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#140. [Difference at different times.] Change. -- N. change

• alteration

• mutation

• permutation

• variation

• modification

• modulation

• inflexion

• mood

• qualification

• innovation

• metastasis

• deviation

• turn

• evolution

• revolution

• diversion

• break

• transformation

• transfiguration

• metamorphosis

• transmutation;

• deoxidization[Chem]

• transubstantiation

• mutagenesis[Genet]

• transmigration

• metempsychosis|

• avatar

• alterative

• conversion

• revolution

• change) 146 inversion

• displacement

• transference

• changeableness

• tergiversation

• 607

• V. change

• alter

• vary

• wax and wane

• modulate

• diversify

• qualify

• tamper with

• turn

• shift

• veer

• tack

• chop

• shuffle

• swerve

• warp

• deviate

• turn aside

• evert

• pass to

• take a turn

• turn the corner

• resume

• work a change

• modify

• vamp

• superinduce

• transform

• transfigure

• transmute

• transmogrify

• 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

• reverse

• disturb

• convert into

• Adj. changed

• newfangled

• changeable

• 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

• tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in

• non sum qualis eram [Lat][Horace]

• 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

• quiescence

• obstinacy

• 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

• 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

• persisting

• permanent

• established;

• unchanged

• renewed

• intact

• inviolate

• persistent;

• monotonous

• unfailing

• undestroyed

• unrepealed

• conservative

• qualis ab

• incepto[Lat]

• prescriptive

• stationary

• 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]

• j'y

#142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation. -- N. cessation

• discontinuance

• desistance

• intermission

• remission

• suspense

• suspension

• interruption

• stop;

• stopping

• closure

• stoppage

• halt

• arrival

• 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

• death

• 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

• (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

• go out

• die away

• wear away

• wear off

• pass away

• be at an end

• disintegrate

• self-destruct

• intromit

• interrupt

• suspend

• 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

• Phr. "I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar]

#143. Continuance in action. -- N. continuance

• continuation

• run;

• perpetuation

• prolongation

• persistence

• repetition

• 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

• harp upon

• 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

• quieta non movere[Lat];

• let things take their course

• stare decisis [Lat][Jurisprudence]

• Adj. continuing

• uninterrupted

• unvarying

• unstopped

• unrevoked

• unvaried

• sustained

• undying

• inconvertible

• Int. keep it up! go to it! right away! right on! attaboy!

• vestigia nulla retrorsum

• [Lat][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

• 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

• remodel

• new model

• reform

• reorganize

• assimilate to

• bring to

• reduce to

• Adj. converted into

• convertible

• resolvable into;

• transitional

• naturalized

• Adv. gradually

• 270[Lat]

#145. Reversion. -- N. reversion

• return

• revulsion

• turning point

• turn of the tide

• status quo ante bellum

• calm before a

• storm

• alternation

• inversion

• recoil

• 27

• retreat

• regression

• retrogression

• restoration

• relapse

• recidivism

• atavism

• V. revert

• turn back

• regress

• relapse

• recoil

• retreat

• restore

• undo

• unmake

• turn the tide

• roll back

• the tide

• turn the scale

• tip the scale

• Adj. reverting

• regressive

• revulsive

• reactionary;

#146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution. -- N. revolution

• bouleversement

• subversion

• break up

• destruction

• sudden change

• radical change

• sweeping organic change

• change of state

• phase change;

• quantum leap

• quantum jump

• clean sweep

• counter

• revolution

• jump

• leap

• plunge

• jerk

• start

• transilience|

• explosion

• spasm

• convulsion

• throe

• revulsion

• storm

• earthquake

• cataclysm

• legerdemain

• 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

• metaphor

• metonymy

• (figure of speech) 521

• [Thing substituted] substitute

• ersatz

• makeshift

• temporary

• expedient

• replacement

• succedaneum

• shift

• stopgap

• jury

• rigging

• jury mast

• locum tenens

• warming pan

• dummy

• scapegoat

• double;

• changeling

• quid pro quo

• alternative

• representative

• 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

• ersatz

• phony

• vicarious

• Adv. instead

• in place of

• in lieu of

• in the stead of

• in the room

• of

#148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange. -- N. interchange

• exchange

• commutation

• permutation

• intermutation

• reciprocation

• transposition

• rearrangement

• shuffling

• alternation

• reciprocity

• castling

• [at chess]

• hocus-pocus

• interchangeability

• recombination

• combination 48[ref]

• 84.

• barter

• tit for tat

• cross fire

• battledore and shuttlecock

• quid pro quo

• V. interchange

• exchange

• 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

• requite

• rearrange

• recombine

• Adj. interchanged

• reciprocal

• mutual

• commutative

• interchangeable

• 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

• vicarious

• Adv. instead

• in place of

• in lieu of

• in the stead of

• in the room

• of

• 2. COMPLEX CHANGE

#149. Changeableness. -- N. changeableness

• mutability

• inconstancy

• versatility

• mobility

• instability

• unstable equilibrium;

• vacillation

• fluctuation

• vicissitude

• alternation

• restlessness

• disquiet

• disquietude

• inquietude

• unrest;

• agitation

• moon

• Proteus

• chameleon

• quicksilver

• shifting sands

• weathercock

• harlequin

• Cynthia of the minute

• wheel of Fortune;

• transientness

• V. fluctuate

• vary

• waver

• flounder

• flicker

• flitter

• flit

• flutter

• shift

• shuffle

• shake

• totter

• tremble

• vacillate

• turn and

• turn about

• ring the changes

• sway to and fro

• shift to and fro

• change and

• change about

• waffle

• blow with the wind (irresolute) 60

• oscillate

• vibrate between

• two extremes

• oscillate between

• two extremes;

• alternate

• have as many phases as the moon

• Adj. changeable

• changeful

• changing

• mutable

• variable

• checkered

• ever changing

• protean

• proteiform|

• versatile

• inconstant

• unsteady

• unstable

• unfixed

• unsettled;

• fluctuating

• restless

• agitated

• erratic

• fickle

• irresolute

• capricious

• touch and go

• inconsonant

• fitful

• spasmodic;

• vibratory

• vagrant

• wayward

• desultory

• afloat

• alternating

• alterable

• plastic

• mobile

• transient

• wavering

• Adv. seesaw

• off and on

• Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss"

• pictra mossa non fa muschis[It];

• honores mutant mores[Lat]

• varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat][Vergil]

#150. Stability. -- N. stability

• immutability

• unchangeability

• unchangeableness|!

• constancy

• stable

• equilibrium

• immobility

• soundness

• vitality

• stiffness

• solidity

• aplomb

• establishment

• fixture

• rock

• pillar

• tower

• foundation

• leopard's

• spots

• Ethiopia's skin

• permanence

• obstinacy

• V. be firm

• stick fast

• stand firm

• keep firm

• remain firm;

• weather the storm

• stay the course

• stick to the course

• keep the faith

• don't give in

• don't buckle under

• settle

• establish

• ascertain

• fix

• set

• retain

• keep hold

• make good

• make sure

• fasten

• (join)

• set on its legs

• float

• perpetuate

• settle down

• strike roots

• put down roots

• take root

• take up one's

• abode

• build one's house on a rock

• Adj. unchangeable

• immutable

• unaltered

• unalterable

• not to be

• changed

• constant

• permanent

• invariable

• undeviating

• stable

• durable

• perennial

• fixed

• steadfast

• firm

• fast

• steady

• balanced

• confirmed

• valid;

• immovable

• irremovable

• riveted

• rooted

• settled

• established

• vested

• incontrovertible

• stereotyped

• indeclinable

• tethered

• anchored

• moored

• at anchor

• on a rock

• rock solid

• firm as

• a rock

• firmly seated

• firmly established

• deep-rooted

• ineradicable

• inveterate

• obstinate

• transfixed

• stuck fast

• aground

• high and dry

• stranded

• [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck

• jammed

• unremovable;

• quiescent

• deterioration

• indefeasible

• irretrievable

• irrevocable

• irreversible

• inextinguishable

• irreducible

• indissoluble

• indestructible

• undying

• imperishable

• incorruptible

• indelible

• insusceptible

• insusceptible of change

• Int. stet

• Phr. littera scripta manet[Lat]

• Present Events

#151. Eventuality. -- N. eventuality

• event

• occurrence

• incident

• affair

• matter

• thing

• episode

• happening

• proceeding

• contingency

• juncture

• experience

• fact

• matter of fact

• naked fact

• bare facts

• just

• the facts

• phenomenon

• advent

• business

• concern

• transaction

• dealing

• proceeding

• circumstance

• particular

• casualty

• accident

• adventure

• passage

• crisis

• pass

• emergency

• contingency

• consequence

• opportunity (occasion) 143

• the world

• life

• things

• doings

• affairs in general

• things in

• general

• affairs in general

• the times

• state of affairs

• order of the day;

• course of things

• tide of things

• stream of things

• current of things

• run

• of things

• march of things

• course of events

• ups and downs of life

• vicissitudes of life

• chapter of accidents

• situation

• (circumstances) 8

• V. happen

• occur

• take place

• take effect

• come

• become of

• come off

• come round

• come into existence

• come forth

• come to pass

• come on

• pass

• present itself

• fall

• fall out

• turn out

• run

• be on foot

• fall in

• befall

• betide

• prove

• eventuate

• draw on

• turn

• up

• crop up

• spring up

• pop up

• arise

• show up

• show its face

• appear

• come

• forth

• cast up

• supervene

• issue

• arrive

• ensue

• arise

• start

• hold

• take its course

• pass off

• meet with

• experience

• enjoy

• encounter

• undergo

• suffer

• pass

• through

• go through

• be subjected to

• be exposed to

• fall to the lot of

• be

• one's chance

• be one's fortune

• be one's lot

• find

• endure

• 821

• Adj. happening

• going on

• doing

• current

• in the wind

• in the

• air

• afloat

• on foot

• afoot

• at issue

• in question;

• incidental

• eventful

• stirring

• bustling

• full of incident

• memorable

• momentous

• signal

• Adv. eventually

• in the event of

• in case

• just in case

• in the course

• of things

• as things

• times go

• as the world goes

• wags

• as the tree falls

• cat jumps

• as it may turn out

• happen

• Phr. that's the way the ball bounces

• that's the way the cookie

• crumbles

• you never know what may turn up

• you never know what the future

• will bring

• the plot thickens

• "breasts the blows of circumstance"

• [Tennyson]

• "so runs round of life from hour to hour" "sprinkled along the

• waste of years" [Tennyson][Keble]

• Future Events

#152. Destiny. -- N. destiny

• future existence

• post existence

• hereafter

• future state

• next world

• world to come

• after

• life

• futurity

• everlasting life

• everlasting death

• life beyond

• the grave

• world beyond the grave

• prospect

• V. impend

• hang over

• lie over

• threaten

• loom

• await

• come on

• approach

• stare one in the face

• foreordain

• preordain

• predestine

• doom

• have in store for

• Adj. impending

• destined

• about to be

• happen

• coming

• in

• store

• to come

• going to happen

• instant

• at hand

• near

• near

• close at

• hand

• over hanging

• hanging over one's head

• imminent

• brewing

• preparing

• forthcoming

• in the wind

• on the cards

• in reserve

• that will

• is to be

• in

• prospect

• looming in the distance

• horizon

• future;

• unborn

• in embryo

• in the womb of time

• futurity

• pregnant

• 161

• Adv. in time

• the long run

• all in good time

• eventually

• whatever may happen

• as chance

#153. [Constant antecedent]. Cause.-- N. cause

• origin

• source

• principle

• element

• prime mover

• primum mobile[Lat]

• vera

• causa[Lat]

• author

• mainspring

• agent

• leaven;

• groundwork

• foundation

• spring

• fountain

• well

• font

• fountainhead

• spring head

• wellhead;

• fons et origo[Lat]

• genesis

• descent

• remote cause;

• influence

• pivot

• hinge

• turning point

• lever

• crux

• fulcrum

• key

• proximate

• cause

• causa causans[Lat]

• straw that breaks the camel's back

• ground

• reason

• reason why

• why and wherefore

• rationale

• occasion

• derivation

• final cause

• undercurrents

• rudiment

• egg

• germ

• embryo

• bud

• root

• radix radical

• etymon

• nucleus

• seed

• stem

• stock

• stirps

• trunk

• tap-root

• radicle

• semen

• sperm

• nest

• cradle

• nursery

• womb

• nidus

• birthplace

• hotbed

• causality

• causation

• origination

• production

• V. be the cause

• originate

• give origin to

• give rise

• to

• give occasion to

• cause

• occasion

• sow the seeds of

• kindle

• bring on

• bring to bring pass

• bring about

• produce;

• create

• set up

• set afloat

• set on foot

• found

• broach

• institute

• lay the foundation of

• lie at the root of

• procure

• induce

• draw down

• open the door to

• superinduce

• evoke

• entail

• operate

• elicit

• provoke

• conduce to

• contribute

• have a hand in the pie

• have

• a finger in the pie

• determine

• decide

• turn the scale

• have a common

• origin

• derive its origin

• Adj. caused

• causal

• original

• primary

• primitive

• primordial;

• aboriginal

• radical

• embryonic

• in

• embryo

• in ovo[Lat]

• seminal

• germinal

• at the bottom of

• connate

• having a

• common origin

• Adv. because

• behind the scenes

• Phr. causa latet vis est notissima [Lat][Ovid]

• felix qui potuit rerum

• cognoscere causas [Lat][Vergil]

#154. [Constant sequent.] Effect.-- N. effect

• consequence;

• derivative

• derivation

• result;

• resultant

• upshot

• issue

• denouement

• end

• development

• outgrowth

• fruit

• crop

• harvest

• product

• bud

• production

• produce

• work

• handiwork

• fabric

• performance

• creature

• creation

• offspring

• offshoot

• firstlings

• heredity

• V. be the effect of

• be due to

• be owing to

• originate in

• originate from

• rise -

• arise

• take its rise spring from

• proceed from

• emanate from

• come from

• grow from

• bud from

• sprout from

• germinate from

• issue from

• flow from

• result from

• follow from

• derive its origin from

• accrue from

• come to

• come of

• come out of

• depend upon

• hang upon

• hinge

• upon

• turn upon

• take the consequences

• sow the wind and reap the whirlwind

• Adj. owing to

• resulting from

• derivable from

• due to

• caused

• by

• dependent upon

• derived from

• evolved from

• derivative;

• hereditary

• Adv. of course

• it follows that

• naturally

• consequently

• as a

• consequence

• in consequence

• through

• all along of

• necessarily

• eventually

• "thereby hangs a tale" [Taming of the

• Shrew]

#155. [Assignment of cause] Attribution -- N. attribution

• theory

• etiology

• ascription

• reference to

• rationale

• accounting for

• palaetiology|

• imputation

• derivation from

• affiliation

• pedigree

• explanation

• reason why

• V. attribute to

• ascribe to

• impute to

• refer to

• lay to

• point to

• trace to

• bring home to

• put down to

• set down to

• blame

• charge on

• ground on

• invest with

• assign as cause

• lay at

• the door of

• father upon;

• account for

• derive from

• point out the reason

• theorize

• tell how

• it comes

• put the saddle on the right horse

• Adj. attributed

• attributable

• referable to

• referrible

• due to

• derivable from

• owing to

• putative;

• Adv. hence

• thence

• therefore

• for

• since

• on account of

• because

• owing to

• on that account

• from this cause

• from that cause

• thanks to

• forasmuch as

• whence

• propter hoc[Lat]

• why? wherefore? whence? how comes it

• how is it

• how happens it? how

• does it happen?

• in some way

• in some such way

• somehow

• somehow or other

• Phr. that is why

• hinc illae lachrymae [Lat][Horace]

• <--

• -----------------------------------------------------------

• 1. Whewell History of the inductive Sciences

• book xviii vol. iii.p

• 397 (3d edit.)

• 2 The word Chance has two distinct meanings: the first

• the absence

• of assignable cause

• as above

• and the second

• the absence of design -- for

• the latter see 621

• -->

#156. [Absence of assignable cause.] Chance. 2 -- N. chance

• indetermination

• accident

• fortune

• hazard

• hap

• haphazard

• chance medley

• random

• luck

• casualty

• contingence

• adventure

• hit

• fate

• equal chance

• lottery

• toss up

• turn of the table

• turn of the cards

• hazard of the die

• chapter of

• accidents

• fickle finger of fate

• cast of the dice

• throw of the dice;

• heads or tails

• flip of a coin

• wheel of Fortune

• sortes

• probability

• possibility

• odds

• long odds

• run of luck;

• accidentalness

• main chance

• odds on

• favorable odds

• contingency

• dependence (uncertainty)

• situation (circumstance) 8

• statistics

• theory of Probabilities

• theory of Chances

• bookmaking;

• assurance

• speculation

• gaming

• V. chance

• hap

• turn up

• fall to one's lot

• be one's -fate

• stumble on light upon

• take one's chance

• Adj. casual

• fortuitous

• accidental

• adventitious

• causeless

• incidental

• contingent

• uncaused

• undetermined

• indeterminate

• random

• statistical

• possible

• unintentional

• Adv. by chance

• accidentally

• by accident

• casually

• perchance

• (possibly) 470

• for aught one knows

• as good would have it

• as bad would

• have it

• as luck would have it

• as ill-luck would have it

• as chance would

• have it

• as it may be

• as it may chance

• as it may turn up

• as it may

• happen

• as the case may be

• Phr. "grasps the skirts of happy chance" [Tennyson]

• "the accident

• of an accident" [Lord Thurlow]. "There but for the grace of God go I."

• 2. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT

• <-- "power" contains the concepts of both efficacy and efficiency -->

#157. Power.-- N. power

• potency

• potentiality

• puissance

• might

• force

• energy

• dint

• right hand

• right arm;

• sway

• control

• prepotency

• prepollence|

• almightiness

• omnipotence

• authority

• strength

• ability

• ableness

• competency

• efficacy

• efficiency

• productivity

• expertise (skill) 6

• validity

• cogency

• vantage ground

• influence

• pressure

• conductivity

• elasticity

• gravity

• electricity

• magnetism

• galvanism

• voltaic electricity

• voltaism

• electromagnetism

• atomic power

• nuclear power

• thermonuclear power

• fuel cell

• hydraulic power

• water

• power

• hydroelectric power

• solar power

• solar energy

• solar panels

• tidal

• power

• wind power

• attraction

• vis inertiae[Lat]

• vis mortua[Lat]

• vis viva

• [Latin]

• potential energy

• dynamic energy

• dynamic friction

• dynamic

• suction

• live circuit

• live rail

• live wire

• capability

• capacity

• quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent

• faculty

• quality

• attribute

• endowment

• virtue

• gift

• property

• qualification

• susceptibility

• V. be powerful

• gain power

• belong to

• pertain to

• lie in one's power

• be in one's power

• can

• be

• able

• give power

• confer power

• exercise power

• empower

• enable

• invest

• endue

• endow

• arm

• strengthen

• compel

• Adj. powerful

• puissant

• potential

• capable

• able

• equal to

• up to;

• cogent

• valid

• efficient

• productive

• effective

• effectual

• efficacious

• adequate

• competent

• omnipotent;

• almighty

• forcible

• influential

• productive

• 168

• Adv. powerfully

• by virtue of

• by dint of

•  

• gen/gr>[Sp][Grk][Grk][Grk][Grk][Grk]

• eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque

• tyrannis [Latin]

• fortis cadere cedere non potest [Latin]

#158. Impotence.-- N. impotence

• inability

• disability

• disablement

• impuissance

• imbecility

• incapacity

• incapability

• inaptitude

• ineptitude

• incompetence

• invalidity

• disqualification

• inefficiency

• wastefulness

• telum imbelle[Lat]

• brutum fulmen[Lat]

• blank

• blank cartridge

• flash

• in the pan

• vox et proeterea nihil[Lat]

• dead letter

• bit of waste paper

• dummy

• paper tiger

• Quaker gun

• inefficacy

• failure

• helplessness

• prostration

• paralysis

• palsy

• apoplexy

• syncope

• sideration|

• deliquium|[Lat]

• collapse

• exhaustion

• softening of

• the brain

• inanition

• emasculation

• orchiotomy [Med]

• orchotomy[Med]

• cripple

• old woman

• muff

• powder puff

• creampuff

• pussycat

• wimp

• mollycoddle

• eunuch

• V. be impotent

• not have a leg to stand on

• vouloir prendre la lune

• collapse

• faint

• swoon

• fall into a swoon

• drop

• go by the board

• go

• by the wayside

• go up in smoke

• end in smoke

• render powerless

• deprive of power

• disable

• disarm

• incapacitate

• disqualify

• unfit

• invalidate

• deaden

• cramp

• tie the

• hands

• double up

• prostrate

• paralyze

• muzzle

• cripple

• maim

• lame

• hamstring

• draw the teeth of

• throttle

• strangle

• garrotte

• garrote

• silence

• sprain

• clip the wings of

• put hors de

• spike the guns

• take the wind out of one's sails

• scotch the

• snake

• put a spoke in one's wheel

• break the neck

• break the back

• unhinge

• unfit

• put out of gear

• unman

• unnerve

• enervate

• emasculate

• castrate

• geld

• alter

• neuter

• sterilize

• fix

• shatter

• exhaust

• weaken

• Adj. powerless

• impotent

• unable

• incapable

• incompetent

• inefficient

• ineffective

• inept

• unfit

• unfitted

• unqualified

• disqualified

• unendowed;

• inapt

• unapt

• crippled

• disabled

• harmless

• unarmed

• weaponless

• defenseless

• sine ictu[Lat]

• unfortified

• indefensible

• vincible

• pregnable

• untenable

• paralytic

• paralyzed

• palsied

• imbecile

• nerveless

• emasculate

• disjointed;

• out of joint

• out of gear

• unnerved

• unhinged

• water-logged

• on one's beam

• ends

• rudderless

• laid on one's back

• done up

• dead beat

• exhausted

• shattered

• demoralized

• graveled

• helpless

• fatherless

• without a leg to stand on

• hors de

• laid on the shelf

• null and void

• nugatory

• inoperative

• good for nothing

• ineffectual

• inadequate

• inefficacious

• Phr. der kranke Mann[Ger]

• "desirous still but impotent to rise"

• [Shenstone]

• the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

#159. [Degree of power.] Strength.-- N. strength

• power

• energy

• vigor

• force

• main force

• physical force

• brute force;

• spring

• elasticity

• tone

• tension

• tonicity

• stoutness

• stamina

• nerve

• muscle

• sinew

• thews and sinews

• physique

• pith

• pithiness

• virtility

• vitality

• athletics

• gymnastics

• feats of strength

• adamant

• steel

• iron

• oak

• heart of oak

• iron grip

• grit

• bone

• athlete

• gymnast

• acrobat

• superman

• Atlas

• Hercules

• Samson

• Cyclops

• Goliath

• tower of strength

• giant refreshed

• strengthening

• invigoration

• refreshment

• [Science of forces] dynamics

• statics

• V. be strong

• be stronger

• overmatch

• render strong

• give strength

• strengthen

• invigorate

• brace

• nerve

• fortify

• sustain

• harden

• case harden

• steel

• gird

• screw up

• wind up

• set up

• gird up one's loins

• brace up one's loins

• recruit

• set on

• one's legs

• vivify

• refresh

• reinforce

• reenforce

• (restore) 660

• Adj. strong

• mighty

• vigorous

• forcible

• hard

• adamantine

• stout

• robust

• sturdy

• hardy

• powerful

• potent

• puissant

• valid

• resistless

• irresistible

• invincible

• proof against

• impregnable

• unconquerable

• indomitable

• dominating

• inextinguishable

• unquenchable;

• incontestable

• more than a match for

• overpowering

• overwhelming

• all

• powerful

• all sufficient

• sovereign

• able-bodied

• athletic

• Herculean

• Cyclopean

• muscular

• brawny

• wiry

• well-knit

• broad-shouldered

• sinewy

• strapping

• stalwart

• gigantic

• manly

• man-like

• manful

• masculine

• male

• virile

• unallayed

• unshaken

• unworn

• in full force

• in full swing

• in the plenitude of power

• stubborn

• thick-ribbed

• made of iron

• deep-rooted

• strong as a lion

• strong as a horse

• strong as an ox

• strong as brandy

• sound as a roach

• in

• fine feather

• in high feather

• built like a brick shithouse

• like a giant

• refreshed

• Adv. strongly

• by force

• by main force

• compulsion) 744

• Phr. "our withers are unwrung" [Hamlet]

• Blut und Eisen[Ger]

• coelitus mihi vires[Lat]

• en habiles gens[Lat]

• ex vi termini

• flecti non frangi[Lat]

• "he that

• wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill" [Burke];

• "inflexible in faith invincible in arms" [Beattie]