Word Meanings - ASSESSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sitting beside or near.

BESIDE
1. At the side of; on one side of. "Beside him hung his bow." Milton. 2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of. have done enough To put him quite beside his patience. Shak. 3. Over and
SITTINE
Of or pertaining to the family Sittidæ, or nuthatches.
BESIDES
Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside. Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. Shak.
SITTER
1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust. 2. A bird that sits or incubates.
BESIDES; BESIDE
1. On one side. Chaucer. Shak. 2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty
SITTING
Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
SITTEN
p. p. of Sit, for sat.
UPSITTING
A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends. To invite your lady's upsitting. Beau. & Fl.
PSITTACEOUS; PSITTACID
Of or pertaining to the parrots, or the Psittaci. -- n.
UNSITTING
Not sitting well; unbecoming. "Unsitting words." Sir T. More.
PSITTACI
The order of birds which comprises the parrots.
DOWNSITTING
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. Ps. cxxxix. 2.
PSITTA-CO-FULVINE
A yellow pigment found in the feathers of certain parrots.