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834 words match “TUN”

CARETUNED a.
Weary; mournful. Shak.
DISTUNE v.
To put out of tune. [Obs.]
ENTUNE v.
To tune; to intone. Chaucer.
FORTUNATE a. 2 definitions
inging some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.
FORTUNATELY adv.
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
FORTUNATENESS n.
The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness.
FORTUNE n. 8 definitions
appiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life. 'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. Shak. O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. Shak.
FORTUNELESS a.
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. Spenser.
FORTUNIZE v.
To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. [Obs.] Spenser.
IMPORTUNABLE a.
Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
IMPORTUNACY n.
The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
IMPORTUNATE a. 2 definitions
; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell.
IMPORTUNATOR n.
One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
IMPORTUNE a. 5 definitions
Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
IMPORTUNELY adv.
In an importune manner. [Obs.]
IMPORTUNER n.
One who importunes.
IMPORTUNITY n.
The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton.
INFORTUNATE a.
Unlucky; unfortunate. [Obs.] Shak. "A most infortynate chance." Howell. - In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INFORTUNE n.
Misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.
INFORTUNED a.
Unfortunate. [Obs.] I, woeful wretch and infortuned wight. Chaucer.
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