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.

     #619.  Evil. —­ N. evil, ill, harm, hurt., mischief, nuisance;
machinations of the devil, Pandora’s box, ills that flesh is heir to.
     blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, wound, gash, mutilation; mortal
blow, wound; immedicabile vulnus[Lat]; damage, loss &c. (deterioration) 659.
     disadvantage, prejudice, drawback.
     disaster, accident, casualty; mishap &c. (misfortune) 735; bad job,
devil to pay; calamity, bale, catastrophe, tragedy; ruin &c. (destruction) 162; adversity &c. 735.
     mental suffering &c. 828. * demon &v[Evil spirit]. 980. bane &c.
663[Cause of evil]. badness &c. 649[Production of evil]; painfulness &c. 830; evil doer &c. 913.
     outrage, wrong, injury, foul play; bad turn, ill turn; disservice,
spoliation &c. 791; grievance, crying evil. 
     V. be in trouble &c. (adversity) 735. 
     Adj. disastrous, bad &c. 649; awry, out of joint; disadvantageous. 
     Adv. amis[Fr], wrong, ill, to one’s cost
     Phr. “moving accidents by flood and field” [Othello].

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     #620.  Intention. —­ N. intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo
animo[Lat]; project &c. 626; undertaking &c. 676; predetermination &c. 611; design, ambition.
     contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal; study; look out.
     final cause; raison d’etre[Fr]; cui bono[Lat]; object, aim, end; “the
be all and the end all”; drift &c. (meaning) 516; tendency &c. 176; destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull’s-eye, quintain[obs3][medeival]; prey, quarry, game.
     decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose;
ultimatum; resolution &c. 604; wish &c. 865; arriere pensee[Fr]; motive &c. 615.
     [Study of final causes] teleology. 
     V. intend, purpose, design, mean; have to; propose to oneself; harbor
a design; have in view, have in contemplation, have in one’s eye, have in-petto; have an eye to.
     bid for, labor for; be after, aspire after, endeavor after; be at, aim
at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at; take aim; set before oneself; study to.
     take upon oneself &c. (undertake) 676; take into one’s head; meditate,
contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate &c. 611; compass, calculate; destine, destinate[obs3]; propose.
     project &c. (plan) 626; have a mind to &c. (be willing) 602; desire
&c. 865; pursue &c. 622. 
     Adj. intended &c. v.; intentional, advised, express, determinate;
prepense &c. 611[obs3]; bound for; intending &c. v.; minded; bent upon &c. (earnest) 604; at stake; on the anvil, on the tapis[obs3]; in view, in prospect, in the breast of; in petto; teleological
     Adv. intentionally &c. adj.; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly,
designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent &c. n.; deliberately &c. (with

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