#610. Rejection.
— N. rejection, repudiation, exclusion;
refusal &c.
764; declination
V. reject; set aside,
lay aside; give up; decline &c. (refuse) 764;
exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.
repudiate, scout, set
at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the
dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds,
cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw
to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard,
throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss
overboard, toss away; send to the right about; disclaim
&c. (deny) 536; discard &c. (eject) 297, (have done
with) 678.
Adj. rejected &c. v.;
reject, rejectaneous|, rejectious|; not chosen
&c. 609, to be thought of, out of the question
Adv. neither, neither
the one nor the other; no &c 536.
Phr. non haec in faedera[Lat].
#611. Predetermination.
— N. predestination, preordination,
premeditation, predeliberation[obs3], predetermination;
foregone conclusion, fait accompli[Fr]; parti pris[Fr];
resolve, propendency|; intention &c. 620; project
&c. 626; fate, foredoom, necessity.
V. predestine, preordain,
predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert;
resolve beforehand, predesignate.
Adj. prepense[obs3],
premeditated &c. v., predesignated,
predesigned[obs3]; advised, studied, designed, calculated;
aforethought; intended &c. 620; foregone.
well-laid, well-devised,
well-weighed; maturely considered; cunning.
Adv. advisedly &c. adj.;
with premeditation, deliberately, all things
considered, with eyes open, in cold blood; intentionally
&c. 620.
#612. Impulse.
— N. impulse, sudden thought; impromptu,
improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.
improvisatore[obs3]; creature of impulse.
V. flash on the mind.
say what comes uppermost;
improvise, extemporize.
Adj. extemporaneous,
impulsive, indeliberate[obs3]; snap; improvised,
improvisate[obs3], improvisatory[obs3]; unpremeditated,
unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural,
unguarded; spontaneous &c. (voluntary) 600; instinctive
&c. 601.
Adv. extempore, extemporaneously;
offhand, impromptu, a
limproviste[Fr]; improviso[obs3]; on the spur of the
moment, on the spur of the occasion.
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#613. Habit. [includes
commonness due to frequency of occurrence] —
N. habit, habitude; assuetude|, assuefaction|, wont;
run, way.
common state of things,
general state of things, natural state of
things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course
of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course;
beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground.
prescription, custom,
use, usage, immemorial usage, practice;
prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality;
mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette &c. (gentility) 852;
order of the day, cry; conformity &c. 82; consuetude,.dustoor[obs3].


