Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607.

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V. change, alter, vary, wax and wane; modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with; turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert[obs3]; pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume. work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce; transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume[obs3]; metamorphose, ring the changes. innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards; give a turn to, give a color to; influence, turn the scale; shift the scene, turn over a new leaf. recast &c. 146; reverse &c. 218; disturb &c. 61; convert into &c. 144. Adj. changed &c. v.; newfangled; changeable &c. 149; transitional; modifiable; alterative. Adv. mutatis mutandis[Lat]. Int. quantum mutatus[Lat]! Phr. "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]; nous avons change tout cela [Fr][Molière]; tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis[Lat][obs3]; non sum qualis eram [Lat][Horace]; casaque tourner[Fr]; corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur [Lat][obs3][Tacitus]; in statu quo ante bellum[Lat]; "still ending and beginning still" [Cowper]; vox audita perit littera scripta manet[Lat]. #141. [Absence of change.] Permanence.—N. stability &c. 150; quiescence &c. 265; obstinacy &c. 606. permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish. V. let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet [copy editing]; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby[obs3], dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good. Adj. stable &c. 150; persisting &c. v.; permanent; established; unchanged &c. (change &c. 140); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered[obs3]; unfailing. undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed[obs3]; conservative, qualis ab incepto[Lat]; prescriptive &c. (old) 124; stationary &c. 265. Adv. in statu quo[Lat]; for good, finally; at a stand, at a standstill; uti possidetis[Lat]; without a shadow of turning. Phr. esto perpetua[Lat]; nolumus leges Angliae mutari[Lat][obs3]; j'y suis et j'y ereste[Fr]. #142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation.—N. cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence[obs3]. intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping &c. v.; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival &c. 292. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. congress]. dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado[Sp]; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end &c. 67; death &c. 360. V. cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down. have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up &c. (relinquish) 624. hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels. come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive &c. 292; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pass away &c. (be past) 122; be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct. intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel[obs3]; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check- string, pull the plug on. Int. hold! stop! enough! avast! have done! a truce to! soft! leave off! tenez[Fr]! Phr. "I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar]. #143. Continuance in action.—N. continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence &c. (perseverance) 604a; repetition &c. 104. V. continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up. sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve &c. 604a; harp upon &c. (repeat) 104. keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way. let be; stare super antiquas vias[Lat][obs3]; quieta non movere[Lat]; let things take their course; stare decisis [Lat][Jurisprudence]. Adj. continuing &c. v.; uninterrupted, unintermitting[obs3], unvarying, unshifting[obs3]; unreversed[obs3], unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried; sustained; undying &c. (perpetual) 112; inconvertible. Int. keep it up! go to it! right away! right on! attaboy! Phr. nolumus leges Angliae mutari[Lat][obs3]; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat][Horace]; labitur et albetur [Lat][obs3][Horace]. #144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion.—N. conversion, reduction, transmutation, resolution, assimilation; evolution, sea change; change of state; assumption; naturalization; transportation; development [biol.], developing [photography]. [conversion of currency] conversion of currency, exchange of currency; exchange rate; bureau de change. chemistry, alchemy; progress, growth, lapse, flux. passage; transit, transition; transmigration, shifting &c. v.; phase; conjugation; convertibility. crucible, alembic, caldron, retort. convert, pervert, renegade, apostate. V. be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse|; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change. convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form &c. 240; remodel, new model, refound[obs3], reform, reorganize; assimilate to, bring to, reduce to. Adj. converted into &c. v.; convertible, resolvable into; transitional; naturalized. Adv. gradually, &c. (slowly) 275 in transitu &c. (transference) 270[Lat]. #145. Reversion.—N. reversion, return; revulsion. turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm; alternation &c. (periodicity) 138; inversion &c. 219; recoil &c. 277; retreat, regression, retrogression &c. 283; restoration &c. 660; relapse, recidivism &c. 661; atavism; vicinism[obs3]; V. revert, turn back, regress; relapse &c. 661; recoil &c. 277; retreat &c. 283; restore &c. 660; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale. Adj. reverting &c. v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse[obs3]. Adv. a rebours[Fr]. #146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution.—N. revolution, bouleversement, subversion, break up; destruction &c. 162; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat[Fr], counter revolution. jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience|; explosion; spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion; storm, earthquake, cataclysm. legerdemain &c. (trick) 545. V. revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex. Adj. unrecognizable; revolutionary. #147. [Change of one thing for another.] Substitution.—N. substitution, commutation; supplanting &c. v.; metaphor, metonymy &c. (figure of speech) 521. [Thing substituted] substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; shift, pis aller[Fr], stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative. representative &c. (deputy) 759; palimpsest. price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent. V. substitute, put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a shift with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for. Adj. substituted &c.; ersatz; phony; vicarious, subdititious[obs3]. Adv. instead; in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of; faute de mieux[Fr]. #148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange.—N. interchange, # exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation; reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling; alternation, reciprocity; castling [at chess]; hocus-pocus. interchangeableness[obs3], interchangeability. recombination; combination 48[ref], 84.. barter &c. 794; tit for tat &c. (retaliation) 718; cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock; quid pro quo. V. interchange, exchange, counterchange[obs3]; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlecock; retaliate &c. 718; requite. rearrange, recombine. Adj. interchanged &c. v.; reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent[obs3]. combinatorial[Math, Statistics]. recombinant[Biology, Genetics]. Adv. in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis[Lat], backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about; each in his turn, everyone in his turn. Adj. substituted &c. v.; vicarious, subdititious[obs3]. Adv. instead; in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of; faute de mieux[Fr].

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1. Chapter 1 2. 1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT 3. 2. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE 4. 3. FORMAL EXISTENCE 5. 4. MODAL EXISTENCE 6. 1. ABSOLUTE RELATION 7. 140. discriminate &c. 465. Adj. differing &c. v.; different, diverse, 8. 2. CONTINUOUS RELATION 9. 3. PARTIAL RELATION 10. 4. GENERAL RELATION 11. 1. SIMPLE QUANTITY 12. 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY 13. 642. great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world; 14. 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY 15. 300. V. add, annex, affix, superadd[obs3], subjoin, superpose; clap on, 16. 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY 17. 1. ORDER IN GENERAL 18. 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER 19. 280. place before; prefix; premise, prelude, preface. Adj. preceding 20. 280. Phr. seniores priores[Lat]; prior tempore prior jure[Lat]. 21. 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER 22. 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER 23. 5. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES 24. 240. Phr. "harmoniously confused" [Pope]; "variety's the very spice of 25. 1. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT 26. 86. [Operations] notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, 27. 2. DETERMINATE NUMBER 28. 3. INDETERMINATE NUMBER 29. 1. ABSOLUTE TIME 30. 2. RELATIVE TIME 31. 152. Adj. future, to come; coming &c. (impending) 152; next, near; 32. 3. RECURRENT TIME 33. 1. SIMPLE CHANGE 34. 270. changeableness &c. 149; tergiversation &c. (change of mind) 607. 35. 2. COMPLEX CHANGE 36. 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS 37. 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT 38. 683. anaemia, bloodlessness, deficiency of blood, poverty of blood. 39. 3. POWER IN OPERATION 40. 729. flowering, fructification; inflorescence. bringing forth &c. v.: 41. 4. INDIRECT POWER 42. 5. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES 43. 14. V. counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict 44. 1. ABSTRACT SPACE 45. 2. RELATIVE SPACE 46. 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE 47. 1000. hamlet, village, thorp[obs3], dorp[obs3], ham, kraal; borough, 48. 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS 49. 53. [interval of time] period &c. 108; interim (time) 106. V. gape &c. 50. 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS 51. 3. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS 52. 717. roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile[obs3]; tiling, 53. 1. General Form 54. 2. Special Form 55. 3. Superficial Form 56. 1. Motion in General 57. 683. pause, lull &c. (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c. 58. 285. [Thing transferred] drift. V. transfer, transmit, transport, 59. 2. Degrees of Motion 60. 113. under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail 61. 3. Motion conjoined with Force 62. 972. come into a collision, enter into collision; collide; sideswipe; 63. 4. Motion with reference to Direction 64. introduction; insinuation &c. (intervention) 228; planting, &c. v.; 65. 629. Adj. turning &c. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous[obs3], 66. 1. Solid Matter 67. 2. FLUID MATTER 68. 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS 69. 1. VITALITY 70. 193. [reptiles] alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur [extinct]; 71. 2. SENSATION 72. 954. treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; 73. 225. still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, 74. 382. Adj. heated &c. v.; molten, sodden; rchauff; heating &c. v.; 75. 581. soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave; inaudible &c. 76. 445. [Science of light] optics; photology[obs3], photometry; 77. 431. Adj. gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, 78. 193. [instruments for measuring] bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, 79. 463. testimony, testification[obs3], expert testimony; attestation; 80. 156. V. be probable &c. adj.; give color to, lend color to; point to; 81. 484. dogmatize, lay down the law. Adj. certain, sure, assured &c. v.; 82. 480. prosyllogism[obs3], syllogism; enthymeme[obs3], sorites[obs3], 83. 544. beg the question, reason in a circle, reason in circles, assume 84. 10. weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague. irrational; nonsensical 85. 537. credibility &c. (probability) 472. V. believe, credit; give faith 86. 514. get it into one's head, take it into one's head; come round to an 87. 535. Adv. yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; 88. 484. tree of knowledge; republic of letters &c. (language) 560. 89. 541. Adj. learned &c. 490; brought up at the feet of Gamaliel. Phr. "he 90. 497. Adj. unintelligent[Applied to persons], unintellectual, 91. 503. greenhorn &c (dupe) 547; dunce &c (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c 92. 475. mad as a March hare, mad as a hatter; of unsound mind &c. n.; 93. 883. make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum &c. (record) 551. 94. 918. Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, 95. 524. [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, 96. 525. Adv. to that effect; that is to say &c. (being interpreted) 522. 97. 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what 98. 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to 99. 457. announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword[obs3], 100. 519. irrevealable[obs3], inviolable; confidential; esoteric; not to be 101. 768. Adj. asserting &c.v.; declaratory, predicatory[obs3], 102. 535. Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo[It][obs3]; Dichtung und 103. 545. Adj. false, deceitful, mendacious, unveracious, fraudulent, 104. 549. myth, moonshine, bosh, all my eye and Betty Martin, mare's nest, 105. 1. Natural Means 106. 636. burn into memory; carve in stone. Adv. on record. Phr. exegi 107. 2. Conventional Means 108. 566. Adj. lingual, linguistic; dialectic; vernacular, current; 109. 569. V. express, phrase; word, word it; give words to, give expression 110. episode; expletive; pennya-lining; richness &c. 577. V. be diffuse &c. 111. 588. fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; 112. 1. Acts of Volition 113. 324. geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, 114. 748. Adv. willingly &c. adj.; fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul; 115. 150. constancy, steadiness; singleness of purpose, tenacity of purpose; 116. 550. prefer; have rather, have as lief; fancy &c. (desire) 865; be 117. 2. Causes of Volition 118. 620. inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, 119. 766. disenchant, disillusion, deflate, take down a peg, pop one's 120. 3. Objects of Volition 121. 648. Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis[Fr]; all 122. 1. Conceptional Volition 123. 610. lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, 124. 2. Subservience to Ends 125. 780. mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; 126. 637. storehouse, storeroom, storecloset[obs3]; depository, depot, 127. 168. adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient 128. 82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth 129. 907. corrupting &c. (corrupt &c. 659); virulent, venomous, envenomed, 130. 932. hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, 131. 657. phr. bibere venenum in auro[Lat]. 132. 3. Precursory Measures 133. 62. prepared &c. v.; in readiness; ready, ready to one's band, 134. 1. Simple voluntary Action 135. 170. Adj. doing &c. v.; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in 136. 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition, 137. 459. Adv. actively &c. adj.; with life and spirit, with might and main 138. 2. Complex Voluntary Action 139. 545. seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing. 140. 626. V. be skillful &c. adj.; excel in, be master of; have a turn for 141. 501. V. be unskillful &c. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; 142. 1. Conditional Antagonism 143. 2. Active Antagonism 144. 632. ministry, ministration; subministration[obs3]; accommodation. 145. 706. parry, repel, propugn[obs3], put to flight; give a warm reception 146. 59. V. resist; not submit &c. 725; repugn[obs3], reluct, 147. 775. continued success; good fortune &c. (prosperity) 734; time well 148. 698. conqueror, victor, winner; master of the situation, master of the 149. 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, 150. 914. V. be -lenient &c. adj.; tolerate, bear with; parcere 151. 744. claim, lay claim to, revendicate[obs3], reclaim. cite, summon; 152. 773. revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, 153. 1. Property in general 154. 2. Transfer of Property 155. 3. Interchange of Property 156. 4. Monetary Relations 157. 797. financier. Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 158. 906. V. be liberal &c.adj.; spend freely, bleed freely; shower down 159. 816. penny wise and pound foolish. Adv. with an unsparing hand; money 160. 897. soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man; heart's core, heart's 161. 1. Passive Affections 162. 982. hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond &c. 163. 840. attraction &c. (motive) 615; attractiveness, attractability[obs3]; 164. 648. refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, 165. 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, 166. 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll &c. (puppet ) 554; teetotum[obs3]; 167. 2. Discriminative Affections 168. 853. particular; affected &c. 855; meretricious; extravagant, 169. 225. custom &c. 613; mode, vogue, go; rage &c. (desire) 865; prevailing 170. 577. mannerism, simagree, grimace. conceit, foppery, dandyism, man 171. 3. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS 172. 507. hope for &c. (desire) 865; anticipate. be hopeful &c. adj.; 173. 909. Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. 174. 4. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS 175. 5. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS[1] 176. 880. stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- 177. 884. render vain &c. adj.; inspire with vanity &c. n.; inflate, puff 178. 1. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS 179. 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, 180. 895. huff &c. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful 181. 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, 182. 2. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS 183. 900. uncharitableness &c. adj.; incompassionateness &c. 914a[obs3]; 184. 919. cruel; brutal, brutish; savage, savage as a bear, savage as a 185. 942. Adv. pro bono publico[Lat], pro aris et focis [Lat][obs3][Cicero]. 186. 3. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS 187. 4. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS 188. 1. MORAL OBLIGATIONS 189. 2. MORAL SENTIMENTS 190. 936. V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run 191. 3. MORAL CONDITIONS 192. 949. [Resorts] brothel &c. 961; gambling house &c. 621; joint*, opium 193. 4. MORAL PRACTICE 194. 5. INSTITUTIONS 195. 1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS 196. 2. Mythological and other fabulous Deities and Powers 197. 2. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES 198. 3. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS 199. 4. ACTS OF RELIGION 200. 998. worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant. V. worship, lift 201. 5. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS 202. 990. ministration; preaching, preachment; predication, sermon, homily,

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