Monday, January 18, 2016

Day 18, changing the dictionary




















create |krēˈāt|
verb [ with obj. ]
bring (something) into existence: he created a thirty-acre lake.
origin
late Middle English (in the sense form out of nothing,’ used of a divine or supernatural being): from Latin creat- produced,’ from the verb creare .

lament |ləˈment|
noun
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow: a song full of lament and sorrow.
a song, piece of music, or poem expressing sorrow.
an expression of regret or disappointment; a complaint: there were constant laments about the conditions of justice.
express regret or disappointment over something considered unsatisfactory, unreasonable, or unfair: Thomas Jefferson later lamented, “Heaven remained silent.”

panegyric |ˌpanəˈjirik|
noun
a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something: his panegyric on geography and memory.
origin
early 17th cent.: from French panégyrique, via Latin from Greek panēgurikos of public assembly,’ from pan all’ + aguris agora, assembly.’

time |tīm|
noun
the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole: travel through space and time.
the progress of time as affecting people and things: things were getting urgent as time passed.
(a time) an indefinite period: traveling always changes one's sense for a time.
(also times) a more or less definite portion of time in history or characterized by particular events or circumstances: Victorian times | at the time of Galileo |
(also times) the conditions of life during a particular period: times have changed.
origin
Old English tīma, of Germanic origin; related to tide, which it superseded in temporal senses.

pass |pas|
verb
move or cause to move in a specified direction: [ no obj. ] : he passed through towns and villages | the shells from the Allied guns were passing very low overhead | [ with obj. ] : he passed a weary hand across his forehead | pass an electric current through it.
change from one state or condition to another: lands that have passed from private to state ownership.
go beyond the limits of; surpass; exceed
elapse; go by: the day and night passed slowly | the moment had passed.
spend or use up (a period of time): this was how they passed the time.
come to an end: the danger had passed.
noun
a route over or through mountains: the pass over the mountain was open again after the snows | [ in place names ] : the Ubehebe Pass.
origin
Middle English (in the sense division of a text, passage through’)

face |fās|
noun
the front part of an animal's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in a human.
a manifestation or outward aspect of something: the unacceptable face of social injustice.
the surface of a thing, especially one that is presented to the view or has a particular function, in particular: a vertical or sloping side of a mountain or cliff: the south face of Funeral Mountain.
the side of a planet or moon facing the observer.
confront and deal with or accept: honesty forced him to face facts
have (a difficult event or situation) in prospect: each defendant faced a maximum sentence of life without parole.

in-between |ˌinbəˈˌtwēn| informal
adjective
situated somewhere between two extremes or recognized categories; I am not unconscious, but in some in-between state
noun
an intermediate thing; successes, failures and in-betweens 





 

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