Word Meanings - WITTINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
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- KNOWINGLY
1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak. - DESIGN
drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - DESIGNATIVE
Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. - DESIGNFUL
Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow. - DESIGNEDLY
By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently. - DESIGNLESS
Without design. -- De*sign"less*ly, adv. - DESIGNER
One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration. 3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense. (more info) 1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver. - DESIGNING
Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man. - DESIGNMENT
1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden. 2. Design; purpose; scheme. Shak. - DESIGNABLE
Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle. - DESIGNATORY
Serving to designate; designative; indicating. - DESIGNATION
1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. The usual designation of - KNOWLEDGE
The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. lac, 1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; - PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge. - FOREDESIGN
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. - ACKNOWLEDGE
1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own - UNKNOWLEDGED
Not acknowledged or recognized. For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson. - ACKNOWLEDGER
One who acknowledges. - FOREKNOWINGLY
With foreknowledge. He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor. - PREDESIGNATE
A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. - FOREKNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton. - DISACKNOWLEDGE
To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South. - SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc. - INTERKNOWLEDGE
Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. Bacon.