Definition of sentence

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Sentence (n.) A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw..

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Sentence :: Sentence (n.) Sense; meaning; significance.
Colon :: Colon (n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction..
Sentenced :: Sentenced (imp. & p. p.) of Sentenc.
Syllable :: Syllable (n.) A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
Attainder :: Attainder (n.) The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon sentence of death or outlawry; as, an act of attainder..
Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..
Write :: Write (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs..
Sententious :: Sententious (a.) Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence..
Key :: Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Apodosis :: Apodosis (n.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis..
Rhematic :: Rhematic (n.) The doctrine of propositions or sentences.
Construction :: Construction (n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.
Interpunction :: Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Censure :: Censure (v. i.) To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.
And :: And (conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence..
Convict :: Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Unjust :: Unjust (a.) Contrary to justice and right; prompted by a spirit of injustice; wrongful; as, an unjust sentence; an unjust demand; an unjust accusation..
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