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~2.~ Obedience, resignation, compliance, acquiescence, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, humility, humiliation, self-abasement.

~3.~ Endurance, sufferance, long-sufferance, forbearance, fortitude.

~Submissive~, _a._ ~1.~ Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile.

~2.~ Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long- suffering.

~3.~ Humble, meek, lowly, profound.

~Submissiveness~, _n._ ~1.~ Pliancy, docility.

~2.~ Obedience, submission, resignation, compliance, passiveness, non- resistance.

~3.~ Humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness, self-abasement.

~Submit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Yield, surrender, resign, subject, give up.

~2.~ Refer, commit.

~Submit~, _v. n._ Yield, surrender, succumb, knuckle, stoop, crouch, give up, knock under, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

~Submit to~, Endure, tolerate, put up with, bear with, reconcile one's self to, be reconciled to, make the best of.

~Subordinate~, _a._ Inferior, subservient, subject, ancillary, minor, secondary.

~Subordinate~, _n._ Inferior, dependant.

~Subordinate~, _v. a._ Subject, make subordinate, make subservient.

~Subordination~, _n._ Subjection, subserviency.

~Suborn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Procure indirectly.

~2.~ (_Law_.) Bribe (_to commit perjury_), bribe to take a false oath.

~Sub rosa~, [L.] Privately, secretly, confidentially, in confidence, under the rose, between ourselves, between you and me, ENTRE NOUS.

~Subscribe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sign, set one's name to, affix one's signature to.

~2.~ Promise to contribute.

~Subscribe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sign one's name (_in token of consent_).

~2.~ Agree, consent, assent, give consent, yield assent.

~3.~ Enter one's name (_for a newspaper, &c._).

~4.~ Promise to contribute.

~Subsequent~, _a._ Following, succeeding, posterior.

~Subserve~, _v. a._ Promote, forward, further, serve, help forward, be subservient to, pander to, minister to.

~Subservience~, _n._ ~1.~ Subordination, inferiority.

~2.~ Usefulness, helpfulness.

~Subserviency~, _n._ ~1.~ Subordination, inferiority.

~2.~ Usefulness, helpfulness.

~Subservient~, _a._ ~1.~ Subordinate, inferior, subject.

~2.~ Useful, helpful, serviceable, conducive, subsidiary, ancillary, instrumental.

~Subside~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sink, settle.

~2.~ Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less.

~Subsidence~, _n._ ~1.~ Sinking, settling.

~2.~ Decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb.

~Subsidiary~, _a._ Assistant, auxiliary, co-operating, subservient.

~Subsidize~, _v. a._ Supply with a subsidy.

~Subsidy~, _n._ Pecuniary aid (_granted by one government to another_).

~Subsist~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exist, be, live.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Remain, abide, continue.

~3.~ Be supported, obtain a livelihood, get a living.

~Subsist~, _v. a._ Feed, victual, ration, support, maintain.

~Subsistence~, _n._ ~1.~ Real being.

~2.~ Support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, viands, provision, victuals, meat, rations, grub, PROG, FEED, FORAGE.

~3.~ Inherence.

~Subsistent~, _a._ ~1.~ Substantial, really existing.

~2.~ Inherent.

~Substance~, _n._ ~1.~ Substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence.

~2.~ Meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.

~3.~ Body, matter, material, texture, stuff.

~4.~ Property, wealth, means, estate.

~Substantial~, _a._ ~1.~ Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance.

~2.~ True, positive, not imaginary.

~3.~ Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive.

~4.~ Responsible (_pecuniarily_), moderately wealthy.

~Substantials~, _n. pl._ Essential or material parts.

~Substantiate~, _v. a._ Establish, verify, prove, confirm, corroborate, ratify, make good.

~Substantiation~, _n._ Confirmation, corroboration, establishment, evidence, proof, ratification.

~Substantive~, _n._ (_Gram._) Noun, name.

~Substitute~, _v. a._ Exchange, commute, put in the place of.

~Substitute~, _n._ ~1.~ Proxy, lieutenant, agent, deputy, LOCUM TENENS.

~2.~ Makeshift, temporary expedient.

~Substitution~, _n._ Exchange, COMMUTATION.

~Substratum~, _n._ Principle, element, groundwork, underlying substance, fundamental or primordial substance.

~Substructure~, _n._ Foundation.

~Subterfuge~, _n._ Evasion, excuse, shift, artifice, trick, quirk, shuffle, pretence, pretext, mask.

~Subterranean~, _a._ Underground, subterrene.

~Subterraneous~, _a._ Underground, subterrene.

~Subterrene~, _a._ SUBTERRANEAN.

~Subtile~, _a._ ~1.~ Rare, thin, light, airy, ethereal, sublimated, not dense, not gross.

~2.~ Delicate, fine, slender, nice, not coarse.

~Subtileness~, _n._ SUBTILTY.

~Subtilize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Etherealize, make thin, light, or airy.

~2.~ Refine excessively, make over-nice.

~Subtilize~, _v. n._ Refine, be over-nice.

~Subtilty~, _n._ ~1.~ Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness.

~2.~ Fineness, slenderness, exility.

~3.~ Refinement, extreme nicety.

~Subtle~, _a._ ~1.~ Crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, arch, astute, designing, intriguing, insinuating, crooked, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~2.~ Acute, keen, shrewd, sagacious, deep, profound.

~Subtleness~, _n._ SUBTLETY.

~Subtlety~, _n._ ~1.~ Craft, craftiness, cunning, artifice, astuteness, artfulness, subtleness, guile.

~2.~ Acuteness, acumen, keenness, shrewdness, discernment, intelligence, cleverness, sagacity.

~Subtract~, _v. a._ Deduct, withdraw, take, take away.

~Subtraction~, _n._ Deduction.

~Subulate~, _a._ Awl-shaped.

~Subulated~, _a._ Awl-shaped.

~Suburbs~, _n. pl._ Environs, outskirts, purlieus, neighborhood, vicinage, border, limit, confines, FAUBOURGS.

~Subvention~, _n._ Government bounty, government aid.

~Subversion~, _n._ ~1.~ Overturn, inversion.

~2.~ Overthrow, destruction, demolition, ruin.

~Subversive~, _a._ Destructive, tending to the overthrow.

~Subvert~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overturn, overset, invert, turn upside down.

~2.~ Destroy, ruin, overthrow, demolish, raze.

~Succedaneum~, _n._ Substitute.

~Succeed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Follow, come after, be subsequent to.

~2.~ Take the place of, assume the office of.

~Succeed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Follow, ensue, come afterwards, come subsequently.

~2.~ Prosper, flourish, prevail, thrive, hit, make a hit, come on, be successful, meet with success, go on well, go on swimmingly, have a run of luck, hit the right nail on the head, turn up trumps, have the game in one's hands.

~Succeed to~, ~1.~ Follow, succeed, come after.

~2.~ Take the place of, assume the authority of.

~Success~, _n._ ~1.~ Issue, result.

~2.~ Prosperity, luck, good fortune, good luck, lucky hit, fortunate hit, prosperous issue.

~Successful~, _a._ Prosperous, fortunate, lucky, auspicious, felicitous.

~Succession~, _n._ ~1.~ Sequence, consecution.

~2.~ Series, suite, progression, chain, concatenation.

~3.~ Lineage, race, line of descendants.

~4.~ (_Mus._) Notes of melody (_as distinguished from chords of harmony_).

~Successive~, _a._ Consecutive.

~Successor~, _n._ Follower.

~Succinct~, _n._ Short, brief, concise, laconic, terse, compact, compendious, condensed, pithy, summary, curt.

~Succor~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Aid, assist, help, relieve.

~2.~ Cherish, foster, encourage, nurse.

~Succor~, _n._ Relief, aid, assistance, help, support, helping hand.

~Succory~, _n._ Chiccory.

~Succulence~, _n._ Juiciness.

~Succulency~, _n._ Juiciness.

~Succulent~, _a._ Juicy, sappy, lush, full of juice.

~Succumb~, _v. n._ Yield, submit, surrender, capitulate, give in, give way.

~Such~, _a._ ~1.~ Like, similar, of that kind, of the like kind.

~2.~ So, in the same state or condition, as it is, as it was.

~Such a~, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.

~Such an~, Of this kind, of that kind, of the same kind.

~Such as~, ~1.~ Of the same kind as, of the like kind as, of the kind that.

~2.~ The same as.

~Suck~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Draw into the mouth.

~2.~ Draw milk from (_with the mouth_).

~Suck in~, Imbibe, absorb, take in, suck up.

~Suckle~, _v. a._ Nurse, give suck to, feed at the breast.

~Suckling~, _n._ Infant, babe, baby, nursling, chit, brat, bantling, BAIRN, little child, little one.

~Suck up~, Imbibe, SUCK IN.

~Sucrose~, _n._ Cane sugar.

~Sudatory~, _n._ Hot-house, sweating-bath, vapor-bath, sweating-room.

~Sudatory~, _a._ Sweating, perspiring.

~Sudden~, _a._ Unexpected, abrupt, unforeseen, unanticipated, unlooked for.

~Suddenly~, _a._ Unexpectedly, abruptly, pop, on a sudden.

~Sue~, _v. a._ Prosecute, bring an action against, commence a suit against.

~Sue~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Beg, petition, entreat, plead, supplicate, implore, pray.

~2.~ Bring an action, make legal claim.

~Sue out~, (_Law_.) Obtain by judicial process.

~Suent~, a. [_Local Eng. and U. S._ Written also _Suant_.] ~1.~ Even, smooth, uniform, regular, equable.

~2.~ Easy, quiet.

~Suet~, _n._ Tallow (_with adhering membranes_).

~Suffer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Undergo, feel, meet with, experience, go through.

~2.~ Endure, sustain, support, tolerate, bear, POCKET, bear up under, put up with.

~3.~ Permit, allow, indulge, admit, let, give permission to, give leave to.

~Suffer~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Feel pain.

~2.~ Be put to inconvenience.

~3.~ Be punished, undergo punishment.

~4.~ Be injured, be impaired, sustain loss or damage.

~Sufferance~, _n._ ~1.~ SUFFERING.

~2.~ Patience, moderation, long-suffering.

~3.~ Permission, allowance, toleration.

~Suffering~, _n._ ~1.~ Endurance, pain, distress, misery, sufferance, passion.

~2.~ Poverty, want.

~Suffice~, _v. n._ Be enough, be sufficient.

~Suffice~, _v. a._ Satisfy, content, be enough for.

~Sufficiency~, _n._ ~1.~ Adequacy, enough, competence, plenty, ample supply.

~2.~ Ability, qualification, capacity.

~Sufficient~, _a._ ~1.~ Adequate (_to supply a want_), ENOUGH, competent, ample, satisfactory.

~2.~ Qualified, fit, able.

~Suffix~, _n._ Affix, postfix.

~Suffocate~, _v. a._ Stifle, smother, choke, strangle, kill (_by stopping respiration_).

~Suffragan~, _n._ Bishop (_as subject to an archbishop_), assistant bishop, suffragan bishop.

~Suffragan bishop~, Suffragan, assistant bishop.

~Suffrage~, _n._ ~1.~ Vote, voice, ballot.

~2.~ Prayer (_as uttered by a congregation in response to a minister_).

~Suffuse~, _v. a._ Overspread, spread over.

~Sugar~, _v. a._ Sweeten.

~Sugar-beet~, _n._ Silesian beet, white beet (_Beta alba_).

~Sugar-berry~, _n._ Hackberry (_Celtis occidentalis_).

~Sugar-maple~, _n._ Rock-maple (_Acer saccharinum_).

~Sugar of lead~, Acetate of lead.

~Sugary~, _a._ Sweet.

~Suggest~, _v. a._ Hint, intimate, insinuate, move, propose, indicate, prompt, give an inkling of, refer to, glance at, allude to, put in mind of, remind of.

~Suggestion~, _n._ Hint, intimation, insinuation, allusion.

~Suicide~, _n._ ~1.~ Self-murder, self-slaughter, self-homicide.

~2.~ Self-murderer, FELO DE SE.

~Sui generis~, [L.] Peculiar, individual, of its own kind.

~Suit~, _n._ ~1.~ Set, SUITE.

~2.~ Request, solicitation, petition, entreaty, prayer, supplication, appeal, invocation.

~3.~ Courtship, wooing, addresses.

~4.~ (_Law_.) Prosecution, process, trial, action, cause, case.

~Suit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fit, adapt, fashion, accommodate, level, match, make suitable or proper.

~2.~ Become, befit; be suited, fitted, or adapted to; be suitable for, be appropriate for.

~3.~ Please, gratify, make content.

~Suitable~, _a._ Fit, proper, meet, apt, appropriate, seemly, becoming, due, just, apposite, applicable, fitting, befitting, relevant, eligible, adapted, accordant, consonant, conformable, pertinent, convenient, PAT, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.

~Suite~, _n._ ~1.~ Train (_of attendants_), staff, retinue, followers, CORTÉGE.

~2.~ Set (_particularly of apartments_).

~Suitor~, _n._ ~1.~ Solicitor, petitioner, applicant, suppliant, supplicant.

~2.~ Wooer, lover, gallant.

~Sulcate~, _a._ Furrowed, grooved.

~Sulcated~, _a._ Furrowed, grooved.

~Sulkiness~, _n._ Moroseness, SULLENNESS.

~Sulky~, _a._ Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross- grained, ill-tempered, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune.

~Sullen~, _a._ ~1.~ Cross, morose, SULKY.

~2.~ Gloomy, dismal, sombre, dark, funereal, mournful.

~Sullenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Moroseness, moodiness, sourness, churlishness, spleen, sulkiness, ill temper, bad blood.

~2.~ Gloominess, sombreness, dismalness.

~Sully~, _v. a._ Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate.

~Sulphate of baryta~, ~1.~ (_Native._) Barytes, heavy-spar.

~2.~ (_Artificially made._) Blanc-fix, permanent white.

~Sulphate of copper~, Blue vitriol.

~Sulphate of potash~, Vitriolated tartar.

~Sulphate of quinia~, Quinine.

~Sulphate of soda~, Glauber's salt, vitriolated soda.

~Sulphate of zinc~, White vitriol.

~Sulphur~, _n._ ~1.~ Brimstone.

~2.~ [_An abbreviated term of commerce._] Flowers of sulphur, sublimed brimstone.

~Sulphuret of zinc~, Blende, black-jack, mock lead, false galena.

~Sulphuretted hydrogen~, Hydro-sulphuric acid.

~Sulphuric acid~, Oil of vitriol.

~Sultan~, _n._ Padishah, grand-seignior, Turkish emperor.

~Sultana~, _n._ Sultaness, Sultan's wife.

~Sultaness~, _n._ SULTANA.

~Sultry~, _a._ Hot and close, warm and damp.

~Sum~, _n._ ~1.~ Aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount.

~2.~ Quantity of money.

~3.~ SUMMARY, sum and substance.

~4.~ Question (_in arithmetic_), problem.

~Sum~, _v. a._ Add, add together, sum up, cast up.

~Summarily~, _ad._ ~1.~ Briefly, concisely, compendiously, in a few words.

~2.~ Without delay, by a short method.

~Summary~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, compendious, synoptical, succinct, laconic, curt, terse, pithy, compact, condensed.

~Summary~, _n._ Abridgment, compend, compendium, abstract, epitome, digest, synopsis, syllabus, conspectus, RESUMÉ, sum and substance, the short and the long.

~Summer-duck~, _n._ Wood-duck (_Anas sponsa_ or _Dendronessa sponsa_).

~Summersault~, _n._ SUMMERSET.

~Summerset~, _n._ Somerset, somersault, summersault.

~Summit~, _n._ Top, apex, vertex, acme, pinnacle, zenith, utmost height, culminating point.

~Summon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bid, cite, call, call for, send for, order to appear, notify to appear.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Demand the surrender of.

~Summons~, _n._ Citation, official call or notice.

~Summon up~, Raise, rouse, arouse, call up, excite, pluck up, call into action.

~Summum bonum~, [L.] Greatest or highest good, supreme good.

~Sumptuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Costly, expensive, dear.

~2.~ Magnificent, splendid, gorgeous, stately, rich, superb, grand, showy.

~Sum up~, ~1.~ Add, compute, cast up, add together.

~2.~ Condense, epitomize, comprise in a few words, put in a nutshell.

~Sun~, _n._ Day-Star, orb of day.

~Sun-burnt~, _a._ Tanned, blowzy, ruddy, blowzed, ruddy-faced.

~Sunday~, _n._ The Sabbath, the Lord's day, the Christian Sabbath, the day of rest.

~Sunder~, _v. a._ Disunite, disjoin, dispart, disconnect, part, separate, dissociate, divide, sever, dissever, break, part, tear asunder.

~Sundog~, _n._ Parhelion, mock-sun.

~Sundown~, _n._ Sunset.

~Sundry~, _a._ Several, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

~Sunless~, _a._ Rayless, beamless, dark, darksome, black, dismal, pitchy, Cimmerian.

~Sunlight~, _n._ Daylight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.

~Sunny~, _a._ ~1.~ Bright, shining, brilliant, clear, unclouded, fine, sunshiny.

~2.~ Warm, mild, genial, pleasant.

~3.~ Cheerful, joyful, happy.

~Sun-picture~, _n._ Photograph.

~Sunset~, _n._ Evening, sundown, close of the day.

~Sunshiny~, _a._ Bright, SUNNY.

~Sunstroke~, _n._ Insolation, SIRIASIS, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sup~, _v. n._ Take supper.

~Sup~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sip.

~Sup~, _n._ Sip, taste.

~Supawn~, _n._ [_Indian word_, _Local U. S._] Mush, hasty-pudding (_made of Indian meal_).

~Superable~, _n._ Surmountable, conquerable, that may be overcome.

~Superabound~, _v. n._ Be very abundant, be exuberant.

~Superabundance~, _n._ Excess, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, superfluity, redundance, plethora, surfeit.

~Superabundant~, _a._ Exuberant, superfluous, excessive.

~Superadd~, _v. a._ Add (_over and above_), superinduce.

~Superannuated~, _a._ Decrepit, anile, aged, imbecile, doting, old- womanish, effete, rusty, time-worn, unfit for service, on the retired list, on the pension list.

~Superb~, _a._ ~1.~ Grand, stately, august, majestic, noble, magnificent, sumptuous, rich, splendid, showy, pompous.

~2.~ Elegant, beautiful, exquisite.

~Supercilious~, _a._ Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.

~Supereminence~, _n._ Pre-eminence, transcendence, marked superiority.

~Supereminent~, _a._ Pre-eminent, transcendent.

~Superficial~, _a._ ~1.~ External, exterior, outer, on the surface.

~2.~ Shallow, slight, smattering, not deep, not thorough, not profound.

~Superficies~, _n._ Surface, exterior, outside.

~Superfine~, _a._ Excellent, choice, prime, first-rate, very good, very fine.

~Superfluity~, _n._ Superabundance, excess, redundance, redundancy, exuberance, surfeit, more than enough, enough and to spare.

~Superfluous~, _a._ Excessive, superabundant, redundant, exuberant, unnecessary, needless, useless, expletive, more than enough.

~Superimpose~, _v. a._ Superpose.

~Superinduce~, _v. a._ Superadd, bring on.

~Superintend~, _v. a._ Supervise, oversee, overlook, direct, conduct, manage, control, administer, boss, have charge of, have the direction of, have the oversight of, preside over.

~Superintendence~, _n._ Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendency~, _n._ Supervision, inspection oversight, care, direction, control, charge, management, SURVEILLANCE.

~Superintendent~, _n._ Overseer, supervisor, master, conductor, inspector, curator, warden, guardian, custodian, intendant, BOSS.

~Superior~, _a._ ~1.~ High, higher, upper, paramount, more elevated.

~2.~ Of higher rank, more exalted, more dignified.

~3.~ Surpassing, noble, more eminent, more excellent.

~4.~ Predominant, prevalent.

~Superiority~, _n._ ~1.~ Pre-eminence, ascendency, predominance, supremacy, preponderance, advantage.

~2.~ Excellence, worthiness, nobility.

~Superior to~, Above, beyond the influence of, unaffected by.

~Superlative~, _a._ Supreme, most eminent, greatest, most excellent.

~Supernal~, _a._ Heavenly, celestial.

~Supernatural~, _a._ Miraculous, above nature, beyond the powers of nature, that exceeds the laws of nature.

~Supernumerary~, _a._ Odd, redundant, in excess, above the regular number, left over (_from a specified number_).

~Superpose~, _v. a._ Superimpose.

~Supersede~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suspend, annul, overrule, set aside, make void.

~2.~ Displace, replace, supplant.

~Superstition~, _n._ ~1.~ False religion, worship of false gods, irrational worship.

~2.~ Belief in omens.

~Supervene~, _v. n._ Occur (_with reference to something that precedes_), happen, take place, be added, come as an accessory.

~Supervisal~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervise~, _v. a._ SUPERINTEND.

~Supervision~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENCE.

~Supervisor~, _n._ SUPERINTENDENT.

~Supine~, _a._ ~1.~ On the back.

~2.~ Indolent, sluggish, lazy, slothful, inert, torpid, languid, dull, lumpish, listless, careless, thoughtless, inattentive.

~Supper~, _n._ Tea, evening meal.

~Supplant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Undermine, overthrow.

~2.~ Displace (_by stratagem_), replace, remove, supersede.

~Supple~, _a._ ~1.~ Pliant, flexible, limber, lithe, lithesome, easily bent.

~2.~ Yielding, compliant, submissive, humble, not obstinate.

~3.~ Servile, obsequious, cringing, slavish, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic.

~Supplement~, _n._ ~1.~ Addition (_to supply something wanting_), appendix, postscript, continuation, CODICIL.

~2.~ Counterpart, correlative, complement.

~Supplement~, _v. a._ Supply, add to.

~Supplemental~, _a._ SUPPLEMENTARY.

~Supplementary~, _a._ Additional, supplemental.

~Suppliant~, _a._ Supplicating, beseeching, entreating, imploring, begging, praying.

~Suppliant~, _n._ Petitioner, supplicant, applicant, solicitor, suitor.

~Supplicant~, _n._ SUPPLIANT.

~Supplicate~, _v. a._ Beg, implore, pray, invoke, entreat, beseech, importune, solicit, conjure, ADJURE, obtest, call upon, pray to, appeal to, prefer a request to.

~Supplicate~, _v. n._ Entreat, beg, pray, petition, sue, implore, put up a prayer, prefer a request or petition.

~Supplication~, _n._ Entreaty, petition, solicitation, prayer, invocation, orison.

~Supplicatory~, _a._ Petitionary.

~Supply~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Provide, furnish, minister, replenish, stock, store, endue, endow, invest.

~2.~ Give, grant, afford, accommodate with.

~3.~ Serve instead of, take the place of.

~Supply~, _n._ Stock, store, reserve, provision, hoard.

~Support~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Sustain, uphold, prop, brace, bear up, hold up, shore up.

~2.~ Endure, bear, undergo, suffer, tolerate, put up with, go through.

~3.~ Cherish, nourish, maintain, provide for.

~4.~ Have, hold, keep up.

~5.~ Perform, play, act, take the part of.

~6.~ Substantiate, confirm, make good, verify.

~7.~ Assist, aid, help, second, patronize, abet, befriend, back, countenance, encourage, back up.

~8.~ Further, forward, advocate, vindicate.

~9.~ Accompany (_as an assistant_), attend, act as aid to.

~Support~, _n._ ~1.~ Prop, stay, shore, supporter, brace, hold.

~2.~ Base, basis, bed, foundation.

~3.~ Sustenance, maintenance, FEED, subsistence, livelihood, living, keeping.

~4.~ Aid, help, assistance, succor, favor, countenance, encouragement, patronage, comfort.

~Supportable~, _a._ Endurable, tolerable.

~Supporter~, _n._ ~1.~ Prop, stay, support, shore, brace.

~2.~ Sustainer, comforter.

~3.~ Maintainer, defender, aider, assistant, partisan, adherent, follower.

~Suppose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Presume, conceive, apprehend, believe, imagine, consider, deem, think, judge, presuppose, conjecture, guess.

~2.~ Imply, assume, presuppose, take for granted.

~Suppose~, _v. n._ Think, imagine, fancy, believe, surmise, conjecture, divine, guess, suspect, presume, OPINE, WEEN, RECKON.

~Supposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, guess, presumption.

~2.~ Hypothesis, postulate, assumed position.

~Supposititious~, _a._ Spurious, counterfeit, sham, mock, false, not genuine, foisted in.

~Suppress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crush, overpower, subdue, quell, overthrow, stifle, choke, smother, put down.

~2.~ Restrain, repress, keep back, stop, check.

~3.~ Conceal, keep secret, not tell, not reveal.

~Suppression~, _n._ ~1.~ Overthrow, crushing, quelling.

~2.~ Restraint, repression, check, stoppage.

~3.~ Concealment.

~4.~ (_Gram._ & _Rhet._) Omission (_as of a letter or a word_).

~Suppurate~, _v. n._ Fester, maturate, discharge pus.

~Suppuration~, _n._ Festering, maturation, discharge of pus.

~Supremacy~, _n._ Domination, predominance, predominancy, lordship, mastership, mastery, sovereignty, supreme authority, upper hand.

~Supreme~, _a._ Highest, greatest, paramount, predominant, principal, chief, leading, first.

~Supreme good~, SUMMUM BONUM.

~Surcharge~, _v. a._ Overload, overburden, overcharge.

~Surcharged~, _a._ Overcharged, overloaded, overburdened, surfeited, plethoric, over-full.

~Surcingle~, _n._ Girth, girt, girdle, belt.

~Surd~, _a._ ~1.~ (_Math._) Radical, incommensurable.

~2.~ (_Orthoëpy._) Aspirate, toneless, unintonated, atonic, not sonant, not vocal, without vocality, pronounced with a simple breathing.

~Sure~, _a._ ~1.~ Certain, confident, positive, assured, fully convinced.

~2.~ Safe, secure, stable, firm, steady, trustworthy.

~3.~ Infallible, unfailing, never-failing.

~Sure~, _ad._ Certainly, SURELY.

~Surely~, _ad._ ~1.~ Certainly, undoubtedly, assuredly, sure, without doubt.

~2.~ Safely, securely, firmly.

~Surety~, _n._ ~1.~ Certainty, indubitableness.

~2.~ Safety, security.

~3.~ Guaranty, pledge.

~4.~ Bondsman.

~Surf~, _n._ Breakers, breaking waves.

~Surface~, _n._ Superficies, exterior, outside, external part.

~Surfeit~, _v. a._ Satiate, glut, gorge, sate, cloy, pall, overfeed.

~Surfeit~, _v. n._ Be surfeited, feed to satiety.

~Surfeit~, _n._ Repletion, glut, fulness, satiety, plethora, excess, superabundance, redundance, superfluity.

~Surge~, _n._ Wave, billow, breaker.

~Surge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swell, rise high.

~2.~ (_Naut._) Slip back.

~Surge~, _v. a._ (_Naut._) Slack up suddenly (_as a rope round a pin_), let go.

~Surly~, _a._ Morose, cross, crabbed, testy, touchy, crusty, fretful, peevish, petulant, perverse, pettish, snappish, waspish, snarling, cynical, froward, uncivil, rude, rough, harsh, ill-tempered, ill- natured.

~Surmise~, _v. a._ Imagine, suspect, conjecture, suppose, guess, divine, fancy, believe, think, presume.

~Surmise~, _n._ Conjecture, suspicion, supposition, guess.

~Surmount~, _v. a._ Overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, vanquish, master, triumph over, rise above, get the better of.

~Surmountable~, _a._ Conquerable, superable, that may be surmounted.

~Surname~, _n._ Cognomen, family name.

~Surpass~, _v. a._ Excel, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun, override, transcend, cap, overtop, beat, go beyond.

~Surplus~, _n._ Overplus, residue, excess, surplusage.

~Surplusage~, _n._ ~1.~ Excess, SURPLUS.

~2.~ Irrelevant matter.

~Surprise~, _n._ Wonder, astonishment, amazement, admiration.

~Surprise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take unawares, take by surprise, take off one's guard.

~2.~ Astonish, amaze, startle, strike with wonder, take aback.

~Surrender~, _v. a._ Relinquish, cede, yield, resign, forego, abdicate, abandon, give up, give over, deliver up, part with.

~Surrender~, _v. n._ Yield, CAPITULATE, give up, give over, give in, give one's self up, strike one's flag or colors, cry quarter, cry quits.

~Surrender~, _n._ Relinquishment, renunciation, cession, resignation, abandonment, CAPITULATION.

~Surreptitious~, _a._ Fraudulently introduced, foisted in, done by stealth.

~Surreptitiously~, _ad._ Fraudulently, by stealth, without authority.

~Surround~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Encircle, environ, encompass, enclose.

~2.~ (_Mil._) Invest, besiege, lay siege to.

~Surtout~, _n._ Overcoat.

~Surveillance~, _n._ [Fr.] Superintendence, inspection, oversight, supervision, care, charge, control, direction, management.

~Survey~, _v. a._ ~1.~ View, observe, overlook, take a view of.

~2.~ Inspect, examine, scrutinize.

~3.~ Measure and estimate (_as lands or buildings_).

~Survey~, _n._ ~1.~ View, sight, prospect.

~2.~ Inspection, examination, scrutiny.

~3.~ Mensuration (_to determine areas, contours, &c._), surveying.

~Surveying~, _n._ SURVEY.

~Survive~, _v. n._ Remain alive, continue to live, live on.

~Survive~, _v. a._ Outlive, live longer than.

~Susceptibility~, _n._ Sensitiveness, impressibility, susceptibleness, susceptivity, excitability.

~Susceptible~, _a._ Susceptive impressible, sensitive, excitable.

~Susceptibleness~, _n._ SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Susceptive~, _a._ Susceptible.

~Susceptivity~, _n._ SUSCEPTIBILITY.

~Suspect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, have no confidence in.

~3.~ Believe to be guilty.

~Suspect~, _v. n._ Be suspicious, have suspicion.

~Suspend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hang, SLING UP.

~2.~ Make to depend.

~3.~ Interrupt, intermit, stay, stop, discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, break off.

~4.~ Defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off.

~5.~ Debar (_as from an office_) temporarily.

~Suspend~, _v. n._ Stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy.

~Suspended~, _a._ Hanging, pendent, pendulous, pensile.

~Suspense~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncertainty, indetermination, incertitude.

~2.~ Hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, doubt, indecision, vacillation, wavering, scruple, misgiving.

~3.~ Suspension, intermission, remission, interruption, cessation, stoppage, stop, respite, pause, rest, stay, quiescence.

~Suspension~, _n._ ~1.~ Hanging.

~2.~ Interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE.

~3.~ Delay, postponement.

~4.~ Temporary deprivation (_as of an office_).

~Suspicion~, _n._ ~1.~ Surmise, conjecture, supposition, guess.

~2.~ Distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence.

~Suspicious~, _a._ Distrustful, jealous, inclined to suspect, given to suspicion.

~Sustain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bear, support, uphold, preserve, hold up, keep from falling.

~2.~ Nourish, maintain, subsist, keep alive, supply with food.

~3.~ Suffer, undergo, endure.

~4.~ Sanction, approve, confirm, ratify.

~5.~ Justify, prove, establish, confirm.

~Sustenance~, _n._ ~1.~ Subsistence, support, maintenance.

~2.~ FOOD, victuals, provisions, BREAD.

~Suture~, _n._ Line of junction.

~Swab~, _n._ Mop.

~Swaddle~, _v. a._ Swathe.

~Swag~, _v. n._ Bend (_by force of gravity_), settle, sag, give way.

~Swagger~, _v. n._ Bluster, bully, vapor, brag, be insolent.

~Swaggerer~, _n._ Blusterer, bully, braggart, boaster, braggadocio, BLATHERSKITE.

~Swain~, _n._ Rustic, hind, peasant, countryman.

~Swale~, _v. n._ Melt (_as a candle_), waste, consume, sweal, waste away.

~Swallow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ GULP, GOBBLE, BOLT, take into the stomach, take down, get down.

~2.~ Absorb, engulf, destroy, devour, swallow up.

~3.~ Believe (_without scruple_), receive implicitly.

~4.~ Brook, stomach, pocket, endure, bear, put up with.

~5.~ Renounce, retract, recant, take back.

~6.~ Consume, exhaust, waste, use up.

~Swallow~, _n._ ~1.~ Throat, gullet, œsophagus.

~2.~ Voracity, gluttonous appetite.

~Swallow-tailed~, _a._ ~1.~ With pointed skirts.

~2.~ Dovetailed.

~Swallow up~, Absorb, engulf, destroy, swallow, suck in, suck up.

~Swamp~, _n._ Bog, fen, quagmire, morass, marsh, slough, spongy land, soft and wet ground.

~Swamp~, _v. a._ Ingulf, sink, whelm, swallow up.

~Swamp-cabbage~, _n._ Skunk-cabbage, skunk-weed (_Symplocarpus fœtidus_).

~Swamp-sassafras~, _n._ Sweet bay (_Magnolia glauca_).

~Swampy~, _a._ Boggy, fenny, marshy, undrained, wet and spongy.

~Swap~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._. Written also _Swop_.] Exchange, barter, trade.

~Swap~, _n._ Exchange, barter, barter-trade.

~Swape~, _n._ Sweep, swipe, well-sweep.

~Sward~, _n._ Turf, sod.

~Swarm~, _n._ Multitude (_especially of winged insects_), crowd, throng, concourse.

~Swarm~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crowd, throng, gather in a swarm.

~2.~ Be crowded, be thronged, be filled.

~Swarthy~, _a._ Dark, tawny, black, of a dark complexion.

~Swathe~, _v. a._ Swaddle.

~Swathe~, _n._ Bandage.

~Sway~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move, wield, swing, wave, brandish.

~2.~ Bias, prejudice, bend, turn, influence, persuade, prevail upon.

~3.~ Rule, govern, direct, guide, control.

~Sway~, _v. n._ Incline, lean.

~Sway~, _n._ Power, dominion, control, domination, command, rule, government, sovereignty, ascendancy, authority, predominance, mastership, mastery, supreme power.

~Sweal~, _v. n._ Melt (_as a candle_), SWALE.

~Swear~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter an oath, take oath, take an oath.

~2.~ Declare (_solemnly_), avow, affirm, depose, testify, state, say.

~3.~ Use profane language, take the name of God in vain.

~Swear~, _v. a._ Administer an oath to, put under oath.

~Sweat~, _n._ Perspiration, exudation, excretion, sweating.

~Sweat~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Perspire.

~2.~ Toll, labor, drudge.

~Sweat~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exude.

~2.~ Put into a perspiration.

~Sweating~, _n._ Exudation, SWEAT.

~Sweating-bath~, _n._ Sudatory, vapor-bath, hot-house, sweating-room.

~Sweating-room~, _n._ SWEATING-BATH.

~Sweep~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clean (_with a broom_).

~2.~ Graze, touch (_in passing_), brush, rub over.

~3.~ Traverse, pass over.

~4.~ Carry off, sweep off, sweep away.

~Sweep away~, ~1.~ Clear away (_by a broom_).

~2.~ Dislodge, remove, expel, drive off, sweep off.

~3.~ Destroy, overwhelm, carry off.

~Sweep~, _n._ ~1.~ Range, compass, scope.

~2.~ Swipe, swape, well-sweep.

~3.~ Destruction, havoc, ravage, devastation.

~Sweeping~, _a._ ~1.~ Destructive.

~2.~ Wholesale, extensive, broad.

~3.~ Unqualified, exaggerated.

~Sweepings~, _n. pl._ Refuse, offscourings, dirt, rubbish.

~Sweep off~, SWEEP AWAY.

~Sweepstakes~, _n._ ~1.~ Winner (_in gaming or in horse-racing_).

~2.~ Total stakes (_at a horse-race_).

~Sweet~, _a._ ~1.~ Sugary, honeyed, saccharine, luscious, not sour, not bitter.

~2.~ Redolent, fragrant, balmy, not fetid, not stinking.

~3.~ Soft, melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet.

~4.~ Beautiful, fair, lovely.

~5.~ Delightful, agreeable, pleasant, charming, grateful, gratifying.

~6.~ Mild, gentle, engaging, winning, attractive, amiable, sweet, lovable.

~Sweet~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweetness, sweetest part.

~2.~ Dear, darling.

~Sweets~, _n. pl._ Saccharine substances.

~Sweet-bay~, _n._ ~1.~ Laurel (_Laurus nobilis_).

~2.~ Swamp-sassafras (_Magnolia glauca_).

~Sweet-bread~, _n._ Pancreas.

~Sweeten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make sweet.

~2.~ Soften, make mild, make tender.

~3.~ Give zest to, give a relish to.

~Sweeten~, _v. n._ Grow sweet, become sweet.

~Sweet-flag~, _n._ Sweet-rush (_Acorus calamus_).

~Sweet-gum~, _n._ Liquidambar (_Liquid-ambar styraciflua_).

~Sweetheart~, _n._ ~1.~ Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, CICISBEO.

~2.~ Flame, mistress, lady-love.

~Sweetmeat~, _n._ Confection, comfit, junket, sugar-plum.

~Sweetmeats~, _n. pl._ Confectionery.

~Sweetness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sweet.

~2.~ Agreeableness, pleasantness.

~3.~ Beauty, fairness, loveliness.

~4.~ Amiableness, gentleness, mildness, suavity.

~Sweet-oil~, _n._ Olive-oil.

~Sweet-potato~, _n._ Carolina potato (_Batatas edulis_ or _Convolvulus batatas_).

~Sweet-rush~, _n._ SWEET-FLAG.

~Sweet-scented~, _a._ Fragrant, redolent, balmy, sweet-smelling.

~Sweet-smelling~, _a._ Fragrant, SWEET-SCENTED.

~Sweet-sounding~, _a._ Melodious, harmonious, symphonious, tuneful, dulcet, musical.

~Sweet-toned~, _a._ Euphonious, euphonic, mellifluous.

~Sweet-william~, _n._ Bunch-pink, bearded pink (_Dianthus barbatus_).

~Swell~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dilate, expand, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (_by expansion_).

~2.~ Increase (_by outward addition_), augment, enlarge.

~3.~ Rise (_as waves_), heave, surge.

~4.~ Belly, be inflated.

~5.~ Strut, look big, put on airs, be puffed up.

~6.~ Be turgid or bombastic.

~7.~ Bulge, protuberate, swell out.

~Swell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dilate, expand, inflate.

~2.~ Enhance, heighten, aggravate.

~3.~ Puff up, make arrogant.

~Swell~, _n._ ~1.~ Swelling.

~2.~ Waves, billows.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Fop, coxcomb, dandy, beau, exquisite, jackanapes, popinjay, man-milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.

~Swelling~, _a._ Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding.

~Swelling~, _n._ ~1.~ Swell.

~2.~ Protuberance, bump.

~Swell out~, Bulge, protuberate, swell.

~Swelter~, _v. n._ Be oppressed with heat, be overcome by heat.

~Swerve~, _v. n._ Deviate, depart, diverge, wander, turn aside, go astray.

~Swift~, _a._ ~1.~ Quick, fast, fleet, rapid, speedy, expeditious, flying.

~2.~ Ready, prompt, eager, zealous, forward.

~3.~ Sudden, instant.

~Swiftly~, _ad._ Quickly, speedily, expeditiously, trippingly, apace, posthaste, with speed, under press of sail or canvas, by forced marches, on eagle's wings, in double quick time, in seven-league boots, as fast as one's legs will carry one.

~Swig~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Guzzle, swill.

~Swill~, _v. a._ Drink (_greedily_), guzzle, SWIG, quaff.

~Swill~, _n._ hogwash, swillings.

~Swillings~, _n. pl._ SWILL.

~Swim~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Float, be borne up (on_ a liquid_).

~2.~ Be borne along (_as on water, by effort or by a current_), buffet the waves, float with the tide.

~3.~ Glide, skim.

~4.~ Be flooded, be inundated.

~5.~ Be dizzy (_as the head_).

~Swindle~, _v. a._ Cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, gull, trick, defraud, overreach, victimize, bamboozle, chouse, diddle, impose upon, practise upon, take in.

~Swindle~, _n._ Cheat, fraud, imposition, deception, chouse, piece of knavery.

~Swindler~, _n._ Rogue, knave, cheat, impostor, trickster, sharper, blackleg, jockey, SHYSTER.

~Swindling~, n. Knavery, cheating.

~Swine~, _n. sing. and pl._ ~1.~ Hog, pig, SOW, porker.

~2.~ Hogs (_collectively_).

~Swine-pipe~, _n._ Redwing, wind-thrush, red-sided thrush (_Turdus iliacus_).

~Swine-stone~, _n._ Stink-stone.

~Swing~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Oscillate, vibrate, wave, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

~2.~ Hang, dangle, hang loose.

~Swing~, _n._ ~1.~ Oscillation, vibration, waving motion.

~2.~ Scope, range, play, margin, free play, full play, elbow room.

~Swinge~, _v. a._ Beat, whip, scourge, flog, lash, bastinade, switch, chastise, punish.

~Swingel~, _n._ Swiple.

~Swingle~, _n._ Swingle-staff, swingling-staff, swingling-knife, swingling-wand.

~Swingle~, _v. a._ Dress with a swingle (_as flax_), beat with a swingle.

~Swingle-tree~, _n._ Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree, single-tree.

~Swingling-knife~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swingling-staff~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swingling-wand~, _n._ Swingle.

~Swinish~, _a._ Hoggish, piggish, gross, sensual, brutish, beastly.

~Swinish multitude~, RABBLE, populace.

~Swipe~, _n._ Sweep, swape, well-sweep.

~Swiple~, _n._ Swingel.

~Switch~, _n._ Rod, twig, stick, birch.

~Switch~, _v. a._ Beat, whip, SWINGE.

~Switchel~, _n._ Sweetened water, molasses and water.

~Swivel~, _n._ ~1.~ CASTER.

~2.~ Turning link (_in a chain_).

~3.~ Swivel-gun.

~Swivel-gun~, _n._ Swivel.

~Swoon~, _v. n._ Faint, faint away.

~Swoon~, _n._ Syncope, fainting, fainting fit.

~Swoop~, _v. a._ Seize (_as a hawk its prey_), clutch, catch up, pounce upon.

~Swoop~, _v. n._ Stoop, descend, come down, bear down.

~Swoop~, _n._ ~1.~ Clutch, seizure.

~2.~ Stoop, descent.

~Swop~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._ Written also _Swap_.] Exchange, barter, trade.

~Sword~, _n._ Sabre, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, cimeter, rapier, claymore.

~Sword-arm~, _n._ Right arm.

~Sword-fish~, _n._ Gar-fish, horn-fish, sea-needle, gar-pike, sea- pike, long-nose, gore-bill, snook, mackerel-guide (_Esox belone_ or _Belone vulgaris_).

~Sword-hand~, _n._ Right hand.

~Sword-player~, _n._ Fencer, gladiator.

~Sword-shaped~, _a._ Ensiform.

~Sworn enemies~, Irreconcilable enemies.

~Sworn friends~, Intimate friends, dear friends, bosom-friends.

~Sybarite~, _n._ Voluptuary, epicure.

~Sybaritic~, _a._ Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.

~Sybaritical~, _a._ Voluptuous, luxurious, wanton.

~Sycamore~, _n._ [_U. S._] Plane-tree, button-wood, button-ball tree, water-beech (_Platanus Occidentalis_).

~Sycophancy~, _n._ Servility, obsequiousness, fawning, gross flattery.

~Sycophant~, _n._ Parasite, fawner, toady, wheedler, flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater, time-server, hanger-on, mean flatterer.

~Sycophantic~, _a._ Fawning, cringing, servile, slavish, parasitic, obsequious, supple, grovelling, meanly submissive.

~Syllabus~, _n._ Abstract, abridgment, outline, epitome, summary, compend, digest, compendium, synopsis, breviary, brief, sum and substance.

~Sylph~, _n._ Fairy, fay.

~Sylva~, _n._ Trees (_of a country_).

~Sylvan~, _a._ ~1.~ Forest-like.

~2.~ Woody, shady.

~Sylvan~, _n._ Satyr, faun.

~Symbol~, _n._ Emblem, type, sign, token, figure, representative.

~Symbolic~, _a._ Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.

~Symbolical~, _a._ Emblematical, typical, hieroglyphical, representative, significative.

~Symbolization~, _n._ Representation, indication, prefigurement.

~Symbolize~, _v. a._ Prefigure, typify, emblematize, be symbolical of.

~Symmetrical~, _a._ Proportional (_in the several parts_), regular, shapely, harmonious, congruent, well-proportioned.

~Symmetry~, _n._ Proportion, harmony, shapeliness, regularity, order, regular arrangement.

~Sympathetic~, _a._ Compassionate, sympathizing, commiserating, pitiful, tender, kind, affectionate, loving, with the heart in the right place.

~Sympathize with~, Feel sympathy with, feel for, enter into the feelings of, have pity for, fraternize with, make common cause with.

~Sympathy~, _n._ ~1.~ Compassion, commiseration, condolence, pity, tenderness, kindliness, fellow-feeling, bowels of compassion.

~2.~ Agreement, harmony, correspondence, correlation, affinity, union, concert.

~3.~ Mutual influence.

~Symphonious~, _a._ Harmonious, consonant, accordant, concordant, musical.

~Symphony~, _n._ Consonance, harmony, music.

~Symptom~, _n._ Indication, sign, mark, note, token.

~Symptomatic~, _a._ Indicative.

~Symptomatical~, _a._ Indicative.

~Synchronal~, _a._ Simultaneous, synchronical, synchronistic, synchronous.

~Synchronism~, _n._ Simultaneousness.

~Synchronistic~, _a._ SYNCHRONAL.

~Synchronous~, _a._ SYNCHRONAL.

~Syncope~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Gram._) Elision (_in the middle of a word_).

~2.~ (_Med._) Swoon, fainting, fainting fit.

~Synergetic~, _a._ Co-operating, co-operative, synergistic.

~Synergistic~, _a._ SYNERGETIC.

~Synonymes~, _n. pl._ [Written also _Synonyms_.] Equivalent words (_of the same language_), words of the same meaning.

~Synod~, _n._ Council.

~Synonymous~, _a._ Equivalent, of the same meaning, of similar meaning, that express the same idea.

~Synopsis~, _n._ Abridgment, epitome, abstract, outline, compend, compendium, summary, syllabus, digest, sum and substance, general view.

~Synthesis~, _n._ Combination (_of elements_), composition, putting together.

~Syringe~, _n._ Squirt.

~System~, _n._ ~1.~ A whole (_viewed with reference to the interdependence of its parts_), combination of parts to form a whole.

~2.~ Scheme, body, plan, theory, connected view.

~3.~ Order, method, regularity, rule.

~Systematic~, _a._ Methodical, orderly, regular.

~Systematical~, _a._ Methodical, orderly, regular.

~Systematize~, _v. a._ Methodize, arrange, harmonize, regulate, order, reduce to order, put into a systematic form.

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~Tabby~, _n._ ~1.~ Watered silk.

~2.~ Brindled cat, tabby cat.

~Tabby~, _v. a._ WATER.

~Tabby~, _a._ ~1.~ Of a waved or watered appearance.

~2.~ Brindled, brinded.

~Tabefaction~, _n._ Emaciation (_by tabes_), wasting away.

~Tabernacle~, _n._ ~1.~ Tent, pavilion, habitation.

~2.~ Temple, church, chapel, cathedral, minster, meeting-house, place of worship, sacred place.

~3.~ PYX.

~Tabernacle~, _v. n._ Dwell (_temporarily_), sojourn, be housed.

~Tabes~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Emaciation (_accompanied by fever_), wasting, consumption.

~Table~, _n._ ~1.~ Slab, tablet.

~2.~ Stand (_to take food from_), board.

~3.~ Food, diet, provision, fare, repast, victuals.

~4.~ Index, list, catalogue, syllabus, synopsis, condensed statement.

~Tableau~, _n._ [Fr.] Picture, scene, representation.

~Table-beer~, _n._ Small-beer.

~Table-d'hòte~, _n._ [Fr.] Ordinary, public table.

~Table-land~, _n._ Elevated plain.

~Taboo~, _n._ Interdict, prohibition.

~Taboo~, _v. a._ Interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched.

~Tabouret~, _n._ [Fr.] Stool.

~Tabular~, _a._ ~1.~ Of a table.

~2.~ Flat, plane.

~3.~ Laminated, lamellar, lamelliform, foliated, scaly, flaky.

~Tabula rasa~, [L.] Smooth tablet, blank tablet.

~Tabularize~, _v. a._ Tabulate, put into a tabular form.

~Tabulate~, _v. a._ TABULARIZE.

~Tacamahac~, _n._ Balsam poplar (_Populus balsamifera_).

~Tachygraphy~, _n._ Stenography, shorthand, brachygraphy.

~Tacit~, _a._ Implied, understood, inferred, silent, unexpressed (_by words_).

~Taciturn~, _a._ Silent (_by habit_), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words.

~Taciturnity~, _n._ Reserve, closeness, reticence, habitual silence.

~Tack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten (_slightly_), attach, append, affix, tag.

~2.~ Nail (_with tacks_).

~3.~ (_Naut._) Put about, change the course of.

~Tack~, _v. n._ (_Naut._) Go about, tack ship.

~Tack~, _n._ Small nail.

~Tackle~, _n._ ~1.~ Pulley.

~2.~ Equipment, gear, rigging, tackling, furniture.

~Tackle~, _v. a._ [_Local and Colloquial._] ~1.~ Harness.

~2.~ Attack, seize, lay hold of, seize upon.

~Tackling~, _n._ ~1.~ Equipment, TACKLE.

~2.~ Harness.

~Tact~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Touch, feeling, sense of feeling.

~2.~ Adroitness (_in appreciating circumstances and acting accordingly_), skill (_in saying or doing what is most appropriate to the occasion_), quick judgment, nice perception.

~Tactician~, _n._ Manœuvrer, wire-puller, adroit manager.

~Tactics~, _n._ ~1.~ Strategy, military science.

~2.~ Management, manœuvring, policy.

~Tactile~, _a._ Tangible, palpable.

~Tadpole~, _n._ Polliwog, porwiggle, purwiggy, polliwig.

~Taffrail~, _n._ Stern rail.

~Tag~, _n._ ~1.~ Metal point (_at the end of a string_).

~2.~ Label, card.

~3.~ Cue, catchword.

~4.~ Game of tag.

~Tag~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Attach a tag to, fit with a tag.

~2.~ Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack.

~Tag after~, [_Colloquial._] Follow closely, keep at one's heels.

~Tail~, _n._ ~1.~ End, extremity, fag-end, hinder part.

~2.~ Skirt, flap.

~3.~ (_Mus._) Stem (_of a note_).

~Tailor~, _n._ ~1.~ Maker of men's clothes.

~2.~ (_Ich._) Blue-fish, ship-jack, snapping mackerel (_Temnodon saltator_).

~Tail-piece~, _n._ Appendage.

~Taint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Imbue, impregnate.

~2.~ Corrupt, infect, contaminate, defile, poison, make noxious, make putrid.

~3.~ Tarnish, stain, sully.

~Taint~, _n._ ~1.~ Tincture, tinge, stain.

~2.~ Infection, corruption, depravation, contamination, defilement.

~3.~ Fault, blemish, defect, flaw, spot.

~Take~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Receive, accept.

~2.~ Seize, grasp, gripe, clasp, lay hold of, get hold of.

~3.~ Entrap, insnare, circumvent.

~4.~ Capture, catch, make prisoner of.

~5.~ Captivate, delight, please, interest, attract, allure, engage, fascinate, bewitch, enchant, charm.

~6.~ Understand, interpret, suppose, regard, consider, think, hold, believe.

~7.~ Choose, select, elect, espouse, be in favor of.

~8.~ Assume, admit, adopt, put on.

~9.~ Delineate, portray, figure, draw, paint, sketch, copy.

~10.~ Get, procure, gain, obtain.

~11.~ Use, employ, occupy, make use of, avail one's self of.

~12.~ Swallow, take down.

~13.~ Experience, feel, perceive, be sensible of, be conscious of.

~14.~ Bear, endure, tolerate.

~15.~ Require, need, be necessary.

~Take~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Catch, be fixed.

~2.~ Please, be well received, be welcomed.

~3.~ Go, proceed, resort, direct one's course.

~Take advantage of~, ~1.~ Turn to account, make use of.

~2.~ Impose upon (_by some advantage of superior knowledge or of opportunity_).

~Take after~, ~1.~ Copy, imitate.

~2.~ Resemble, be like.

~Take a horn~, [_Colloquial._] Take a drink (_of spirituous liquor_).

~Take aim~, Aim.

~Take air~, Be made public, be disclosed, get abroad, become known.

~Take a shine to~, [_Colloquial._] Take a liking to, take a fancy to, feel a liking for.

~Take away~, Remove.

~Take back~, ~1.~ Take again.

~2.~ Recall, revoke, recant, withdraw, retract, disavow, abjure.

~Take breath~, Rest, stop to rest.

~Take care~, Be careful.

~Take care of~, Oversee, superintend, take charge of.

~Take courage~, Be encouraged, take heart.

~Take down~, ~1.~ Take from above.

~2.~ Reduce, lower, depress.

~3.~ Humble, abash, humiliate.

~4.~ Pull to pieces, pull down.

~5.~ Swallow, take.

~6.~ Record, note, make a note of, write down.

~Take effect~, ~1.~ Be efficacious.

~2.~ Go into operation.

~Take exception~, ~1.~ Object, dissent, make objection.

~2.~ Take it ill, be displeased, be offended.

~Take fire~, Be ignited, be inflamed.

~Take for~, Mistake for.

~Take for granted~, Admit, allow, concede.

~Take French leave~, Depart informally, take leave unceremoniously.

~Take from~, ~1.~ Deduct from, subtract from, take away from.

~2.~ Derogate from, detract from.

~3.~ Deprive, dispossess.

~Take heart~, Be encouraged, take courage.

~Take heed~, Beware, be cautious, be careful.

~Take heed to~, Attend to, pay attention to.

~Take hold of~, Seize, fix on.

~Take horse~, ~1.~ Set out to ride.

~2.~ Be covered (_as a mare_).

~Take in~, ~1.~ Receive, admit.

~2.~ Comprise, enclose, encompass.

~3.~ Comprehend, understand.

~4.~ Lessen, contract, make smaller.

~5.~ [_Colloquial._] Cheat, circumvent, gull, deceive, impose upon.

~Take in good part~, Receive kindly, not be angry about, not be offended at.

~Take in hand~, ~1.~ Undertake, engage in, set the hand to.

~2.~ Deal with (_in the way of correction or discipline_).

~Take in tow~, Tow, draw, drag, haul, pull.

~Take it~, Think, suppose, presume, believe, imagine, conclude.

~Take it ill~, Be offended, be displeased, take exception.

~Take leave~, Depart, go, go away, bid adieu, bid farewell, be off, take one's departure, take one's self off, make one's exit, MAKE TRACKS.

~Take notice~, Observe, remark, pay attention.

~Take oath~, Swear solemnly.

~Take off~, ~1.~ Remove, take away.

~2.~ Cut off.

~3.~ Withdraw, withhold.

~4.~ Destroy, kill.

~5.~ Swallow, drink.

~6.~ Imitate, personate, mimic.

~Take on~, (_Neuter._) ~1.~ Complain, lament, be much affected.

~2.~ (_Active._) Assume, be willing to bear, take upon, take up.

~Take out~, ~1.~ Remove, withdraw, draw out.

~2.~ Obliterate, efface, destroy.

~Take part~, ~1.~ Share, partake.

~2.~ Unite, join.

~Take place~, ~1.~ Happen, occur.

~2.~ Prevail, have effect.

~Take root~, Be rooted, be firmly established.

~Take sides~, Favor one side, take up the cause of one side.

~Take the air~, Breathe the open air, go abroad in the open air.

~Take the lead~, Lead the way, go before, go ahead, go in the van.

~Take the place of~, Supply the place of, be a substitute for, stand in the shoes of.

~Take time by the forelock~, Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines, strike the iron while it is hot.

~Take to~, ~1.~ Apply to, be fond of.

~2.~ Have recourse to, betake one's self to.

~Take to do~, [_Colloquial._] Reprove, TAKE TO TASK.

~Take to flight~, Flee, fly, run away, take to one's heels.

~Take to heart~, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much affected by, take on about, be much troubled by, lay to heart.

~Take to one's heels~, Flee, fly, run away, take to flight.

~Take to task~, Reprove, reprimand, chide, take to do.

~Take up~, ~1.~ Raise, lift.

~2.~ Begin (_especially where another has left off_).

~3.~ Fasten (_with a ligature_).

~4.~ Engross, engage, employ.

~5.~ Occupy, fill, cover.

~6.~ Arrest, seize, catch.

~7.~ Assume, adopt, take on, take upon.

~8.~ Pay (_as a note_), discharge, settle.

~Take up arms~, Begin war, commence hostilities.

~Take up one's connection~, Terminate one's relations.

~Take upon one's self~, ~1.~ Assume, undertake.

~2.~ Incur.

~Take up the gauntlet~, Accept the challenge.

~Take up with~, Be contented with.

~Taking~, _a._ ~1.~ Pleasing, alluring, captivating, attractive.

~2.~ Infectious, catching.

~Tale~, _n._ ~1.~ Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance.

~2.~ Account, count, reckoning.

~Tale-bearer~, _n._ Tell-tale, tattler.

~Talent~, _n._ Gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte.

~Talented~, _a._ Gifted, of talent, of brilliant parts.

~Talipes~, _n._ (_Surgery._) Club-foot.

~Talisman~, _n._ Charm, amulet, phylactery.

~Talismanic~, _a._ Magical.

~Talk~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Speak, converse, CONFABULATE.

~2.~ Confer, reason, deliberate.

~3.~ Prattle, prate.

~Talk~, _v. a._ Speak, utter.

~Talk~, _n._ ~1.~ Conversation, converse, colloquy, PARLEY, discourse, conference, communication, dialogue, confabulation, chat, GOSSIP, oral intercourse.

~2.~ Report, rumor, bruit, town talk.

~Talkative~, _a._ Loquacious, garrulous, chatty, conversable, COZY.

~Talk big~, [_Colloquial._] Boast, brag, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, exalt one's self, magnify one's self.

~Talk over~, ~1.~ Recount, tell, rehearse.

~2.~ Talk about, confer or converse about, have a conversation about.

~Tall~, _a._ High (_in stature_), lofty, elevated, towering.

~Tallness~, _n._ Height (_of stature_).

~Tallow~, _n._ Suet (_freed from adhering membranes_).

~Tally~, _n._ Mate, match, counterpart.

~Tally~, _v. n._ Match, agree, accord, conform, correspond, harmonize, square, comport, cohere, quadrate, coincide, chime in, fall in.

~Talon~, _n._ Claw (_of a bird_), nail.

~Tamarack~, _n._ Hackmatack, American larch, black larch (_Larix pendula_ or _Americana_).

~Tame~, _a._ ~1.~ Domesticated, domestic, mild, gentle, docile, not wild.

~2.~ Subdued, crushed, submissive.

~3.~ Spiritless, dull, flat, feeble, lean, vapid, insipid, jejune, barren, languid, prosing, prosy, prosaic, uninteresting, poor.

~Tame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Domesticate, make tame, make docile.

~2.~ Subdue, repress, conquer, overcome, overthrow, subjugate.

~Tamper~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Meddle, intermeddle, dabble, have to do (_in a tentative way_).

~2.~ Intrigue, deal secretly.

~Tan~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convert into leather, impregnate with tannin.

~2.~ Imbrown, make tawny.

~Tang~, _n._ Smack, taste, flavor, savor.

~Tangible~, _a._ ~1.~ Tactile, palpable.

~2.~ Real, certain, positive, substantial, substantive, solid.

~Tangle~, _v. a._ Interweave (_confusedly_), intertwine, complicate, perplex, snarl, entangle.

~Tangle~, _n._ Complication, intricacy, perplexity, snarl.

~Tank~, _n._ Cistern, reservoir.

~Tanned~, _a._ Imbrowned, sun-burnt, ruddy, blowzy, blowzed, ruddy- faced.

~Tantalize~, _v. a._ Torment (_by exciting hopes and refusing to gratify them_), vex, tease, irritate, provoke.

~Tantamount~, _a._ Equivalent, equal.

~Tantamount to~, The same as, equal to, as good as.

~Tap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Broach.

~2.~ Rap, strike (_lightly_).

~Tap~, _v. n._ Rap.

~Tap~, _n._ ~1.~ Gentle blow, light stroke.

~2.~ Spigot, plug, stopper, stopple.

~Taper~, _n._ Light, small candle.

~Taper~, _a._ Conical, pyramidal, tapering.

~Taper~, _v. a._ Make taper, make conical.

~Taper~, _v. n._ Take a conical form, have a conical shape.

~Tapering~, _a._ Conical, TAPER.

~Tapioca~, _n._ Purified cassava, manioc.

~Tapped~, _a._ Abroach, broached, on tap.

~Tar~, _n._ Sailor, seaman, mariner, seafarer, seafaring man.

~Tardiness~, _n._ Slowness, dilatoriness, delay, slackness, procrastination, putting off.

~Tardy~, _a._ ~1.~ Slow, snail-like, sluggish, not swift.

~2.~ Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, procrastinating, not prompt.

~Target~, _n._ Mark (_to be shot at_).

~Tariff~, _n._ Schedule of duties (_on imports or on exports_).

~Tarn~, _n._ Pool (_among mountains_), pond, lake.

~Tarnish~, _v. a._ Soil, stain, sully, deface, discolor, dull, blemish.

~Tarnish~, _n._ Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.

~Tarriance~, _n._ Stay, delay, tarrying.

~Tarry~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Stay, STOP, sojourn, abide (_temporarily_), lodge, rest, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent, have lodgings, take lodgings.

~2.~ Wait, linger, delay, loiter, be slow, remain long.

~Tart~, _a._ ~1.~ Sour, acid, pricked.

~2.~ Severe, harsh, caustic, crabbed, sharp, snappish, testy, snarling, petulant, acrimonious, ill-tempered, ill-humored.

~Tartar~, _n._ ~1.~ Argol, bitartrate of potash (_crude_).

~2.~ Ill-tempered person.

~Tartarean~, _a._ Infernal, hellish, tartareous.

~Tartar-emetic~, _n._ Tartarized antimony, tartrated antimony, tartrate of potash and antimony.

~Tartareous~, _a._ Tartarean.

~Tartarized antimony~, TARTAR-EMETIC.

~Tartarus~, _n._ Hades, Erebus, Hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below.

~Tartness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sourness, acidity.

~2.~ Acrimony, harshness, asperity, severity, piquancy, sharpness, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, ill temper, bad blood.

~Task~, _n._ ~1.~ Work, labor, toil, drudgery.

~2.~ Employment, business, undertaking, enterprise.

~3.~ Lesson, exercise.

~Task~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impose a task on.

~2.~ Burden, oppress, tax.

~Taskmaster~, _n._ Overseer.

~Taste~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.

~2.~ Experience, perceive, feel.

~Taste~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Try the flavor.

~2.~ Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.

~3.~ Have perception, have experience.

~Taste~, _n._ ~1.~ Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.

~2.~ Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.

~3.~ Sense of taste.

~4.~ Fondness, liking, partiality.

~5.~ Discernment (_of beauty or excellence_), judgment (_of propriety_), nice perception.

~Tasteful~, _a._ ~1.~ Savory.

~2.~ TASTY, in good taste.

~Tasteless~, _a._ Insipid, flat, without relish.

~Tasty~, _a._ Elegant, refined, tasteful, in good taste.

~Tatterdemalion~, _n._ Ragamuffin, ragged fellow, wretch, SANS-CULOTTE.

~Tattered~, _a._ Torn, ragged.

~Tatters~, _n. pl._ Rags.

~Tattle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Prate, prattle, chatter, chat, jabber, babble, talk idly or thoughtlessly, talk at random, spin a long yarn.

~2.~ Blab, gossip, tell tales.

~Tattle~, _n._ Prate, prattle, gossip, twaddle, twattle, gabble, palaver, balderdash, nonsense, idle talk, senseless talk.

~Tattler~, _n._ ~1.~ Prattler, babbler, chatterer, prater, gossip, gadabout, gadder, rattle-head, idle talker.

~2.~ Gossip, tale-bearer.

~Tattoo~, _n._ Beat of drum (_to summon soldiers to quarters at night_).

~Taught~, _a._ (_Naut._) Tight, tense, not slack, stretched, strained.

~Taunt~, _v. a._ Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.

~Taunt~, _n._ Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure, reproach, insult, jeer, gibe, quip, quirk, caustic remark.

~Taurus~, _n._ (_Astron._) The Bull.

~Tautog~, _n._ Black-fish (_Labrus Americanus_).

~Tautological~, _a._ Repetitious, verbose, diffuse, redundant, pleonastic.

~Tautology~, _n._ Repetition (_of the same idea in different words_), redundancy, iteration, reiteration, pleonasm, verbosity, diffuseness, redundant expression.

~Tavern~, _n._ Inn, hotel, CARAVANSARY, house, public house.

~Tawdry~, _a._ Showy (_without elegance_), gaudy, flashy, glittering, in bad taste.

~Tawny~, _a._ Fulvous, fulvid, yellowish-brown, dull yellow.

~Tax~, _n._ ~1.~ Impost, duty, custom, toll, excise, tribute, assessment, rate, levy.

~2.~ Demand, burden, charge, requisition.

~Tax~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a tax upon, assess tribute upon.

~2.~ Burden, load, task, make demands upon.

~3.~ Accuse, charge, lay upon.

~Tear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rend, sever, sunder, pull asunder, pull in pieces, pull apart.

~2.~ Lacerate, laniate, lancinate, claw, mangle.

~3.~ Snatch away, force away.

~Tearful~, _a._ Weeping.

~Tear off~, Pull off, strip off.

~Tear up~, Pull up, rip up.

~Tease~, _v. a._ Worry, vex, plague, annoy, torment, molest, irritate, harass, tantalize, badger, chafe, hector, harry, pester, bother, trouble.

~Tea-service~, _n._ TEA-SET.

~Tea-set~, _n._ Tea-service, tea-things.

~Teat~, _n._ Dug, nipple, pap.

~Tea-things~, _n. pl._ TEA-SET.

~Tedder~, _n._ Tether.

~Tea~, _n._ ~1.~ Infusion (_especially of the dried leaves of the tea- plant_), decoction.

~2.~ Supper, evening meal.

~Tea-berry~, _n._ Partridge-berry, deer-berry, boxberry, wintergreen, mountain-tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).

~Teach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Instruct, inform, educate, enlighten, train, discipline, drill, school, tutor, indoctrinate, initiate, give instruction to, give lessons to.

~2.~ Communicate, impart, inculcate, instil, preach.

~3.~ Admonish, direct, guide, counsel, show, tell, advise, signify to, suggest to, indicate to, point out to.

~Teach~, _v. n._ Act as teacher, practise teaching.

~Teachable~, _a._ Docile, apt, apt to learn.

~Teacher~, _n._ Instructor, tutor, preceptor, master, PEDAGOGUE, school-master, school-mistress, school-dame.

~Tedious~, _a._ Wearisome (_in consequence of being prolonged_), tiresome, operose, IRKSOME, fatiguing, uninteresting, too long, monotonous, humdrum, prosy, MORTAL, trying, devoid of interest.

~Tediousness~, _n._ Wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness, tedium, ENNUI.

~Tedium~, _n._ TEDIOUSNESS.

~Teem~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Conceive, be pregnant.

~2.~ Abound, be full, be prolific, be stocked.

~Teeming~, _a._ Fraught, replete, full, prolific.

~Teeter~, _v. n._ Seesaw, titter, titter-totter, tetter-totter.

~Teething~, _n._ Dentition.

~Teetotal~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Entire, complete, total.

~Tegument~, _n._ ~1.~ Covering, cover, integument, capsule, case.

~2.~ Skin.

~Tehee~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Giggle, titter.

~Teledu~, _n._ Stinkard (_Mydaus meliceps_).

~Telegram~, _n._ Telegraphic despatch.

~Telegraph~, _n._ Semaphore.

~Telegraph~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convey by telegraph, announce by telegraph.

~2.~ WIRE, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.

~Telescope~, _n._ Spy-glass.

~Tell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Express, utter, speak, state, mention, communicate, publish, speak of, make mention of.

~2.~ Relate, recount, rehearse, narrate, describe, report, give an account of.

~3.~ Inform, teach, instruct, acquaint, apprise, make known to, explain to, disclose to, communicate to, make known to.

~4.~ Disclose, reveal, divulge, confess, betray, acknowledge, own, declare, make known.

~5.~ Number, count, enumerate, compute, reckon, take an account of, run over, sum up, call over.

~6.~ Discern, discover, make out, distinguish.

~Tell~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Give account, make report.

~2.~ Take effect, be effective, hit the nail on the head.

~Telling~, _a._ Effective.

~Tell-tale~, _n._ Tattler, talebearer.

~Tell-tale~, _a._ Babbling, tattling.

~Telluric~, _a._ Terrestrial, earthly.

~Temerity~, _n._ Recklessness (_of disposition_), RASHNESS, heedlessness, venturesomeness, hastiness, precipitancy, inconsiderateness, presumption, fool-hardiness, precipitation.

~Temper~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Modify, qualify, mix in due proportion.

~2.~ Soften, mollify, assuage, soothe, calm, moderate, restrain, pacify, attemper.

~3.~ Adapt, fit, suit, adjust, accommodate.

~4.~ Bring to the right degree of hardness (_as iron, by sudden cooling_).

~5.~ ANNEAL.

~Temper~, _n._ ~1.~ Due mixture, just combination.

~2.~ Constitution, temperament, nature, organization.

~3.~ Disposition, humor, frame, mood, grain.

~4.~ Calmness, moderation, equanimity, composure.

~5.~ Degree of hardness.

~6.~ [_Colloquial._] Anger, passion, irritation.

~Temperament~, _n._ Constitution, temper, nature, organization, idiosyncrasy, habit.

~Temperance~, _n._ Moderation, sobriety, soberness, self-control.

~Temperate~, _a._ ~1.~ Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.

~2.~ Chaste, continent.

~3.~ Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.

~4.~ Duly tempered (_as regards heat and cold_), not excessive.

~Temperature~, _n._ Degree of heat.

~Tempest~, _n._ ~1.~ Storm, hurricane, gale, squall, tornado, violent wind (_usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow, and sometimes with thunder and lightning_).

~2.~ Excitement, tumult, disturbance, perturbation, violent outbreak.

~Tempestuous~, _a._ ~1.~ Stormy, windy, breezy, squally, gusty, blustering, boisterous.

~2.~ Violent, turbulent, tumultuous, impetuous.

~Temple~, _n._ ~1.~ FANE.

~2.~ Church, house of worship, house of God, meeting-house.

~Temporal~, _a._ ~1.~ Worldly, terrestrial, mundane, secular, of this world, of this life, not spiritual, not ecclesiastical.

~2.~ Transient, fleeting, TEMPORARY.

~Temporary~, _a._ Transitory, transient, fleeting, evanescent, ephemeral, short-lived, temporal, brief, not permanent, not eternal, for a time, of short duration.

~Temporize~, _v. n._ Trim, comply with occasions, yield to circumstances, fall in with current opinion, act the time-server, be on the fence, wait to see which way the cat will jump.

~Temporizer~, _n._ Trimmer, time-server.

~Tempt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, test, prove, put to trial.

~2.~ Entice (_especially to evil_), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over.

~3.~ Incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt.

~Temptation~, _n._ ~1.~ Enticement (_especially to evil_), allurement.

~2.~ Bribe, bait, lure, decoy, golden apple, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens.

~Tempter~, _n._ Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.

~Tenable~, _a._ Defensible, capable of being held or defended.

~Tenacious~, _a._ ~1.~ Retentive, apt to retain.

~2.~ Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.

~3.~ Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.

~Tenaciousness~, _n._ TENACITY.

~Tenacious of~, Persistent in holding, pertinacious in maintaining.

~Tenacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Retentiveness, tenaciousness.

~2.~ Adhesiveness, cohesiveness, glutinousness, viscidity.

~3.~ Stubbornness, pertinacity, obstinacy.

~Tenant~, _n._ Occupier, occupant, resident, dweller, lessee, renter.

~Tenantable~, _a._ Habitable.

~Tend~, _v. a._ Watch, guard, keep, protect, attend, accompany, nurse, take care of, wait on.

~Tend~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Attend, wait, serve, be attendant.

~2.~ Incline, lean, verge, trend, make, be directed.

~3.~ Conduce, contribute, lead.

~Tendency~, _n._ Inclination, leaning, direction, determination, bearing, bent, bias, drift, course, aim, scope, proclivity, aptitude, proneness, predisposition, propensity, turn, disposition, liability.

~Tender~, _a._ ~1.~ Soft, delicate, not firm.

~2.~ Weak, feeble, young, infantile, youthful, not strong.

~3.~ Effeminate, feminine, womanly, not hardy, not robust.

~4.~ Sensitive, easily pained.

~5.~ Compassionate, kind, affectionate, sympathetic, pitiful, merciful, lenient, mild, tender-hearted.

~6.~ Pathetic, affecting, touching.

~7.~ Painful (_to speak of or treat of_), unpleasant, disagreeable.

~Tender~, _v. a._ Offer, proffer, present, volunteer.

~Tender~, _n._ ~1.~ Attendant.

~2.~ Offer, proffer, proposal.

~Tender-hearted~, _a._ Affectionate, kind, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful, tender, pitiful.

~Tenderness~, _n._ ~1.~ Softness, delicacy, want of firmness.

~2.~ Weakness, want of strength, feebleness.

~3.~ Effeminacy, womanly quality.

~4.~ Soreness, sensitiveness.

~5.~ Compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindness.

~6.~ Pathos.

~7.~ Caution, carefulness.

~Tender of~, Concerned about, careful of.

~Tendon~, _n._ Sinew.

~Tendril~, _n._ (_Bot._) Filament, cirrus.

~Tenebrious~, _a._ TENEBROUS.

~Tenebrous~, _a._ Dark, dusky, darksome, gloomy, tenebrious.

~Tenement~, _n._ House, dwelling, habitation, domicile.

~Tenet~, _n._ Doctrine, dogma, opinion, notion, principle, position, belief, creed, way of thinking.

~Tenor~, _n._ ~1.~ Course, manner, fashion, mood, form, cast, cut, stamp, tone, tendency, character.

~2.~ Meaning, intent, purport, import, sense, spirit, drift, gist, significance.

~3.~ (_Music._) Highest part (_for a man's voice_).

~Tense~, _a._ Tight, stretched, strained, TAUGHT, rigid, not loose, not lax.

~Tension~, _n._ ~1.~ Stretching, straining.

~2.~ Strain, rigor, severe effort.

~3.~ (_Physics._) Expansive force, elastic force.

~Tent~, _n._ Pavilion.

~Tentacle~, _n._ Feeler.

~Tentacula~, _n. pl._ [L.] Feelers, tentacles.

~Tentative~, _a._ Trying, essaying, experimental.

~Tenth~, _n._ Tithe.

~Ten thousand~, Myriad.

~Tenuity~, _n._ ~1.~ Thinness, fineness, slenderness, exility.

~2.~ Rarity, rareness, subtility, etherealness.

~Tenure~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Law._) Manner or principle of holding (_lands and tenements_).

~2.~ Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (_for the time_).

~Tepid~, _a._ Lukewarm, slightly warm.

~Tergiversation~, _n._ ~1.~ Evasion, shift, subterfuge.

~2.~ Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.

~Term~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, boundary, bound, confine, bourn, mete, terminus.

~2.~ Time, season, spell, space of time, period of time.

~3.~ Word (_considered as having a definite meaning; particularly a technical word_), expression, name, denomination.

~4.~ Member (_of a syllogism, of an equation, of a fraction, of a proportion, &c._).

~Term~, _v. a._ Designate, denominate, name, style, entitle, call, phrase, dub, christen.

~Termagant~, _n._ Scold, shrew, vixen, virago, hag, beldam, Xantippe, brawling woman, turbulent woman.

~Termes~, _n._ [L. _pl. Termites_.] White ant, termite.

~Terminal~, _a._ ~1.~ Limiting, bounding.

~2.~ Final, ultimate.

~Terminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bound, limit, set bounds to.

~2.~ End, conclude, complete, close, finish, bring to an end, put an end to.

~Terminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ End, cease, close, be limited, stop short, come to an end.

~2.~ Eventuate, issue, prove, turn out.

~Termination~, _n._ ~1.~ Ending.

~2.~ Limit, bound, period.

~3.~ End, conclusion, completion, issue, result, consequence, effect.

~Terminology~, _n._ Glossology, nomenclature.

~Terminus~, _n._ [L. _pl. Termini_.] Limit, boundary, mete, term.

~Termite~, _n._ Termes, white ant.

~Terms~, _n. pl._ Conditions, stipulations, provisions.

~Tern~, _n._ Sea-swallow.

~Ternary~, _a._ Triplicate, threefold.

~Terrace~, _n._ Plateau, esplanade.

~Terra firma~, [L.] Solid earth, firm foundation.

~Terra Japonica~, [_Low L._] Catechu, gambler, cutch, Japan earth.

~Terrene~, _a._ TERRESTRIAL.

~Terrestrial~, _a._ Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.

~Terrible~, _a._ Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, REDOUBTABLE, fearful, GREWSOME, terrific, awful, dread, dire, tremendous.

~Terrific~, _a._ Frightful, TERRIBLE.

~Terrify~, _v. a._ Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror.

~Territory~, _n._ Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.

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