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Word Meanings - LIKING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look. Chaucer. Why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort Dan. i. 10.

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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
  • SPIRITUOUS
    1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
  • CHANCELLERY
    Chancellorship. Gower.
  • HAZARDIZE
    A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
  • OPINIONATOR
    An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. South.
  • REVOKER
    One who revokes.
  • PURPOSELESS
    Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
  • LEANING
    The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
  • VENTURESOME
    Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
  • CHOICELY
    1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak. 2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.
  • SPIRITUALIZE
    To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
  • LIKEROUS; LIKEROUSNESS
    See CHAUCER
  • SPIRITUOSITY
    The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
  • UNDERSTANDINGLY
    In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
  • SENTIMENTALLY
    In a sentimental manner.
  • INTELLECTUALIST
    1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. Bacon. 2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
  • INTELLECT
    The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power
  • LEANLY
    Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
  • SPIRITUAL-MINDED
    Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • LIKABLE
    Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.
  • PUBLIC-SPIRITED
    1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
  • DISVENTURE
    A disadventure. Shelton.
  • PRIESTLIKE
    Priestly. B. Jonson.
  • MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
    Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • WELL-LIKING
    Being in good condition. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer .
  • DEATHLIKE
    1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
  • CLEANSABLE
    Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
  • CHURCHLIKE
    Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
  • SOLDIERLIKE
    Like a soldier; soldierly.
  • CLEAN-CUT
    See CLEAR-CUT
  • BEASTLIKE
    Like a beast.
  • DISPIRITED
    Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

 

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