Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band,
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ready made, ready cut and dried; made to one's hand, handy, on the
table; in gear; in working order, in working gear; snug; in
practice. ripe, mature, mellow; pukka[obs3]; practiced &c.
(skilled) 698; labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the
lamp, worked up. in full feather, in best bib and tucker; in
harness, at harness; in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in
war paint; up in arms; armed at all points, armed to the teeth,
armed cap a pie; sword in hand; booted and spurred. in utrumque
paratus[Lat], semper paratus[Lat]; on the alert &c. (vigilant)
459; at one's post. Adv. in preparation, in anticipation of;
against, for; abroach[obs3]. Phr. a bove majori discit arare
minor[Lat]; "looking before and after" [Hamlet], si vis pacem para
bellum[Lat].
#674. Nonpreparation.—N. non-preparation, absence of preparation,
want of preparation; inculture|, inconcoction|, improvidence.
immaturity, crudity; rawness &c. Adj.; abortion; disqualification.
[Absence of art] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden;
neglect &c. 460. rough copy &c. (plan) 626; germ &c. 153; raw material
&c. 635. improvisation &c. (impulse) 612. V. be unprepared &c. Adj.;
want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans
biscuits[Fr]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle
&c. (render useless) 645; undress &c. 226. extemporize, improvise, ad
lib. Adj. unprepared &c. [prepare &c. 673]; without preparation &c.
673; incomplete &c. 53; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature,
unripe, kachcha[obs3], raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough
hewn; in the rough; unhewn[obs3], unformed, unfashioned[obs3],
unwrought, unlabored[obs3], unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted,
unpolished. unhatched, unfledged, unnurtured[obs3], unlicked[obs3],
untaught, uneducated, uncultivated,. untrained, untutored, undrilled,
unexercised; deckle-edged[obs3]; precocious, premature; undigested,
indigested[obs3]; unmellowed[obs3], unseasoned, unleavened.
unrehearsed, unscripted, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, ad
lib, ad libitem [Latin]. fallow; unsown, untilled; natural, in a state
of nature; undressed; in dishabille, en deshabille[Fr]. unqualified,
disqualified; unfitted; ill-digested; unbegun, unready,
unarranged[obs3], unorganized, unfurnished, unprovided, unequipped,
untrimmed; out of gear, out of order; dismantled &c. v. shiftless,
improvident, unthrifty, thriftless, thoughtless, unguarded;
happy-go-lucky; caught napping &c. (inexpectant) 508[obs3];
unpremeditated &c. 612. Adv. extempore &c. 612.
#675. Essay.—N. essay, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle,
venture, adventure, speculation, coup d'essai[Fr], debut; probation &c.
(experiment) 463. V. try, essay; experiment &c. 463; endeavor, strive;
tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take
one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try
one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick
one's way. try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor;
do one's best &c. (exertion) 686. Adj. essaying &c. v.; experimental
&c. 463; tentative, empirical, probationary. Adv. experimentally &c.
Adj.; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb. if one may be so bold.
Phr. aut non tentaris aut perfice [Lat][Ovid]; chi non s'arrischia non
guadagna[Fr][obs3].
#676. Undertaking.—N. undertaking; compact &c. 769; adventure,
venture; engagement &c. (promise) 768; enterprise, emprise[obs3];
pilgrimage; matter in hand &c. (business ) 625; move; first move &c.
(beginning) 66. V. undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge
into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage &c. (promise) 768;
contract &c. 769; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote
oneself to &c. (determination) 604. take up, take in hand; tackle; set
about, go about; set to, fall to, set to work; launch forth; set up
shop; put in hand, put in execution; set forward; break the neck of a
business, be in, for; put one's hand to, put one's foot in; betake
oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do; begin &c. 66; broach,
institute &c. one's (originate) 153; put one's hand to the plow, lay
one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel. have in hand
&c. (business) 625; have many irons in the fire &c. (activity) 682.
Adj. undertaking &c. v.; on the anvil &c. 625. Int. here goes!
#677. Use.—N. use; employ, employment; exercise,
exercitation[obs3]; application, appliance; adhibition[obs3], disposal;
consumption; agency &c. (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness &c. 644;
benefit; recourse, resort, avail. [Conversion to use] utilization,
service, wear. [Way of using] usage. V. use,.make use of, employ, put
to use; put in action, put in operation, put in practice; set in
motion, set to work. ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate; play, play
off; exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to,
have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to; take up with, take
advantage of; lay one's hands on, try. render useful &c. 644; mold;
turn to account, turn to use; convert to use, utilize; work up; call
into play, bring into play; put into requisition; call forth, draw
forth; press into service, enlist into the service; bring to bear
upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit[obs3], dispose of;
make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of. fall back upon, make a shift
with; make the most of, make the best of. use up, swallow up; consume,
absorb, expend; tax, task, wear, put to task. Adj. in use; used &c. v.;
well-worn, well-trodden. useful &c. 644; subservient &c. (instrumental)
631.
#678. Disuse.—N. forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment
&c. 782; desuetude &c. (want of habit) 614; disusage[obs3]. V. not use;
do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain,
spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the
shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin;
shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done
with; supersede; discard &c. (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning. throw
aside &c. (relinquish) 782; make away with &c. (destroy) 162; cast
overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to
the winds; dismantle &c. (Render useless) 645. lie unemployed, remain
unemployed &c. Adj. Adj. not used &c. v.; unemployed, unapplied,
undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden,
unessayed[obs3], ungathered[obs3], unculled; uncalled for, not
required. disused &c. v.; done with.
#679. Misuse.—N. misuse, misusage, misemployment[obs3],
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misapplication, misappropriation.
abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c. 638.
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.
desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute; waste &c. 638; overtask,
overtax, overwork; squander &c. 818.
cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut;
catch
at a straw.
Adj. misused &c. v.
Phr. ludere cum sacris[Lat].
SECTION III. VOLUNTARY ACTION
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