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44 words match “MORROW”

MORROW n. 3 definitions
Morning. [Obs.] "White as morrow's milk." Bp. Hall. We loved he by the morwe a sop in wine. Chaucer.
OVERMORROW n.
The day after or following to-morrow. [Obs.] Bible (1551).
TOMORROW adv. 2 definitions
On the day after the present day; on the next day; on the morrow. Summon him to-morrow to the Tower. Shak.
ABOUT prep.
Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." Exod. ix. 18. "About my stature." Shak. He went out about the third hour. Matt. xx. 3.
BOAST v.
owed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic] Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii.
BUSY a.
Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.
CAPITOL n.
er, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow Shak.
CHANGE v.
To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.
COMPOUND v.
nd for before the thing compounded or the consideration. Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. Shak. They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. Clarendon. Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew. Compound…
CONSULT v.
ice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.
COTTER; COTTAR n.
A cottager; a cottier. Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.
COUNTERMAND n.
of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.
COUSIN n.
, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl. My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. Shak.
CRASTINATION n.
Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.]
CURE n.
to soundness after injury. Past hope! pastcure! past help. Shak. I do cures to-day and to-morrow. Luke xii. 32.
DANGEROUS a.
or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay.
DELAY n.
crastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay.
DESIGN v.
oint out; to appoint. We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry. Shak. Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design. Beau. & Fl.
DIZEN v.
ess; to bedizen; to deck out. Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith. To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. Emerson.
HEAR v.
in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.
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