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909 words match “RAIS”

DISPRAISE v. 2 definitions
To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.
DISPRAISER n.
One who blames or dispraises.
DISPRAISINGLY adv.
By way of dispraise.
FRAISCHEUR n.
Freshness; coolness. [R.] Dryden.
FRAISE v. 4 definitions
To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
FRAISED a.
Fortified with a fraise.
HEBRAISM n. 2 definitions
The type of character of the Hebrews. The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M. Arnold.
HEBRAIST n.
One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.
HEBRAISTIC a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.
HEBRAISTICALLY adv.
In a Hebraistic sense or form. Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament. Kitto.
HIGH-RAISED a. 2 definitions
Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
KARAISM n.
Doctrines of the Karaites.
LIVRAISON n.
A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
MISPRAISE v.
To praise amiss.
MISRAISE v.
To raise or exite unreasonable. "Misraised fury." Bp. Hall.
ORAISON n.
See Orison. [Obs.] Shak.
OVERPRAISE v.
To praise excessively or unduly.
OVERPRAISING n.
The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. Milton.
PRAISABLE a.
Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 15).
PRAISABLY adv.
In a praisable manner.
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