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abuse |
...ert the meaning of; to misapply; as to abuse words. [.] ABU'SE, n. Ill use; improper treatment or employment; application to a wrong purpose; as an abuse of our natural powers; an abuse of civil rights, or of religious privileges; abuse of advantages, &c. [.] Liberty ... |
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access |
... [L. accessus, from accedo. See Accede.] [.] 1. A coming to; near approach; admittance; admission, as to gain access to a prince. [.] 2. Approach, or the way by which a thing may be approached; as, the access is by a neck of land. [.] 3. Means of approach; liberty ... |
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allow |
[.] ALLOW', v.t. [L. loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.] [.] 1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a pension. [.] 2. To admit; as, to allow the truth of a proposition; to allow a claim. [.] 3. To admit; to own or acknowledge; ... |
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annulet |
...oats of arms; formerly reputed a mark of nobility and jurisdiction; it being the custom of prelates to receive their investiture per baculum et annulum, by staff and ring. It denotes also strength and eternity, by its circular form. Among the Romans, it represented liberty ... |
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antiochian |
...sect was a branch of the academics, though Antiochus was a stoic. He attempted to reconcile the doctrines of the different schools, and was the last preceptor of the Platonic school. [.] The Antiochian epoch was a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty ... |
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antithesis |
... n. [Gr. from, to place.] [.] 1. In rhetoric, an opposition of words or sentiments; contrast; as, "When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves we leave them." "The prodigal robs his heir, the miser robs himself." "Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding." Liberty ... |
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arbitrary |
[.] ARBITRARY, a. [L. arbitrarious.] [.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. [.] Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. [.] 2. ... |
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bailiwick |
[.] BA'ILIWICK, n.[bailli, an officer, see bailiff.] [.] The precincts in which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority; as a hundred, a liberty, a forest, over which a bailiff is appointed. In the liberties and franchises of lords, the bailiff has ... |
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birthright |
[.] BIRTH'RIGHT, n. [birth and right.] Any right or privilege, to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution. [.] [.] Esau, for a morsel, sold his birthright. Heb.12. [.] It may be ... |
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bold |
...ed with spirit or boldness; planned with courage and spirit; as a bold enterprise. [.] 3. Confident; not timorous. [.] [.] We were bold in our God to speak to you. 1 Thess.2. [.] 4. In an ill sense, rude, forward, impudent. [.] 5. Licentious; showing great liberty ... |
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boldness |
...ity. [.] 1. Prominence; the quality of exceeding the ordinary rules of scrupulous nicety and caution; applied to style, expression, and metaphors in language; and to figures in painting, sculpture and architecture. [.] 2. Freedom from timidity; liberty. [.] [.] Great ... |
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bondage |
[.] BOND'AGE, n. Slavery or involuntary servitude; captivity; imprisonment; restraint of a person's liberty by compulsion. In ancient English law, villenage. [.] 1. Obligation; tie of duty. [.] [.] He must resolve not to be brought under the bondage of observing ... |
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bondservant |
[.] BOND'SERVANT, n. [bond and servant.] A slave; one who is subjected to the authority of another, or whose person and liberty are restrained. |
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bondslave |
[.] BOND'SLAVE, n. [bond and slave.] A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master. |
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burgage |
..., tenure in burgage, or burgage tenure, is tenure in socage, applied to cities or towns, or where houses, or lands which were formerly the site of houses, in an ancient borough, are held of some lord in common socage by a certain established rent; a remnant of Saxon liberty. |
10181
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clamor |
...e strokes. [.] CLAMOR, v.i. To utter loud sounds, or outcries; to talk loud; to utter loud voices repeatedly; to vociferate, as an individual; to utter loud voices, as a multitude; to complain; to make importunate demands. [.] Those who most loudly clamor for liberty ... |
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cloke |
[.] CLOKE, n. [.] 1. A loose outer garment worn over other clothes both by men and women. [.] [.] He was clad with zeal as a cloke. Is. 59. [.] 2. A cover; that which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense. [.] [.] Not using your liberty ... |
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coarctation |
[.] COARCTATION, n. [.] 1. Confinement; restraint to a narrow space. [.] 2. Pressure; contraction. [.] 3. Restraint of liberty. |
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colony |
...panish colonies in South America. When such settlements cease to be subject to the parent state, they are no longer denominated colonies. [.] [.] The first settles of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. ... |
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commit |
... grave. [.] 3. To put or sent to, for confinement; as, to commit an offender to prison. Hence for the sake of brevity, commit is used for imprison. The sheriff has committed the offender. [.] [.] These two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. [.] 4. ... |
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confinement |
[.] CONFI'NEMENT, n. [.] 1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty by force or other obstacle or necessity; as the confinement of a debtor or criminal to a prison, or of troops to a besieged town. [.] 2. Voluntary restraint; seclusion; as the ... |
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conquest |
... number in community or by one for all the others. [.] 5. In the law of nations, the acquisition of sovereignty by force of arms. [.] [.] The right of conquest is derived from the laws of war. [.] 6. The act of gaining or regaining by effort; as the conquest of liberty ... |
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convert |
...om the error of his way, shall save a soul from death. James 5. [.] 5. To turn toward a point. [.] [.] Crystal will callify into electricity, and convert the needle freely placed. [Unusual.] [.] 6. To turn from one use or destination to another; as, to convert liberty ... |
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cranage |
[.] CRANAGE, n. [from crane. Low L.] The liberty of using a crane at a wharf for raising wares from a vessel; also, the money or price paid for the use of a crane. |
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custody |
...g, preservation or security. [.] [.] Under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle. Numbers 3. [.] [.] The prisoner was committed to the custody of the sheriff. [.] 2. Imprisonment; confinement; restraint of liberty. [.] 3. ... |
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deliver |
[.] DELIVER, v.t. [L. Free, disengaged; to free, to peel.] [.] 1. To free; to release, as from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to deliver one from captivity. [.] 2. To rescue, or save. [.] [.] Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked. Ps. 71:4. [.] 3. ... |
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discretion |
...united with caution; nice discernment and judgment, directed by circumspection, and primarily regarding ones own conduct. [.] [.] A good man--will guide his affairs with discretion. Psalm 112. [.] [.] My son, keep sound wisdom and discretion. Proverbs 3. [.] 2. Liberty ... |
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duress |
[.] DURESS, n. [L. See Durable.] [.] 1. Literally, hardship; hence, constraint. Technically, duress, in law, is of two kinds; duress of imprisonment, which is imprisonment or restraint of personal liberty; and duress by menaces or threats [per minas,] when a person is ... |
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ebullition |
...ion produced in a fluid by the escape of a portion of it, converted into an aeriform state by heat. Ebullition is produced by the heat of fire directly applied, or by the heat or caloric evolved by any substance in mixture. Thus, in slaking lime, the caloric set at liberty ... |
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election |
...ice or employment, by any manifestation of preference, as by ballot, uplifted hands or viva voce; as the election of a king, of a president, or a mayor. [.] [.] Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. [.] 2. Choice; voluntary preference; free will; liberty ... |
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eliminate |
[.] ELIM'INATE, v.t. [L. elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold.] [.] 1. To thrust out of doors. [.] 2. To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty. [.] [.] This detains secretions which nature finds it necessary to eliminate. |
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emanciipate |
[.] EMAN'CIIPATE, a. Set at liberty. |
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emancipate |
... capio, to take, as slaves were anciently prisoners taken in war.] [.] 1. To set free from servitude or slavery, by the voluntary act of the proprietor; to liberate;to restore from bondage to freedom; as, to emancipate a slave. [.] 2. To set free or restore to liberty; ... |
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enlarge |
...ove. [.] [.] O ye, Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our [.] [.] heart is enlarged. [.] 2. To expand; to make more comprehensive. Science enlarges the mind. [.] 3. To increase in appearance; to magnify to the eye; as by a glass. [.] 4. To set at liberty; ... |
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enslave |
[.] ENSLA'VE, v.t. [from slave.] To reduce to slavery or bondage; to deprive of liberty and subject to the will of a master. Barbarous nations enslave their prisoners of war, but civilized men barbarously and wickedly purchase men to enslave them. [.] 1. To reduce ... |
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enslaving |
[.] ENSLA'VING, ppr. Reducing to bondage; depriving of liberty. |
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estovers |
...ecessaries, or supplies; a reasonable allowance out of lands or goods for the use of a tenant; such as sustenance of a felon in prison, and for his family, during his imprisonment; alimony for a woman divorced, out of her husband's estate. [.] Common of estovers is the liberty ... |
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expatiate |
...n space without restraint. [.] [.] He bids his soul expatiate in the skies. [.] [.] Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man. [.] 2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion. On important topics the orator thinks himself at liberty ... |
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forbearance |
[.] FORBEARANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a ... |
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foreign |
...ion is foreign from the subject under consideration. [.] 5. Excluded; not admitted; held at a distance. [.] 6. Extraneous; adventitious; not native or natural. [.] 7. In law, a foreign attachment is an attachment of the goods of a foreigner within a city or liberty, ... |
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found |
...r it was founded on a rock. Matt. 7. [.] 2. To begin and build; to lay the foundation, and raise a superstructure; as, to found a city. [.] 3. To set or place; to establish, as on something solid or durable; as, to found a government on principles of liberty. [.] 4. ... |
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franchise |
[.] FRAN'CHISE, n. fran'chiz. [See Frank.] Properly, liberty, freedom. Hence, [.] 1. A particular privilege or right granted by a prince or sovereign to an individual or to a number of persons; as the right to be a body corporate with perpetual succession; the right ... |
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frankchase |
[.] FRANK'CHASE, n. A liberty of free chase, whereby persons having lands within the compass of the same, are prohibited to cut down any wood, &c. out of the view of the forester. [.] Free chase, is the liberty of keeping beasts of chase or royal game therein, protected ... |
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free |
[.] FREE, n. [Heb. See Frank.] [.] 1. Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations. [.] 2. In government, not enslaved; not in a state of vassalage or ... |
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freeborn |
[.] FREE'BORN, a. Born free; not in vassalage; inheriting liberty. |
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freed |
[.] FREED, pp. Set at liberty; loosed; delivered from restraint; cleared of hinderance or obstruction. |
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freedom |
[.] FREE'DOM, n. [.] 1. A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. Freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.] [.] 2. Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; ... |
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freely |
[.] FREE'LY, adv. [.] 1. At liberty; without vassalage, slavery or dependence. [.] 2. Without restraint, constraint or compulsion; voluntarily. To render a moral agent accountable, he must act freely. [.] 3. Plentifully; in abundance; as, to eat or drink freely. [.] 4. ... |
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freeman |
[.] FREE'MAN, n. [free and man.] [.] 1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal. [.] 2. One who enjoys or is entitled to a franchise or peculiar privilege; as the freemen of a city or state. |
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gad |
...ngot of steel. [.] 2. A style or graver. [.] 3. A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners. [.] GAD, v.i. [.] 1. To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose. [.] [.] Give the water no passage, neither a wicked woman liberty ... |
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gain |
...he advantage. [.] [.] The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. [.] 4. To obtain influence with. [.] [.] My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor,that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. [.] To ... |
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germ |
...seed-bud of a plant, the rudiment of fruit yet in embryo. It is the base or lower part of the pistil, which, in the progress of vegetation, swells and becomes the seed-vessel. [.] 1. Origin; first principle; that from which any thing springs; as the germ of civil liberty, ... |
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go |
...place. [.] To go forward, to advance. [.] To go hard with, to be in danger of a fatal issue; to have difficulty to escape. [.] To go in, to enter. [.] To go in to, to have sexual commerce with. [.] To go in and out, to do the business of life. [.] 1. To go freely; to be at liberty. ... |
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guaranty |
...ngagements are performed; to secure the performance of; as, to guaranty the execution of a treaty. [.] 2. To undertake to secure to another, at all events, as claims, rights or possessions. Thus in the treaty of 1778, France guarantied to the United States their liberty, ... |
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head |
...to such a head as to threaten life. [.] 22. Influence; force; strength; pitch. The sedition got to such a head as not to be easily quelled. [.] 23. Body; conflux. [.] 24. Power; armed force. [.] [.] My lord, my lord, the French have gathered head. [.] 25. Liberty; ... |
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hemlock |
[.] HEM'LOCK, n. [.] 1. A plant of the genus Conium, whose leaves and root are poisonous. Also, the Cicuta maculata. [.] 2. A tree of the genus Pinus, an evergreen. [.] 3. A poison, an infusion or decoction of the poisonous plant. [.] [.] Popular liberty might ... |
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herbage |
[.] HERB'AGE, n. Herbs collectively; grass; pasture; green food for beasts. [.] The influence of true religion is mild, soft and noiseless,and constant, as the descent of the evening dew on the tender herbage. [.] 1. In law, the liberty or right of pasture in the forest ... |
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immolated |
[.] IM'MOLATED, pp. Sacrificed; offered in sacrifice. [.] [.] From the same altar on which the small states shall be immolated, will rise the smoke of sacrificed liberty,and despotism must be the dreadful successor. |
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imprison |
[.] IMPRIS'ON, v.t. impriz'n. [.] 1. To put into a prison; to confine in a prison or jail, or to arrest and detain in custody in any place. [.] 2. To confine; to shut up; to restrain from escape; to deprive of the liberty to move from place to place; as, to be imprisoned ... |
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imprisonment |
[.] IMPRIS'ONMENT, n. The act of putting and confining in prison; [.] the act of arresting and detaining in custody. [.] 1. Confinement in a place; restraint of liberty to go from place to place at pleasure. Appropriately, the confinement of a criminal or debtor within ... |
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inherent |
[.] INHE'RENT, a. Existing in something else, so as to be inseparable from it. [.] [.] Inherent baseness. [.] 1. Innate; naturally pertaining to; as the inherent qualities of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty and protection. |
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jar |
...; to strike untunably or harshly; to strike discordantly; as a jarring sound. [.] [.] A string may jar in the best master's hand. [.] 1. To clash; to interfere; to act in opposition; to be inconsistent. [.] [.] For orders and degrees [.] [.] Jar not with liberty, ... |
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leave |
[.] LEAVE, n. [.] 1. Permission; allowance; license; liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed. [.] No friend has leave to bear away the dead. [.] David earnestly asked leave of me. 1Sam. 20. [.] 2. Farewell; adieu; ceremony of departure; ... |
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leet |
...t Britain, a court. The court-leet or view of frankpledge, is a court of record held once a year and not oftener, within a particular hundred, lordship or manor, before the steward of the leet. Its original intent was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty, ... |
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liberate |
[.] LIB'ERATE, v.t. [L. libero, from liber, free.] [.] 1. To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; as, to liberate one from duress or imprisonment; to liberate the mind from the shackles of prejudice. [.] 2. To manumit; as, to liberate a ... |
32745
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libertarian |
[.] LIBERTA'RIAN, a. [L. liber, free; libertas, liberty.] [.] Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity. [.] Remove from their mind libertarian prejudice. |
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liberty |
[.] LIB'ERTY, n. [L. libertas, from liber, free.] [.] 1. Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled. A man ... |
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license |
[.] LI'CENSE, n. [L. licentia, from liceo, to be permitted.] [.] 1. Leave; permission; authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act. A license may be verbal or written; when written, the paper containing the authority is called a license. A man is not permitted ... |
32766
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licentiously |
[.] LICEN'TIOUSLY, adv. With excess of liberty; in contempt of law and morality. |
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licentiousness |
[.] LICEN'TIOUSNESS, n. Excessive indulgence of liberty; contempt of the just restraints of law, morality and decorum. The licentiousness of authors is justly condemned; the licentiousness of the press is punishable by law. [.] Law is the god of wise men; licentiousness ... |
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ligament |
[.] LIG'AMENT, n. [L. ligamentum, from ligo, to bind, that is, to strain.] [.] 1. Any thing that ties or unites one thing or part to another. [.] Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts. [.] 2. In anatomy, a strong, compact substance, ... |
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limitation |
[.] LIMITA'TION, n. [L. limitatio.] [.] 1. The act of bounding or circumscribing. [.] 2. Restriction; restraint; circumscription. The king consented to a limitation of his prerogatives. Government by the limitation of natural rights secures civil liberty. [.] 3. ... |
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loose |
...nds of Orion? Job 38. [.] Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them to me. Matt. 21. [.] 2. To relax. [.] The joints of his loins were loosed. Dan. 5. [.] 3. To release from imprisonment; to liberate; to set at liberty. [.] The ... |
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martyr |
.... Stephen was the first christian martyr. [.] [.] To be a martyr signifies only to witness the truth of Christ. [.] 1. One who suffers death in defense of any cause. We say, a man dies a martyr to his political principles or to the cause of liberty. [.] M`ARTYR, ... |
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may |
...ight. [.] 1. To be possible. We say, a thing may be, or may not be; an event may happen; a thing may be done, if means are not wanting. [.] 2. To have physical power; to be able. [.] [.] Make the most of life you may. [.] 3. To have moral power; to have liberty, ... |
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might |
[.] MIGHT, n. pret. of may. Had power or liberty. He might go, or might have gone. [.] 1. It sometimes denotes was possible, implying ignorance of the fact in the speaker. Orders might have been given for the purpose. [.] MIGHT, n. [.] 1. Strength; force; power; ... |
37800
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occasion |
...n occurrence, casualty, incident; something distinct from the ordinary course or regular orders of things. [.] 2. Opportunity; convenience; favorable time, season or circumstances. [.] I'll take th' occasion which he give to bring him to his death. [.] Use not liberty ... |
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permission |
[.] PERMIS'SION, n. [L.permissio, from permitto, to permit.] [.] 1. The act of permitting or allowing. [.] 2. Allowance; license or liberty granted. [.] [.] You have given me your permission for this address. |
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permissive |
[.] PERMIS'SIVE, a. Granting liberty; allowing. [.] 1. Granted; suffered without hinderance. [.] [.] Thus I emboldened spake,and freedom used [.] [.] Permissive,and acceptance found. |
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permit |
[.] PERMIT', v.t. [L. permitto; per and mitto, to send.] [.] 1. To allow; to grant leave or liberty to by express consent. He asked my leave and I permitted him. [.] 2. To allow by silent consent or by not prohibiting; to suffer without giving express authority. The ... |
40779
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phlogiston |
...urn or inflame.] [.] The principle of inflammability; the matter of fire in composition with other bodies. Stahl gave this name to an element which he supposed to be pure fire fixed in combustible bodies, in order to distinguish it from fire in action or in a state of liberty. ... |
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play |
...tate of agitation or discussion. [.] [.] Many have been sav'd, and many may, [.] [.] Who never heard this question brought in play. [.] 11. Room for motion. [.] [.] The joints are let exactly into one another, that they have no play between them. [.] 12. Liberty ... |
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please |
... [.] 1. To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony. [.] [.] Please you, lords, [.] [.] In sight of both our battles we may meet. [.] [.] The first words that I learnt were, to express my desire that he would please to give me my liberty. [.] Please ... |
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political |
... that belong to a nation, or perhaps to a citizen as an individual of a nation; and the latter comprehending the local rights of a corporation or any member of it. [.] [.] Speaking of the political state of Europe, we are accustomed to say of Sweden, she lost her liberty ... |
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potential |
...ng or reducing to an eschar, any part of the body by a caustic alkaline or metallic salt, &c. instead of a red hot iron, the use of which is called actual cautery. [.] Potential mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb which is used to express the power, possibility, liberty ... |
42664
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press |
...f garments. [.] 8. Urgency; urgent demands of affairs; as a press of business. [.] 9. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy; for impress. [.] Press of sail, in navigation, is as much sail as the state of the wind will permit. [.] Liberty ... |
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pretense |
..., proetendo.] [.] 1. A holding out or offering to others something false or feigned; a presenting to others, either in words or actions, a false or hypocritical appearance, usually with a view to conceal what is real, and thus to deceive. Under pretense of giving liberty ... |
42896
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prisoner |
...ER, n. One who is confined in a prison by legal arrest or warrant. [.] 1. A person under arrest or in custody of the sheriff, whether in prison or not; as a prisoner at the bar of a court. [.] 2. A captive; one taken by an enemy in war. [.] 3. One whose liberty ... |
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privative |
[.] PRIV'ATIVE, a. Causing privation. [.] 1. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive. Privative is in things, what negative is in propositions; as privative blessings, safeguard, liberty and integrity. [.] PRIV'ATIVE, n. That of which the essence ... |
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proclaim |
[.] PROCLA'IM, v.t. [L. proclamo; pro and clamo, to cry out. See Claim.] [.] 1. To promulgate; to announce; to publish; as, to proclaim a fast; to proclaim a feast. Lev.23. 1 Kings 21. [.] [.] He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives. Is.61. [.] 2. ... |
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profuse |
...his father had amassed. A man's friends are generally too profuse of praise, and his enemies too sparing. [.] 2. Extravagant; lavish; as profuse expenditures. [.] 3. Overabounding; exuberant. [.] [.] On a green shady bank, profuse of flowers-- [.] [.] O liberty! ... |
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punishment |
...ngs only to persons clothed with authority. Pain, loss or evil willfully inflicted on another for his crimes or offenses by a private unauthorized person, is revenge rather than punishment. [.] Some punishments consist in exile or transportation, others in loss of liberty ... |
43822
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puritan |
...ns were so called in derision, on account of their professing to follow the pure word of God, in opposition to all traditions and human constitutions. [.] Hume gives this name to three parties; the political puritans, who maintained the highest principles of civil liberty; ... |
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ransom |
[.] RAN'SOM, n. [.] 1. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner or slave, or for goods captured by an enemy; that which procures the release of a prisoner or captive, or of captured property, and restores the one to liberty and the other to the original ... |
45835
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relish |
...n, as to have lost that of wit. [.] 3. Sense; the faculty of perceiving excellence; taste; as a relish for fine writing, or a relish of fine writing. Addison uses both of and for after relish. [.] 4. That which gives pleasure; the power of pleasing. [.] When liberty ... |
45892
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remedy |
...ny medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; with for; as a remedy for the gout. [.] 2. That which counteracts an evil of any kind; with for, to or against; usually with for. Civil government is the remedy for the evils of natural liberty. ... |
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restrain |
...lways with success. [.] 2. To repress; to keep in awe; as, to restrain offenders. [.] 3. To suppress; to hinder or repress; as, to restrain excess. [.] 4. To abridge; to hinder from unlimited enjoyment; as, to restrain one of his pleasure or of his liberty. [.] 5. ... |
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restraint |
[.] RESTRA'INT, n. [.] 1. The act or operation of holding back or hindering from motion, in any manner; hinderance of the will, or of any action, physical, moral or mental. [.] 2. Abridgment of liberty; as the restraint of a man by imprisonment or by duress. [.] 3. ... |
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right |
... That which justly belongs to one. [.] Born free, he sought his right. [.] 9. Property; interest. [.] A subject in his prince may claim a right. [.] 10. Just claim; immunity; privilege. All men have a right to the secure enjoyment of life, personal safety, liberty ... |
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sale |
... Vent; power of selling; market. He went to market, but found no sale for his goods. [.] 3. Auction; public sale to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market. [Little used.] [.] 4. State of being venal, or of being offered to bribery; as, to set the liberty ... |
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scope |
...both the purpose and thing purposed. [.] Your scope is as mine own, so to enforce and qualify the laws, as to your soul seems good. [.] The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions of the church - [.] 3. Liberty; ... |
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shack |
[.] SHACK, n. In ancient customs of England, a liberty of witer pasturage. In Norfolk and Suffolk, the lord of the manot has a shack, that is, liberty of feeding his sheep at pleasure on his tenants' lands during the dix winter months. In Norfolk, shack ... |
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soc |
[.] SOC, n. [L. sequor.] [.] 1. Properly, the sequela, secta or suit, or the body of suitors; hence, the power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in a manor; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. [.] 2. Liberty or privilege of ... |
52301
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stickler |
...sman to fencers; a second to a duelist; one who stands to a judge a combat. [.] [.] Basilius the judge, appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey. [.] 2. An obstinate contender about any thing; as a stickler for the church of for liberty. [.] [.] The ... |
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stricture |
[.] STRICTURE, n. [L. See Strike and Stroke.] [.] 1. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [.] 2. A touch of criticism; critical remark; censure. [.] [.] I have given myself the liberty of these strictures by way of reflection, on every passage. [.] 3. A drawing; a spasmodic ... |
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subjection |
... [.] 1. The act of subduing; the act of vanquishing and bringing under the dominion of another. [.] [.] The conquest of the kingdom and the subjection of the rebels-- [.] 2. The state of being under the power, control and government of another. The safety of life, liberty, ... |
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sumptuary |
[.] SUMP'TUARY, a. [L. sumptuarius, from sumptus, expense.] [.] Relating to expense. Sumptuary laws or regulations are such as restrain or limit the expenses of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, &c. Sumptuary laws are abridgments of liberty, and of very difficult execution. ... |
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swing |
...nd hanging loose; also, an apparatus suspended for persons to swing in. [.] 3. Influence or power of a body put in motion. [.] [.] The ram that batters down the wall, [.] [.] For the great swing and rudeness of his poise-- [.] 4. Free course; unrestrained liberty ... |
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take |
... man. Cannot you take a jest? [.] 28. To draw; to deduce. [.] [.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. [.] 29. To assume; as, I take the liberty ... |
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toll |
[.] TOLL, n. [Gr. toll, custom, and end, exit, from cutting off; Eng. dole; diolam, to sell, to exchange, to pay toll. This is from the root of deal. See Deal.] [.] 1. A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge ... |
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tug |
...se the pain [.] [.] His tugg'd ears suffer'd with a strain. [.] TUG, v.i. To pull with great effort; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. [.] 1. To labor; to strive; to struggle. [.] [.] They long wrestled and strenuously tugged for their liberty. ... |
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turbary |
[.] TUR'BARY, n. [from turf; Latinized, turbaria.] [.] 1. In law, a right of digging turf on another man's land. Common of turbary, is the liberty which a tenant enjoys of digging turf on the lord's waste. [.] 2. The place where turf is dug. |
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uncloister |
[.] UNCLOIS'TER, v.t. To release from a cloister or from confinement; to set at liberty. |
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unfetter |
[.] UNFET'TER, v.t. [.] 1. To loose from fetters; to unchain; to unshackle. [.] 2. To free from restraint; to set at liberty; as, to unfetter the mind. |
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unransomed |
[.] UNRAN'SOMED, a. Not ransomed; not liberated from captivity or bondage by payment for liberty. |
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view |
... [.] 8. Intellectual survey; mental examination. [.] On a just view of all the arguments in the case, the law appears to be clear. [.] 9. Appearance; show. [.] 10. Display; exhibition to the sight or mind. [.] To give a right view of this mistaken part of liberty. ... |
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whine |
[.] WHINE, v.t. [L.] TO express murmurs by a plaintive cry; to moan with a puerile noise; to murmur meanly. [.] [.] They came--with a whining accent craving liberty. [.] [.] Then, if we whine, look pale-- [.] WHINE, n. A plaintive tone; the nasal puerile tone of ... |
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will |
...ecide int he mind that something shall be done or forborne; implying power to carry the purpose into effect. In this manner God wills whatever comes to pass. So in the style of princes; we will that execution be done. [.] [.] A man that sits still is said to be at liberty, ... |
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yard |
..., a certain quantity of land, but different in different countries. In some counties it was 15 acres, in others 20 or 24, and even 40. [.] Dock-yard, a place where ships are laid up. [.] Prison yard, primarily an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. Hence liberty ... |
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zeal |
...t, and it may be manifested either in favor of any person or thing, or in opposition to it, and in a good or bad cause. [.] [.] Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. [.] [.] They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Romans 10. [.] [.] A zeal for liberty ... |
