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.
     give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of,
be quit of, get quit of; eject &c. 297.
     rid oneself of, disburden oneself of, divest oneself of, dispossess
oneself of; wash one’s hands of.
     discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling
away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject.
     quit one’s hold, quitclaim. 
     Adj. relinquished &c. v.; cast off, derelict; unowned, unappropriated,
unculled; left &c. (residuary) 40. 
     Int. away with!

% 2.  Transfer of Property %

     #783.  Transfer.—­ N. transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation,
abalienation[obs3]; demise, limitation; conveyancing[obs3]; transmission &c. (transference) 270; enfeoffment[obs3], bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange &c. (interchange) 148; barter &c. 794; substitution &c. 147.
     succession, reversion; shifting use, shifting trust; devolution. 
     V. transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant &c. (confer) 784;
consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, transmit, negotiate; hand down; exchange &c.(interchange) 148.
     change hands, change hands from one to another; devolve, succeed; come
into possession &c. (acquire) 775.
     abalienate[obs3]; disinherit; dispossess &c. 789; substitute &c. 147. 
     Adj. alienable, negotiable. 
     Phr. estate coming into possession.

     #784.  Giving.—­ N. giving &c. v.; bestowal, bestowment[obs3],
donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award.
     almsgiving[obs3], charity, liberality, generosity.
     [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau[obs3]; fairing; free
gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [obs3][U.S.].
     grace, act of grace, bonus.
     allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.
     bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation[obs3], dot, appanage;
voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance &c. 783; amortization.
     alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule|, donative[obs3], help,
oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula[obs3], Christmas box, Easter offering, vail[obs3], douceur[Fr], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld[Ger], bakshish[obs3]; fee &c. (recompense) 973; consideration.
     bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle*, graft,
grease*;blat[Russian].
     giver, grantor &c. v.; donor, feoffer[obs3], settlor. 
     V. deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of; hand over, make over,

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