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Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..

Stereobate :: Stereo- () A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..

Indeed :: Indeed (adv.) In reality; in truth; in fact; verily; truly; -- used in a variety of sense. Esp.: (a) Denoting emphasis; as, indeed it is so. (b) Denoting concession or admission; as, indeed, you are right. (c) Denoting surprise; as, indeed, is it you? Its meaning is not intrinsic or fixed, but depends largely on the form of expression which it accompanies..

Undersong :: Undersong (n.) Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone.

By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..

Purport :: Purport (n.) Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

Rote :: Rote (n.) A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote..

Connote :: Connote (v. t.) To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Antiphrasis :: Antiphrasis (n.) The use of words in a sense opposite to their proper meaning; as when a court of justice is called a court of vengeance.

Amen :: Amen (interj., adv., & n.) An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily..

Effect :: Effect (n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

Homograph :: Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful..

Univocal :: Univocal (a.) Having one meaning only; -- contrasted with equivocal.

Octa- :: Octa- () A prefix meaning eight. See Octo-.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words..

Chondro- :: Chondro- () A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos..

Term :: Term (n.) A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term..

Homonym :: Homonym (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear..

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