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Word Meanings - FINAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton. 2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a

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1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton. 2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue. 3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. Final cause. See under Cause. Syn. -- Final, Conclusive, Ultimate. Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment, etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion, negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact; a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have always reference to something earlier or proceeding; as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally makes at the close of a negotiation are usually conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.

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  • CONCLUSIVELY
    In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
  • ENDENIZATION
    The act of naturalizing.
  • MARGINALIA
    Marginal notes.
  • CONCLUDENCY
    Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. Sir M. Hale.
  • ULTIMATE
    1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. 2. To come or bring into use or practice.
  • ENDORSER
    See INDORSER
  • ENDOGENY
    Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
  • ENDENIZE
    To endenizen.
  • INDISPUTABLE
    Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly,
  • CONCLUSIVENESS
    The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
  • ENDOTHECIUM
    The inner lining of an another cell.
  • ENDOSCOPE
    An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
  • ENDOPLASM
    The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
  • DEFINITIVE
    1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word. 3. Determined; resolved.
  • ENDOCHROME
    The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.
  • MARGINALLY
    In the margin of a book.
  • DISTANT
    stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
  • ENDALL; END-ALL
    Complete termination. That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.
  • ENDOSTYLE
    A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
  • ENDURANT
    Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
  • COMMENDATOR
    One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
  • AMENDFUL
    Much improving.
  • OFFENDANT
    An offender. Holland.
  • ANTEPENULTIMATE
    Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
  • GENDER
    A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living
  • ACCENDIBILITY
    Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
  • FRIENDLINESS
    The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
  • STIPEND
    Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
  • DECRESCENDO
    With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
  • SHENDFUL
    Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. Fabyan.
  • SEA LAVENDER
    See MARSH
  • TENDER
    A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
  • ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
    See ASCENDENCY
  • FACIEND
    The multiplicand. See Facient,
  • SPLENDIDIOUS
    Splendid.
  • DENDRIFORM
    Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.

 

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