Withholdment With·hold"ment noun The act of withholding.
Within With·in" preposition [ Middle English
withinne ,
withinnen , Anglo-Saxon
wiğinnan ;
wiğ with, against, toward +
innan in, inwardly, within, from
in in. See
With ,
preposition ,
In ,
preposition ]
1. In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors. O, unhappy youth!
Come not within these doors; within this roof
The enemy of all your graces lives.
Shak. Till this be cured by religion, it is as impossible for a man to be happy -- that is, pleased and contented within himself -- as it is for a sick man to be at ease.
Tillotson. 2. In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income. "That he repair should again
within a little while."
Chaucer. Within these five hours lived Lord Hastings,
Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty.
Shak. 3. Hence, inside the limits, reach, or influence of; not going outside of; not beyond, overstepping, exceeding, or the like. Both he and she are still within my power.
Dryden. Within himself
The danger lies, yet lies within his power.
Milton. Were every action concluded within itself, and drew no consequence after it, we should, undoubtedly, never err in our choice of good.
Locke.
Within With·in" adverb 1. In the inner part; inwardly; internally. "The wound festers
within ."
Carew. Ills from within thy reason must prevent.
Dryden. 2. In the house; in doors; as, the master is within .
Withinforth With·in"forth` adverb Within; inside; inwardly. [ Obsolete]
Wyclif. [ It is much greater] labor for to withinforth call into mind, without sight of the eye withoutforth upon images, what he before knew and thought upon.
Bp. Peacock.
Withinside With·in"side` adverb In the inner parts; inside. [ Obsolete]
Graves.
Without With·out" preposition [ Middle English
withoute ,
withouten , Anglo-Saxon
wiğ...tan ;
wiğ with, against, toward +
...tan outside, from
...t out. See
With ,
preposition ,
Out .]
1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors. Without the gate
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
Dryden. 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
T. Burnet. 3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage. I wolde it do withouten negligence.
Chaucer. Wise men will do it without a law.
Bacon. Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction.
Addison. There is no living with thee nor without thee.
Tatler. To do without .
See under Do . --
Without day [ a translation of Latin
sine die ],
without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day . --
Without recourse .
See under Recourse .
Without With·out" conj. Unless; except; -- introducing a clause. You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
Sir P. Sidney. » Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.
Without With·out" adverb 1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears.
2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without .
Chaucer.
Without-door With·out"-door` adjective Outdoor; exterior. [ Obsolete] "Her
without-door form."
Shak.
Withouten With·out"en preposition Without. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Withoutforth With·out"forth` adverb Without; outside' outwardly. Confer Withinforth . [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Withsay With·say" transitive verb To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [ Obsolete]
Gower. If that he his Christendom withsay .
Chaucer.
Withset With·set" transitive verb To set against; to oppose. [ Obsolete] "Their way he them
withset ."
R. of Brunne.
Withstand With·stand" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Withstood ;
present participle & verbal noun Withstanding .] [ Anglo-Saxon
wiğstandan . See
With ,
preposition , and
Stand .]
To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. Piers Plowman. I withstood him to the face.
Gal. ii. 11. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood .
Gray.
Withstander With·stand"er noun One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.
Withstood With·stood" imperfect & past participle o... Withstand .
Withvine With"vine` noun [
Withe +
vine .]
(Botany) Quitch grass.
Withwind With"wind` noun [ Anglo-Saxon
wiğowinde .]
(Botany) A kind of bindweed ( Convolvulus arvensis ). He bare a burden ybound with a broad list,
In a withewyndes wise ybounden about.
Piers Plowman.
Withwine With"wine` noun (Botany) Same as Withvine .
Withy With"y noun ;
plural Withies . [ Middle English
withe ,
wipi , Anglo-Saxon
wī...ig a willow, willow twig; akin to German
weide willow, Old High German
wīda , Icelandic
vī...ja , a withy, Swedish
vide a willow twig, Danish
vidie a willow, osier, Greek ..., and probably to Latin
vitis a vine,
viere to plait, Russian
vite . √141. Confer
Wine ,
Withe .]
1. (Botany) The osier willow ( Salix viminalis ). See Osier , noun (a) . 2. A withe. See Withe , 1.
Withy With"y adjective Made of withes; like a withe; flexible and tough; also, abounding in withes. The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation.
G. Eliot.
Witing Wit"ing noun [ See
Wit ,
v. ]
Knowledge. [ Obsolete] "Withouten
witing of any other wight."
Chaucer.
Witless Wit"less adjective Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment. "
Witless bravery."
Shak. A witty mother! witless else her son.
Shak. Witless pity breedeth fruitless love.
Fairfax. --
Wit"less*ly ,
adverb --
Wit"less*ness ,
noun
Witling Wit"ling noun [
Wit +
-ling ; confer German
witzling .]
A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness. A beau and witing perished in the forming.
Pope. Ye newspaper witlings ! ye pert scribbling folks!
Goldsmith.
Witness Wit"ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon
witness , ge
witnes , from
witan to know. √133. See
Wit ,
intransitive verb ]
1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge?
Shak. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John v. 31. 2. That which furnishes evidence or proof. Laban said to Jacob, . . . This heap be witness , and this pillar be witness .
Gen. xxxi. 51, 52. 3. One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eye witness ; an ear witness . "Thyself art
witness I am betrothed."
Shak. Upon my looking round, I was witness to appearances which filled me with melancholy and regret.
R. Hall. 4. (Law) (a) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts. (b) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like. Privileged witnesses .
(Law) See under Privileged . --
With a witness ,
effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony. [ Colloq.]
This, I confess, is haste with a witness .
South.
Witness Wit"ness transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Witnessed ;
present participle & verbal noun Witnessing .]
1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we must expect, should we ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity.
R. Hall. General Washington did not live to witness the restoration of peace.
Marshall. 2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest. Behold how many things they witness against thee.
Mark xv. 4. 3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
Witness Wit"ness intransitive verb To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. The men of Belial witnessed against him.
1 Kings xxi. 13. The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event [ martyrdom] that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness , but to witness to death.
South.
Witnesser Wit"ness·er noun One who witness.
Witted Wit"ted adjective Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick- witted boy.
Witticaster Wit"tic·as`ter noun [ Formed like
criticaster .]
A witling. [ R.]
Milton.
Witticism Wit"ti·cism noun [ From
Witty .]
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton. He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms ; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse.
Addison.
Wittified Wit"ti·fied adjective [
Witty +
- fy +
-ed .]
Possessed of wit; witty. [ R.]
R. North.
Wittily Wit"ti·ly adverb In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with wit; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas. Who his own harm so wittily contrives.
Dryden.
Wittiness Wit"ti·ness noun The quality of being witty.
Wittingly Wit"ting·ly adverb [ See
Wit ,
v. ]
Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
Wittol Wit"tol noun [ Said to be for
white tail , and so called in allusion to its white tail; but confer
witwal .]
1. (Zoology) The wheatear. [ Prov. Eng.]
2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Wittolly Wit"tol·ly adjective Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Witts Witts noun (Mining) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.
Witty Wit"ty adjective [
Compar. Wittier ;
superl. Wittiest .] [ Anglo-Saxon
witig ,
wittig . See
Wit ,
noun ]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [ Obsolete] "The deep-revolving
witty Buckingham."
Shak. 2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like. "Honeycomb, who was so unmercifully
witty upon the women."
Addison. Syn. -- Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing; humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting.
Witwal, Witwall Wit"wal`, Wit"wall` noun [ Akin to German
wittewal ,
wiedewall , Middle High German
witewal , Dutch
wiedewaal ,
wielewaal , OD.
weduwael , and perhaps the same word as Middle English
wodewale . Confer
Wood ,
noun ,
Wittol .]
(Zoology) (a) The golden oriole. (b) The greater spotted woodpecker. [ Prov. Eng.]
Witworm Wit"worm` noun One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Wive Wive intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Wived ;
present participle & verbal noun Wiving .] [ Anglo-Saxon
wīfian ,
gewīfian . See
Wite .]
To marry, as a man; to take a wife. Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive .
Chaucer.
Wive Wive transitive verb 1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed, and
wived ."
Shak. 2. To take for a wife; to marry. I have wived his sister.
Sir W. Scott.
Wivehood Wive"hood noun Wifehood. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Wiveless Wive"less adjective Wifeless. [ Obsolete]
Homilies.
Wively Wive"ly adjective Wifely. [ Obsolete]
Udall.
Wiver, Wivern Wiv"er, Wiv"ern noun [ Middle English
wivere a serpent, Old French
wivre ,
guivre , French
givre ,
guivre , wiver, from Latin
vipera ; probably influenced by Old High German
wipera , from the Latin. See
Viper , and confer
Weever .]
1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [ Written also
wyvern .]
The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns , and its dragons.
Sir W. Scott. 2. (Zoology) The weever.
Wives Wives noun ,
plural of Wife .
Wizard Wiz"ard noun [ Probably from
wise +
-ard .]
1. A wise man; a sage. [ Obsolete]
See how from far upon the eastern road
The star-led wizards [ Magi] haste with odors sweet!
Milton. 2. One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. The wily wizard must be caught.
Dryden.
Wizard Wiz"ard adjective 1. Enchanting; charming. Collins. 2. Haunted by wizards. Where Deva spreads her wizard stream.
Milton.
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