Part 2

~2.~ Explain, give a reason, show the reason, render a reason, assign the cause, make explanation.

~Accountability~, _n._ Accountableness, responsibility, liability, obligation, bond of duty.

~Accountable~, _a._ Responsible, answerable, amenable, liable.

~Accountableness~, _n._ ACCOUNTABILITY.

~Accountant~, _n._ Book-keeper, expert in accounts.

~Accoutre~, _v. a._ [Written also _Accouter_.] Dress, equip, furnish, fit out, arm and equip.

~Accoutrements~, _n. pl._ [Written also _Accouterments_.] Dress, equipage, equipments, trappings, gear, TOGGERY.

~Accredit~, _v. a._ Credit, give trust or confidence to, give credit or honor to, receive as an envoy, receive as commissioned, empowered, or authorized.

~Accretion~, _n._ ~1.~ Growth (_by accession of parts_).

~2.~ (_Med._) Growing together.

~3.~ (_Law._) Gradual accumulation (_of soil, as at the mouth of a river_).

~Accrue~, _v. n._ Result, proceed, come, arise, issue, follow, flow, ensue, be added, be derived, be gained, be got, come in.

~Accumbent~, _a._ Leaning, reclining.

~Accumulate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pile, amass, aggregate, collect, collect together, gather up, pile up, heap up, bring together, heap together, scrape together.

~2.~ Store, garner, husband, HOARD, treasure up, garner up, lay up, lay by, lay in, set by.

~Accumulate~, _v. n._ Increase, grow, be accumulated, be heaped up.

~Accumulation~, _n._ Collection, pile, heap, aggregation, mass.

~Accuracy~, _n._ Exactness, exactitude, correctness, precision, niceness, nicety, truth, accurateness, fidelity.

~Accurate~, _n._ Exact, correct, precise, true, truthful, faithful, strict, close, rigorous, severe, just, nice, exquisite, unerring.

~Accurateness~, _n._ ACCURACY.

~Accursed~, _a._ ~1.~ Cursed, unsanctified, unholy.

~2.~ Detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable, odious, horrid, horrible, damnable.

~Accusation~, _n._ Crimination, impeachment, arraignment, indictment, charge.

~Accuse~, _v. a._ Charge, impeach, arraign, indict, criminate, inculpate, incriminate, tax, inform against, call to account, take to task.

~Accuser~, _n._ Informer, informant, plaintiff, prosecutor.

~Accustom~, _v. a._ Habituate, inure, use, harden, familiarize, ADDICT, train, discipline, drill, break in.

~Accustomed~, _a._ Usual, habitual, wonted, customary, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every day.

~Ace~, _n._ ~1.~ Single point (_in cards or in dice_).

~2.~ Particle, atom, jot, iota, bit, tittle, whit, grain, scrap, mite, corpuscle, scintilla.

~Acephalous~, _a._ Headless.

~Acerbity~, _n._ ~1.~ Roughness, astringency, sourness, acidity, acidness, tartness.

~2.~ Acrimony, severity, harshness, sternness, asperity, bitterness, venom, rancor, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper, bad blood.

~Acetic acid~, VINEGAR.

~Ache~, _n._ Aching, pain, continued pain.

~Ache~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in pain, feel or suffer pain.

~2.~ Be painful, give pain.

~Achieve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, perform, execute, do, complete, finish, compass, consummate, effect, realize, bring about, bring to pass, carry through, carry out, work out, bring to a close, bring to conclusion.

~2.~ Obtain, acquire, procure, gain, win, get.

~Achievement~, _n._ ~1.~ Performance, accomplishment, completion, attainment, realization, consummation.

~2.~ Exploit, feat, deed, work.

~3.~ Escutcheon, shield, ensign armorial.

~Aching~, _n._ Pain, ache, continued pain.

~Achromatic~, _a._ Colorless, uncolored, untinged, hueless, free from color.

~Achromatism~, _n._ Absence of color, want of color.

~Achromatize~, _v. a._ Deprive of color.

~Acicular~, _a._ (_Bot._) Aciculate, aciform, needle-shaped.

~Aciculate~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.

~Acid~, _a._ Sour, tart, sharp, pricked.

~Acidity~, _n._ Sourness, tartness, acidness, sharpness.

~Acidness~, _n._ ACIDITY.

~Acidulous~, _a._ Sourish, somewhat acid, slightly acid, subacid, somewhat sour.

~Aciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) ACICULAR.

~Acinaciform~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cimeter-shaped.

~Acknowledge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recognize, take cognizance of, be aware of, hold in remembrance.

~2.~ Admit, grant, concede, allow, accept, indorse, subscribe to, agree to.

~3.~ Confess, own, avow, profess.

~4.~ Express gratitude for, give thanks for.

~5.~ Own or admit the validity of.

~Acknowledgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Recognition, recognizance.

~2.~ Admission, avowal, concession, allowance, acceptance, indorsement.

~3.~ Expression of thanks or gratitude.

~Acme~, _n._ Summit, top, apex, zenith, pinnacle, utmost height, highest point, culminating point, climax.

~Aconite~, _n._ wolfsbane, monks-hood.

~Acquaint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Familiarize, make familiar.

~2.~ Inform, apprise, tell, notify, make aware, make known to, mention to, communicate to, signify to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.

~Acquaintance~, _n._ ~1.~ Familiarity, familiar knowledge.

~2.~ Friend (_with whom one is not intimate_).

~Acquainted with~, ~1.~ Familiar with, versed in, AU FAIT at.

~2.~ A friend of (_without being intimate with_).

~Acquiesce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Yield, comply, submit, bow, rest, resign one's self, be reconciled, be resigned, be satisfied, rest satisfied.

~2.~ Assent, consent, agree, accede, concur, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.

~Acquiescence~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliance, submission, resignation.

~2.~ Assent, consent, agreement, concurrence.

~Acquiescent~, _a._ Complying, yielding, submitting.

~Acquire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gain, obtain, achieve, attain, procure, earn, win, get, secure, have, make, PURCHASE, get possession of, get into one's hands.

~2.~ Master, learn thoroughly, make one's self master of.

~Acquirement~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquiring, gathering, gaining, mastery.

~2.~ Accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, stock of knowledge, mental resources.

~Acquisition~, _n._ ACQUIREMENT.

~Acquisitive~, _n._ Acquiring, disposed to acquire.

~Acquisitiveness~, _n._ Love of acquiring, desire to acquire.

~Acquit~, _v. a._ Discharge (_from an accusation_), clear, release, absolve, exonerate, exculpate, excuse, pardon, forgive, quit, set free.

~Acquit one's self~, Act, behave, conduct one's self, bear one's self, demean one's self.

~Acquittal~, _n._ Discharge, release, deliverance, liberation, exoneration, clearance, absolution, acquittance.

~Acquittance~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge, ACQUITTAL.

~2.~ Receipt, receipt in full.

~Acrid~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, biting, pungent, hot, burning, poignant, caustic, corrosive.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, ACRIMONIOUS.

~Acridity~, _n._ ACRIDNESS.

~Acridness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, pungency, poignancy, acridity.

~2.~ Severity, harshness, hardness.

~Acrimonious~, _a._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Corrosive, caustic, sharp.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill- natured.

~Acrimony~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity.

~2.~ Severity, harshness, sourness, tartness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill-temper, bad blood.

~Acroamatic~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.

~Acroamatical~, _a._ Esoteric, esoterical, secret, private, acroatic.

~Acroatic~, _a._ Esoteric, ACROAMATIC.

~Acrobat~, _n._ Rope-dancer.

~Acrospire~, _n._ Shoot, sprout, plumule.

~Across~, _prep._ Athwart, over, from one side of to the other.

~Act~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Work, move, carry any thing into effect, execute a purpose, be in action.

~2.~ Behave, conduct one's self, demean one's self, acquit one's self.

~3.~ Operate, have influence.

~Act~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Do, perform, execute, carry into execution.

~2.~ Personate, play, simulate, enact, play the part of, take the part of.

~Act~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed (_viewed as a single exertion of power_),

## ACTION, performance, proceeding, thing, exploit, feat, achievement,

turn.

~2.~ Statute, enactment, ordinance, edict, decree, law, bill.

~3.~ Fact, reality, actuality, real existence.

~Acting~, _n._ ~1.~ Deed, performance, ACTION.

~2.~ Personation, representation, simulation.

~Action~, _n._ ~1.~ Activity, exercise, motion, movement, play.

~2.~ Deed (_viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power_), performance, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn, ACT.

~3.~ Agency, operation, force, influence, instrumentality, process.

~4.~ Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair.

~5.~ Gesticulation, gesture.

~6.~ Subject, fable, plot, series of events.

~7.~ (_Law._) Suit, process, case, prosecution.

~Actinolite~, _n._ Strahlstein, ray-stone.

~Active~, _a._ ~1.~ Practical, operative, living, vigorous, in action, in operation.

~2.~ Busy, diligent, assiduous, industrious, indefatigable, unremitting, laborious, sedulous, notable, at work, hard at work, diligently employed, busily engaged.

~3.~ Alert, nimble, agile, supple, brisk, dapper, stirring, SPRY, smart, quick, prompt, ready, lively, sprightly, spirited.

~4.~ Enterprising, energetic, strong, efficient, in earnest.

~5.~ Drastic (_as medicine_), powerful, efficacious.

~6.~ (_Gram._) Transitive.

~Activity~, _n._ ~1.~ Action, exercise.

~2.~ Alertness, agility, nimbleness, smartness, briskness, sprightliness, spryness.

~3.~ Intensity, energy, strength, force, power, vigor.

~4.~ Enterprise, efficiency.

~Actor~, _n._ ~1.~ Doer, operator, agent.

~2.~ Player, performer, comedian, tragedian, stage-player.

~Actual~, _a._ ~1.~ Real, veritable, true, substantial, determinate, decided, categorical, positive, absolute, certain, genuine, very, not ideal, not imagined, not imaginary, not supposed or fancied, not fictitious, that exists in fact, DE FACTO, BONA FIDE.

~2.~ Present, now existing, now in being.

~Actually~, _ad._ Really, truly, absolutely, positively, verily, indeed, in fact, in reality, as a matter of fact, in truth.

~Actuate~, _v. a._ Induce, impel, move, prompt, instigate, persuade, incite, act upon, prevail upon, work upon.

~Act upon~, ~1.~ Influence, effect, have influence upon.

~2.~ Induce, ACTUATE.

~Act up to.~ Abide by, conform to, persist in.

~Acumen~, _n._ Acuteness, shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness, sharpness, ingenuity, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, mother-wit, quick parts.

~Acuminate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.

~Acuminated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sharp, acute, pointed, cuspidate, cuspidated.

~Acute~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, pointed, ACUMINATED, CUSPIDATED.

~2.~ Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sapient, sagacious, intelligent, astute, ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed, UP TO SNUFF.

~3.~ Severe, violent, intense, poignant, exquisite, pungent.

~4.~ High, shrill, high-toned.

~Acuteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sharpness.

~2.~ Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity, discernment, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.

~3.~ Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.

~4.~ Highness, shrillness.

~Adage~, _n._ Proverb, saying, saw, dictum, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, by-word, sententious precept.

~Adamant~, _n._ Diamond, crystallized carbon.

~Adamantean~, _a._ Adamantine, hard as adamant, very hard.

~Adamantine~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of adamant.

~2.~ Adamantean, very hard, hard as adamant.

~Adam's-needle~, _n._ Yucca, bear-grass, Spanish bayonet.

~Adapt~, _v. a._ Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify, prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable or suitable.

~Adaptability~, _n._ Adaptableness, suitableness, ADAPTATION.

~Adaptation~, _n._ Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, accommodation, harmony.

~Add~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Join, subjoin, annex, affix, append, superadd, tag, tack.

~2.~ Sum, sum up, cast up, add together.

~Add to.~ Increase, augment, make greater.

~Addendum~, _n._ Addition, appendix, appendage, adjunct, appurtenance, attachment.

~Addict~, _v. a._ Accustom (_commonly in a bad sense_), habituate, dedicate, devote, apply (_habitually_), give, give up.

~Addiction~, _n._ [_Rare._] Addictedness.

~Addition~, _n._ ~1.~ Adding.

~2.~ Accession, increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension.

~3.~ Appendage, adjunct, appendix, addendum.

~Additional~, _a._ Superadded, adscititious, supplemental, supplementary, extra, more.

~Additive~, _a._ To be added.

~Addle~, _a._ ~1.~ Putrid, corrupt, spoiled (_as eggs_).

~2.~ Barren, unfruitful, fruitless, abortive, unproductive, unprolific, unfertile, sterile, infecund, addled.

~Addled~, _a._ ADDLE.

~Addle-head~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Addle-headed~, _a._ Foolish, stupid, dull, doltish, brainless, shallow, soft, sappy, witless, blockish, weak-headed, weak-minded, feeble-minded, half-witted, short-witted, shallow-brained, dull- witted, thick-skulled, addle-pated.

~Addle-pated~, _a._ ADDLE-HEADED.

~Address~, _n._ ~1.~ Appeal, invocation, petition, entreaty, request, imploration, application, solicitation, suit.

~2.~ Discourse, speech, oration, harangue.

~3.~ Skill, art, adroitness, readiness, dexterity, expertness, cleverness, ingenuity, ability, tact, GUMPTION.

~4.~ Superscription, direction.

~5.~ Manner (_in speaking to another_).

~Addresses~, _n. pl._ Courtship, suit.

~Address one's self to~, Direct one's speech or discourse to, speak to.

~Adduce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Advance, ofter, present, allege, assign, give, bring forward.

~2.~ Name, cite, quote, introduce.

~Adept~, _n._ Master, proficient, genius, doctor, veteran, expert, dab, DABSTER, good hand, master hand, capital hand, nice hand.

~Adept~, _a._ Skilled, versed, experienced, practised, proficient, good, at home, AU FAIT.

~Adequacy~, _n._ Sufficiency, competence, competency, enough, adequateness.

~Adequate~, _a._ Sufficient, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted.

~Adequateness~, _n._ ADEQUACY.

~Adhere~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stick, cling, cleave, hold, cohere, take hold, be firmly fixed.

~2.~ Be faithful, be devoted, be attached, stand by, be true.

~Adherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Tenacity, fixedness.

~2.~ Attachment, constancy, fidelity, devotion, adhesion.

~Adherent~, _a._ Adhering, sticking, clinging.

~Adherent~, _n._ Follower, partisan, disciple, sectary, retainer, votary, supporter, dependant, vassal.

~Adhesion~, _n._ ~1.~ Adhering, sticking, clinging, tendency to adhere.

~2.~ Attachment, ADHERENCE.

~Adhesive~, _a._ ~1.~ Sticking, clinging, tending to adhere.

~2.~ Sticky, tenacious, tough, viscous, glutinous, smeary, dauby, stringy, ropy, gummy, clammy.

~Adieu~, _ad._ Farewell, good-by, fare-you-well, God bless you.

~Adieu~, _n._ Farewell, valediction, leave-taking.

~Adipose~, _a._ Fat, fatty, unctuous, oily, sebaceous, greasy.

~Adjacence~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, proximity, contiguity.

~Adjacency~, _n._ Nearness, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, proximity, contiguity.

~Adjacent~, _a._ Adjoining, conterminous, neighboring, near, close, bordering, contiguous, in proximity.

~Adjective~, _n._ [_Technical term of the grammarian._] EPITHET, qualifying word or term.

~Adjoin~, _v. a._ Be contiguous to, lie near to, lie close to, border upon, be adjacent to.

~Adjoin~, _v. n._ [_Rare._] Border, lie near, lie close, be contiguous, be adjacent.

~Adjourn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Postpone, defer, delay, procrastinate, put off.

~2.~ Prorogue.

~Adjournment~, _n._ ~1.~ Postponement, delay, putting off.

~2.~ Prorogation.

~Adjudge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Award (_judicially_).

~2.~ Determine, settle, decide, decree (_by judicial authority_), adjudicate.

~Adjudicate~, _v. a._ Determine, ADJUDGE.

~Adjudicate~, _v. n._ Judge, decide, determine, arbitrate, give judgment, pass judgment.

~Adjudication~, _n._ Sentence, decision, determination, decree, award, arbitrament.

~Adjunct~, _n._ Addition, appendage, appurtenance, dependency, attachment, addendum, something added.

~Adjuration~, _n._ Entreaty (_as if to one bound by oath_), solemn charge.

~Adjure~, _v. a._ Entreat (_as if under oath_), conjure, obtest, beseech, pray, supplicate, beg, conjure, implore, invoke, enjoin solemnly.

~Adjust~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Arrange, dispose, rectify, trim, put or set in order, put or set to rights, put in tune, put in good trim.

~2.~ Regulate, set.

~3.~ Settle, compose, reconcile, make up.

~4.~ Fit, adapt, suit, proportion, accommodate, measure, make conform, make conformable.

~Adjustment~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrangement, adjusting, putting in order, putting in good trim, setting to rights.

~2.~ Regulation, setting, putting right.

~3.~ Settlement, reconciliation, pacification.

~4.~ Fitting, adapting, accommodation, making suitable or conformable.

~Adjutant~, _n._ (_Mil._) Assistant (_of a superior officer_).

~Admeasurement~, _n._ Measurement.

~Administer~, _v. a_. ~1.~ Dispense, give, distribute, supply, contribute, deal out, give out.

~2.~ Direct, manage, conduct, control, superintend, preside over.

~3.~ Tender, offer, proffer.

~Administer~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Contribute, conduce, be helpful.

~2.~ (_Law_.) Act as administrator.

~Administration~, _n._ ~1.~ Dispensation, distribution.

~2.~ Management, conduct, direction, control, superintendence.

~3.~ Executive department (_of a government_), President (_or other chief magistrate_) and cabinet.

~4.~ (_Law._) Management of an estate (_of an intestate_).

~Admirable~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Wonderful, surprising, striking, astonishing.

~2.~ Excellent, incomparable, inimitable, fine, rare, transcendent, matchless, perfect, first-rate, worthy of admiration.

~Admiration~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Wonder, surprise, astonishment, amazement.

~2.~ Liking, love, high regard, high opinion.

~Admire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Wonder at, be surprised at, be astonished or amazed at.

~2.~ Like much, think highly of, have a high opinion of, prize or value highly.

~Admire~, _v. n._ [_Rare._] Wonder, marvel, be surprised or astonished.

~Admirer~, _n._ Lover, gallant, suitor, sweetheart, beau, CICISBEO.

~Admissible~, _a._ Permissible, allowable, lawful, proper, justifiable, warrantable.

~Admission~, _n._ ~1.~ Admittance, introduction, access, entrance, initiation, ENTRÉE.

~2.~ Allowance, avowal, concession, acknowledgment, assent.

~Admit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Receive, grant entrance to, let in, take in, open the door to.

~2.~ Concede, accept, grant, acknowledge, own, confess, take for granted, agree to, accede to, acquiesce in.

~3.~ Permit, allow, bear, admit of, be capable of.

~Admit of~, Admit, permit, allow, bear, be capable of.

~Admittance~, _n._ ~1.~ Admission, introduction, ENTRÉE.

~2.~ Access, means of approach, liberty to approach.

~Admixture~, _n._ ~1.~ Mixture.

~2.~ Spice, dash, infusion, sprinkling, touch, seasoning, smack, taste, tincture, tinge.

~Admonish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Reprove (_gently_), censure, warn of a fault.

~2.~ Advise, counsel, caution, forewarn, enjoin.

~3.~ Instruct, inform, teach, apprise, acquaint, notify, make acquainted, make aware.

~Admonition~, _n._ ~1.~ Hint of a fault, gentle reproof.

~2.~ Advice, counsel, caution, warning, monition.

~Admonitory~, _a._ Admonishing, monitory.

~Ado~, _n._ ~1.~ Trouble, difficulty, labor, pains.

~2.~ Bustle, stir, flurry, fuss, noise, tumult, turmoil, pother, confusion, commotion, TO-DO.

~Adolescence~, _n._ Youth, juvenility, minority, juniority, nonage, teens, prime of life, flower of life, bloom of life.

~Adolescent~, _a._ Youthful, juvenile, young.

~Adopt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appropriate, take to one's self, take or select as one's own.

~2.~ Approve, espouse, support, maintain.

~3.~ Affiliate, father, treat as one's own child.

~Adoption~, _n._ ~1.~ Appropriation.

~2.~ Approval, espousal, support, maintenance.

~3.~ Affiliation, adopting, fathering.

~Adorable~, _a._ ~1.~ Divine, to be adored, worthy of adoration.

~2.~ Estimable, venerable, worthy of love or honor.

~Adoration~, _n._ ~1.~ Worship, devotion.

~2.~ Homage, reverence, veneration.

~Adore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Worship.

~2.~ Revere, venerate, idolize, honor, pay homage to.

~Adorer~, _n._ ~1.~ Worshipper.

~2.~ Idolater, great admirer.

~Adorn~, _v. a._ Embellish, decorate, beautify, ornament, deck, bedeck, emblazon, gild, trim, grace, crown, varnish, array, set out, set off, TRICK OUT.

~Adroit~, _a._ Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, clever, able, masterly.

~Adscititious~, _a._ Additional, supplemental, supplementary, superadded.

~Adulation~, _n._ Flattery, flummery, excessive praise, extravagant compliment.

~Adulatory~, _a._ Flattering, smooth, oily, full of compliments, servile in compliment.

~Adult~, _a._ Mature, grown up, full grown, of age, of mature age.

~Adult~, _n._ Person of mature age, grown up person.

~Adulterate~, _v. a._ Debase, corrupt, vitiate, sophisticate, alloy, dash, deteriorate, make impure.

~Adulteration~, _n._ Debasement, corruption, deterioration, sophistication.

~Adulterous~, _a._ Unchaste, rakish, dissolute.

~Adultery~, _n._ Violation of the marriage-bed.

~Adumbrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shadow, foreshadow, shadow out, shadow forth.

~2.~ Typify, represent, symbolize, show, denote, stand for.

~Adumbration~, _n._ ~1.~ Shadowing forth, faint sketch, faint representation, indistinct image.

~2.~ Type, image, shadow, symbol.

~Aduncous~, _a._ Crooked, hooked, bent, curved.

~Advance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Promote, aggrandize, exalt, elevate, dignify, raise to preferment, raise to higher rank.

~2.~ Forward, further, promote, improve, strengthen, make better, encourage the progress of.

~3.~ Allege, adduce, propose, offer, assign, propound, bring forward, lay down.

~4.~ Pay beforehand, supply beforehand, furnish on credit.

~5.~ Increase (_as price_), enhance, augment, make greater, make higher.

~Advance~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Proceed, progress, make progress, make way, get forward, go forward, get on, go on, get along, come on, gain ground.

~2.~ Improve, grow, thrive, make improvement.

~Advance~, _n._ ~1.~ Progress, progression, march, way, moving forward.

~2.~ Improvement, growth, advancement.

~3.~ Payment beforehand, anticipated payment.

~4.~ Tender, offer, proposal, proposition.

~5.~ Increase (_of price_), enhancement.

~Advance-guard~, _n._ Vanguard.

~Advancement~, _n._ ~1.~ Progress, progression, proficiency.

~2.~ Promotion, preferment, elevation, exaltation, aggrandizement.

~3.~ Improvement, advance, growth.

~Advantage~, _n._ ~1.~ Favorable opportunity, vantage-ground, superior situation or condition, best estate, best plight.

~2.~ Superiority, ascendency, pre-eminence, upper-hand.

~3.~ Benefit, avail, profit, gain, emolument, return, utility, expediency, good, weal, service, blessing.

~4.~ Behalf, behoof, account, interest.

~5.~ Privilege, prerogative, convenience, accommodation, EASEMENT.

~Advantage~, _v. a._ Benefit, profit, serve, help, avail, advance the interest of, be of advantage to.

~Advantageous~, _a._ Beneficial, profitable, helpful, useful, convenient, serviceable, salutary, favorable, expedient, good, well, for one's advantage, for one's interest, for one's good.

~Advent~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrival, coming, approach.

~2.~ Coming of Christ.

~Adventitious~, _a._ Accidental, incidental, extrinsic, extraneous, foreign, non-essential.

~Adventure~, _n._ ~1.~ Chance, hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake.

~2.~ Hazardous enterprise, bold undertaking.

~3.~ Event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, contingency.

~4.~ (_Com._) Speculation.

~Adventure~, _v. a._ Hazard, venture, risk, peril, imperil, put to hazard, put at risk, put in danger.

~Adventure~, _v. n._ Dare, venture, take the risk, run the risk, incur the hazard.

~Adventurous~, _a._ ~1.~ Bold, daring, courageous, venturesome, venturous, chivalrous, doughty, enterprising.

~2.~ Rash, reckless, precipitate, headlong, foolhardy, full of hazard.

~Adversaria~, _n. pl._ Notes, memoranda, remarks, note-book, journal, commonplace-book.

~Adversary~, _n._ ~1.~ Enemy, foe, antagonist, opponent, adverse party.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] DEVIL, Satan.

~Adverse~, _a._ ~1.~ Contrary, opposing, unpropitious, counteracting, conflicting, HEAD, not propitious.

~2.~ Hostile, inimical, antagonistic.

~3.~ Unprosperous, untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, disastrous.

~Adversity~, _n._ Misfortune, calamity, affliction, trouble, suffering, woe, disaster, distress, misery, ill-luck, bad luck, broken fortunes, hard life, frowns of fortune.

~Advert to~, ~1.~ Observe, remark, regard, heed, consider, notice, mark, view, give heed to, take notice of, pay attention to, attend to, look to, see to, give heed to, have an eye to, give a thought to, look after.

~2.~ Refer to, allude to.

~Advertence~, _n._ Attention, heed, regard, observance, observation, notice, consideration, heedfulness, mindfulness.

~Advertency~, _n._ Attention, heed, regard, observance, observation, notice, consideration, heedfulness, mindfulness.

~Advertise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Announce, publish, declare, promulgate, trumpet, proclaim, make known, spread abroad, noise abroad, give notice of, lay before the public, bring to the notice of the public, make proclamation of.

~2.~ Offer for sale.

~Advertisement~, _n._ Announcement, notification, information, notice, proclamation, promulgation, trumpeting.

~Advice~, _n._ ~1.~ Counsel, suggestion, instruction, recommendation, admonition, warning, caution, exhortation.

~2.~ Intelligence, information, notice, notification, tidings, word.

~Advisability~, _n._ Expediency, advisableness.

~Advisable~, _a._ Expedient, proper, fit, prudent, desirable, fit to be advised.

~Advise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Counsel, admonish, suggest, recommend to, give counsel to, give advice to.

~2.~ Inform, acquaint, apprise, make known to, give notice to, send word to, write word to.

~Advise~, _v. n._ Confer, consult, deliberate, take counsel, hold a conference.

~Advisedly~, _ad._ Deliberately, heedfully, purposely, by design, with consideration.

~Advisement~, _n._ Consultation, deliberation.

~Adviser~, _n._ Counsellor, instructor, guide, director, mentor, monitor.

~Advocacy~, _n._ Defence, vindication, support, countenance.

~Advocate~, _v. a._ Defend, support, vindicate, justify, countenance, uphold, favor, plead in favor of, stand up for.

~Advocate~, _n._ ~1.~ Counsellor, counsel, barrister, lawyer, attorney, solicitor, attorney-at-law, limb of the law.

~2.~ Defender, vindicator, supporter, favorer, apologist, friend, patron.

~3.~ Intercessor, comforter, paraclete, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.

~4.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Christ.

~Ægis~, _n._ ~1.~ Shield, buckler.

~2.~ Defence, protection, safeguard.

~Aerial~, _a._ ~1.~ Atmospheric.

~2.~ Aeriform, gaseous, vaporous, ethereal, airy, empyreal, light.

~3.~ High, lofty.

~Aerie~, _n._ ~1.~ Nest (_of a bird of prey_).

~2.~ Brood (_of birds of prey_).

~Aeriform~, _a._ Gaseous, ethereal, vaporous, airy, aerial.

~Aerolite~, _n._ Meteoric stone.

~Aeronaut~, _n._ Balloonist, aerial navigator.

~Aeronautics~, _n._ Aerostation, ballooning.

~Aerostation~, _n._ AERONAUTICS.

~Æsthetics~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Esthetics_.] Philosophy of the fine arts, theory or philosophy of taste, science of the beautiful.

~Afar~, _ad._ Far off, long way off, afar off, wide away, a great way off, at a distance, to or from a distance.

~Affability~, _n._ ~1.~ Sociability, sociableness.

~2.~ Courtesy, courteousness, complaisance, condescension, civility, politeness, urbanity, comity, amenity, suavity, amiability, good manners, good breeding, obliging manner.

~Affable~, _a._ ~1.~ Conversable, communicative, free, unreserved, open, sociable, social.

~2.~ Courteous, complaisant, civil, polite, obliging, urbane, debonair, familiar, easy, gracious, mild, condescending, well-bred.

~Affair~, _n._ ~1.~ Business, concern, matter, circumstance, question, subject.

~2.~ Event, occurrence, incident, transaction, proceeding, performance.

~3.~ Battle, engagement, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, rencontre, collision, skirmish, brush.

~Affair of honor~, Duel.

~Affect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Influence, act upon, work upon.

~2.~ Concern, interest, regard, relate to, bear upon.

~3.~ Touch, move, impress, melt, subdue, overcome, pierce.

~4.~ Crave, yearn for, aspire to, aim at.

~5.~ Assume, feign, arrogate, put on, make a show of, pretend to.

~Affectation~, _n._ Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner.

~Affected~, _a._ ~1.~ Assumed, feigned, unnatural, artificial, insincere, canting.

~2.~ Assuming, pretending, pretentious, conceited, vain, coxcomical, priggish.

~Affectedness~, _n._ AFFECTATION.

~Affecting~, _a._ Moving, touching, pathetic, impressive.

~Affection~, _n._ ~1.~ Feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mind.

~2.~ Attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, mode.

~3.~ Love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passion.

~4.~ (_Med._) Disorder, malady, disease.

~Affectionate~, _a._ Loving, fond, attached, devoted, warm, tender, kind, sympathetic, tender-hearted, warm-hearted.

~Affiance~, _v. a._ Betroth, engage.

~Affidavit~, _n._ Testimony (_in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, but given without cross-examination_), evidence, DEPOSITION.

~Affiliate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adopt, treat as one's own child.

~2.~ Connect, associate, unite, join, bring into close relation.

~Affinity~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship (_by marriage_), KIN, CONSANGUINITY, propinquity.

~2.~ Resemblance, likeness, relation, correlation, analogy, connection, similarity, similitude, parallelism, correspondence, parity, sympathy.

~3.~ (_Chem._) Attraction.

~Affirm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Declare, aver, assert, maintain, asseverate, avouch, vouch, allege, say, profess, protest, pronounce, predicate.

~2.~ Confirm, ratify, approve, establish.

~Affirm~, _v. n._ Assert, declare, aver, say, state, SWEAR, testify, depose, bear witness.

~Affirmable~, _a._ Predicable.

~Affirmation~, _n._ Assertion, declaration, asseveration, word, averment, protestation, avowal, predication, testimony, deposition.

~Affirmative~, _a._ ~1.~ That affirms.

~2.~ INDICATIVE.

~3.~ (_Alg._) Positive, not negative.

~Affix~, _v. a._ Join, subjoin, annex, attach, connect, set to, unite to the end.

~Affix~, _n._ Postfix, suffix.

~Afflatus~, _n._ Inspiration, supernatural influence.

~Afflict~, _v. a._ Grieve, distress, trouble, torment, agonize, plague, pain, hurt, harass, wound, exercise, grind, persecute, smite, make sorrowful.

~Afflicting~, _a._ Grievous, painful, distressing, calamitous, disastrous, afflictive, sad, unhappy, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched, dire, deplorable, sore, woful, severe, hard, trying, hard to bear.

~Affliction~, _n._ ~1.~ Calamity, adversity, misfortune, disaster, visitation, stroke, reverse, reverse of fortune.

~2.~ Grief, sorrow, distress, woe, tribulation, trial, plague, scourge, trouble, heartache, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, gripe, griping, broken heart, heavy heart.

~Afflictive~, _a._ AFFLICTING.

~Affluence~, _n._ Wealth, riches, opulence, fortune, plenty, abundance, exuberance, ample store, ample means.

~Affluent~, _a._ ~1.~ Abundant, exuberant.

~2.~ Opulent, wealthy, rich, moneyed.

~Afford~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Supply, furnish, yield, produce.

~2.~ Confer, impart, grant, bestow, offer, lend, give, communicate, spare.

~3.~ Bear the cost or expense of.

~Affray~, _n._ Brawl (_in a public place_), quarrel, feud, squabble, wrangle, contest, altercation, strife, row, fray, broil, fight, MÉLÉE, tumult, disturbance, outbreak, RUMPUS, breach of the peace.

~Affright~, _v. a._ Frighten, terrify, alarm, scare, daunt, appall, dismay, fright, intimidate, startle, overawe, put in fear.

~Affright~, _n._ Terror, fear, fright, alarm, dismay, consternation, panic.

~Affront~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Insult, abuse, outrage.

~2.~ Offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, MIFF, give offence to, make angry.