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NOBODY n. 2 definitions
No person; no one; not anybody.
CENOBITE n.
One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon.
CENOBITIC; CENOBITICAL a.
Of or pertaining to a cenobite.
CENOBITISM n.
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.
COENOBITE n.
See Cenobite.
DISENNOBLE v.
To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.
ENNOBLE v. 2 definitions
To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.
ENNOBLEMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility. Bacon.
ENNOBLER n.
One who ennobles.
GEORGE NOBLE n.
A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.
GONOBLASTID n.
A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.
GONOBLASTIDIUM n.
A blastostyle.
GYMNOBLASTEA n.
The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.
GYMNOBLASTIC a.
Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
GYNOBASE n.
A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.
GYNOBASIC a.
Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
HOBANOB; HOBANDNOB v.
Same as Hobnob. Tennyson.
HOBNOB v. 5 definitions
To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob.]
HOBORNOB adv.
See Hobnob.
HYPNOBATE n.
A somnambulist. [R.]
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