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1,479 words match “RESENT”

BEAR v.
to bear up to one another. -- To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish.
BECOME v.
; to get. [Obs.] But, madam, where is Warwick then become! Shak. To become of, to be the present state or place of; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition of. What is then become of so huge a multitude Sir W. Raleigh.
BELIE v.
To give a false representation or account of. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. Shak.
BELLARMINE n.
od of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard.
BENEVOLENCE n.
which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
BENZENE n.
ich the aromatic compounds are derived. This ring formula is provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitution of the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which its derivatives are formed.
BETOKEN v.
To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.
BEZANT n. 2 definitions
A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.
BI; BI- n.
name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.
BILIRUBIN n.
A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment.
BILIVERDIN n.
A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.
BILL n. 2 definitions
A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
BISHOP n.
A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
BITTERNESS n.
f being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.
BLAZONRY n.
Artistic representation or display.
BODY n.
tinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. Spenser.
BOLDEN v.
To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.
BOND n.
A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration. -- Bond crediter (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. Blackstone. -- Bond debt (L…
BOON n.
That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).
BORE n.
es into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.
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