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ. 1. 5. Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. --Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers. 6. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors. [bd]Their funeral honors.[b8] --Dryden. 7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation. 8. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under {Honorable}. 9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell. 10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics. 11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A. Proctor. {Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself. {Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. {Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law. {Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.] {Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory. {Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}. {Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying. {Law, [or] Code}, {of honor}, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley. {Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affrap \Af*frap"\, v. t. & i. [Cf. It. affrappare, frappare, to cut, mince, F. frapper to strike. See {Frap}.] To strike, or strike down. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}. {Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}. {Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T. procumbens}). {Hop flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica concinna}), very injurious to hops. {Hop fly} (Zo[94]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very injurious to hop vines. {Hop froth fly} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. {Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya} ({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European species ({O. vulgaris}). {Hop moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. {Hop picker}, one who picks hops. {Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines. {Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. {Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbate \Ap"pro*bate\, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.] --Elyot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbate \Ap"pro*bate\, v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. --Sir W. Hamilton. Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. --Pickering (1816).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbation \Ap`pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See {Approve} to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. --Macaulay. The silent approbation of one's own breast. --Melmoth. Animals . . . love approbation or praise. --Darwin. 3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.] This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. --Shak. Syn: Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. Usage: {Approbation}, {Approval}. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. [bd]We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences.[b8] [bd]He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass.[b8] [bd]The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbative \Ap"probative\, a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation. --Milner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbativeness \Ap"probative*ness\, n. 1. The quality of being approbative. 2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbator \Ap"pro*ba`tor\, n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approbatory \Ap"proba`tory\, a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. --Sheldon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Approof \Ap*proof"\, n. [See {Approve}, and {Proof}.] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic] --Shak. 2. Approval; commendation. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropinquate \Ap`pro*pin"quate\, v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic] --Ld. Lytton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropinquation \Ap`propinqua"tion\, n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropinquity \Ap`propin"quity\, n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.] --J. Gregory.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropre \Ap*pro"pre\, v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See {Appropriate}.] To appropriate. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriable \Appro"pria*ble\, a. [See {Appropriate}.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriament \Appro"pria*ment\, n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [Obs.] If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, n. A property; attribute. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See {Proper}.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. --Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. --Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. --Locke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriate \Appro"priate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriately \Appro"priate*ly\, adv. In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appropriateness \Appro"priate*ness\, n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. --Froude.
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Appropriate \Appro"priate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appropriating}.] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. 3. To make suitable; to suit. [Archaic] --Paley. 4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. --Blackstone.
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Appropriation \Appro`pria"tion\, n. [L. appropriatio: cf. F. appropriation.] 1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object. 2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart. The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone. (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter. --Chitty.
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Appropriative \Appro"priative\, a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. -- {Appro"priative*ness}, n.
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Appropriative \Appro"priative\, a. Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. -- {Appro"priative*ness}, n.
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Appropriator \Appro"pria`tor\, n. 1. One who appropriates. 2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.
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Approvable \Approv"able\, a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- {Approv"able*ness}, n.
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Approvable \Approv"able\, a. Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- {Approv"able*ness}, n.
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Approval \Ap*prov"al\, n. Approbation; sanction. A censor . . . without whose approval n[?] capital sentences are to be executed. --Temple. Syn: See {Approbation}.
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Approvance \Ap*prov"ance\, n. Approval. [Archaic] --Thomson.
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Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Approved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approving}.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Approbate}.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.] Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. --Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. --Parkman. 3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial. 4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration. 5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. --Rogers. Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. --Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. --W. Black.
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Approve \Approve"\ ([acr]ppr[oomac]v"), v. t. [OF. aprouer; a (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Cf. {Improve}.] (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
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Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Approved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approving}.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Approbate}.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.] Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. --Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. --Parkman. 3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial. 4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration. 5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. --Rogers. Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. --Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. --W. Black.
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Approvedly \Approv"edly\, adv. So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
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Approvement \Ap*prove"ment\, n. (Old Eng. Law) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. --Blackstone.
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Approvement \Ap*prove"ment\, n. [Obs.] 1. Approbation. I did nothing without your approvement. --Hayward. 2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. --Burrill. Bouvier.
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Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n. 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. 2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st {Approvement}, 2.
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Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n. [See 2d {Approve}, v. t.] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] --Jacobs.
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Approve \Ap*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Approved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approving}.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF. aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See {Prove}, and cf. {Approbate}.] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [Obs.] Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. --Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. --Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. --Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. --Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. --Parkman. 3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial. 4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration. 5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. --Rogers. Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. --Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. --W. Black.
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Approving \Approv"ing\, a. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- {Approv"ing*ly}, adv.
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Approving \Approv"ing\, a. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- {Approv"ing*ly}, adv.
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Averpenny \Av"er*pen`ny\, n. [Aver,n.+ penny.] (Old Eng. Law) Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Avra Valley, AZ (CDP, FIPS 4880) Location: 32.43786 N, 111.31471 W Population (1990): 3403 (1343 housing units) Area: 120.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
abbrev /-breev'/, /-brev'/ n. Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
abbrev /-breev'/, /-brev'/ Common abbreviation for "abbreviation". (1995-02-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems (ATLAS) A Mil-spec language for automatic testing of avionics equipment. ATLAS replaced {Gaelic} and several other test languages. ["IEEE Standard ATLAS Test Language", IEEE Std 416-1976]. (2000-04-03)