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.
strow[obs3]; ted; spirtle[obs3], cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse[obs3], intersperse; set abroach[obs3], circumfuse[obs3].
     turn adrift, cast adrift; scatter to the winds;
     spread like wildfire, disperse themselves. 
     Adj. unassembled &c. (see assemble &c. 72); dispersed &c. v.; sparse,
dispread, broadcast, sporadic, widespread; epidemic &c. (general) 78; adrift, stray; disheveled, streaming. 
     Adv. sparsim[obs3], here and there, passim.

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     #74. [Place of meeting.] Focus. —­ N. focus; point of convergence &c.
290; corradiation[obs3]; center &c. 222; gathering place, resort haunt retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot &c. (store) 636; trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue. 
     V. bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.

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     #75.  Class. —­ N. class, division, category, categorema[obs3], head,
order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain.
     kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race,
tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin.
     manner, description, denomination, designation, rubric, character,
stamp predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification.
     similarity &c. 17.

     #76.  Inclusion. [Comprehension under, or reference to a class.] —­ N.
{opp. 77} inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception. composition &c. (inclusion in a compound) 54. 
     V. be included in &c.; come under, fall under, range under; belong to,
pertain to; range with; merge in.
     include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive;
inclose &c. (circumscribe) 229; embody, encircle.
     reckon among, enumerate among, number among; refer to; place with,
arrange with, place under; take into account. 
     Adj. included, including &c. v.; inclusive; congener, congenerous; of
the same class &c. 75; encircling. 
     Phr. a maximis ad minima[Lat], et hoc genus omne[Lat], &c., etc.; et
coetera[Lat].

#77.  Exclusion. —­ N. {opp. 76} exclusion &c. 55. <—­ The same set of words are used to express Exclusion from a class and Exclusion from a compound.  Reference is therefore made to the former at 55.  This identity does not occur with regard to Inclusion, which therefore constitutes a separate category. —­>

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