JEFFERIES

Meaning of JEFFERIES in English

Jefferies BrE AmE ˈdʒef riz

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JEFFERIES, (JOHN) RICHARD — born Nov. 6, 1848, near Swindon, Wiltshire, Eng. died Aug. 14, 1887, Goring-by-Sea, Sussex English naturalist, novelist, and essayist whose …
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WORK — I. ˈwərk, ˈwə̄k, ˈwəik noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English werk, work, from Old English werc, weorc, worc; akin …
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WIND — I. ˈwind, chiefly poetic ˈwīnd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wind, winde, from Old English …
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WILLING
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VERGE — I. ˈvərj, ˈvə̄j, ˈveij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin virga twig, rod, streak, …
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UPSET — I. |əp|set sometimes _əpˈs-; usu -ed.+V adjective Etymology: Middle English, from up + set, past participle of setten to set …
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TROOP — I. ˈtrüp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French troupe, from troupeau herd, crowd, from Old French, of Germanic origin; …
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TRANSCENDENTAL — I. |tranˌsen|dent ə l, |tran(t)s ə n|-, -raan- adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens + -alis -al …
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TINT — I. past of tine II. ˈtint noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by Italian or Spanish tinta tint …
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SUPPLE — I. ˈsəpəl, ÷ˈsüp- adjective ( usually suppler -p(ə)lə(r ; usually supplest -p(ə)lə̇st) Etymology: Middle English souple, from Old French, yielding, …
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STURDY — I. ˈstərdē, ˈstəd-, ˈstəid-, -di adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French estourdi, estordi stunned, thoughtless, rash, …
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SQUAIL — I. ˈskwā(ə)l verb Etymology: origin unknown intransitive verb dialect chiefly Britain : to throw a weighted stick (as at a …
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SPANK — I. ˈspaŋk, -paiŋk verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: imitative transitive verb 1. : to strike with or as if with …
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RELATE — I. rə̇ˈlāt, rēˈ-, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Latin relatus (suppletive past participle of referre to carry back, …
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PRIZE — I. ˈprīz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pris prize, price — more at price 1. : something offered …
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PERK — I. ˈpərk, ˈpə̄k, ˈpəik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English perken, perhaps from Old North French perquer to perch, …
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ODDS — I. ˈädz noun plural but sometimes singular in construction Etymology: odd (I) + -s 1. a. archaic : inequalities, disparities …
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MYSTERY — I. ˈmist(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English misterie, mysterie, from Latin mysterium, from Greek mystērion, from (assumed) …
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MIND — I. ˈmīnd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English minde, mynde, from Old English gemynd; akin to …
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MAINTENANCE — I. ˈmānt(ə)nən(t)s, -t ə nən- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English meyntenaunce, maintenaunce, from Middle French maintenance act of …
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MAIM — I. ˈmām transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English maynen, maymen, maynhen, mayhaymen, from Old French mahaignier, maynier, probably …
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INTRINSIC — I. (ˈ)in.|trinz]ik, ən.ˈt-, -rin(t)s], ]ēk adjective Etymology: Middle French intrinsèque inner, internal, from Late Latin intrinsecus, from Latin, adverb inwardly, …
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INDIFFERENT — I. (ˈ)in|difərnt, ənˈd-, -f(ə)rənt, - R sometimes -fənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, that …
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EASY
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DEPOSIT — I. də̇ˈpäzə̇t, dēˈ-, usu -ə̇d.+V verb ( deposited -zə̇d.ə̇d, -z(ə̇)tə̇d ; deposited “ ; depositing -zə̇d.iŋ, -z(ə̇)tiŋ ; deposits -zə̇ts) …
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DELICATE — I. -kə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English delicat, from Latin delicatus pleasing to the senses, …
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DARK — I. ˈdärk, ˈdȧk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English derk, from Old English deorc; akin to Old High German …
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COUNTERPOISE — I. |kau̇ntə(r)+ transitive verb Etymology: alteration (influenced by poise ) of Middle English countrepesen, counterpeisen, from Middle French contrepeser, from …
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CADENCE — I. ˈkād ə n(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Italian cadenza, from cadere to fall (from …
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WORKMANSHIP — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌship noun Etymology: Middle English werkmanschipe, from werkman workman + -schipe -ship 1. : the art or skill of a …
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ATTRACT — ə.ˈtrakt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English attracten, from Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere, from ad- + trahere …
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