Word Meanings - DANIEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

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• JUDGMENT
  The final award; the last sentence. Note: Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment are in England sometimes written, judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement, and lodgement. Note: Judgment is used adjectively in many self-explaining
• PROPHETIC; PROPHETICAL
  Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold. And fears are oft prophetic of the event. Dryden.
• PROPHET
  A mantis. School of the prophets , a school or college in which young men were educated and trained for public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These students were called sons of the prophets. (more info) 1. One who prophesies,
• UPRIGHTNESS
  the quality or state of being upright.
• JUDGER
  One who judges. Sir K. Digby.
• JUDGE
  1. To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. "Chaos judge the strife." Milton. 2. To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom. God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Eccl.
• PROPHETICALITY
  Propheticalness.
• YOUTHSOME
  Youthful. Pepys.
• DISTINGUISHABLE
  1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas.
• DISTINGUISH
  1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle. 2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self
• DISTINGUISHMENT
  Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt.
• UPRIGHTLY
  In an upright manner.
• YOUTHY
  Young. Spectator.
• YOUTHFUL
  Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year." Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak. "Youthful thoughts." Milton. 3. Fresh;
• DISTINGUISHABLY
  So as to be distinguished.
• DISTINGUISHING
  Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. Distinguishing pennant , a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• DISTINGUISHABLENESS
  The quality of being distinguishable.
• HEBREW
  1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew. There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Gen. xiv.
• SAGACIOUS
  quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration
• CONTRADISTINGUISH
  To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.
• INDISTINGUISHABLE
  Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• PREJUDGE
  To judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament" a
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• FOREJUDGER
  A judgment by which one is deprived or put of a right or thing in question.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• UNRIPENESS
  Quality or state of being unripe.
• ABJUDGE
  To take away by judicial decision.
• INDISTINGUISHING
  Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. Johnson.
• REJUDGE
  To judge again; to re Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. Pope.
• ILL-JUDGED
  Not well judged; unwise.
• PREJUDGMENT
  The act of prejudging; decision before sufficient examination.