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confuter
confuter (kənˈfjuːtə(r)) [f. confute v. + -er1.] One that confutes.1589 Hay any Work A iiij, I wil proue..his confuter to be..stark mad. 1645 Milton Colast. Wks. 1738 I. 297 To be the confuter of so dangerous an Opinion. 1702 Howe Living Temple Wks. (1834) 59/2 That will oblige us afterwards..to con...
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confutator
confutator (ˈkɒnfjuːteɪtə(r)) [a. L. confūtātor, agent-n. from confūtāre to confute.] = confuter.1854 H. Miller Footpr. Creat. viii. (1874) 153 His painstaking confutator. 1858 ― Rambl. Geol. 237 Their confutators..able to render them back but mere return glances.
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confutant
† conˈfutant Obs. [ad. L. confūtānt-em, pr. pple. of confūtāre to confute: see -ant.] One who confutes; a confuter.1642 Milton Apol. Smect. i, That the confutant may also know. Ibid. vi, Which hath brought this confutant into his pedantic kingdom of Cornucopia.
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copesmate
† ˈcopemate, copesmate Obs. [orig. copemate, f. cope v.2 + mate; the change to copesmate was prob. through association with copesman, or with other words in which the first element is a n. in the genitive, as craftsman, tradesman, etc.] 1. A person with whom one copes or contends; an adversary, anta...
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confute
▪ I. confute, v. (kənˈfjuːt) [16th c. ad. L. confūtā-re (or its F. ad. confuter, 16th c. in Littré) to check, repress, restrain, silence, refute, answer conclusively, f. con- intens. + a vb. stem -fūta-, occurring also in refūtāre, and prob. from same root as fundĕre (fud-) to pour out, overthrow, f...
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improver
▪ I. improver1 (ɪmˈpruːvə(r)) [f. improve v.2 + -er1.] One who or that which improves. † 1. One who turns something to good account, or makes profitable use of it: in quot. 1647, one who cultivates or practises. Obs.1647 Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §132 The greatest..improvers of that Breeding, and thos...
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gourmand
▪ I. gourmand, a. and n. (ˈgʊəmənd, ‖ gurmɑ̃) Forms: 5 (pl.) gourmans, 6 gormande, gourmound, 6–7 gorman, gor-, gurmond, gurmand, 8 gormaund, 7–9 gourmond, 6–9 gormand, 6– gourmand. [a. F. gourmand, fem. gourmande, adj. and n., of unknown origin.] A. adj. Gluttonous, greedy; fond of eating. Now rega...
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obtain
obtain, v. (əbˈteɪn) Forms: 5–6 ob-, op-, -teyne, -tayne, -teigne, -teygne, (5 optyne), 6 obtaigne, opteine, (Sc. obtene, obtine, optene), 6–7 obteine, -taine, (optain(e, 7 Sc. obtean), 6– obtain. [ME. obteine, -teyne, -tene, a. F. obten-ir (14th c. in Littré), ad. L. obtinēre, f. ob- (ob- 1 b) + te...
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blank
▪ I. blank, a. (blæŋk) Forms: 5–7 blanke, 6–7 blanck(e, 7–8 blanc, 5– blank. [F. blanc white, a common Romanic adj. (Pr. blanc, blanca, Sp. blanco, Pg. branco, It. bianco, med.L. blancus), a. OHG. blanch (MHG. blanc):—OTeut. *blanko-z shining, referred by etymologists generally to the verbal stem bl...
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