Word Meanings - ABSONANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.

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• OPPOSABILITY
  The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
• OPPOSITIONIST
  One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
• ABSONANT
  Discordant; contrary; -- opposed to consonant. "Absonant to nature." Quarles.
• OPPOSITIVE
  Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
• OPPOSELESS
  Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
• CONTRARY
  Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions. Contrary motion , the progression of parts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending. Syn. -- Adverse; repugnant; hostile; inimical;
• OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
  Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
• OPPOSABLE
  1. Capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
• DISCORDANT
  discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. 1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious. The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce.
• NATURED
  Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
• OPPOSE
  1. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit. Her grace sat down . . . In a rich chair of state; opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people. Shak. 2. To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance
• OPPOSITISEPALOUS
  Placed in front of a sepal.
• OPPOSITION
  The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180º; -- signified by the symbol
• NATURELESS
  Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton.
• CONSONANTNESS
  The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.
• OPPOSITENESS
  The quality or state of being opposite.
• OPPOSITELY
  In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.
• CONSONANTLY
  In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.
• CONSONANTIZE
  To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.
• UNNATURE
  To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
• DEMINATURED
  Having half the nature of another. Shak.
• TIME SIGNATURE
  A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
• ORNATURE
  Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
• CONSIGNATURE
  Joint signature. Colgrave.
• TRANSNATURE
  To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel.
• DENATURE
  To deprive of its natural qualities; change the nature of.
• SIGNATURE
  An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated. Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use. Dr. H. More. (more info) 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal. The brain, being well
• DISNATURED
  Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. Shak.