abridge
1 use
Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities.†
abridge = shorten; or reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Definition
Generally abridge means:reduce in scope while retaining essential elements — especially to a book
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
allege
1 use
Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote.†
alleged = asserted (said) without proof
Definition
Generally allege means:claim (asserted without proof)
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 2000 |
democracy
1 use
To them this government is not a democracy.†
democracy = a system of government in which citizens have power with equal votes
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |
derive
1 use
To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed.†
derived = got
Definition
Generally derive means:to get something from something else
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning—especially deductive reasoning.)
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning—especially deductive reasoning.)
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
dissent
1 use
An oligarchy of learning, where the educated govern the ignorant, or even an oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters, of every household - which ordains all men sovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord, and rebellion into every home of the nation.†
dissension = disagreement or conflict
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.)
Definition
Generally dissent means:to disagree; or disagreement or conflict — typically between people who cooperate, and often with official or majority beliefs
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
establish
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
establish a positive tone
It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.†
established = created
Definition
Generally this sense of establish means:create, start, or set in [a] place
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 25 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
indict
1 use
Friends and fellow citizens: I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote.†
indictment = accuse formally of a crime
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
odious
1 use
It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.†
odious = extremely unpleasant, disgusting, dislikable, or worthy of hate
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
ordination
1 use
An oligarchy of learning, where the educated govern the ignorant, or even an oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters, of every household - which ordains all men sovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord, and rebellion into every home of the nation.†
ordains = officially declares a religious leader
Definition
Generally ordination means:ceremony in which someone is officially declared a religious leader — such as a minister, priest, or rabbi
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
republic
1 use
It is not a republic.†
republic = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 10 uses in 10 avg bks |
therefore
1 use
For any state to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of attainder, or, an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land.†
therefore = for that reason
Definition
Generally therefore means:for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 24 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
tranquil
1 use
The preamble of the Federal Constitution says: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."†
tranquillity = peace and quiet; or calmness
(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.)
(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.)
Definition
Generally tranquil means:calm and undisturbed
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 8 uses in 10 avg bks |