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.
time; arrow of time; river of time, whirligig of time, noiseless foot of time; scythe. 
V. continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse &c.
109; hold out.
take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time.
pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time,
talk against time; tide over; use time, employ time; seize an opportunity &c. 134; waste time &c. (be inactive) 683. 
Adj. continuing &c. v.; on foot; permanent &c. (durable) 110. 
Adv. while, whilst, during, pending; during the time, during the
interval; in the course of, at that point, at that point in time; for the time being, day by day; in the time of, when; meantime, meanwhile; in the meantime, in the interim; ad interim, pendente lite[Lat]; de die in diem[Lat]; from day to day, from hour to hour &c.; hourly, always; for a time, for a season;
till, until, up to, yet, as far as, by that time, so far, hereunto,
heretofore, prior to this, up to this point.
the whole time, all the time; all along; throughout &c. (completely)
52; for good &c. (diuturnity)[obs3] 110.
hereupon, thereupon, whereupon; then; anno Domini; A.D.; ante
Christum; A.C.; before Christ; B.C.; anno urbis conditae[Lat]; A.U.C.; anno regni[Lat]; A.R.; once upon a time, one fine morning, one fine day, one day, once. 
Phr. time flies, tempus fugit [Lat.]; time runs out, time runs
against, race against time, racing the clock, time marches on, time is of the essence, “time and tide wait for no man”.
ad calendas Groecas[Lat]; “panting Time toileth after him in vain”
[Johnson]; “’gainst the tooth of time and razure of oblivion” [Measure for Measure]; “rich with the spoils of time” [Gray]; tempus edax rerum [Lat][Horace]; “the long hours come and go” [C.G.  Rossetti]; “the time is out of joint” [Hamlet]; “Time rolls his ceaseless course” [Scott]; “Time the foe of man’s dominion” [Peacock]; “time wasted is existence, used is life” [Young]; truditur dies die [Lat][Horace]; volat hora per orbem [Lat][Lucretius]; carpe diem[Lat].

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     #107.  Neverness. —­ N. “neverness”; absence of time, no time; dies
non; Tib’s eve; Greek Kalends, a blue moon. 
     Adv. never, ne’er[contr]; at no time, at no period; on the second
Tuesday of the week, when Hell freezes over; on no occasion, never in all one’s born days, nevermore, sine die; in no degree.

     #108. [Definite duration, or portion of time.] Period. —­ N. period,
age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum[obs3], quinquennium, lifetime, generation; epoch, ghurry[obs3], lunation[obs3], moon.
     century, millennium; annus magnus[Lat]. 
     Adj. horary[obs3]; hourly, annual &c. (periodical) 138.

#108a.  Contingent Duration.—­ Adv. during pleasure, during good behavior; quamdiu se bene gesserit[Latin].

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