Word Meanings - MAYBE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak. In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor.

Related words: (words related to MAYBE)

• COUNTERBRACE
  To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
• COUNTERACTIVE
  Tending to counteract.
• COUNTERFLEURY
  Counterflory.
• COUNTERVIEW
  1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• COUNTABLE
  Capable of being numbered.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• COUNTERJUMPER
  A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• COUNTER BRACE
  The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
• COUNTERIRRITANT; COUNTERIRRITATION
  See A
• COUNTER
  A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. (more info) Note:
• COUNTERGUARD
  A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.
• LIBERALIZE
  To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices. To open and to liberalize the mind. Burke.
• AMOROUSNESS
  The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.
• COUNTERACT
  To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• COUNTERMARK
  An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age. (more info) 1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark
• COUNTERTRIPPANT
  Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.
• ENCOUNTERER
  One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
• ACCOUNTANTSHIP
  The office or employment of an accountant.
• ILLIBERALISM
  Illiberality.
• CLAMOROUS
  Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness,
• SPEED COUNTER
  A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other machine; -- called also simply counter.
• ACCOUNTANCY
  The art or employment of an accountant.