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.

     #49.  Decomposition. —­ N. decomposition, analysis, dissection,
resolution, catalysis, dissolution; corruption &c. (uncleanness) 653; dispersion &c. 73; disjunction &c. 44; disintegration. 
     V. decompose, decompound; analyze, disembody, dissolve; resolve into
its elements, separate into its elements; electrolyze[Chem]; dissect, decentralize, break up; disperse &c. 73; unravel &c. (unroll) 313; crumble into dust. 
     Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative,
solvent.

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     #50.  Whole. [Principal part.] —­ N. whole, totality, integrity;
totalness &c. adj[obs3].; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness[obs3]; unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility, indiscerptibility[obs3]; integration, embodiment; integer.
     all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum
total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, “be all and end all”; complex, complexus [obs3]; lock stock and barrel.
     bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages[obs3]; trunk, torso,
bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part; essential part &c. (importance). 642; lion’s share, Benjamin’s mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. 
     V. form a whole, constitute a whole; integrate, embody, amass;
aggregate &c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to. 
     Adj. whole, total, integral, entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual.
     unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered[obs3], unclipped[obs3],
uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised.
     indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable[obs3], indiscerptible[obs3].
     wholesale, sweeping; comprehensive. 
     Adv. wholly, altogether; totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all,
all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily|!, en bloc, in extenso[Lat], throughout, every inch; substantially. 
     Phr. tout bien ou rien[Fr].

     #51.  Part. —­ N. part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any;
division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.
     piece[Fr], lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop[obs3], slice,
scale; lamina &c. 204; small part; morsel, particle &c. (smallness) 32; installment, dividend; share &c. (allotment) 786.
     debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus; excerpta[obs3]; member,
limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig; runner; leaf, leaflet; stump; component part

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