English Dictionary: free-living | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Forelift \Fore*lift"\, v. t. To lift up in front. [Obs.] | |
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Forlaft \For*laft"\, obs. p. p. of {Forleave}. --Chaucer. | |
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Forleave \For*leave"\, v. t. [OE. forleven; pref. for- + leven to leave.] To leave off wholly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Free \Free\ (fr[emac]), a. [Compar. {Freer} (-[etil]r); superl. {Freest} (-[ecr]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre[a2], fr[c6]; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[c6], G. frei, Icel. fr[c6], Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pr[c6] to love, Goth. frij[omac]n. Cf. {Affray}, {Belfry}, {Friday}, {Friend}, {Frith} inclosure.] 1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. --Locke. 2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty. 3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. --Prior. 5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. --Milton. 6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden. 7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. --Milward. 8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. --Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. --Shelley. 9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money. 10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. --Bp. Burnet. 11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy. 12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse. 13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. --Dryden. 14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you? --Shak. 15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift. 16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc. 17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill. 18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill. 19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. {Free agency}, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will. {Free bench} (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds. {Free board} (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale. {Free bond} (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical. {Free-borough men} (O.Eng. Law). See {Friborg}. {Free chapel} (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] --Bouvier. {Free charge} (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity. {Free church}. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters. {Free city}, [or] {Free town}, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league. {Free cost}, freedom from charges or expenses. --South. {Free and easy}, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] [bd]Sal and her free and easy ways.[b8] --W. Black. {Free goods}, goods admitted into a country free of duty. {Free labor}, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves. {Free port}. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty. {Free public house}, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds. {Free school}. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. {Free services} (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. --Burrill. {Free ships}, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods. {Free socage} (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. --Abbott. {Free States}, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed. {Free stuff} (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff. {Free thought}, that which is thought independently of the authority of others. {Free trade}, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations. {Free trader}, one who believes in free trade. {To make free with}, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] {To sail free} (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Liver \Liv"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, lives. And try if life be worth the liver's care. --Prior. 2. A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn. 3. One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver. {Fast liver}, one who lives in an extravagant and dissipated way. {Free liver}, {Good liver}, one given to the pleasures of the table. {Loose liver}, a person who lives a somewhat dissolute life. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble. 2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton. 3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak. 4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. --Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton. 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God. Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21. 6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser. 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak. 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle. 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}). 10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field. Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc. {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward. {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}. {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love. {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love. {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato. {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates. {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak. {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton. {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen. {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer. {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer. {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love. {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians. {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak. {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has similar bracts. {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy. A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak. {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak. {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman. {Love lass}, a sweetheart. {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak. {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}). {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone. {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak. {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.[b8] --Holinshed. {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid. {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak. {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb. Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble. 2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton. 3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak. 4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. --Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton. 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God. Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21. 6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser. 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak. 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle. 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}). 10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field. Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc. {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward. {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}. {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love. {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love. {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato. {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates. {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak. {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton. {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen. {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer. {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer. {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love. {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians. {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak. {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has similar bracts. {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy. A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak. {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak. {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman. {Love lass}, a sweetheart. {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak. {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}). {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone. {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak. {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.[b8] --Holinshed. {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid. {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak. {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb. Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Free-liver \Free"-liv`er\, n. One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking. | |
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Free-living \Free"-liv`ing\, n. Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. | |
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Free-love \Free"-love`\, n. The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. | |
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Free-lover \Free"-lov`er\, n. One who believes in or practices free-love. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Baptist \Bap"tist\, n. [L. baptista, G. [?]] 1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton. 2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See {Anabaptist}. Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. --Amer. Cyc. {Freewill Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion. {Seventh-day Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See {Sabbatarian}. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Freewill \Free"will`\, a. Of or pertaining to free will; voluntary; spontaneous; as, a freewill offering. {Freewill Baptists}. See under {Baptist}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ferrelview, MO (village, FIPS 24058) Location: 39.31366 N, 94.66530 W Population (1990): 338 (257 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64163 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
for loop programming languages which repeatedly executes some instructions while a condition is true. In {C}, the for loop is written in the form; for (INITIALISATION; CONDITION; AFTER) STATEMENT; where INITIALISATION is an expression that is evaluated once before the loop, CONDITION is evaluated before each iteration and the loop exits if it is false, AFTER is evaluated after each iteration, and STATEMENT is any statement including a {compound statement} within braces "{..}" that is executed if CONDITION is true. For example: int i; for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { printf("Hello\n"); } prints "Hello" 10 times. The for loop is an alternative way of writing a {while loop} that is convenient because the loop control logic is collected in a single place. It is also closely related to the {repeat loop}. (1999-07-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Free-will offering a spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in consequence of a vow, or in expiation of some offence. |