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.
mind.
     deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction,
weet|, ween[obs3].
     form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate,
rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon &c. (believe) 484; review; size up *.
     settle; pass an opinion, give an opinion; decide, try, pronounce,
rule; pass judgment, pass sentence; sentence, doom; find; give judgment, deliver judgment; adjudge, adjudicate; arbitrate, award, report; bring in a verdict; make absolute, set a question at rest; confirm &c. (assent) 488.
     comment, criticize, kibitz; pass under review &c. (examine) 457;
investigate &c. (inquire) 461.
     hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause. 
     Adj. judging &c. v.; judicious &c. (wise) 498; determinate,
conclusive. 
     Adv. on the whole, all things considered. 
     Phr. “a Daniel come to judgment” [Merchant of Venice]; “and stand a
critic, hated yet caress’d” [Byron]; “it is much easier to be critical than to be correct” [Disraeli]; la critique est aisee et l’art est difficile[Fr]; “nothing if not critical” [Othello]; “O most lame and impotent conclusion” [Othello].

     #480a. [Result of search or inquiry.] Discovery. —­ N. discovery,
detection, disenchantment; ascertainment[obs3], disclosure, find, revelation.
     trover &c.(recovery) 775[Law]. 
     V. discover, find, determine, evolve, learn &c. 539; fix upon; pick
up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out; fathom; bring out, draw out; educe, elicit, bring to light; dig out, grub up, fish up; unearth, disinter.
     solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack
open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret &c. 522; disclose &c. 529.
     trace, get at; hit it, have it; lay one’s finger, lay one’s hands
upon; spot; get at the truth, arrive at the truth &c. 494; put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head.
     be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff,
catch a whiff of, smell a rat.
     open the eyes to; see through, see daylight, see in its true colors,
see the cloven foot; detect; catch, catch tripping.
     pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon;
come across, come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.
     recognize, realize; verify, make certain of, identify. 
     Int. eureka! aha[obs3]!  I’ve got it!

     #481.  Misjudgment. —­ N. misjudgment, obliquity of judgment;
miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception &c. (error) 495; hasty conclusion.
     [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication[obs3],
prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion[obs3], prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension[obs3], presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea,

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