Word Meanings - CHIASMUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.

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• REPEAT
  To repay or refund . To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. -- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn.
• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• REPEATEDLY
  More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
• HANDSPRING
  A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
• FORSAKE
  1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments. Ps. lxxxix. 30. 2. To renounce; to
• FORSAKER
  One who forsakes or deserts.
• BLESSING
  A gift. Gen. xxxiii. 11. 5. Grateful praise or worship. (more info) 1. The act of one who blesses. 2. A declaration of divine favor, or an invocation imploring divine favor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces.
• WORDSMAN
  One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. "Some speculative wordsman." H. Bushnell.
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• HANDSOMELY
  Carefully; in shipshape style. (more info) 1. In a handsome manner.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• REPEATER
  One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. A repeating firearm. An instrument for resending a telegraphic message
• THESE
  The plural of this. See This.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• HANDSOMENESS
  The quality of being handsome. Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare.
• BLESSEDLY
  Happily; fortunately; joyfully. We shall blessedly meet again never to depart. Sir P. Sidney.
• HANDSPIKE
  A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
• SENTENCER
  One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
• HANDSOME
  -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. That they be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson . For
• VOICEFUL
  Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding. Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Coleridge.
• CURBLESS
  Having no curb or restraint.
• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• INVOICE
  A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large
• RIBLESS
  Having no ribs.
• LIMBLESS
  Destitute of limbs.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• THUMBLESS
  Without a thumb. Darwin.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.