Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
1. Conceptional Volition
1247 words | Chapter 122
#620. Intention.窶年. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo
animo[Lat]; project &c. 626; undertaking &c. 676; predetermination &c.
611; design, ambition. contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview,
proposal; study; look out. final cause; raison d'etre[Fr]; cui
bono[Lat]; object, aim, end; "the be all and the end all"; drift &c.
(meaning) 516; tendency &c. 176; destination, mark, point, butt, goal,
target, bull's-eye, quintain[obs3][medeival]; prey, quarry, game.
decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose;
ultimatum; resolution &c. 604; wish &c. 865; arriere pensee[Fr]; motive
&c. 615. [Study of final causes] teleology. V. intend, purpose, design,
mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor a design; have in view, have
in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in- petto; have an eye to.
bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim
at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before
oneself; study to. take upon oneself &c. (undertake) 676; take into
one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of;
premeditate &c. 611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate[obs3];
propose. project &c. (plan) 626; have a mind to &c. (be willing) 602;
desire &c. 865; pursue &c. 622. Adj. intended &c. v.; intentional,
advised, express, determinate; prepense &c. 611[obs3]; bound for;
intending &c. v.; minded; bent upon &c. (earnest) 604; at stake; on the
anvil, on the tapis[obs3]; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in
petto; teleological Adv. intentionally &c. adj.; advisedly, wittingly,
knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously,
pointedly; with intent &c. n.; deliberately &c. (with premeditation)
611; with one's eyes open, in cold blood. for; with a view, with an eye
to; in order to, in order that; to the end that, with the intent that;
for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account
of. in pursuance of, pursuant to; quo animo[Lat]; to all intents and
purposes. Phr. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
[Johnson]; sublimi feriam sidera vertice [Lat][Horace].
#621. [Absence of purpose in the succession of events] Chance. 2窶年.
chance &c. 156; lot, fate &c. (necessity) 601; luck; good luck &c.
(good) 618; mascot. speculation, venture, stake, game of chance; mere
shot, random shot; blind bargain, leap in the dark; pig in a poke &c.
(uncertainty) 475; fluke, potluck; faro bank; flyer*; limit.
uncertainty; uncertainty principle, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
drawing lots; sortilegy[obs3], sortition|; sortes[obs3], sortes
Virgilianae[obs3]; rouge et noir[Fr], hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck,
crack-loo [obs3][U.S.], craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck,
farthing, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice;
wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf. gaming house, gambling house,
betting house; bucket shop; gambling joint; totalizator, totalizer;
hell; betting ring; dice, dice box. [person who takes chances] gambler,
gamester; man of the turf; adventurer; dicer|!. V. chance &c. (hap)
156; stand a chance &c. (be possible) 470. toss up; cast lots, draw
lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of
accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents; tempt fortune; chance it,
take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt) 675; run the risk, run
the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk,
encounter the chance; stand the hazard of the die. speculate, try one's
luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke,
shuffle the cards. risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a
wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck
farthing. Adj. fortuitous &c. 156; unintentional, unintended;
accidental; not meant; undesigned, purposed; unpremeditated &c. 612;
unforeseen, uncontemplated, never thought of. random, indiscriminate,
promiscuous; undirected; aimless, driftless[obs3], designless[obs3],
purposeless, causeless; without purpose. possible &c. 470.
unforeseeable, unpredictable, chancy, risky, speculative, dicey. Adv.
randomly, by chance, fortuitously; unpredictably, unforeseeably;
casually &c. 156; unintentionally &c. adj.; unwittingly. en
passant[Fr], by the way, incidentally; as it may happen; at random, at
a venture, at haphazard. Phr. acierta errando[Lat]; dextro
tempore[Lat]; "fearful concatenation of circumstances" [D. Webster];
"fortuitous combination of circumstances" [Dickens]; le jeu est le fils
d'avarice et le pere du desespoir[Fr]; "the happy combination of
fortuitous circumstances" [Scott]; "the fortuitous or casual concourse
of atoms" [Bentley]; "God does not play dice with the universe" [A.
Einstein].
#622. [Purpose in action.] Pursuit窶年. pursuit; pursuing &c. v.;
prosecution; pursuance; enterprise &c. (undertaking) 676; business &c.
625; adventure &c. (essay) 675; quest &c. (search) 461; scramble, hue
and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt. chase, hunt, battue[obs3], race,
steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport,
sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar[Geogloc:India].
pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari[Geogloc:India], sportsman, Nimrod;
hound &c. 366. V. pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be
after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on &c. (do) 680; engage
in &c. (undertake) 676; set about &c. (begin) 66; endeavor &c. 675;
court &c. (request) 765 seek &c. (search) 461; aim at &c. (intention)
620; follow the trail &c. (trace) 461; fish for &c. (experiment) 463;
press on &c. (haste) 684; run a race &c. (velocity) 274. chase, give
chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the
heels of, &c. (sequence) 281. rush upon; rush headlong &c. (violence)
173 ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at,
snatch at run down; start game. tread a path; take a course, hold- a
course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps,
course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take
to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby. Adj. pursuing &c. v.; in
quest of &c. (inquiry) 461 in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on
the scent. Adv. in pursuance of &c. (intention) 620; after. Int.
tallyho! yoicks! soho[obs3]!
#623. [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance.窶年. abstention, abstinence;
for bearance[obs3]; refraining &c. v.; inaction &c. 681; neutrality.
avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion &c. 893. avolation|, flight;
escape &c. 671; retreat &c. 287; recoil &c. 277; departure &c. 293;
rejection &c. 610. shirker &c. v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway,
runagate; maroon. V. abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do &c.
681; maintain the even tenor of one's way. eschew, keep from, let
alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, stand
off, hold aloof, hold off; take no part in, have no hand in. avoid,
shun; steer clear of, keep clear of; fight shy of; keep one's distance,
keep at a respectful distance; keep out of the way, get out of the way;
evade, elude, turn away from; set one's face against &c. (oppose) 708;
deny oneself. shrink back; hang back, hold back, draw back; recoil &c.
277; retire &c. (recede) 287; flinch, blink, blench, shy, shirk, dodge,
parry, make way for, give place to. beat a retreat; turn tail, turn
one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and
run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from;
take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off,
sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip
away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak
away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part
company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go
by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt,
abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate [obs3][U.S.], cut one's stick,
walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce;
escape &c. 671; go away &c. (depart) 293; abandon &c. 624; reject &c.
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