Word Meanings - PERTURBATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To perturb. Dr. H. More.

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• PERTURBATIVE
  Tending to cause perturbation; disturbing. Sir J. Herschel.
• PERTURB
  disturb, fr. turba a disorder: cf. OF. perturber. See Per-, and 1. To disturb; to agitate; to vex; to trouble; to disquiet. Ye that . . . perturb so my feast with crying. Chaucer. 2. To disorder; to confuse. Sir T. Browne.
• PERTURBER
  One who, or that which, perturbs, or cause perturbation.
• PERTURBATION
  A disturbance in the regular elliptic or other motion of a heavenly body, produced by some force additional to that which causes its regular motion; as, the perturbations of the planets are caused by their attraction on each other. Newcomb. (more
• PERTURBATE
  To perturb. Dr. H. More.
• PERTURBATIONAL
  Of or pertaining to perturbation, esp. to the perturbations of the planets. "The perturbational theory." Sir J. Herschel.
• PERTURBABLE
  Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.
• PERTURBATOR
  A perturber.
• PERTURBED
  Agitated; disturbed; troubled. Shak. -- Per*turb"ed*ly, adv.
• PERTURBABILITY
  The quality or state of being perturbable.
• PERTURBANCE
  Disturbance; perturbation. "Perturbance of the mind." Sharp.
• IMPERTURBABLY
  In an imperturbable manner; calmly. C. Bronté.
• IMPERTURBATION
  Freedom from agitation of mind; calmness; quietude. W. Montagu.
• IMPERTURBED
  Not perturbed.
• IMPERTURBABLE
  Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.
• IMPERTURBABILITY
  The state or quality of being imperturbable.