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caveat
2. 2 : of any or every kind that may be specified used after a noun modified
especially by any, no, or what <gives no information soever>
Origin and Etymology of soever -soever (as in howsoever) First Known Use:
12th century
repine intransitive verb
withal 1 : together with this : besides <a supporter of all constructive work
and withal an excellent businessman A. W. Long>2 archaic : therewith 1 3 :
on the other hand : nevertheless
Examples of withal in a sentence
Origin and Etymology of withal Middle English, from with + all, al all First
Known Use: 13th century
withal Synonymsadditionally, again, also, besides, either, further, furthermore,
likewise, moreover, then, too, more, yet
Related Words
after all, anyhow, regardless; per contra
2
Withal preposition withal
archaic : with used postpositively with a relative or interrogative pronoun as object 14th
Century First Known Use of withal
1. <has a knack for saying the most unapt things at the worst possible moments>
2. <at this point an admission of guilt from him would be most unapt>
1. transitive verb
2. 1 : to compensate for
5. intransitive verb
6. : to exert force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence
hireling : a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
Examples of hireling in a sentence
1. She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign.
2. <demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings>
hireling Synonyms
Synonyms
hand, employee, jobholder, retainer, worker
Antonyms
employer, gaffer [British]
Related Words
assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-man;
drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British],
toiler; nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman,
workingwoman, workman, workwoman; associate, colleague, coworker; temp,
temporary
Near Antonyms
boss, superior, supervisor
hearken intransitive verb
Middle English herknen, from Old English heorcnian; akin to Old High German hrechen
to listen, Old English heran to hear First Known Use: before 12th century
hearken Synonyms
Synonyms
attend, hark, harken, hear, listen, heed, mind
Antonyms
ignore, tune out
Near Antonyms
discount, disregard
confutation
confutative
play \kn-fy-t-tiv\ adjective
Examples of confutation in a sentence
1. <he crafted an elegant confutation to the argument that animals do not feel pain>
endue endued
or indued enduing or induing
1. transitive verb
3. 2 : imbue, transfuse <a mummy again endued with animation Mary W. Shelley>
4. 3 [Middle English induen; influenced by Latin induere to put on] : put on, don
1. intransitive verb
Related to cleave
Janus Words
Origin and Etymology of cleave
Middle English clevien, from Old English clifian; akin to Old High German kleben to stick
2
cleave
verb
Definition of cleave
cleaved
play \klvd\ also
cleft
play \kleft\ or
clove
play \klv\
cleaved
also
cleft
or
cloven
play \kl-vn\
cleaving
1. transitive verb
3. 2 : to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views
5. intransitive verb
Middle English cleven, from Old English clofan; akin to Old Norse kljfa to split, Latin
glubere to peel, Greek glyphein to carve
girt
1. transitive verb
2. 1 : gird
4. intransitive verb
5. : to measure in girth
girt Synonyms
Synonyms
band, begird, belt, engird [archaic], engirdle, enwind, girdle, gird, girth, wrap
Antonyms
ungird, unwrap
Related Words
tie up, truss; circle, enwreathe, loop, wind, wreathe; bandage, enswathe,
swathe; chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire
Near Antonyms
unbind, unlash, unshackle, untie, unwind
peccant
1. 1 : guilty of a moral offense : sinning
peccantly
adverb
howbeit
1. : although
1. <our visit to Niagara Falls was very pleasant, howbeit slightly shorter than we had
planned>
14th Century
14th century
howbeit Synonyms
Synonyms
albeit, as, although, much as, notwithstanding, though, when, whereas, while,
whilst [chiefly British]
Related Words
but, if
2
Howbeit adverb howbeit
Definition of howbeit
1. : nevertheless
1. I've never written a poem before; howbeit, I feel my first attempt is quite good.>
15th Century
15th century
howbeit Synonyms
Synonyms
even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, still and all,
though, withal, yet
Related Words
after all, anyhow, regardless; per contra
insomuch as
1. : inasmuch as
1. <insomuch as one can ever know about these things, their marriage seems solid as a
rock>
14th Century
14th century
insomuch as Synonyms
Synonyms
insofar as, inasmuch as, insomuch that, so far as
infold
1. transitive verb
2. : enfold, envelop
3. intransitive verb
15th Century
15th century
Medical Dictionary
infold
play play
verb infold \in-fld\
Medical Definition of infold
1. : to cover or surround with folds or a covering <infold the hernial sac with
sutures>
2.
3. intransitive verb
\in-\: to fold inward or toward one another <the neural crests infold
and fuse>
encumber or incumber
1. : to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien) <encumbered the land with a
mineral lease>