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AboundingAbound A*bound", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abounded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Abounding.] [OE. abounden, F. abonder, fr. L. abundare
to overflow, abound; ab + unda wave. Cf. Undulate.]
1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be
plentiful.
The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the
continent of Europe. --Chambers.
Where sin abounded grace did much more abound.
--Rom. v. 20.
2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.
To abound in, to possess in such abundance as to be
characterized by.
To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great
numbers.
Men abounding in natural courage. --Macaulay.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings. --Prov.
xxviii. 20.
It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. --Addison. AmendingAmend A*mend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Amending.] [F. amender, L. emendare; e (ex) + mendum,
menda, fault, akin to Skr. minda personal defect. Cf.
Emend, Mend.]
To change or modify in any way for the better; as,
(a) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt,
superfluous, faulty, and the like;
(b) by supplying deficiencies;
(c) by substituting something else in the place of what is
removed; to rectify. AppendingAppend Ap*pend" ([a^]p*p[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Appended; p. pr. & vb. n. Appending.] [L. appendere or F.
appendre: cf. OE. appenden, apenden, to belong, OF. apendre,
F. appendre, fr. L. append[=e]re, v. i., to hang to,
append[e^]re, v. t., to hang to; ad + pend[=e]re, v. i., to
hang, pend[e^]re, v. t., to hang. See Pendant.]
1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is
suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the
inscription was appended to the column.
2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex;
as, notes appended to this chapter.
A further purpose appended to the primary one. --I.
Taylor. AscendingAscend As*cend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ascended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Ascending.] [L. ascendere; ad + scandere to climb,
mount. See Scan.]
1. To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to
descend.
Higher yet that star ascends. --Bowring.
I ascend unto my father and your father. --John xx.
17.
Note: Formerly used with up.
The smoke of it ascended up to heaven. --Addison.
2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an
inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects,
from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient
times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our
inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to
our first progenitor.
Syn: To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower. AstoundingAstound As*tound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astounded, [Obs.]
Astound; p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.]
1. To stun; to stupefy.
No puissant stroke his senses once astound.
--Fairfax.
2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with
wonder, surprise, or fear.
These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The
virtuous mind. --Milton. AstoundingAstounding As*tound"ing, a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an
astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly,
adv. AstoundinglyAstounding As*tound"ing, a.
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an
astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly,
adv. AttendingAttend At*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb.
n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to
expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to
apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give
heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not
attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir
P. Sidney.
2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch
over.
3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to
visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or
follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to
serve.
The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
--Spenser.
Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to
attend William thither. --Macaulay.
4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or
consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
--Dryden.
5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert,
a business meeting.
6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store
for. [Obs.]
The state that attends all men after this. --Locke.
Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden.
Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To
mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to
regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed
is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution;
to notice is to think on that which strikes the
senses. --Crabb. See Accompany. BandingBand Band (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Banding.]
1. To bind or tie with a band.
2. To mark with a band.
3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. ``Banded
against his throne.' --Milton.
Banded architrave, pier, shaft, etc. (Arch.), an
architrave, pier, etc., of which the regular profile is
interrupted by blocks or projections crossing it at right
angles. Banding plane
Banding plane Band"ing plane`
A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and
bands in straight and circular work.
BefriendingBefriend Be*friend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befriended; p. pr.
& vb. n. Befriending.]
To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or
countenance.
By the darkness befriended. --Longfellow. BendingBend Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,
bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th
Bend.]
1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for
use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend
the knee.
2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
``Bend thine ear to supplication.' --Milton.
Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak.
Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will.
--Pope.
4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
``Except she bend her humor.' --Shak.
5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to
its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
--Totten.
To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or
in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.
Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield. Bending
Bending Bend"ing, n.
The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
BindingBinding Bind"ing, a.
That binds; obligatory.
Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in
double-framed flooring.
Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
astringent; costive; styptic. Binding
Binding Bind"ing, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or
the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures
the edge of cloth from raveling.
3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other
chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the
parts of a vessel.
Binding beamBinding Bind"ing, a.
That binds; obligatory.
Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in
double-framed flooring.
Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
astringent; costive; styptic. Binding joistBinding Bind"ing, a.
That binds; obligatory.
Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in
double-framed flooring.
Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
astringent; costive; styptic. Binding post
Binding post Bind"ing post` (Elec.)
A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for
convenience in making connections.
Binding screw
Binding screw Bind"ing screw`
A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making
a connection in an electrical circuit.
Bindingly
Bindingly Bind"ing*ly, adv.
So as to bind.
Bindingness
Bindingness Bind"ing*ness, n.
The condition or property of being binding; obligatory
quality. --Coleridge.
BlendingBlend Blend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent; p. pr.
& vb. n. Blending.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to
blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw.
blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or
associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line
of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To
confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
--Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
harmonize. Blending
Blending Blend"ing, n.
1. The act of mingling.
2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that
they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each
other insensibly. --Weale.
BlindingBlind Blind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blinded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blinding.]
1. To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment. ``To
blind the truth and me.' --Tennyson.
A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a
guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . .
a much greater. --South.
2. To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult
for and painful to; to dazzle.
Her beauty all the rest did blind. --P. Fletcher.
3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to
conceal; to deceive.
Such darkness blinds the sky. --Dryden.
The state of the controversy between us he
endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.
--Stillingfleet.
4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a
road newly paved, in order that the joints between the
stones may be filled. Blinding
Blinding Blind"ing, a.
Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of
understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow.
BlindingBlinding Blind"ing, n.
A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved
road. See Blind, v. t., 4. BondingBond Bond (b[o^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bonded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bonding.]
1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to
secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise)
by giving a bond.
2. (Arch.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a
wall, so as to secure solidity. Bookbinding
Bookbinding Book"bind`ing, n.
The art, process, or business of binding books.
BoundingBound Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bounding.]
1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of
extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to
lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to
circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
Where full measure only bounds excess. --Milton.
Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning
empire bounds. --Dryden.
2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. Bounding
Bounding Bound"ing, a.
Moving with a bound or bounds.
The bounding pulse, the languid limb. --Montgomery.
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