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referendus to be referred, gerundive of referre: cf. F. référendaire. 1. One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. Bacon. 2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. "Referendaries, or masters of request." Harmar. 3.
Additional info about word: REFERENDARY
referendus to be referred, gerundive of referre: cf. F. référendaire. 1. One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. Bacon. 2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. "Referendaries, or masters of request." Harmar. 3. Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.
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- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - DELIVERANCE
Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - BACON
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. Bacon beetle , a beetle which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's - BACONIAN
Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy. Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction. - DELIVERABLE
Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale. - MASTERSHIP
1. The state or office of a master. 2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. 3. Chief work; masterpiece. Dryden. 4. An ironical title of respect. How now, seignior Launce ! what - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - ROYALIZE
to make royal. Shak. - ANSWER
1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to ; to - GERUNDIVELY
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund. - ROYALIZATION
The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury. - MASTERSINGER
One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm. - REFEREE
One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it. Syn. -- Judge; arbitrator; umpire. See Judge. - DELIVERLY
Actively; quickly; nimbly. Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl. - DECISION
1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. Bp. Pearson. 2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. - ANSWERLESS
Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. Byron. - ANSWERABLE
1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that - REFERRIBLE
Referable. Hallam. - WHOSE
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden. - REDELIVER
1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak. - SUPERROYAL
Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n. - REDELIVERY
1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation. - PENNYROYAL
An aromatic herb of Europe; also, a North American plant resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. (more info) puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against - POSTMASTERSHIP
The office of postmaster. - UNANSWERABLE
Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument. -- Un*an"swer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*an"swer*a*bly, adv. - UNCAUSED
Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self-existent; eternal. A. Baxter. - ROYAL
fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a 1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state. 2. Noble;