Word Meanings - SYNALLAGMATIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.

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• IMPOSABLE
  Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond.
• CONTRACTIBLE
  Capable of contraction. Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot.
• IMPOSINGNESS
  The quality of being imposing.
• IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
  A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller.
• IMPOSTURAGE
  Imposture; cheating. Jer. Taylor.
• IMPOSTOR
  One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver.
• IMPOSTHUMATION
  1. The act of forming an abscess; state of being inflamed; suppuration. 2. An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.
• RECIPROCALLY
  In the manner of reciprocals. Reciprocally proportional (Arith. & Alg.), proportional, as two variable quantities, so that the one shall have a constant ratio to the reciprocal of the other. (more info) 1. In a reciprocal manner; so that
• CONTRACTED
  1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun. 2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views. 3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted
• IMPOSING
  1. Laying as a duty; enjoining. 2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp. Hobart. 3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.
• IMPOSTURY
  Imposture. Fuller.
• IMPOSE
  To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination. (more info) Etym: 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman. 2. To lay as a
• IMPOSINGLY
  In an imposing manner.
• RECIPROCAL
  Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action. (more info) 1. Recurring in vicissitude; alternate. 2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due
• IMPOSTROUS
  Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.
• IMPOSTHUME
  A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.
• CONTRACTIBLENESS
  Contractibility.
• RECIPROCALNESS
  The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
• SYNALLAGMATIC
  Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract. Bouvier.
• IMPOST
  The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests. Note: The impost is called continuous, if the moldings of the arch or architrave run down the jamb or pier without a break. Syn. -- Tribute; excise; custom; duty;
• SUBCONTRACTOR
  One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.
• SELF-IMPOSTURE
  Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.
• SUPERIMPOSE
  To lay or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another stratum. -- Su`per*im`po*si"tion, n.