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4,129 words match “PERS”

IMPERSONATE v. 3 definitions
To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
IMPERSONATION; IMPERSONIFICATION n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.
IMPERSONATOR n.
One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
IMPERSPICUITY n.
Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.
IMPERSPICUOUS a.
Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.
IMPERSUADABLE a.
Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.
IMPERSUASIBLE a.
Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty, n.
INDISPERSED a.
Not dispersed. [R.]
INSPERSE v.
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Bailey.
INSPERSION n.
The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] Chapman.
INTERSPERSE v. 2 definitions
To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book. There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope.
INTERSPERSION n.
The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.
KEEPERSHIP n.
The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
LAMPERS n.
See Lampas.
MISPERSUADE v.
To persuade amiss.
MISPERSUASION n.
A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More.
MONOPERSONAL a.
Having but one person, or form of existence.
NIPPERS n. 3 definitions
Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
OVERPERSUADE v.
To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope.
RESPERSE v.
To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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