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Word Meanings - MANNA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15.

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  • SUPPLICATE
    supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
  • JOURNEYWORK
    Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
  • SUPPLICANT
    Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.
  • ARABIAN
    Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. Arabian bird, the phenix. Shak.
  • JOURNEYER
    One who journeys.
  • JOURNEY-BATED
    Worn out with journeying. Shak.
  • SUPPLIANCE
    That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.
  • SUPPLICATION
    A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. Syn. -- Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. (more info) 1. The act of supplicating; humble
  • THROUGH
    thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. ; 1. From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece
  • SUPPLIAL
    The act of supplying; a supply. "The supplial of a preposition." Fitzed. Hall.
  • DIVINELY
    1. In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree. Most divinely fair. Tennyson. 2. By the agency or influence of God. Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness. Macaulay.
  • SUPPLICANCY
    Supplication.
  • JOURNEYMAN
    Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman. I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. Shak.
  • SUPPLIER
    One who supplies.
  • HENCE
    ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
  • JOURNEY
    day's journey, OF. jornée, jurnée, a day, a day's work of journey, F. journée, fr. OF. jorn, jurn, jor a day, F. jour, fr. L. diurnus. See 1. The travel or work of a day. Chaucer. We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half
  • WILDERNESS
    1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. A disorderly or
  • SUPPLICATOR
    One who supplicates; a supplicant.
  • SUPPLIANT
    1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. 2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. Milton. Syn.
  • THROUGHLY
    Thoroughly. Bacon. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2. To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiant to be true Dryden.
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • THENCEFROM
    From that place.
  • WHERETHROUGH
    Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
  • THENCE
    see -wards) thennes, thannes , AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark
  • ARCHENCEPHALA
    The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
  • THENCEFORTH
    From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12.

 

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