Word Meanings - INTERCEDENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Passing between; mediating; pleading. -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.
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- PASS
passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind - PLEADINGS
The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some - PASSOVER
A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. The sacrifice offered at - PASSUS
A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit. - MEDIATRESS; MEDIATRIX
A female mediator. - PASSIBILITY
The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility. Hakewill. - PLEADINGLY
In a pleading manner. - PASSIONAL
Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions. -- n. - PASSIVE FLIGHT
Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power. - PASSENGER MILE
A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question. - PASSIFLORA
A genus of plants, including the passion flower. It is the type of the order Passifloreæ, which includes about nineteen genera and two hundred and fifty species. - PLEAD
To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of - PASSEGARDE
A ridge or projecting edge on a shoulder piece to turn the blow of a lance or other weapon from the joint of the armor. - PLEADER
One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. (more info) 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden. - PASSERINE
Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. - MEDIATIZATION
The act of mediatizing. - PASSIBLE
Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents. Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker. - PASSAGEWAY
A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5. - PASSER-BY
One who goes by; a passer. - PASSIONLESS
Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm. "Self-contained and passionless." Tennyson. - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - SURPASS
To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - OUTPASSION
To exceed in passion. - INCOMPASSIONATE
Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. - REPASS
To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea. - SURPASSING
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n. - INTERMEDIATOR
A mediator. - IMPASSIVE
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n. - ENTERPLEAD
See INTERPLEAD - IMPLEAD
To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.