Word Meanings - ENCYCLOPEDISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
Related words: (words related to ENCYCLOPEDISM)
- WRITING
1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or - RANGEMENT
Arrangement. Waterland. - WRITATIVE
Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. Pope. - LEARN
linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. - POSSESSIONER
1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., - WHOLENESS
The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness. - WRITER
1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer - WHOLE-HOOFED
Having an undivided hoof, as the horse. - WRIT
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer. - ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects. - WRITHLE
To wrinkle. Shak. - WHOLESALE
1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for - POSSESSIONARY
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession. - WRITERSHIP
The office of a writer. - COMPILATION
1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources. 2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. His compilations are widely distinguished - WHOLE-SOULED
Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted. - WRITHE
to OHG. ridan, Icel. ri, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. Wreathe, Wrest, 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. "With writhing of a pin." Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and - WRITTEN
p. p. of Write, v. - LEARNER
One who learns; a scholar. - LEARNED
Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. The learnedlover lost no time. Spenser. Men of - PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge. - ESTRANGE
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and - ORANGEADE
A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet. - DERANGER
One who deranges. - CITRANGE
A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties. - REWRITE
To write again. Young. - DERANGEMENT
The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; - TYPEWRITING
The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter. - PLAYWRITER
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky. - STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17. - HALF-LEARNED
Imperfectly learned. - GRANGER
1. A farm steward. 2. A member of a grange. - DERANGED
Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb. - UNDERWRITING
The business of an underwriter, - ESTRANGER
One who estranges. - ACKNOWLEDGE
1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement.