CPage 143
- English Word Charitable Definition Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution.
- English Word Charitable Definition Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
- English Word Charitableness Definition The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.
- English Word Charitably Definition In a charitable manner.
- English Word Charities Definition of Charity
- English Word Charity Definition Love; universal benevolence; good will.
- English Word Charity Definition Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.
- English Word Charity Definition Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
- English Word Charity Definition Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
- English Word Charity Definition A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
- English Word Charity Definition Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
- English Word Charivari Definition A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
- English Word Chark Definition Charcoal; a cinder.
- English Word Chark Definition To burn to a coal; to char.
- English Word Charked Definition of Chark
- English Word Charlatan Definition One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
- English Word Charlatanic Definition Alt. of Charlatanical
- English Word Charlatanical Definition Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.
- English Word Charlatanism Definition Charlatanry.
- English Word Charlatanry Definition Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
- English Word Charles's Wain Definition The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
- English Word Charlock Definition A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
- English Word Charlotte Definition A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
- English Word Charm Definition A melody; a song.
- English Word Charm Definition A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
- English Word Charm Definition That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
- English Word Charm Definition Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
- English Word Charm Definition Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.
- English Word Charm Definition To make music upon; to tune.
- English Word Charm Definition To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.