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Addle-brained
Addle-brained Ad"dle-brained`, Addle-headed Ad"dle-head`ed,
Addle-pated Ad"dle-pa`ted, a.
Dull-witted; stupid. ``The addle-brained Oberstein.'
--Motley.
Dull and addle-pated. --Dryden.
AppertainedAppertain Ap`per*tain", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Appertained; p.
pr. & vb. n. Appertaining.] [OE. apperteinen, apertenen,
OF. apartenir, F. appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad +
pertinere to reach to, belong. See Pertain.]
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment,
or custom; to relate.
Things appertaining to this life. --Hooker.
Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. --Lev. vi. 5. AscertainedAscertain As`cer*tain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ascertained; p.
pr. & vb. n. Ascertaining.] [OF. acertener; a (L. ad) +
certain. See Certain.]
1. To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to
make confident; to assure; to apprise. [Obs.]
When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained. --Jer.
Taylor.
Muncer assured them that the design was approved of
by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream
ascertained him of its effects. --Robertson.
2. To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from
obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to
determine. [Archaic]
The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth.
--Hooker.
The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase
and ascertain the condemnation. --Jer. Taylor.
The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . .
persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers.
--Smollett.
The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained
the rule and measure of taxation. --Gibbon.
3. To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial,
examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to
ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a
metal.
He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining
whether a descent on England was practicable.
--Macaulay. AttainedAttain At*tain" ([a^]t*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Attained (-t[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Attaining.] [Of.
atteinen, atteignen, atainen, OF. ateindre, ataindre, F.
atteindre, fr. L. attingere; ad + tangere to touch, reach.
See Tangent, and cf. Attinge, Attaint.]
1. To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to
gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Is he wise who hopes to attain the end without the
means? --Abp.
Tillotson.
2. To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire. [Obs. with a
material object.] --Chaucer.
3. To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain. [Obs.]
Not well attaining his meaning. --Fuller.
4. To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive
at. ``Canaan he now attains.' --Milton.
5. To overtake. [Obs.] --Bacon.
6. To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
Syn: To Attain, Obtain, Procure.
Usage: Attain always implies an effort toward an object.
Hence it is not synonymous with obtain and procure,
which do not necessarily imply such effort or motion.
We procure or obtain a thing by purchase or loan, and
we obtain by inheritance, but we do not attain it by
such means. BerainedBerain Be*rain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Berained; p. pr. & vb.
n. Beraining.]
To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. BrainedBrain Brain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Braining.]
1. To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the
brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to
defeat.
There thou mayst brain him. --Shak.
It was the swift celerity of the death . . . That
brained my purpose. --Shak.
2. To conceive; to understand. [Obs.]
?T is still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen
Tongue, and brain not. --Shak. ChainedChain Chain, v. t. [imp. p. p. Chained (ch[=a]nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Chaining.]
1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or
bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
Chained behind the hostile car. --Prior.
2. To keep in slavery; to enslave.
And which more blest? who chained his country, say
Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? --Pope.
3. To unite closely and strongly.
And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. --Shak.
4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain.
5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. Clay-brained
Clay-brained Clay"-brained`, a.
Stupid. [Obs.] --Shak.
Coarse-grained
Coarse-grained Coarse"-grained`, a.
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in
refinement.
Cock-brained
Cock-brained Cock"-brained`, a.
Giddy; rash. --Milton.
Constrained
Constrained Con*strained", a.
Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed;
as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.
ConstrainedConstrain Con*strain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constrained; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F.
contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight.
See Strain, and. cf. Constrict, Constringe.]
1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold
tightly; to constringe.
He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs
constrains. --Dryden.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with cold.
--Dryden.
2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain.
--Gay.
3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
My sire in caves constrains the winds. --Dryden.
4. To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
The love of Christ constraineth us. --2. Cor. v.
14.
I was constrained to appeal unto C[ae]sar. --Acts
xxviii. 19.
5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] --Shak.
6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural
effect; as, a constrained voice.
Syn: To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press. Constrainedly
Constrainedly Con*strain"ed*ly, adv.
By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner.
--Hooker.
Crack-brained
Crack-brained Crack"-brained` (-br[=a]nd`), a.
Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. --Pope.
Crossgrained
Crossgrained Cross"grained (-gr?nd`), a.
1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less
transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with
splitting or planing.
If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you
must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way.
--Moxon.
2. Perverse; untractable; contrary.
She was none of your crossgrained, termagant,
scolding jades. --Arbuthnot.
CurtainedCurtain Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained (-t?nd; 48);
p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.
--Milton. Disdained
Disdained Dis*dained", a.
Disdainful. [Obs.]
Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this
proud king. --Shak.
Disenchained
Disenchained Dis`en*chained", a.
Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] --E. A. Poe.
DistrainedDistrain Dis*train", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained; p. pr.
& vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF.
destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere,
districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish
severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See
Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]
1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence;
hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress,
torment, or afflict. [Obs.] ``Distrained with chains.'
--Chaucer.
2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]
Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain.
--Spenser.
3. (Law)
(a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take
possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the
reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by
distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an
amercement.
(b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a
person by his goods and chattels. DrainedDrain Drain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to
E. draw.]
1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or
off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
--Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their
treasure and hampered their industry. --Motley.
2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make
gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from
streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like;
as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the
capacious deep and formed the main. --Roscommon.
3. To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth,
hath become fresh. --Bacon. Dull-brained
Dull-brained Dull"-brained`, a.
Stupid; doltish. --Shak.
EngrainedEngrain En*grain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]
1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
Leaves engrained in lusty green. --Spenser.
2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to
infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
The stain hath become engrained by time. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See
Grain, v. t., 1. ExplainedExplain Ex*plain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained; p. pr. &
vb. n. Explaining.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out,
explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus
plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf.
Esplanade.]
1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
leaf. --Evelyn.
2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of
obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
you. --Gay.
To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. ``Those
explain the meaning quite away.' --Pope.
Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. Fat-brained
Fat-brained Fat"-brained`, a.
Dull of apprehension.
Feather-brained
Feather-brained Feath"er-brained/, a.
Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]
GrainedGrain Grain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Graining.]
1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the
grain of (leather, etc.). Grained
Grained Grained, a.
1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains;
showing the grain; hence, rough.
2. Dyed in grain; ingrained.
Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous
honesty, are but pale in goodness. --Sir T.
Browne.
3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood,
marble, etc.
4. (Bot.) Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the
petals or sepals of some flowers.
HairbrainedHairbrained Hair"brained`, a.
See Harebrained. Half-strained
Half-strained Half"-strained`, a.
Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] ``A half-strained villain.'
--Dryden.
Hot-brained
Hot-brained Hot"-brained`, a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained
youth. --Dryden.
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