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Word Meanings - OWING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Had or held under obligation of paying; due. There is more owing her than is paid. Shak. 2. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to

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1. Had or held under obligation of paying; due. There is more owing her than is paid. Shak. 2. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations.

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  • OWNER
    One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
  • APPROPRIATENESS
    The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.
  • PROPER
    Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.
  • IMPUTABLE
    1. That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable; referable. A prince whose political vices, at least, were imputable to mental incapacity. Prescott. 2. Accusable; culpable. The fault lies at his door, and
  • ATTRIBUTABLE
    Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.
  • OWLET
    A small owl; especially, the European species , and the California flammulated owlet . Owlet moth , any noctuid moth.
  • ACCORDINGLY
    1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. 2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate
  • BECOME
    happen; akin to D. bekomen, OHG.a piquëman, Goth. biquiman to come 1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional
  • OWNERLESS
    Without an owner.
  • PROPERLY
    1. In a proper manner; suitably; fitly; strictly; rightly; as, a word properly applied; a dress properly adjusted. Milton. 2. Individually; after one's own manner. Now, harkeneth, how I bare me properly. Chaucer.
  • PROPERNESS
    1. The quality of being proper. 2. Tallness; comeliness. Udall.
  • OWENITE
    A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.
  • IMPUTABLENESS
    Quality of being imputable.
  • PROPERATE
    To hasten, or press forward.
  • PROPERTIED
    Possessing property; holding real estate, or other investments of money. "The propertied and satisfied classes." M. Arnold.
  • OWLERY
    An abode or a haunt of owls.
  • OWSE; OWSER
    Tanner's ooze. See Ooze, 3. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. aúhsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull;
  • OWL-EYED
    Having eyes like an owl's.
  • OWLISH
    Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.
  • PROPERISPOME
    Properispomenon.
  • HOLLOW-HEARTED
    Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
  • FORESHADOW
    To shadow or typi Dryden.
  • OVERFLOWINGLY
    In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  • DOWNWEED
    Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.
  • WILLOWER
    A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
  • WINDFLOWER
    The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone.
  • CROWN SIDE
    See OFFICE
  • DOWNPOUR
    A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
  • CALLOW
    1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play .
  • ROWDY
    One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. M. Arnold.
  • HALLOW
    To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
  • OVERBROW
    To hang over like a brow; to impend over. Longfellow. Did with a huge projection overbrow Large space beneath. Wordsworth.
  • KNOWINGLY
    1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak.
  • EMBOWER
    To lodge or rest in a bower. "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser. (more info) -- v. i.
  • SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
    An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
  • TOWELING
    Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc.
  • SORROW
    The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
  • UNBECOMING
    Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
  • PREKNOWLEDGE
    Prior knowledge.

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