Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
730 words | Chapter 46
#186. Presence.窶年. presence; occupancy, occupation; attendance;
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whereness[obs3].
permeation, pervasion; diffusion &c. (dispersion) 73.
ubiety[obs3], ubiquity, ubiquitariness[obs3]; omnipresence.
bystander &c. (spectator) 444.
V. exist in space, be present &c. adj.; assister[obs3]; make one
of,
make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself;
show
one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy;
be
there.
people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge,
nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode &c. (be located) 184; tenant.
resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.
fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through;
over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn.
Adj. present; occupying, inhabiting &c. v.; moored &c. 184;
resiant[obs3], resident, residentiary[obs3]; domiciled.
ubiquitous, ubiquitary[obs3]; omnipresent; universally present.
peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited.
Adv. here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home,
afield; here there and everywhere &c. (space) 180; in presence of,
before;
under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of; in propria
persona[Lat].
on the spot; in person, in the flesh.
Phr. nusquam est qui ubique est [Lat][Seneca].
#187. [Nullibiety.[1]] Absence.窶年. absence; inexistence &c. 2[obs3];
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nonresidence, absenteeism; nonattendance, alibi.
emptiness &c. adj.; void, vacuum; vacuity, vacancy; tabula
rasa[Lat];
exemption; hiatus &c. (interval) 198; lipotype|!.
truant, absentee.
nobody; nobody present, nobody on earth; not a soul; ame qui
vive[Fr].
V. be absent &c. adj.; keep away, keep out of the way; play
truant,
absent oneself, stay away; keep aloof, hold aloof.
withdraw, make oneself scarce, vacate; go away &c. 293.
Adj. absent, not present, away, nonresident, gone, from home;
missing;
lost; wanting; omitted; nowhere to be found; inexistence &c. 2[obs3].
empty, void; vacant, vacuous; untenanted, unoccupied, uninhabited;
tenantless; barren, sterile; desert, deserted; devoid; uninhabitable.
Adv. without, minus, nowhere; elsewhere; neither here nor there;
in
default of; sans; behind one's back.
Phr. the bird has flown, non est inventus[Lat].
"absence makes the heart grow fonder" [Bayley]; "absent in body
but
present in spirit" [1 Corinthians v, 3]; absento nemo ne nocuisse velit
[Lat][Propertius]; "Achilles absent was Achilles still" [Homer]; aux
absents les os; briller par son absence[Fr]; "conspicuous by his
absence"
[Russell]; "in the hope to meet shortly again and make our absence
sweet"
[B. Jonson].
[1] Bishop Wilkins.
#188. Inhabitant.窶年. inhabitant; resident, residentiary[obs3];
dweller, indweller[obs3]; addressee; occupier, occupant; householder,
lodger, inmate, tenant, incumbent, sojourner, locum tenens,
commorant[obs3]; settler, squatter, backwoodsman, colonist; islander;
denizen, citizen; burgher, oppidan[obs3], cockney, cit, townsman,
burgess; villager; cottager, cottier[obs3], cotter; compatriot;
backsettler[obs3], boarder; hotel keeper, innkeeper; habitant; paying
guest; planter. native, indigene, aborigines, autochthones[obs3];
Englishman, John Bull; newcomer &c. (stranger) 57. aboriginal,
American[obs3], Caledonian, Cambrian, Canadian, Canuck*, downeaster
[U.S.], Scot, Scotchman, Hibernian, Irishman, Welshman, Uncle Sam,
Yankee, Brother Jonathan. garrison, crew; population; people &c.
(mankind) 372; colony, settlement; household; mir[obs3]. V. inhabit &c.
(be present) 186; endenizen &c. (locate oneself) 184[obs3]. Adj.
indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal[obs3], autochthonous; British;
English; American[obs3]; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh;
domestic; domiciliated[obs3], domiciled; naturalized, vernacular,
domesticated; domiciliary. in the occupation of; garrisoned by,
occupied by.
#189. [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode.窶年. abode, dwelling,
lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address,
habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings,
seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance|,
tabernacle, throne, ark. home, fatherland; country; homestead,
homestall[obs3]; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner,
inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana[obs3]; household gods,
lares et penates[Lat], roof, household, housing, dulce domum[Lat],
paternal domicile; native soil, native land. habitat, range, stamping
ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche. nest,
nidus, snuggery[obs3]; arbor, bower, &c. 191; lair, den, cave, hole,
hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum[Lat], aerie, eyrie, eyry[obs3],
rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification;
kala jagah[obs3]. bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment,
castrametation[obs3]; barrack, casemate[obs3], casern[obs3]. tent &c.
(covering) 223; building &c. (construction) 161; chamber &c.
(receptacle) 191; xenodochium[obs3]. tenement, messuage, farm,
farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft[obs3]. cot, cabin, hut, chalet,
croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy[obs3], shanty, dugout [U.S.],
wigwam; pen &c. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn[obs3]; kennel, sty,
doghold[obs3], cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable,
dovecote, columbary[obs3], columbarium; shippen[obs3]; igloo,
iglu[obs3], jacal[obs3]; lacustrine dwelling[obs3], lacuslake
dwelling[obs3], lacuspile dwelling[obs3]; log cabin, log house; shack,
shebang*, tepee, topek[obs3]. house, mansion, place, villa, cottage,
box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe[Lat], folly, rotunda, tower,
chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage,
hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa[Sp], country seat, apartment house,
flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple &c.
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