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9 words match “DINT”

DINT n. 4 definitions
A blow; a stroke. [Obs.] "Mortal dint." Milton. "Like thunder's dint." Fairfax.
REDINTEGRATE v. 2 definitions
to restore to integrity or soundness. The English nation seems obliterated. What could redintegrate us again Coleridge.
REDINTEGRATION n. 3 definitions
Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation. Dr. H. More.
I n.
an I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in pine, ice; and the short sound, as in pîn. It has also three ot…
LEVEN n.
Lightning. [Obs.] Wild thunder dint and fiery leven. Chaucer.
PRINT v.
ook will print a thought that never may remove. Surrey. Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. Sir John Beaumont. Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay. Roscommon.
REINTEGRATION n.
A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.
RELIGION n.
far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion. Paley. Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equiv…
RESIST v.
To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct. That mortal dint, Save He who reigns above, none can resist. Milton.