|
|
|
|
See my other projects: weather, dict, payphones, mailboxes, receipts, found photos, court documents, what is my ip?, and more at sorabji.com.
Could
COULD, pron. COOD. [The past tense of can, according to our customary arrangement in grammar; but in reality a distinct word, can having no past tense. Could, we receive through the Celtic dialects.]
1. Had sufficient strength or physical power. A sick man could not lift his hand. Isaac was old and could not see. Alexander could easily conquer the effeminate Asiatics.
2. Had adequate means or instruments. The men could defray their own expenses. The country was exhausted and could not support the war.
3. Had adequate moral power. We heard the story, but could not believe it. Th intemperate man could have restrained his appetite for strong drink. He could have refrained, if we would.
My mind could not be towards this people. Jer 15.
4. Had power or capacity b the laws of its nature. The tree could not grow for want of water.
5. Had competent legal power; had right, or had the requisite qualifications. Formerly, a citizen could not vote for officers of government without the possession of some property. AB could not be elected to the office of senator, for want of estate. BC, not being the blood of the ancestor, could not inherit his estate.
6. Had sufficient capacity. The world could not contain the books. John 21.
7. Was capable or susceptible, by its nature or constitution, as of some change. He found a substance that could not be fused.
8. Had adequate strength or fortitude; as, he could not endure the pain or the reproach.
9. Had motives sufficient to overcome objections. He thought at first he could not comply with the request; but after consideration he determined to comply.
10. Had competent knowledge or skill. He could solve the most difficult problems.
could appears in definitions for these words:
Abjuration Accursed Alibi Aliene Alleviation Anadiplosis Apophasis Apotome Areopagus Avouch Beguile Belong Bestor Bewitch Botanize Bounce Breed Camel Can Careful Catch Circumstanced Clerk Commotion Competition Compose Confuse Considering Cope Could Countervail Credulousness Cross Decussated Default Deform Demur Derange Dispense Dispute Divine Ear Engage Enjoin Enjoy Entreaat Essence Even-tide Face Fade Fare Fasten Fault Favor Felicitate Fiddle Foreslow Form Gallant Gallstone Get Hair-breadth Harrow Hearing Heart Heave Her Hide Himself History Hold Horizon Incense Induce Intemperance Investment Judge Let Light Live Livelong Looby Look Mastery Matrimonial Mean Mimick Miraculously Mitigate Modulate Mope Morals Move Nobly Note Object-glass Oppugn Order Organize Palate Partake Partition Pass Persuade Petition Plausibly Poise Practicability Practice Precedent Present Press Prevail Professed Profligate Pronoun Prophecy Rake Rap Rate Ravel Rebel Recollect Redeem Redress Refrain Relative Relief Ride Robbins Rodomontade Seducer Set Settle Severally Shake Show Shrew Sneer Soft Softness Something Spare Sputter Stall Staple Steal Step Strictness Subdue Subscribe Subsistence Supply Support Suppose Surprise Suspect Swarm Sway Take Tantalize Tender-hearted Think Told Trumpet Twenty Under Underneath Vestment Villan Villanize Want Warning What Where Wield Windy Wink Wish Wonder Worth Would Wring
Abjuration Accursed Alibi Aliene Alleviation Anadiplosis Apophasis Apotome Areopagus Avouch Beguile Belong Bestor Bewitch Botanize Bounce Breed Camel Can Careful Catch Circumstanced Clerk Commotion Competition Compose Confuse Considering Cope Could Countervail Credulousness Cross Decussated Default Deform Demur Derange Dispense Dispute Divine Ear Engage Enjoin Enjoy Entreaat Essence Even-tide Face Fade Fare Fasten Fault Favor Felicitate Fiddle Foreslow Form Gallant Gallstone Get Hair-breadth Harrow Hearing Heart Heave Her Hide Himself History Hold Horizon Incense Induce Intemperance Investment Judge Let Light Live Livelong Looby Look Mastery Matrimonial Mean Mimick Miraculously Mitigate Modulate Mope Morals Move Nobly Note Object-glass Oppugn Order Organize Palate Partake Partition Pass Persuade Petition Plausibly Poise Practicability Practice Precedent Present Press Prevail Professed Profligate Pronoun Prophecy Rake Rap Rate Ravel Rebel Recollect Redeem Redress Refrain Relative Relief Ride Robbins Rodomontade Seducer Set Settle Severally Shake Show Shrew Sneer Soft Softness Something Spare Sputter Stall Staple Steal Step Strictness Subdue Subscribe Subsistence Supply Support Suppose Surprise Suspect Swarm Sway Take Tantalize Tender-hearted Think Told Trumpet Twenty Under Underneath Vestment Villan Villanize Want Warning What Where Wield Windy Wink Wish Wonder Worth Would Wring
|
