Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget.

  • Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    errand, charge, hrovet, diploma, exe- quntur, permit &c, (permission) 760. appointment, nomination, return; charter; ordination; installation, in- auguration, investiture; accession, coro- nation, enthi'onement. vicegerency; regency, regeutship. viceroy &c. 745 ; consignee &c. 758 ; deputy &c. 759. V. commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; in-, en-trust; commit, - to the hands of; authorize &c. {pe7'mit) 760. put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain ; install, induct, inaugu- rate, invest, crown ; en-roll, -list. employ, empower ; set place- over ; .send out. be commissioned, be accredited; re- present, stand for; stand in the -stead, - place, - shoes- of. Adj. commissioned &c. v. Adv. per proeuratione. -ition; dethronement; disestablish-, dis- endow-ment; deconsecration. aboli-tion, -shment; dissolution. counter - order, -maud ; repudiation, retractation ; recantation &c. {teryioersa^ tion) 607. v. abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy Sec. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, re- scind, reverse, retract, recall; over-rule, -ride; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; dis-establish, -endow; deconsecrate. disclaim &c. {deny) 536; ignore, re- pudiate ; recant &c. 607; divest oneself, break off, counter-mand, -order ; do away with ; sweep -, brush- away; throw -over- board, - to the dogs; scatter to the winds, cast behind. dismiss, discard; cast -, turn--ofl,- out, - adrift, - out of doors, - aside, - away; send -off, - away, - about one's business ; discharge, get rid of, &c. (eject) 297. cashier; break; oust; un-seat, -saddle ; un-, de-, disen-throne; depose, uncrown; unfrock, strike off the roll; dis-bar, -bench, be -abrogated &c.; receive its quietus. Adj. abrogated &c. v.; functus officio. Int. get along with you ! begone ! go about your business! away with ! 757. Resig'natlon.—jr. resignation, retirement, abdication, re- nunciation, abjuration. V. resign; give -, throw- up: lay down, throw up the cards, wash one's hands of,abjure, renounce, forego, disclaim, retract; deny &c. 536. abrogate &c. 756 ; desert &c. {relinquish) 624 ; get rid of &c. 782. abdicate; vacate, - one's seat; accept the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; retire ; tender one's resignation. Adj. abdicant. Phr. * Othello's occupation's gone.' 758. Consig'nee.—W. consignee, trustee, nominee, commit^i. - delegate; comraiss-ary, -ioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire; messenger &c. 534. di^lomaXist, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy ; am-, em-bassador; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charye d'affaires, attache. vicegerent &c. (deputy) 759; plenipotentiary. functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer &c. 801; agent, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum &c. {director) 694; caretaker. negotiator, go between; middleman; under agent, employ^; servant &c. 746. traveller, bagman, ro7nmis-voyageur, touter. newspaper -, own special- correspondent.