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Word Meanings - DISEDGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull. Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart. Tennyson.

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  • DEPRIVEMENT
    Deprivation.
  • HEARTWOOD
    The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
  • SERVING
    a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant,
  • HEART
    A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle
  • SERVO-MOTOR
    A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve
  • ABOUT
    On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
  • SERVILELY
    In a servile manner; slavishly.
  • HEARTBROKEN
    Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
  • HEARTGRIEF
    Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
  • SERVILENESS
    Quality of being servile; servility.
  • BLUNTISH
    Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
  • HEARTEN
    1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
  • SERVABLE
    Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym:
  • LITTLENESS
    The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc. Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.
  • HEARTDEEP
    Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
  • SERVITORSHIP
    The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell.
  • SERVER
    1. One who serves. 2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph.
  • HEARTENER
    One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.
  • SERVIAN
    Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. -- n.
  • HEARTSWELLING
    Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
  • HOLLOW-HEARTED
    Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
  • DISSERVE
    To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym:
  • RESERVE
    1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
  • WHITE-HEART
    A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
  • DESERVEDNESS
    Meritoriousness.
  • SWEETHEART
    A lover of mistress.
  • CONSERVATIONAL
    Tending to conserve; preservative.
  • GREAT-HEARTED
    1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • MISOBSERVE
    To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
  • PIGEON-HEARTED
    Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.
  • SUBSERVIENCE; SUBSERVIENCY
    The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley.
  • INSERVE
    To be of use to an end; to serve.

 

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