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10 words match “THEREFROM”

THEREFROM adv.
From this or that. Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. John. xxiii. 6.
BAST n.
ibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
BETULIN n.
from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor. Watts.
DISILLUSION n.
The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. Lowell.
DISILLUSIONMENT n.
The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.
FRACTIONAL a.
pproximate purification and separation, by means of repeated solution and crystallization therefrom. -- Fractional currency, small coin, or paper notes, in circulation, of less value than the monetary unit. -- Fractional distillation (Chem.), a process of distillation so conducted that a mixture of liquids, differing…
LITHOGRAPHY n.
esigns or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limeston…
REFRAIN v.
rbear; to abstain. Refrain from these men, and let them alone. Acts v. 38. They refrained therefrom [eating flesh] some time after. Sir T. Browne.
REVERT v.
+ etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
SMELL n.
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint. Breathing the smell of field and grove. Milton. That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent. Bacon.