1. SIMPLE QUANTITY
#25. [Absolute quantity.] Quantity.—N. quantity, magnitude; size
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&c. (dimensions) 192; amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum,
measure, substance, strength, force.
[Science of quantity.] mathematics, mathesis[obs3].
[Logic.] category, general conception, universal predicament.
[Definite or finite quantity.] armful, handful, mouthful,
spoonful,
capful; stock, batch, lot, dose; yaffle[obs3].
V. quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate,
enumerate.
Adj. quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few.
Adv. to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly,
precisely.
#26. [Relative quantity.] Degree.—N. degree, grade, extent,
measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach,
amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass;
sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort. point, mark, stage
&c. (term) 71; intensity, strength &c. (greatness) 31. Adj.
comparative; gradual, shading off; within the bounds &c. (limit) 233.
Adv. by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto[It]; however,
howsoever; step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch,
drop by drop; a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by
degrees, by little and little; in some degree, in some measure; to some
extent; di grado in grado[Lat].
2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
#27. [Sameness of quantity or degree.] Equality.—N. equality,
parity, coextension[obs3], symmetry, balance, poise; evenness,
monotony, level. equivalence; equipollence[obs3], equipoise,
equilibrium, equiponderance[obs3]; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to
choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen
of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum[Lat]; identity &c. 13;
similarity &c. 17. equalization, equation; equilibration,
co*ordination, adjustment, readjustment; drawn game, drawn battle; neck
and neck race; tie, draw, standoff, dead heat. match, peer, compeer,
equal, mate, fellow, brother; equivalent. V. be equal &c. adj.; equal,
match, reach, keep pace with, run abreast; come to, amount to, come up
to; be on a level with, lie on a level with; balance; cope with; come
to the same thing. render equal &c. adj.; equalize level, dress,
balance, equate, handicap, give points, spot points, handicap, trim,
adjust, poise; fit, accommodate; adapt &c. (render accordant) 23;
strike a balance; establish equality, restore equality, restore
equilibrium; readjust; stretch on the bed of Procrustes. Adj. equal,
even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate; on a par
with, on a level with, on a footing with; up to the mark;
equiparant[obs3]. equivalent, tantamount; indistinguishable; quits;
homologous; synonymous &c. 522; resolvable into, convertible, much at
one, as broad as long, neither more nor less.; much the same as, the
same thing as, as good as; all one, all the same; equipollent,
equiponderant[obs3], equiponderous[obs3], equibalanced[obs3]; equalized
&c. v.; drawn; half and half; isochronal, isochronous
isoperimetric[obs3], isoperimetrical[obs3]; isobath[Oceanography],
isobathic[Oceanography]. Adv. equally &c. adj.; pari passu[Lat], ad
eundum[Lat], caeteris paribus[Lat]; in equilibrio[Lat]; to all intents
and purposes.
Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing;
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
#28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality.—N. inequality;
disparity, imparity; odds; difference &c. 15; unevenness; inclination
of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight,
make- weight; superiority &c. 33; inferiority &c. 34; inequation[obs3].
V. be unequal &c. adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the
advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over;
overmatch &c. 33; not come up to &c. 34. Adj. unequal, uneven,
disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided,
biased, skewed; disquiparant[obs3]. Adv. haud passibus aequis
[Latin][Vergil].
#29. Mean.—N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium,
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mediocrity, generality; golden mean &c. (mid-course) 628; middle &c.
68;
compromise &c. 774; middle course, middle state; neutrality.
mediocrity, least common denominator.
V. split the difference; take the average &c. n.; reduce to a mean
&c.
n.; strike a balance, pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c. 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c. (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another,
taking
all things together, taking it for all in all; communibus annis[Lat],
in
round numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati[Lat].
#30. Compensation.—N. compensation, equation; commutation;
indemnification; compromise &c. 774 neutralization, nullification;
counteraction &c. 179; reaction; measure for measure, retaliation &c.
718 equalization &c. 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul. set-off, offset;
make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity,
equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c. (atonement)
952; counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand. V. make
compensation; compensate, compense[obs3]; indemnify; counteract,
countervail, counterpoise; balance; outbalance[obs3], overbalance,
counterbalance; set off; hedge, square, give and take; make up for, lee
way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c. 27; make good;
redeem &c. (atone) 952. Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing
&c. v.; in the opposite scale; equivalent &c. (equal) 27. Adv. in
return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding;
nevertheless, nathless[obs3], none the less; although, though; albeit,
howbeit; mauger[obs3]; at all events, at any rate; be that as it may,
for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad
minus[Lat], quand meme[Fr], however that may be; after all is said and
done; taking one thing with another &c. (average) 29. Phr. "light is
mingled with the gloom" [Whittier]; every dark cloud has a silver
lining; primo avulso non deficit alter [Lat][obs3][Vergil]; saepe creat
molles aspera spina rosas [Lat][Ovid].
QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD
#31. Greatness.—N. greatness &c. adj.; magnitude; size &c.
(dimensions) 192; multitude &c. (number) 102; immensity; enormity;
infinity &c. 105; might, strength, intensity, fullness; importance &c.
642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world;
mass, heap &c. (assemblage) 72; stock &c. (store) 636; peck, bushel,
load, cargo; cartload[obs3], wagonload, shipload; flood, spring tide;
abundance &c. (sufficiency) 639. principal part, chief part, main part,
greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass &c.
(whole) 50. V. be great &c. adj.; run high, soar, tower, transcend;
rise to a great height, carry to a great height; know no bounds;
ascend, mount. enlarge &c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194. Adj. great;
greater &c. 33; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge &c.
(large in size) 192; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant &c. (enough)
639 full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high;
signal, at its height, in the zenith. world-wide, widespread,
far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many &c. 102. goodly, noble, precious,
mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter,
uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank,
uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring;
thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.;
important &c. 642; unsurpassed &c. (supreme) 33; complete &c. 52.
august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic &c. (repute) 873. vast,
immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant,
exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging,
monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing,
incredible; marvelous &c. 870. unlimited &c. (infinite) 105;
unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable,
inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous. undiminished, unabated,
unreduced[obs3], unrestricted. absolute, positive, stark, decided,
unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished. remarkable, of mark, marked,
pointed, veriest; noteworthy; renowned. Adv. truly &c. (truth) 494[in
a positive degree]; decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely,
seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all
conscience; for the most part, in the main. [in a complete degree]
entirely &c. (completely) 52; abundantly &c. (sufficiently) 639;
widely, far and wide. [in a great or high degree] greatly &c. adj.;
much, muckle[obs3], well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of,
most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure,
richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on
a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag,
splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness,
ultra[Lat], in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely,
exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare,
beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably,
infinitely. [in a supreme degree] preeminently, superlatively &c.
(superiority) 33. [in a too great degree] immoderately, monstrously,
preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously,
out of all proportion, with a vengeance. [in a marked degree]
particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually,
peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly;
famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, κατ’
ἐξοχήν, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly,
incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously. [in an exceptional
degree] peculiarly &c. (unconformity) 83. [in a violent degree]
furiously &c. (violence) 173; severely, desperately, tremendously,
extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance; a
outrance[obs3], a toute outrance[Fr][obs3]. [in a painful degree]
painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously,
miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully,
dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly. Phr. a maximis ad
minima[Lat]; "greatness knows itself" [Henry IV]; "mightiest powers by
deepest calms are fed" [B. Cornwall]; minimum decet libere cui multum
licet [Lat][Seneca]; "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and
some have greatness thrust upon them" [Twelfth Night].
#32. Smallness.—N. smallness &c. adj.; littleness &c. (small size)
193; tenuity; paucity; fewness &c (small number) 103; meanness,
insignificance (unimportance) 643; mediocrity, moderation. small
quantity, modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material
point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote,
jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab,
dight[obs3], whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam;
touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop,
spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau[obs3], screed, smack,
tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet[obs3],
flitter, gobbet[obs3], mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter,
shive[obs3]; snip, snippet; snick[obs3], snack, snatch, slip,
scrag[obs3]; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring,
shaving, hair. nutshell; thimbleful, spoonful, handful, capful,
mouthful; fragment; fraction &c. (part) 51; drop in the ocean.
animalcule &c. 193. trifle &c. (unimportant thing) 643; mere nothing,
next to nothing; hardly anything; just enough to swear by; the shadow
of a shade. finiteness, finite quantity. V. be small &c. adj.; lie in a
nutshell. diminish &c. (decrease) 36; (contract) 195. Adj. small,
little; diminutive &c. (small in size) 193; minute; fine;
inconsiderable, paltry &c. (unimportant) 643; faint &c. (weak) 160;
slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager &c.
(insufficient) 640; sparing; few &c. 103; low, so-so, middling,
tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a
low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle. inappreciable,
evanescent, infinitesimal, homeopathic, very small; atomic,
corpuscular, microscopic, molecular, subatomic. mere, simple, sheer,
stark, bare; near run. dull, petty, shallow, stolid, ungifted,
unintelligent. Adv. to a small extent[in a small degree], on a small
scale; a little bit, a wee bit; slightly &c. adj.; imperceptibly;
miserably, wretchedly; insufficiently &c. 640; imperfectly; faintly &c.
160; passably, pretty well, well enough. [in a certain or limited
degree] partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree;
to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in
some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at
least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as
may be, tant soit peu[Fr], in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro
tanto[It], within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak.
almost, nearly, well-nigh, short of, not quite, all but; near upon,
close upon; peu s'en faut[Fr], near the mark; within an ace of, within
an inch of; on the brink of; scarcely, hardly, barely, only just, no
more than; about [in an uncertain degree], thereabouts, somewhere
about, nearly, say; be the same, be little more or less; no ways [in no
degree], no way, no wise; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not
a bit of it, not a whit, not a jot, not a shadow; in no wise, in no
respect; by no means, by no manner of means; on no account, at no hand.
Phr. dare pondus idonea fumo [Lat][Persius]; magno conatu magnas nugas
[Lat][Terence]; "small sands the mountain, moments make the year"
[Young].
QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR OBJECT
#33. Superiority. [Supremacy.]—N. superiority, majority; greatness
&c. 31; advantage; pull; preponderance, preponderation; vantage ground,
prevalence, partiality; personal superiority; nobility &c. (rank) 875;
Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares[Lat], nulli secundus[Lat],
captain; crackajack * [obs3][U. S.]. supremacy, preeminence; lead;
maximum; record; τρικυμία[obs3], climax; culmination &c. (summit)
210; transcendence; ne plus ultra[Lat]; lion's share, Benjamin's mess;
excess, surplus &c. (remainder) 40; (redundancy) 641. V. be superior
&c. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance[obs3], outweigh,
outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top,
override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop,
cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip &c. 303; eclipse, throw into
the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of
joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage;
turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle &c. (importance) 642;
preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come
first; come to a head, culminate; beat &c. all others, bear the palm;
break the record; take the cake * [U. S.]. become larger, render larger
&c. (increase) 35, (expand) 194. Adj. superior, greater, major, higher;
exceeding &c. v.; great &c. 31; distinguished, ultra[Lat]; vaulting;
more than a match for. supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount,
preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate &c. (important) 642,
(excellent) 648; unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to
none, sans pareil[Fr]; unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled, unequalled,
unapproached[obs3], unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile
princeps[Lat], incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli
secundus[Lat], ne plus ultra[Lat]; beyond compare, beyond comparison;
culminating &c. (topmost) 210; transcendent, transcendental; plus
royaliste que le Roi[Fr], more catholic than the Pope increased &c.
(added to) 35; enlarged &c. (expanded) 194. Adv. beyond, more, over;
over the mark, above the mark; above par; upwards of, in advance of;
over and above; at the top of the scale, at its height. [in a superior
or supreme degree] eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing,
prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the
most, to crown all, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, par excellence, principally,
especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still
more.
Phr. "I shall not look upon his like again" [Hamlet]; deos fortioribus
addesse [Lat][Tacitus].
#34. Inferiority.—N. inferiority, minority, subordinacy;
shortcoming, deficiency; minimum; smallness &c. 32; imperfection; lower
quality, lower worth. [personal inferiority] commonalty &c. 876. V. be
inferior &c. adj.; fall short of, come short of; not pass, not come up
to; want. become smaller, render smaller &c. (decrease) 36, (contract)
195; hide its diminished head, retire into the shade, yield the palm,
play second fiddle, be upstaged, take a back seat. Adj. inferior,
smaller; small &c. 32; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower,
subordinate, secondary; second-rate &c. (imperfect) 651; sub,
subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found
wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. least,
smallest &c. (see little, small &c. 193); lowest. diminished &c.
(decreased) 36; reduced &c. (contracted) 195; unimportant &c. 643. Adv.
less; under the mark, below the mark, below par; at the bottom of the
scale, at a low ebb, at a disadvantage; short of, under.
CHANGES IN QUANTITY
#35. Increase.—N. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension;
dilatation &c. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession &c. 37;
development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent &c. 305;
exaggeration, exacerbation; spread &c. (dispersion) 73; flood tide;
gain, produce, product, profit. V. increase, augment, add to, enlarge;
dilate &c. (expand) 194; grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength; advance;
run up, shoot up; rise; ascend &c. 305; sprout &c. 194. aggrandize;
raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance,
magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add
fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino[Lat], superadd &c. (add)
37[obs3]; spread &c. (disperse) 73. Adj. increased &c. v.; on the
increase, undiminished; additional &c. (added) 37. Adv. crescendo. Phr.
vires acquirit eundo [Lat][Vergil].
#36. Nonincrease, Decrease.—N. decrease, diminution; lessening &c.
v.; subtraction &c. 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c.
(contraction.) 195; coarctation|; abridgment &c. (shortening) 201;
extenuation. subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent &c. 306;
decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration &c. 659; anticlimax;
mitigation &c. (moderation) 174. V. decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge
&c. (shorten) 201; shrink &c. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail
off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend &c. 306;
subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its
diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.
bate, abate, dequantitate|; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower,
weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate &c. (moderate) 174; dwarf,
throw into the shade; reduce &c. 195; shorten &c. 201; subtract &c. 38.
Adj. unincreased &c. (see increase &c.35)[obs3]; decreased &c. v.;
decreasing &c. v.; on the wane &c. n. Phr. "a gilded halo hovering
round decay" [Byron]; "fine by degrees and beautifully less" [Prior].
3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
#37. Addition.—N. addition, annexation, adjection[obs3]; junction
&c. 43; superposition, superaddition, superjunction[obs3],
superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase &c. 35; increment,
supplement; accompaniment &c. 88; interposition &c. 228; insertion &c.
300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on,
saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft[obs3]; saddle with; sprinkle;
introduce &c. (interpose) 228; insert &c. 300. become added, accrue;
advene[obs3], supervene. reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen[obs3];
swell the ranks of; augment &c. 35. Adj. added &c. v.; additional;
supplemental, supplementary; suppletory[obs3], subjunctive;
adjectitious[obs3], adscititious[obs3], ascititious[obs3]; additive,
extra, accessory. Adv. au reste[Fr], in addition, more, plus, extra;
and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and
eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera; &c.; and so on, and so forth;
into the bargain, cum multis aliis[Lat], over and above, moreover.
with, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let
alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with;
conjointly; jointly &c. 43. Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus
erit[Lat].
#38. Nonaddition. Subtraction.—N. subtraction, subduction|!;
deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation,
sublation[obs3]; abstraction &c. (taking) 789; garbling,, &c. v.
mutilation, detruncation[obs3]; amputation; abscission, excision,
recision; curtailment &c. 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c. 36;
abrasion. V. subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove,
withdraw, take from, take away; detract. garble, mutilate, amputate,
detruncate[obs3]; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind[obs3], excise;
pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate;
eliminate. diminish &c. 36; curtail &c. (shorten) 201; deprive of &c.
(take) 789; weaken. Adj. subtracted &c. v.; subtractive. Adv. in
deduction &c. n.; less; short of; minus, without, except, except for,
excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and
except, with a reservation; not counting, if one doesn't count.
#39. [Thing added] Adjunct.—N. adjunct; addition, additament[obs3];
additum[Lat], affix, appelidage[obs3], annexe[obs3], annex; augment,
augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item;
garnish, sauce; accompaniment &c. 88; adjective, addendum; complement,
supplement; continuation. rider, offshoot, episode, side issue,
corollary; piece[Fr]; flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings,
cortege; tail, suffix &c. (sequel) 65; wing. Adj. additional &c. 37.
alate[obs3], alated[obs3]; winged. Adv. in addition &c. 37.
#40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder.—N.
remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic;
leavings, heeltap[obs3], odds and ends, cheesepairings[obs3],
candle ends, orts[obs3]; residuum; dregs &c. (dirt) 653; refuse
&c. (useless) 645; stubble, result, educt[obs3]; fag-end; ruins,
wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium. surplus, overplus[obs3],
excess; balance, complement; superplus[obs3], surplusage[obs3];
superfluity &c.(redundancy) 641; survival, survivance[obs3]. V.
remain; be left &c. adj.; exceed, survive; leave.
Adj. remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary;
over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and
above; outlying, outstanding; cast off &c. 782; superfluous &c.
(redundant) 641.
#40a. [Thing deducted.] Decrement.—N. decrement, discount, defect,
loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction[obs3]; waste.
#41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture.—N. mixture,
admixture, commixture, commixtion[obs3]; commixion[obs3],
intermixture, alloyage[obs3], matrimony; junction &c. 43; combination
&c. 48; miscegenation. impregnation; infusion, diffusion suffusion,
transfusion; infiltration; seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding;
interpolation &c. 228 adulteration, sophistication. [Thing mixed]
tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning,
infusion, soupcon. [Compound resulting from mixture] alloy, amalgam;
brass, chowchow[obs3], pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium
quid[Lat], miscellany, ambigu|, medley, mess, hotchpot[obs3],
pasticcio[obs3], patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble &c.
(disorder) 59; salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum[Lat], gallimaufry,
olla-podrida[obs3], olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron
texture, mingled yarn; mosaic &c. (variegation) 440.
half-blood, half-caste, mulatto; terceron[obs3], quarteron[obs3],
quinteron &c.[obs3]; quadroon, octoroon; griffo[obs3],
zambo[obs3]; cafuzo[obs3]; Eurasian; fustee[obs3], fustie[obs3];
griffe, ladino[obs3], marabou, mestee[obs3], mestizo, quintroon,
sacatra zebrule[obs3][U. S.]; catalo[obs3]; cross, hybrid,
mongrel.
V. mix; join &c. 43; combine &c. 48; commix, immix[obs3],
intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle,
bemingle[obs3]; shuffle &c. (derange) 61; pound together; hash up,
stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard &c. (interpolate)
228; intertwine, interweave &c. 219; associate with;
miscegenate[obs3]. be mixed &c.; get among, be entangled with.
instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash,
tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper[obs3],
medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate,
sophisticate, infect.
Adj. mixed &c. v.; implex[obs3], composite, half-and-half, linsey-
woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley &c.
(variegated) 440; miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate;
miscible. Adv. among, amongst, amid, amidst; with; in the midst
of, in the crowd.
#42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness.—N. simpleness &c. adj.;
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purity, homogeneity.
elimination; sifting &c. v.; purification &c. (cleanness) 652.
V. render simple &c. adj.; simplify.
sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify
&c.
(clean) 652; disentangle &c. (disjoin) 44.
Adj. simple, uniform, of a piece[Fr], homogeneous, single, pure,
sheer, neat.
unmixed, unmingled[obs3], unblended, uncombined, uncompounded;
elementary, undecomposed; unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed,
untinged[obs3], unfortified, pur et simple[Fr]; incomplex[obs3].
free from, exempt from; exclusive.
Adv. simple &c. adj. only.
#43. Junction.—N. junction; joining &c. v.; joinder[Law], union
connection, conjunction, conjugation; annexion[obs3], annexation,
annexment[obs3]; astriction[obs3], attachment, compagination[obs3],
vincture[obs3], ligation, alligation[obs3]; accouplement[obs3];
marriage &c. (wedlock,) 903; infibulation[obs3], inosculation[obs3],
symphysis[Anat], anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation;
meeting, reunion; assemblage &c. 72. coition, copulation; sex, sexual
congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making. joint,
joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure[obs3], seam,
gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link &c. 45; miter mortise. closeness,
tightness, &c. adj.; coherence &c. 46; combination &c. 48.
annexationist. V. join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put
together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together,
hold together, piece together[Fr], tack together, fix together, bind up
together together; embody, reembody[obs3]; roll into one. attach, fix,
affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast &c.
adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit,
button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe,
gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter &c. (restrain) 751;
lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple,
accouple[obs3], link, yoke, bracket; marry &c. (wed) 903; bridge over,
span. braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet;
impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet,
mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase[obs3]; graft, ingraft[obs3],
inosculate[obs3]; entwine, intwine[obs3]; interlink, interlace,
intertwine, intertwist[obs3], interweave; entangle; twine round, belay;
tighten; trice up, screw up. be joined &c.; hang together, hold
together; cohere &c. 46. Adj. joined &c. v.; joint; conjoint, conjunct;
corporate, compact; hand in hand. firm, fast, close, tight, taut,
taught, secure, set, intervolved |; inseparable, indissoluble,
insecable[obs3], severable. Adv. jointly &c. adj.; in conjunction with
&c. (in addition to) 37; fast, firmly, &c. adj.; intimately. Phr. tria
juncta in uno[Lat].
#44. Disjunction.—N. disjunction, disconnection, disunity,
disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity &c. 70;
abjunction[obs3]; cataclasm[obs3]; inconnection[obs3]; abstraction,
abstractedness; isolation; insularity, insulation; oasis; island;
separateness &c. adj.; severalty; disjecta membra[Lat]; dispersion &c.
73; apportionment &c. 786. separation; parting &c. v.; circumcision;
detachment, segregation; divorce, sejunction|, seposition|,
diduction[obs3], diremption[obs3], discerption[obs3]; elision; caesura,
break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture; compartition |;
dismemberment, dislocation; luxation[obs3]; severance, disseverance;
scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration[obs3];
disruption, abruption[obs3]; avulsion[obs3], divulsion[obs3]; section,
resection, cleavage; fission; partibility[obs3], separability.
fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision.
dissection anatomy; decomposition &c. 49; cutting instrument &c
(sharpness) 253; buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw. separatist. V. be
disjoined &c.; come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces;
peel off; get loose. disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite,
dissociate, dispair[obs3]; divorce, part, dispart[obs3], detach,
separate, cut off, rescind, segregate; set apart, keep apart;
insulate,, isolate; throw out of gear; cut adrift; loose; unloose,
undo, unbind, unchain, unlock &c. (fix) 43, unpack, unravel;
disentangle; set free &c. (liberate) 750. sunder, divide,
subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind[obs3]; circumcise; cut;
incide|, incise; saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit,
split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst; rend &c.
rend asunder, rend in twain; wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver,
cranch[obs3], crunch, craunch[obs3], chop; cut up, rip up; hack,
hew, slash; whittle; haggle, hackle, discind|, lacerate,
scamble[obs3], mangle, gash, hash, slice. cut up, carve, dissect,
anatomize; dislimb[obs3]; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to
pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb
from limb; divellicate[obs3]; skin &c. 226; disintegrate,
dismember, disbranch[obs3], disband; disperse &c. 73; dislocate,
disjoint; break up; mince; comminute &c. (pulverize) 330;
apportion &c. 786. part, part company; separate, leave. Adj.
disjoined &c. v.; discontinuous &c. 70; multipartite[obs3],
abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated &c. v.; insular, separate,
disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free;
unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct;
adrift; straggling; rift, reft[obs3]. [capable of being cut]
scissile[Chem], divisible, discerptible[obs3], partible,
separable. Adv. separately &c. adj.; one by one, severally, apart;
adrift, asunder, in twain; in the abstract, abstractedly.
#45. [Connecting medium.] Connection.—N. vinculum, link;
connective, connection; junction &c. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen,
intermedium[obs3]; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus. bond,
tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy,
cable, line, halser|, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string
&c. (filament) 205. fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature;
strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces,
harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet;
inkle[obs3]; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth,
girdle, cestus[obs3], garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot,
running knot; cabestro [obs3][U. S.], cinch [U. S.], lariat,
legadero[obs3], oxreim[obs3]; suspenders.
pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated
fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet,
detent, larigo[obs3], pawl; terret[obs3], treenail, screw, button,
buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt,
latchet[obs3], tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock,
holdfast[obs3], padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron,
trennel[obs3], stake, post. cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer,
solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout;
viscum[obs3]. shackle, rein &c. (means of restraint) 752; prop &c.
(support) 215. V. bridge over, span; connect &c. 43; hang &c.
214.
#46. Coherence.—N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
concretion, accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration;
aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c.
v.; connection; dependence. tenacity, toughness; stickiness &c. 352;
inseparability, inseparableness; bur, remora. conglomerate, concrete
&c. (density) 321. V. cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take
hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang
together; twine round &c. (join) 43. stick like a leech, stick like
wax; stick close; cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a
remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt. glue; agglutinate,
conglutinate[obs3]; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake,
consolidate &c. (solidify) 321; agglomerate. Adj. cohesive, adhesive,
adhering, cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. 352. united,
unseparated, unsessile[obs3], inseparable, inextricable,
infrangible[obs3]; compact &c. (dense) 321.
#47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence.—N.
nonadhesion[obs3]; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c. adj.;
laxity; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. 44; rope
of sand. V. make loose &c. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. 46;
detach &c. (disjoin) 44. Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent,
detached, loose, baggy, slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming;
disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c. 231,
uncombined &c. 48; noncohesive[obs3].
#48. Combination.—N. combination; mixture &c. 41; junction &c. 43;
union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment,
coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending, absorption,
centralization. alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium
quid[Lat]; resultant, impregnation. V. combine, unite, incorporate,
amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt
into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together,
lump together; cement a union, marry. Adj. combined &c. v.; impregnated
with, ingrained; imbued inoculated.
#49. Decomposition.—N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) 653;
dispersion &c. 73; disjunction &c. 44; disintegration. V. decompose,
decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into its elements,
separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem]; dissect, decentralize,
break up; disperse &c. 73; unravel &c. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust.
Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative,
solvent.
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#50. Whole. [Principal part.]—N. whole, totality, integrity;
totalness &c. adj[obs3].; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness[obs3];
unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility,
indiscerptibility[obs3]; integration, embodiment; integer. all, the
whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total,
tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, "be all and end
all"; complex, complexus [obs3]; lock stock and barrel. bulk, mass,
lump, tissue, staple, body, compages[obs3]; trunk, torso, bole, hull,
hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part,
main part; essential part &c. (importance). 642; lion's share,
Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. V.
form a whole, constitute a whole; integrate, embody, amass; aggregate
&c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to. Adj. whole, total, integral,
entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual. unbroken, intact, uncut,
undivided, unsevered[obs3], unclipped[obs3], uncropped, unshorn;
seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed,
unbruised. indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable[obs3],
indiscerptible[obs3]. wholesale, sweeping; comprehensive. Adv. wholly,
altogether; totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all, all in all, as
a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the
aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the
long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily|!, en bloc, in
extenso[Lat], throughout, every inch; substantially. Phr. tout bien ou
rien[Fr].
#51. Part.—N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count,
paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction,
fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. piece[Fr], lump, bit
cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop[obs3], slice, scale; lamina &c. 204;
small part; morsel, particle &c. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend;
share &c. (allotment) 786. debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus;
excerpta[obs3]; member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch,
bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig;
runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part &c. 56; sarmentum[obs3].
compartment; department &c. (class) 75; county &c. (region) 181. V.
part, divide, break &c. (disjoin) 44; partition &c. (apportion) 786.
Adj. fractional, fragmentary; sectional, aliquot; divided &c. v.; in
compartments, multifid[obs3]; disconnected; partial. Adv. partly, in
part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by installments, by snatches,
by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by
drop; in detail, in lots.
#52. Completeness.—N. completeness &c. adj.; completion &c. 729;
integration; allness[obs3]. entirety; perfection &c. 650; solidity,
solidarity; unity; all; ne plus ultra[Lat], ideal, limit. complement,
supplement, make-weight; filling, up &c. v. impletion[obs3];
saturation, saturity|; high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide;
fill, load, bumper, bellyful[obs3]; brimmer[obs3]; sufficiency &c. 639.
V. be complete &c. adj.; come to a head. render complete &c. adj.;
complete &c. (accomplish) 729; fill, charge, load, replenish; make up,
make good; piece out[Fr], eke out; supply deficiencies; fill up, fill
in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of; saturate. go the whole hog,
go the whole length; go all lengths. Adj. complete, entire; whole &c.
50; perfect &c. 650; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid,
undivided; with all its parts; all- sided. exhaustive, radical,
sweeping, thorough-going; dead. regular, consummate, unmitigated,
sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free; abundant &c. (sufficient) 639.
brimming; brimful, topful, topfull; chock full, choke full; as full as
an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch; saturated, crammed; replete &c.
(redundant) 641; fraught, laden; full-laden, full-fraught,
full-charged; heavy laden. completing &c. v.; supplemental,
supplementary; ascititious[obs3]. Adv. completely &c. adj.; altogether,
outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears;
effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin,
head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in
every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes;
toto coelo[Lat]; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to
the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and
branch, down to the ground. to the top of one's bent, as far as
possible, a outrance[obs3]. throughout; from first to last, from
beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan
to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom,
de fond en comble[Fr]; a fond, a capite ad calcem [Lat], ab ovo usque
ad mala[Lat], fore and aft; every, whit, every inch; cap-a-pie, to the
end of the chapter; up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes; as
. . . as can be. on all accounts; sous tous les rapports[Fr]; with a
vengeance, with a witness. Phr. falsus in uno falsus in omnibus [Latin:
false in one thing, false in everything]; omnem movere lapidem[Lat];
una scopa nuova spazza bene [Italian].
#53. Incompleteness.—N. incompleteness &c. adj.; deficiency, short
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measure; shortcoming &c. 304; insufficiency &c. 640; imperfection &c.
651;
immaturity &c. (nonpreparation) 674; half measures.
[part wanting] defect, deficit, defalcation, omission; caret;
shortage; interval &c. 198; break &c. (discontinuity) 70; noncompletion
&c.
730; missing link.
missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna.
V. be incomplete &c. adj.; fall short of &c. 304; lack &c. (be
insufficient) 640; neglect &c. 460.
Adj. incomplete; imperfect &c. 651; unfinished; uncompleted &c.
(see
complete &c. 729); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in
default, in arrear[obs3]; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half,
perfunctory, sketchy; crude &c. (unprepared) 674.
mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated.
in progress, in hand; going on, proceeding.
Adv. incompletely &c. adj.; by halves.
Phr. caetera desunt[Lat]; caret.
#54. Composition.—N. composition, constitution, crasis[obs3];
combination &c. 48; inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception;
embodiment; formation. V. be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be
made up of; consist of, be resolved into. include &c. (in a class) 76;
contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve,
implicate; drag into. compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill
up, build up; enter into the composition of &c. (be a component) 56.
Adj. containing, constituting &c.v.
#55. Exclusion.—N. exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception,
rejection, repudiation; exile &c. (seclusion) 893; noninclusion[obs3],
preclusion, prohibition. separation, segregation, seposition[obs3],
elimination, expulsion; cofferdam. V. be excluded from &c. exclude,
bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay
apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate;
throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect &c. 460; banish &c.
(seclude) 893; separate.&c. (disjoin) 44. pass over, omit; garble;
eliminate, weed, winnow. Adj. excluding &c. v.; exclusive, excluded &c.
v.; unrecounted[obs3], not included in; inadmissible. Adv. exclusive
of, barring; except; with the exception of; save; bating.
#56. Component.—N. component; component part, integral part,
integrant part[obs3]; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part
and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member &c. (part) 51;
personnel. V. enter into, enter into the composition of; be a component
&c. n; be part of, form part of &c. 51; merge in, be merged in; be
implicated in; share in &c. (participate) 778; belong to, appertain to;
combine, inhere in, unite. form, make, constitute, compose. Adj.
forming &c. v. inclusive.
#57. Extraneousness.—N. extraneousness &c. adj.; extrinsicality &c.
6[obs3]; exteriority &c. 220[obs3]; alienage[obs3], alienism; foreign
body, foreign substance, foreign element; alien, stranger, intruder,
interloper, foreigner, novus homo[Lat], newcomer, immigrant, emigrant;
creole, Africander[obs3]; outsider; Dago*, wop, mick, polak, greaser,
slant, Easterner [U.S.], Dutchman, tenderfoot. Adj. extraneous,
foreign, alien, ulterior; tramontane, ultramontane. excluded &c. 55;
inadmissible; exceptional. Adv. in foreign parts, in foreign lands;
abroad, beyond seas; over sea on one's travels.