21. Result of imitation.

COPY, fac-simile, counterpart, form, likeness, similitude, semblance, cast, imitation, representation, 554, adumbration.

Duplicate, transcript, repetition, 104, reflection, shadow.

Rough copy, rough

draught, proof, reprint.

cast,

22. Thing copied.
PROTOTYPE, original, model,
pattern, type, archetype, antitype,
exemplar, example.

Text, copy, design; keynote.
Mould, matrice, last, mint.

Counterfeit, parody, caricature, burlesque, (travesty,) para

phrase.

4. GENERAL RELATION.

23. AGREEMENT, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, union, concord, concert, concordance, 714, conformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism.

24. DISAGREEMENT, discord, discordance, dissonance, discrepancy, unconformity, disconform ity, non-conformity, incongruity, incongruence, jarring, clashing, jostling, 713, inconsistency, disparity, disproportion, disproporFitness,(concinnity,)pertinence, tionateness, variance. suitableness, adaptation, relevan- Unfitness, repugnance, unsuitcy, aptitude, propriety, apposite- ableness, unaptness, inaptitude ness, reconcilableness, applica- inaptness, impropriety, inapplibility, applicableness, admissibil- cability, inadmissibility, irreconity, commensurability, compati- cilableness, incommensurabilibility. ty, inconcinnity, incompatibility, interference, intrusion; see Irrelation, 10.

Adaptation, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement."

re

V. To disagree, belie, clash, V. To be accordant, to agree, jar, oppose, 708, interfere, jostle accord, correspond, tally, 713, intrude. spond, harmonize, fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, comport with, dovetail, assimilate, unite with.

To render accordant; to fit, it, adapt, accommodate, adjust, reconcile, dovetail, square, reguiate, accord, comport, graduate.

Adj. Agreeing, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, corresponding, orrespondent, harmonizing, harmonious with, tallying with, conformable with, in harmony with, in unison with, in keeping with, aquaring with, falling in with,

Adj. Disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, at variance, clashing, repugnant, incompatible, irrecon. cilable, inconsistent with, unconformable, incongruous, disproportionate, (disproportioned,) unproportioned, unharmonious, misjoined, unconsonant, unconformable, incommensurable, divergent, 291.

Unapt, inappropriate, improper, unsuited, unsuitable, inapposite, inapplicable, irrelevant, not pertinent, impertinent, out of place, (not in keeping,) ill-timed, intrusive, unfi, unfitting, unbefitting

consistent with, compatible, rec- | unbecoming, forced, unseason oncilable with. able, far-fetched, inadmissible, Apt, apposite, pertinent, ger- uncongenial, ill-sorted, repugnani mane, to the purpose, to the to, unaccommodating, irreduci point, bearing upon, 9; applicable.

ble, relevant, fit, fitting, suitable, Adj. At variance with, in de proper, meet, appropriate, suiting, fiance of, in contempt of, in spite befitting, seasonable, accommo- of.

dating.

26. Relative quantity.

DEGREE, grade, extent, meas ure, ratio, standard, height, pitch,

25. Absolute Quantity. QUANTITY, magnitude, 192, amplitude, mass, amount, measure. Science of quantity; Mathe-reach, amplitude, range, scope,

matics.

Adj. Quantitative.

gradation, shade, compass, sphere, rank, standing, rate.

Point, mark, stage, step, position, peg; term, 71.

Intensity, might, fulness, (max

imum.)

Adj. Comparative, gradual, shading off.

Adv. By degrees, gradually, step by step, little by little,

by inches, by slow degrees.

2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY.

27. Sameness of quantity or degree. EQUALITY, parity, coextension, evenness, level, balance, poise.

28. Difference of quantity or degree.

INEQUALITY, disparity, odds, difference, 15, unevenness.

Preponderance, preponderaEquivalence, equipoise, equi- tion, inclination of the balance, librium, equiponderance, par, tie. advantage, prevalence ; — supeEqualization, equation, equili-riority, 33; a casting weight. bration, coordination, adjustment. Shortcoming, 304. A match, peer, compeer, V. To be unequal, &c., to pre (equal,) mate, fellow, brother, ponderate, outweigh, outbalance, &c., 17, a makeweight. overbalance, prevail, countervail, predominate, overmatch, 33.

V. To be equal, &c.; to equal, match, come up to, come to, amount to; be or lie on a level with, to balance, to cope with.

To render equal, equalize, level, balance, equate, trim, adust, poise; to strike a balance,

To fall short of, to want, 304, not to come up to, 34.

Adj. Unequal, uneven, ur bal anced, overbalanced, topheavy preponderating, prevailing, &c.

to establish or restore equality, more than a match for; above to readjust.

Adj. Equal, even, level, coequal, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, up to the mark. Equivalent,tantamount,as broad

par; below par.

as long, as good as, equiponderant, equiponderous. Rendered equal, equalized, equated, drawn, poised, levelled, balanced, trimmed, &c.

29. MEAN, medium, average, balance, middle, 68, the golden mean. Neutrality, middle course, 628.

V. To split the difference, take the average, reduce to a mean,

st.ike a balance.

Adj. Mean, intermediate, middle, average.

Adj. On an average; in the long run; half way; taking the one with the other, taking all things together, taking all in all.

30. COMPENSATION, equation, indemnification, neutralization, counteraction.

A setoff, offset, (equivalent,) makeweight, casting weight, counterpoise, amends. See Counteraction, 179, Recoil, 277, Atonement,

952.

V. To compensate, 973, indemnify, countervail, counterpoise, balance, outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance, set off, recompense, make up for, cover, fill up, redeem, make amends, neutralize; 28.

Adj. Compensating, compensatory, countervailing, &c., in the opposite scale.

QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD.

31. GREATNESS, largeness, 32. SMALLNESS, littleness, mimagnitude, size, 192, fulness, nuteness, 193, tenuity, scantiness, vastness, immensity, enormity, slenderness, meanness, medioc infinity, 105, intensity, 26. rity.

A large quantity, deal, world, mass, heap, 72, pile, cartload, cargo, shipload, flood or spring tide, abundance, 639, wholesale, store, 636.

The greater part, 52.

A small quantity, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, jot, iota, minutiæ, whit, tittle, shade, shad ow, touch, cast, grain, scruple, spice, drop, sprinkling, dash, scantling, scrap, mite, bit, morsel, crum, trifle, 51.

Finiteness, a finite (or liu.ited) quantity.

V. To be great, &c., run high, oar, tower, transcend, rise, or carry to a great height, &c., 305. Adj. Great, large, considerable, V. To be small, &c., to un big, huge, ample, full, saturated, low, diminish, shrink, dwinale, plenary, deep, extensive, goodly, &c., 195. heavy, mighty, 157, arrant, down- Adj. Small, little, inconsider right, utter, gross, arch, consum-able, diminutive, minute, 193, mate, rank, thorough-going, sov-tiny, puny, petty, sorry, misera

Inappreciable, evanescent, infinitesimal, atomic.

Mere, simple, sheer, stark,

bare.

ereign, above par, unparalleled, | ble, wretched, paltry, 643, weak. extraordinary, unapproached. 160, slender, feeble, faint, slight, Vast, immense, enormous, trivial, scanty, light, trifling, mod towering, inordinate, excessive, erate, mean, passable, sparing. extravagant, outrageous, preposBelow par, below the mark, terous, egregious, monstrous, under the mark, at a low ebb, imovergrown, stupendous, prodi- perfect, 651. gious, astonishing, 870, incredible, marvellous, transcendent, incomparable, tremendous. Indefinite, boundless, unbounded, unlimited, incalculable, Adv. In a small degree; someillimitable,immeasurable,infinite, thing, somewhat, next to nothing, 105, unapproachable, unutterable, little, inconsiderably, slightly, unspeakable, inexpressible, be- so-so, minutely, faintly, feebly, yond expression, unconscionable. lightly, imperfectly, perceptibly, Undiminished, unabated, un- moderately, scantily, miserably, reduced, unrestricted. sparingly, tolerably, passably, Absolute, positive, decided, un- weakly, pretty well, well enough, equivocal, serious, essential, per- slenderly, modestly. fect, finished, abundant, 639.

Adv. In a great degree; much, well, considerably, largely, greatly, very, very much, a deal, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, to a large or great extent, mainly, ever so, ever so much, insomuch, wholesale, in all conscience.

In a positive degree; truly, 494, purely, positively, verily, really, indeed, actually, in fact, fairly, assuredly, decidedly, unequivocally, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright.

In a comparative degree; comparatively, as good as; to say the least of, above all, most, preëminently.

In a complete degree; altogether, quite, entirely, wholly, totally, in toto, utterly, thoroughly, out and out, completely, outright, to the full, in every respect, in all respects, on all accounts, nicely, perfectly, fully, amply, richly, wholesale, abundantly, consummately, widely, as... as can be every nc, far and wide.

In a limited degree; partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree or extent, some, somewhat, rather, in some degree, in some measure, something, simply, purely, merely, in a manner, at the most, at least, at the least, at most, as little as may be, next to nothing, in ever so small a degree.

Almost, nearly well nigh, all but, short of, not quite, scarcely, hardly, barely, near the mark.

In an uncertain degree; about, thereabouts, somewhere about, nearly.

In no degree; not at all, not in the least, not a bit, not a whit, not a jot, by no means, nowise in nowise, in no respect, by no manner of means, on no account In a greater degree; even, yea still more.

In a high degree; highly, deeply, strongly, nightily, powerfully, 157, profoundly, superlatively, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, excessively, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, soundly, vastly, hugely, immensely, enormously, stupendously, surpassingly, supremely, beyond measure, immoderately, monstrously, inordinately, extraordinarily, exorbitantly, indefinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably, inexpressibly, ineffably, unutterably, incalculably, infinitely. In a marked degree; particularly, remarkably, singularly, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredi bly, marvellously, awfully, stupendously.

In a violent degree; violently, furiously, desperately, tremendously, outrageously, extravagantly, confoundedly, with a vengeance; 173.

In a painful degree; sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, griev ously, cruelly, wofully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.

QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR OBJECT. 33. SUPERIORITY, majority, su- 34. INFERIORITY, minority, advantage, excess. subordinacy, shortcoming, 304. Minimum.

premacy, 641.

Maximum, acme, climax, zenith, summit, utmost height, culminating point, 210, the height of.

V. To be superior, &c.; to exceed, excel, outweigh, surpass, overtop, cap, beat, cut out, override, (outdo,) out-Herod, overbalance, 30,overweigh; to render larger, 194.

Adj. Superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, excelling, surpassing, ultra, vaulting, transcending, (transcendent,) unequalled,

648.

Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, culminating, superlative, topmost, highest.

V. To be less, inferior, &c., to fall, or come short of; not to sur. pass, 304.

To become smaller, (36), to render smaller, 195.

Adj. Inferior, smaller, minor, less, lesser, lower, subordinate, subaltern.

Least, smallest, minutest, &c, 193; lowest.

Adv. Less; under or below the mark; below par; at the bottoin of the scale; at a low ebb. At a disadvantage.

Adv. Beyond; over or above the mark; above par, over and above; at its height.

In a superior degree; eminently, egregiously, preeminently, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, principally, espec ally, particularly, peculiarly, &c.

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