Definition of literal

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Literal (a.) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters..

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Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
Pierce :: Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..
Application :: Application (n.) The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb..
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him for a leader..
Literalization :: Literalization (n.) The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Literalized :: Literalized (imp. & p. p.) of Literaliz.
Effusion :: Effusion (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively..
Up :: Up (adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up..
Verbal :: Verbal (a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation..
Dive :: Dive (n.) A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively..
Triliteralness :: Triliteralness (n.) The quality of being triliteral; as, the triliterality of Hebrew roots..
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom..
Found :: Found (v. i.) To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly..
Triliteral :: Triliteral (n.) A triliteral word.
Aspersion :: Aspersion (n.) A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense..
Syllepsis :: Syllepsis (n.) A figure of speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same time.
Pluriliteral :: Pluriliteral (n.) A pluriliteral word.
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append..
Literalizing :: Literalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Literaliz.
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