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TRAIT |
Character part |
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CAMEO |
Character part |
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CHAFF |
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character;
the refuse part of anything. |
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DUMMY |
One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham
character. |
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QUALITY |
Special or temporary character; profession; occupation;
assumed or asserted rank, part, or position. |
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REPRESENT |
To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act
the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet. |
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SUPPORT |
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an
actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of
King Lear. |
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PERSON |
A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or
manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in
literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. |
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ROLE |
A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama;
hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now
taken the role of philanthropist. |
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PERSONATE |
To assume the character of; to represent by a
fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to
feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. |
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SUCCESSOR |
One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place
which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; --
correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. |
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VALUE |
In an artistical composition, the character of any one part
in its relation to other parts and to the whole; -- often used in the
plural; as, the values are well given, or well maintained. |
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DEFECTIVE |
...mber; a defective copy or
account; a defective character; defective rules. ... |
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SECTION |
...a
subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a
paragraph; an article; hence, the character /, often used to denote
suc... |
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REPUTATION |
The character imputed to a person in the community
in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his
character in issue, or when... |
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PART |
A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed
personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a
character or an actor ... |
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CAREER |
...n a
particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking;
usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character;
... |
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FIGURANT |
One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in
groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in
its scenes, but has noth... |
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MYSTERY |
..., often
some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this
character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by
... |
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SHOULDER |
...e which projects
beyond the base of the raised character, etc. ... |
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TRILL |
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid
succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some
one part of the or... |
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MONOGRAM |
A character or cipher composed of two or more letters
interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it
(usually the initials).... |
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BRIGHT'S DISEASE |
An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory
in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal
casts in the urine. Se... |
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FIXTURE |
Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and
lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite
frequently use... |
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BARRATRY |
...wn
illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of
master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or
ca... |