thence 1 : from that place 2 archaic : from that time : thenceforth 3 : from that fact

or circumstance : therefrom from thence: from that place.

caveat

1. 1 a : a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices b : an explanation to

prevent misinterpretation c : a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered
when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something

2. 2 : a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition

has a hearing

Thereunto: thereto to that <a text and the notes thereto

soever

1. 1 : to any possible or known extent used after an adjective preceded by how or a

superlative preceded by the <how fair soever she may be> <the most selfish soever
in this world>

2. 2 : of any or every kind that may be specified used after a noun modified
especially by any, no, or what <gives no information soever>

Origin and Etymology of soever -soever (as in howsoever) First Known Use:
12th century
repine intransitive verb

1. 1 : to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain

2. 2 : to long for something Repiner noun

withal 1 : together with this : besides <a supporter of all constructive work
and withal an excellent businessman A. W. Long>2 archaic : therewith 1 3 :
on the other hand : nevertheless
Examples of withal in a sentence

1. <a successful businessman and withal a major contributor to local charities>

2. <a homely face that was withal rather compelling>

Origin and Etymology of withal Middle English, from with + all, al all First
Known Use: 13th century
withal Synonymsadditionally, again, also, besides, either, further, furthermore,
likewise, moreover, then, too, more, yet
Related Words
after all, anyhow, regardless; per contra

2
Withal preposition withal

archaic : with used postpositively with a relative or interrogative pronoun as object 14th
Century First Known Use of withal

unapt 1 : inappropriate, unsuitable <an unapt quote> 2 : not accustomed and

not likely <a teacher unapt to tolerate carelessness> 3 : dull, backward
<unapt scholars>
Examples of unapt in a sentence

1. <has a knack for saying the most unapt things at the worst possible moments>

2. <at this point an admission of guilt from him would be most unapt>

First Known Use of unapt 14th century

unapt Synonyms
Synonyms
amiss, graceless, improper, inapposite, inapt, incongruous, incorrect,
indecorous, inept, infelicitous, malapropos, perverse, inappropriate,
unbecoming, unfit, unhappy, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, wrong
Antonyms
appropriate, becoming, befitting, correct, decorous, felicitous, fit, fitting,
genteel, happy, meet, proper, right, seemly, suitable
Related Words
inopportune, unfortunate, unseasonable, untimely; extraneous, immaterial,
inapplicable, irrelative, irrelevant; misbecoming, mismatched; incompatible,
inconsistent, uncongenial; bad, naughty, sinful; blamable, blameworthy,
censurable; banned, barred, disallowed; forbidden, interdicted, outlawed,
prohibited, proscribed; awkward, gauche, ungraceful; unacceptable,
unsatisfactory
Near Antonyms
fortunate, opportune, seasonable, timely; applicable, apposite, apropos, apt,
germane, material, pat, pointed, relative, relevant; compatible, congenial,
harmonious; allowed, authorized, permitted; approved, endorsed (also
indorsed), kosher, licensed, sanctioned; abetted, encouraged, promoted,
supported; acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable,
respectable, satisfactory, tolerable; commendable, creditable, exemplary;
blameless, irreproachable; balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant,
harmonious
countervail

1. transitive verb

2. 1 : to compensate for

3. 2 archaic : equal, match

4. 3 : to exert force against : counteract

5. intransitive verb

6. : to exert force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence

Origin and Etymology of countervail Middle English countrevailen, from Anglo-

French cuntrevaloir, from cuntre- counter- + valoir to be worth, from Latin
valre more at wield First Known Use: 14th century

hireling : a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
Examples of hireling in a sentence

1. She's one of the political hirelings who run the candidate's campaign.

2. <demanded to speak to the store's owner and not one of his hirelings>

Before 12th Century First Known Use of hireling

hireling Synonyms
Synonyms
hand, employee, jobholder, retainer, worker
Antonyms
employer, gaffer [British]
Related Words
assistant, cog, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), subordinate, underling, yes-man;
drudge, gandy dancer, grub, hack, jobber, laborer, navvy [chiefly British],
toiler; nine-to-fiver, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, workingman,
workingwoman, workman, workwoman; associate, colleague, coworker; temp,
temporary
Near Antonyms
boss, superior, supervisor
hearken intransitive verb

1. 1 : listen 2 : to give respectful attention

2. transitive verb archaic : to give heed to : hear

Examples of hearken in a sentence

1. <hearken! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses>

Origin and Etymology of hearken

Middle English herknen, from Old English heorcnian; akin to Old High German hrechen
to listen, Old English heran to hear First Known Use: before 12th century

hearken Synonyms
Synonyms
attend, hark, harken, hear, listen, heed, mind
Antonyms
ignore, tune out
Near Antonyms
discount, disregard

confutation

1. 1 : the act or process of confuting : refutation

2. 2 : something (as an argument or statement) that confutes

confutative
play \kn-fy-t-tiv\ adjective
Examples of confutation in a sentence

1. <he crafted an elegant confutation to the argument that animals do not feel pain>

First Known Use of confutation 15th century

confutation Synonyms
Synonyms
disconfirmation, disproof, rebuttal, refutation
Antonyms
proof
Related Words
counterargument, counterevidence
Near Antonyms
attestation, confirmation, corroboration, documentation, evidence,
substantiation, testament, testimony, validation, witness; authentication,
identification, manifestation, verification

endue endued
or indued enduing or induing

1. transitive verb

2. 1 : provide, endow <endued with the rights of a citizen>

3. 2 : imbue, transfuse <a mummy again endued with animation Mary W. Shelley>

4. 3 [Middle English induen; influenced by Latin induere to put on] : put on, don

Examples of endue in a sentence

1. <professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor>

2. <she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism>

Variants of endue or indue

Origin and Etymology of endue Middle English, from Anglo-French enduire to
introduce, imbue, from Latin inducere more at induce First Known Use: 15th
century
endue Synonyms
Synonyms
infuse (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest,
steep, suffuse
Related Words
animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, leaven; implant, instill, plant; impregnate,
permeate, pervade, saturate; deluge, drown, fill, flood, inundate, overwhelm,
submerge
Near Antonyms
deprive, divest, strip; clear, empty; eliminate, remove, take away
cleave
cleaved
play \klvd\ or
clove
play \klv\ also
clave
play \klv\
cleaved
cleaving

1. intransitive verb

2. : to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

See words that rhyme with cleave

Related to cleave

Janus Words
Origin and Etymology of cleave

Middle English clevien, from Old English clifian; akin to Old High German kleben to stick

First Known Use: before 12th century

Synonym Discussion of cleave

stick, adhere, cohere, cling, cleave mean to become closely attached. stick
implies attachment by affixing or by being glued together <couldn't get the
label to stick>. adhere is often interchangeable with stick but sometimes
implies a growing together <antibodies adhering to a virus>. cohere suggests
a sticking together of parts so that they form a unified mass <eggs will make
the mixture cohere>. cling implies attachment by hanging on with arms or
tendrils <clinging to a capsized boat>. cleave stresses strength of attachment
<the wet shirt cleaved to his back>.

2
cleave
verb
Definition of cleave
cleaved
play \klvd\ also
cleft
play \kleft\ or
clove
play \klv\
cleaved
also
cleft
or
cloven
play \kl-vn\
cleaving

1. transitive verb

2. 1 : to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : split

3. 2 : to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views

4. 3 : to subject to chemical cleavage <a protein cleaved by an enzyme>

5. intransitive verb

6. 1 : to split especially along the grain

7. 2 : to penetrate or pass through something by or as if by cutting

Origin and Etymology of cleave

Middle English cleven, from Old English clofan; akin to Old Norse kljfa to split, Latin
glubere to peel, Greek glyphein to carve

First Known Use: before 12th century

Synonym Discussion of cleave

tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive mean to separate forcibly. tear implies pulling
apart by force and leaving jagged edges <tear up the letter>. rip implies a
pulling apart in one rapid uninterrupted motion often along a line or joint
<ripped the shirt on a nail>. rend implies very violent or ruthless severing or
sundering <an angry mob rent the prisoner's clothes>. split implies a cutting
or breaking apart in a continuous, straight, and usually lengthwise direction or
in the direction of grain or layers <split logs for firewood>. cleave implies very
forceful splitting or cutting with a blow <a bolt of lightning cleaved the giant
oak>. rive occurs most often in figurative
trencher : a wooden platter for serving food
Origin and Etymology of trencher Middle English trenchour knife, serving
platter, from Anglo-French, from trencher to cut First Known Use: 14th century
Succour - succor

1. 1 : relief; also : aid, help

2. 2 : something that furnishes relief

Examples of succor in a sentence

1. We see it as our duty to give succor to those in need.

girt

1. transitive verb

2. 1 : gird

3. 2 : to fasten by means of a girth

4. intransitive verb

5. : to measure in girth

See girt defined for kids

See words that rhyme with girt

Examples of girt in a sentence

1. <his wounded leg was girted by bandages>

Origin and Etymology of girt

Middle English girten, alteration of girden

First Known Use: 15th century

girt Synonyms
Synonyms
band, begird, belt, engird [archaic], engirdle, enwind, girdle, gird, girth, wrap
Antonyms
ungird, unwrap
Related Words
tie up, truss; circle, enwreathe, loop, wind, wreathe; bandage, enswathe,
swathe; chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire
Near Antonyms
unbind, unlash, unshackle, untie, unwind

peccant
1. 1 : guilty of a moral offense : sinning

2. 2 : violating a principle or rule : faulty

peccantly
adverb

Did You Know?

Peccant comes from the Latin verb peccare, which means "to sin," "to commit a fault," or
"to stumble," and is related to the better-known English word peccadillo ("a slight
offense"). Etymologists have suggested that peccare might be related to Latin ped- or pes,
meaning "foot," by way of an unattested adjective, peccus, which may have been used to
mean "having an injured foot" or "stumbling." Whether or not a connection truly exists
between peccant and peccus, peccant itself involves stumbling of a figurative kind-making
errors, for example, or falling into immoral, corrupt, or sinful behavior."

Origin and Etymology of peccant

Latin peccant-, peccans, present participle of peccare to stumble, sin First Known Use:
circa 1604

howbeit
 1. : although

See words that rhyme with howbeit

Examples of howbeit in a sentence

1. <our visit to Niagara Falls was very pleasant, howbeit slightly shorter than we had
planned>

14th Century

First Known Use of howbeit

14th century

howbeit Synonyms
Synonyms
albeit, as, although, much as, notwithstanding, though, when, whereas, while,
whilst [chiefly British]
Related Words
but, if

2
Howbeit adverb howbeit
Definition of howbeit

1. : nevertheless

Examples of howbeit in a sentence

1. I've never written a poem before; howbeit, I feel my first attempt is quite good.>

15th Century

First Known Use of howbeit

15th century

howbeit Synonyms
Synonyms
even so, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, still and all,
though, withal, yet
Related Words
after all, anyhow, regardless; per contra
insomuch as

1. : inasmuch as

Examples of insomuch as in a sentence

1. <insomuch as one can ever know about these things, their marriage seems solid as a
rock>

14th Century

First Known Use of insomuch as

14th century

insomuch as Synonyms
Synonyms
insofar as, inasmuch as, insomuch that, so far as
infold

1. transitive verb

2. : enfold, envelop

3. intransitive verb

4. : to fold inward or toward one another

See words that rhyme with infold

15th Century

First Known Use of infold

15th century

Medical Dictionary
infold
play play
verb infold \in-fld\
Medical Definition of infold
 1. : to cover or surround with folds or a covering <infold the hernial sac with
sutures>

2.

3. intransitive verb

\in-\: to fold inward or toward one another <the neural crests infold
and fuse>

encumber or incumber
1. : to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien) <encumbered the land with a
mineral lease>