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.

     #292. [Terminal motion at.] Arrival. —­ N. arrival, advent; landing;
debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d’honneur[Fr].
     home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder[obs3];
resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey’s end; anchorage &c. (refuge) 666.
     return, remigration[obs3]; meeting; rencounter[obs3], encounter.
     completion &c. 729.
     recursion[Math, Comp]. 
     V. arrive; get to, come to; come; reach, attain; come up with, come up
to; overtake, make, fetch; complete &c. 729; join, rejoin.
     light, alight, dismount; land, go ashore; debark, disembark; put in,
put into; visit, cast anchor, pitch one’s tent; sit down &c. (be located) 184; get to one’s journey’s end; make the land; be in at the death; come back, get back, come home, get home; return; come in &c. (ingress) 294; make one’s appearance &c. (appear) 446; drop in; detrain, deplane; outspan; de-orbit.
     come to hand; come at, come across; hit; come upon, light upon, pop
upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon; meet; encounter, rencounter[obs3]; come in contact. 
     Adj. arriving &c. v.; homeward bound. 
     Adv. here, hither. 
     Int. welcome! hail! all Hail! good-day, good morrow! 
     Phr. any port in a storm.

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     #293. [Initial motion from.] Departure. —­ N. departure,
decession[obs3], decampment; embarkation; outset, start; removal; exit &c. (egress) 295; exodus, hejira, flight.
     leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf
wiedersehen[Ger], sayonara, dosvidanya[Russ], ciao, aloha, hasta la vista[Sp]; stirrup cup; valedictorian.
     starting point, starting post; point of departure, point of
embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation; port of embarkation; airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport. 
     V. depart; go away; take one’s departure, set out; set off, march off,
put off, start off, be off, move off, get off, whip off, pack off, go off, take oneself off; start, issue, march out, debouch; go forth, sally forth; sally, set forward; be gone; hail from.
     leave a place, quit, vacate, evacuate, abandon; go off the stage, make
one’s exit; retire, withdraw, remove; vamoose*, vamose* [obs3][U.S.]; go one’s way, go along, go from home; take flight, take wing; spring, fly, flit, wing one’s flight; fly away, whip away; embark; go on board, go aboard; set sail’ put to sea, go to sea; sail, take ship; hoist blue Peter; get under way, weigh anchor; strike tents, decamp; walk one’s chalks, cut one’s stick; take leave; say good bye, bid goodbye &c. n.; disappear &c. 449; abscond &c. (avoid) 623; entrain; inspan[obs3]. 
     Adj. departing &c. v.; valedictory; outward bound. 
     Adv. whence, hence, thence; with a foot in the stirrup; on the wing,
on the move. 
     Int. begone! &c. (ejection) 297; farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day!
au revoir[Fr]! fare you well!  God bless you!  God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen[Ger]! au plaisir de vous revoir[Fr]! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise[Ger]! vive valeque[Fr]!

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