Definition of point

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Point (n.) To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

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Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy..
Long :: Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest..
Jehovist :: "Jehovist (n.) One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist..
Attempt :: Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort..
Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..
Calk :: Calk (n.) An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping..
Radiate :: Radiate (v. i.) To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat..
Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus..
Deputize :: Deputize (v. t.) To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
Early :: Early (adv.) In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit..
Threshold :: Threshold (n.) Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life..
Pericope :: Pericope (n.) A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon..
Spike :: Spike (n.) A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward..
Point :: Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
Chimaera :: Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point..
World :: World (n.) In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world..
Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign..
Impertinent :: Impertinent (a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city..
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