Helen Fenton

Characterize: Definition and part of speech

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Characterize

  1. v. t. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
  2. v. t. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
  3. v. t. To engrave or imprint.
  4. v. t. To indicate the character of; to describe.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chapellany: Definition and part of speech

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Chapellany

  1. n. A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaperon: Definition and part of speech

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Chaperon

  1. n. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.
  2. n. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.
  3. n. A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Chaperonage: Definition and part of speech

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Chaperonage

  1. n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.