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.
630.
     necessarian[obs3], necessitarian[obs3]; fatalist; automaton. 
     V. lie under a necessity; befated[obs3], be doomed, be destined &c. in
for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one’s fate &c. n. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help.
     destine, doom, foredoom, devote; predestine, preordain; cast a spell
&c. 992; necessitate; compel &c. 744. 
     Adj. necessary, needful &c (requisite) 630.
     fated; destined &c. v.; elect; spellbound, compulsory
     &c. (compel) 744; uncontrollable, inevitable, unavoidable,
irresistible, irrevocable, inexorable; avoidless[obs3], resistless.
     involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical; unconscious,
unwitting, unthinking; unintentional &c. (undesigned) 621; impulsive &c. 612. 
     Adv. necessarily &c. adv.; of necessity, of course; ex necessitate
rei[Lat]; needs must; perforce &c. 744; nolens volens[Lat]; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre[Fr], willing or unwilling, coute que coute[Fr].
     faute de mieux[Fr]; by stress of; if need be. 
     Phr. it cannot be helped; there is no help for, there is no helping
it; it will be, it must be, it needs to be, it must be so, it will have its way; the die is cast; jacta est alea[obs3][Lat]; che sara sara[French]; “it is written”; one’s days are numbered, one’s fate is sealed; Fata obstant[Latin]; diis aliter visum[obs3][Latin]; actum me invito factus[Latin], non est meus actus[Latin]; aujord’hui roi demain rien[French]; quisque suos patimur manes [Latin][Vergil];"The moving finger writes and having writ moves on.  Nor all your piety and wit can bring it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it."[Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam].

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     #602.  Willingness. —­ N. willingness, voluntariness &c. adj[obs3].;
willing mind, heart.
     disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood,
vein; bent &c. (turn of mind) 820; penchant &c. (desire) 865; aptitude &c. 698.
     docility, docibleness[obs3]; persuasibleness[obs3],
persuasibility[obs3]; pliability &c. (softness) 324.
     geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness,
forwardness; eagerness &c. (desire) 865.
     asset &c. 488; compliance &c. 762; pleasure &c. (will) 600; gratuitous
service.
     labor of love; volunteer, volunteering. 
     V. be willing &c. adj.; incline, lean to, mind, propend; had as lief;
lend a willing ear, give a willing ear, turn a willing ear; have a half a mind to, have a great mind to; hold to, cling to; desire &c. 865.
     see fit, think good, think proper; acquiesce &c (assent) 488; comply
with &c. 762.
     swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple
of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer. 

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