Definition of diction

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Diction (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems..

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Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A mode or form of speech; the manner or style in which any one expreses himself; diction; expression.
Euphuism :: Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.
Woe :: Woe (n.) A curse; a malediction.
Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion..
Vaticination :: Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.
Colony :: Colony (n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America..
Prophecy :: Prophecy (n.) A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling..
Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary..
Polemarch :: Polemarch (n.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer..
Apodictical :: Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Dictionary :: Dictionary (n.) Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary..
Foreigner :: Foreigner (n.) A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger..
Synonymist :: Synonymicon (n.) A dictionary of synonyms.
Ekaboron :: Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium..
Leet :: Leet (n.) A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.
Pastorate :: Pastorate (n.) The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor..
Territorial :: Territorial (a.) Of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction..
Seneschalship :: Seneschalship (n.) The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal..
Matriarchate :: Matriarchate (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses..
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