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Word Meanings - COMMENTATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator. The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true. Whewell.

Related words: (words related to COMMENTATOR)

  • PROFESSORY
    Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
  • PROFESSORIALISM
    The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
  • OBJECTIVENESS
    Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
  • PROFESSORIAT
    See PROFESSORIATE
  • OBJECTIST
    One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
  • OBJECT
    before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
  • PROFESSEDLY
    By profession.
  • OBJECTIVATE
    To objectify.
  • EXPLAIN
    out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear
  • PROFESS
    or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." Shak.
  • PROFESSOR
    1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
  • PROFESSORSHIP
    The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
  • OBJECTLESS
    Having no object; purposeless.
  • ANNOTATOR
    A writer of annotations; a commentator.
  • CLAIMABLE
    Capable of being claimed.
  • OBJECTIVITY
    The state, quality, or relation of being objective; character of the object or of the objective. The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity have disappeared . M. Arnold.
  • EXPOSITOR
    One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator. Bp. Horsley.
  • PROFESSIONALISM
    The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
  • ENFORCED
    Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.
  • COMMENTATORSHIP
    The office or occupation of a commentator.
  • RECLAIMABLE
    That may be reclaimed.
  • RECLAIMER
    One who reclaims.
  • ACCLAIM
    1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
  • REENFORCE
    To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reënforce an argument; to reënforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
  • DISPROFESS
    To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.
  • NONPROFESSIONAL
    Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
  • RECLAIM
    To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. A tract of land snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
  • NONCLAIM
    A failure to make claim within the time limited by law; omission of claim.

 

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