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518 words match “COLE”

EVACUATE v.
To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.
EXISTENTIAL a.
ow. --Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic] Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige.
EXODE n.
Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.
EXPERIENCE n.
perience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge. When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland. Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his p…
EXPERIENTIAL a.
Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is divan to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamiltion. -- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. DR. H. More.
EXTROITIVE a.
g or going out after external objects. [R.] Their natures being almost wholly extroitive. Coleridge.
EXTRUDE v.
o expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.
FAG v.
To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge.
FAITH n.
ith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. Coleridge.
FANTAST n.
One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge.
FATTISH a.
Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man. Carlyle.
FEATURELY a.
s; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.] Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.
FERRUMINATE v.
To solder or unite, as metals. [R.] Coleridge.
FERRUMINATION n.
The soldering ir uniting of me [R.] Coleridge.
FINIFIC n.
A limiting element or quality. [R.] The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge.
FIT n.
A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.] A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge. By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and re
FLAME n.
Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.
FLAT a.
oints of prominence and striking interest. A large part of the work is, to me, very flat. Coleridge.
FLIGHTY a.
umor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har
FLOOR v.
ce by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
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