Word Meanings - REBARBARIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion, n. Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton.
Related words: (words related to REBARBARIZE)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - REDUCEMENT
Reduction. Milton. - REBARBARIZE
To reduce again to barbarism. -- Re*bar`ba*ri*za"tion, n. Germany . . . rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars. Sir W. Hamilton. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - REDUCE
To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - HAMILTON PERIOD
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology. - RELIGIOUS
1. Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. Our law forbids - RELIGIOUSLY
In a religious manner. Drayton. - POLEMICAL
Polemic; controversial; disputatious. -- Po*lem"ic*al*ly, adv. Polemical and impertinent disputations. Jer. Taylor. - REDUCER
One who, or that which, reduces. - RELIGIOUSNESS
The quality of being religious. - BARBARISM
1. An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott. 2. A barbarous, cruel, or brutal action; an outrage. A heinous barbarism . . . against the honor of marriage. Milton. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - THEOLOGY
The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; "the knowledge derivable from - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - REDUCENT
Tending to reduce. -- n. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - PHYSICO-THEOLOGY
Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy. - IRRELIGIOUS
1. Destitute of religion; not controlled by religious motives or principles; ungodly. Cf. Impiou. Shame and reproach are generally the portion of the impious and irreligious. South. 2. Indicating a want of religion; profane; wicked; as, irreligious - PANTHEOLOGY
A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology. - ATHEOLOGY
Antagonism to theology. Swift. - IRRELIGIOUSNESS
The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness. - SEMIBARBARISM
The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized. - UNRELIGIOUS
Irreligious. Wordsworth. - ASTROTHEOLOGY
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham.