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35 words match “BROUGHAM”

BROUGHAM n.
A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.
ADSCRIPTIVE a.
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.
ALIENAGE n.
The state of being alienated or transferred to another. Brougham.
APODEICTIC; APODICTIC; APODEICTICAL; APODICTICAL a.
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
ATTACH v.
The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. Brougham.
BETTERMOST a.
Best. [R.] "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
BRUTALITY n.
An inhuman act. The . . . brutalities exercised in war. Brougham.
CALL v.
n miles; he called it a full day's work. [The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. Brougham.
COMMANDERY n.
A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.
CONDUCT n.
e conduct of war. Paley. The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham.
CONTENTIOUS a.
aracterized by contention. Spenser. More cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham.
COVER v.
y. The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. Brougham.
CRISIS n.
e very crisis of your fate. Dryden. The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham.
DENOUNCE v.
tize. Denounced for a heretic. Sir T. More. To denounce the immoralities of Julius Cæsar. Brougham.
EMERGENCY n.
ose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.
EXPENSE n.
as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.
FORUM n.
d decide causes. He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. Brougham.
INSTINCT a.
oyed By four cherubic shapes. Milton. A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham.
INVADE v.
To make an invasion. Brougham.
KNOUT v.
To punish with the knout Brougham.
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