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334 words match “TORE”

INSTANCE n.
; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott.
INSTAURATOR n.
One who renews or restores to a former condition. [R.] Dr. H. More.
INTEGRATE v.
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." De Quincey. Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. South.
INTENTION n.
ughts are directed; end; aim. In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot.
IRRIGUOUS a.
atered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.
KEEP v.
ntain, as an establishment, institution, or the like; to conduct; to manage; as, to keep store. Like a pedant that keeps a school. Shak. Every one of them kept house by himself. Hayward.
KOSHER a.
according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used.
LADY n.
paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart. The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. Waller.
LAGER BEER n.
made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.
LAUGH v.
ct of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride. No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. Pope. -- To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laug…
LAY v. 2 definitions
to consult. -- To lay hold of, or To lay hold on, to seize; to catch. -- To lay in, to store; to provide. -- To lay it on, to apply without stint. Shak. -- To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. -- To lay on load, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. or Archaic] -- To lay one's sel…
MAGAZINE n. 2 definitions
A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc. "Armories and magazines." Milton.
MARINE a.
led because, being quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard. -- Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.]
MEND v.
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
MERCHANT n.
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]
MISER n.
erably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. Goldsmith.
MUNITION n.
atever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
NATURAL n.
contradict, or to remove the effect of, a sharp or flat which has preceded it, and to restore the unaltered note.
NAVAL a.
; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.
OPERATE v.
upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
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