Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #22. [Thing copied.] Prototype. —­ N. prototype, original, model,
pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, antitype[obs3]; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample[obs3], paradigm; lay-figure.
     text, copy, design; fugleman[obs3], keynote; die, mold; matrix, last,
plasm[obs3]; proplasm[obs3], protoplasm; mint; seal, punch, intaglio, negative; stamp. 
     V. be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy.  Phr. a
precedent embalms a principle [Disraeli]; exempla sunt odiosa[Lat].

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     #23.  Agreement. —­ N. agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony;
concord &c. 714; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding.
     conformity &c. 82; conformance; uniformity &c. 16; consonance,
consentaneousness[obs3], consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.
     fitness, aptness &c. adj.; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey[obs3];
sortance|; case in point; aptitude, coaptation[obs3], propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation &c. (relation) 9.
     adaption[obs3], adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation,
reconcilement; assimilation.
     consent &c. (assent) 488; concurrence &c. 178; cooperation &c. 709.
     right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the
thing. 
     V. be accordant &c. adj.; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally,
respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match &c. 17; become one; homologate[obs3].
     consent &c. (assent) 488.
     render accordant &c. adj.; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate;
adjust &c. (render, equal) 27; dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize,. reconcile; fadge[obs3], dovetail, square. 
     Adj. agreeing, suiting &c. v.; in accord, accordant, concordant,
consonant, congruous, consentaneous[obs3], correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with, &c. n.; at one with, of one mind, of a piece[Fr]; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.
     apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy,
felicitous, germane, ad rem[Lat], in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible.
     fit adapted, in loco, a propos[Fr], appropriate, seasonable, sortable,
suitable, idoneous[obs3], deft; meet &c. (expedient) 646.

     at home, in one’s proper element. 
     Adv. a propos of[Fr]; pertinently &c. adj. 
     Phr. rem acu tetigisti[Lat][obs3]; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap
fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Lat][Syrus]; discers concordia [Lat][Ovid].

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