Word Meanings - SWORN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.
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- SHAREBEAM
The part of the plow to which the share is attached. - DETERMINE
1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone. 2. To come to a decision; - CLOSEHANDED
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n. - SWEARER
1. One who swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration. 2. A profane person; one who uses profane language. Then the liars and swearers are fools. Shak. - SWORN
p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends. - FRIENDSHIP
1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. There is little friendship in the world. Bacon. There can be no - CLOSEFISTED
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne. - FORTUNELESS
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser. - IRRECONCILABLE
Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. - CLOSEN
To make close. - CLOSER
The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes - CLOSE-FIGHTS
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. - SHAREBROKER
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities. - DETERMINER
One who, or that which, determines or decides. - FORTUNE
1. To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to. Chaucer. 2. To provide with a fortune. Richardson. 3. To presage; to tell the fortune of. Dryden. - DETERMINIST
One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories. - CLOSEHAULED
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel. - DETERMINISM
The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe. - DETERMINATIVE
Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive. Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor. Determinative tables , tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the - DETERMINATELY
1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably. The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. Tillotson. 2. Resolutely; unchangeably. Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P. - FORSWORNNESS
State of being forsworn. - MAINSWEAR
To swear falsely. Blount. - UNCLOSE
1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. - ENCLOSE
To inclose. See Inclose. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - PARCLOSE
A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook. - MISFORTUNED
Unfortunate. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - FORSWEARER
One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath. - INDETERMINABLE
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - INCLOSER
One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds. - SELF-DETERMINATION
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity. - UNDETERMINABLE
Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke. - UNFAITHFUL
1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His