a. Given to adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. cearful. ] 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Be careful [ Rev. Ver. “anxious” ] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful. [ 1913 Webster ]

The careful cold beginneth for to creep. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

What could a careful father more have done? Dryden.

Syn. -- Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a careful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality or state of being careful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Filled with desire; eager. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The desireful troops. Godfrey (1594). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dire + -ful. ] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lasting. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in gyres. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of ire; angry; wroth. “The ireful bastard Orleans.” Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Wrathfulness. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. irrefutabilis: cf. F. irréfutable. See Refute. ] Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. -- Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*fut"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too careful. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording pleasure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praefulgens, p. pr. of praefulgere to shine forth. See Pre-, and Fulgent. ] Superior brightness or effulgency. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réfuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these
Find place or refuge. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high hills are a refuger the wild goats. Ps. civ. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. Ps. ix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their latest refuge
Was to send him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; story in danger of darkness. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. Josh. xx. --
House of refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shelter; to protect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réfugié, fr. se réfugier to take refuge. See Refuge, n. ] 1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. refulgentia. See Refulgent. ] The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refulgens, p. pr. of refulgere to flash back, to shine bright; pref. re- re- + fulgere to shine. See Fulgent. ] Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams. -- Re*ful"gent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

So conspicuous and refulgent a truth. Boyle. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + fund. ] To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. refundere; pref. re- re- + fundere to pour: cf. F. refondre, refonder. See Fuse to melt, and cf. Refound to cast again, 1st Refuse. ] 1. To pour back. [ R. & Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Were the humors of the eye tinctured with any color, they would refund that color upon the object. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give back; to repay; to restore. [ 1913 Webster ]

A governor, that had pillaged the people, was . . . sentenced to refund what he had wrongfully taken. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To supply again with funds; to reimburse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who refunds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furbish anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished. [ 1913 Webster ]

The refurnishment was in a style richer than before. L. Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. refusable. See Refuse. ] Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal, to distress me more? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Refused p. pr. & vb. n. Refusing. ] [ F. refuser, either from (assumed) LL. refusare to refuse, v. freq. of L. refundere to pour back, give back, restore (see Refund to repay), or. fr. L. recusare to decline, refuse cf. Accuse, Ruse), influenced by L. refutare to drive back, repel, refute. Cf. Refute. ] 1. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

That never yet refused your hest. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar&unr_; about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cunning workman never doth refuse
The meanest tool that he may chance to use. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To disown. [ Obs. ] “Refuse thy name.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword. Isa. i. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Refusal. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. refus refusal, also, that which is refused. See Refuse to deny. ] That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Dregs; sediment; scum; recrement; dross. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 1. Sam. xv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who refuses or rejects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. re- + fusion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. New or repeated melting, as of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Restoration. “This doctrine of the refusion of the soul.” Bp. Warbuton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. refuite. ] Refuge. “Thou haven of refut.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being refutable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. réfutable. ] Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of refuting; refutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. refutatio: cf. F. réfutation. ] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. refutatorius: cf. F. réfutatoire. ] Tending to refute; refuting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Refuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refuting. ] [ F. réfuter, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. Confute, Refuse to deny. ] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]

There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To confute; disprove. See Confute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, refutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sparing; chary. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Spare"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

See abolishable.
See absolvable.
See absurd.
See abundant.
See accordant.
See adoptable.
See adventurous.
See affable.
See affectionate.
See afraid.
See alliable.
See allowable.
See alterable.
See ambiguous.
See ambitious.
See amendable.
See -American.
See amusive.
See angular.
See anxious.
See apocryphal.
See apostolic.
See apparent.
See appeasable.
See applausive.
See appreciable.
See apprehensible.
See apprehensive.
See approachable.
See artificial.
See artistic.
See assailable.
See attainable.
See attentive.
See authentic.
See available.
See bailable.
See bearable.
See beautiful.
See beliefful.
See believable.
See beneficial.
See benevolent.
See blamable.
See blemishable.
See blissful.
See boastful.
See bold.
See bookish.
See bounteous.
See bribable.
See brotherly.
See burdensome.
See businesslike.
See busy.
See candid.
See canonical.
See captious.
See careful.
See celestial.
See ceremonious.
See challengeable.
See changeable.
See chary.
See chastisable.
See cheerful.
See cheery.
See childish.
See chivalrous.
See choleric.
See christianlike.
See circumspect.
See civic.
See classible.
See classic.
See classical.
See cleanly.
See clear.
See clerical.
See clerklike.
See close.
See cloudy.
See clubbable.
See coagulable.
See cogitable.
See collectible.
See comic.
See commendable.
See commercial.
See communicable.
See communicative.
See compact.
See companionable.
See compassionate.
See compellable.
See competitive.
See complaisant.
See compliant. See complimentary.
See concealable.
See concurrent.
See conditionate.
See confinable.
See confutable.
See congealable.
See congenial.
See conjugal.
See conjunctive.
See conquerable.
See consecrate.
See containable.
See contaminate.
See contradictable.
See contrite.
See convenable.
See conventional.
See conversable.
See conversant.
See convertible.
See coquettish.
See cordial.
See corpulent.
See correspondent.
See corruptible.
See corruptive.
See costly.
See counselable.
See countable.
See counterfeit.
See courteous.
See courtierlike.
See courtly.
See crafty.
See creatable.
See critical.
See crystalline.
See cultivable.
See curious.
See customary.
See dangerous.
See daughterly.
See dead.
See deceivable.
See decidable.
See decipherable.
See declinable.
See decomposable.
See definable.
See delectable.
See deliberate.
See delightful.
See deliverable.
See democratic.
See demonstrable.
See demonstrative.
See deniable.
See derogatory.
See descendible.
See describable.
See desirable.
See desirous.
See despondent.
See devout.
See diaphanous.
See diligent.
See diminishable.
See discernible.
See disciplinable.
See discordant.
See discoverable.
See dissolvable.
See distinguishable.
See dividable.
See divine.
See domestic.
See doubtful.
[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

See obnoxious.
See observable.
See observant.
See obstructive.
See obvious.
See official.
See officious.
See oppressive.
See ordinary.
See ordinate.
See original.
See ornamental.
See orthodox.
See ostentatious.
See pacifiable.
See pacific.
See painful.
See palatable.
See parallelable.
See pardonable.
See partable.
See participant.
See passionate.
See pastoral.
See pathetic.
See patriotic.
See peaceable.
See peaceful.
See pedantic.
See perceivable.
See perceptible.
See perilous.
See permanent.
See personable.
See perspirable.
See persuadable.
See persuasive.
See philanthropic.
See philosophic.
See philosophical.
See physical.
See picturesque.
See pierceable.
See pitiful.
See plain.
See plausible.
See plausive.
See pleadable.
See pleasurable.
See pliable.
See pliant.
See plumb.
See poetic.
See poetical.
See political.
See popular.
See populous.
See portable.
See potable.
See precarious.
See precise.
See pregnant.
See prejudicate.
See prelatical.
See premeditable.
See presentable.
See preservable.
See presumptuous.
See pretentious.
See pretty.
See prevalent.
See priestly.
See primitive.
See princely.
See procurable.
See producible.
See productive.
See professional.
See profitable.
See prolific.
See pronounceable.
See prophetic.
See propitious.
See proportionable.
See proportionate.
See prosperous.
See provable.
See punctilious.
See punctual.
See punishable.
See pure.
See qualifiable.
See quenchable.
See quiet.
See rational.
See readable.
See reasonable.
See recallable.
See reclaimable.
See recognizable.
See reconcilable.
See recoverable.
See recumbent.
See reformable.
See refusable.
See regardable.
See regardant.
See relative.
See relievable.
See reluctant.
See remarkable.
See remediable.
See rememberable.
See remorseful.
See removable.
See remunerative.
See repairable.
See repealable.
See repentant.
See reprovable.
See repugnant.
See requisite.
See requitable.
See resolvable.
See respectable.
See restful.
See retentive.
See returnable.
See revengeful.
See ridable.
See ridiculous.
See rightful.
See romantic.
See rough.
See royal.
See ruinable.
See ruly.
See sacrificial.
See safe.
See sage.
See sailable.
See salable.
See sane.
See sanguine.
See sanitary.
See satisfactory.
See satisfiable.
See saturable.
See savory.
See scalable.
See scaly.
See scholarly.
See scholastic.
See scientific.
See scornful.
See scriptural.
See sculptural.
See seaworthy.
See sectarian.
See secular.
See sedentary.
See selfish.
See sentient.
See sentimental.
See serviceable.
See severe.
See shamefaced.
See shamefast.
See shapely.
See shy.
See sick.
See sicker.
See sightly.
See simple.
See sinewy.
See sizable.
See sleek.
See slumberous.
See sly.
See smooth.
See smotherable.
See smutty.
See sober.
See sociable.
See social.
See solemn.
See soliciutous.
See solvable.
See speakable.
See speedy.
See spiritual.
See spontaneous.
See sportful.
See sportsmanlike.
See statutable.
See steadfast.
See steady.
See stormy.
See stout.
See strong.
See subduable.
See subject.
See submissive.
See subordinate.
See substantial.
See successive.
See succorable.
See suggestive.
See suitable.
See sunny.
See superfluous.
See supple.
See sure.
See surpassable.
See susceptible.
See suspect.
See suspectable.
See suspicious.
See sustainable.
See sweet.
See syllogistical.
See symbolic.
See sympathetic.
See systematic.
See tamable.
See tame.
See teachable.
See technical.
See tellable.
See tenable.
See tender.
See terrestrial.
See terrific.
See thankful.
See theological.
See thinkable.
See thirsty.
See thorny.
See thoughtful.
See tidy.
See tillable.
See toothsome.
See touchable.
See traceable.
See tractable.
See tragic.
See tranquil.
See transferable.
See translatable.
See transmutable.
See transparent.
See transpassable.
See traversable.
See tremulous.
See trimphant.
See trustworthy.
See trusty.
See tumultous.
See tunable.
See uniform.
See usable.
See useful.
See vanquishable.
See variant.
See venerable.
See venomous.
See veracious.
See verdant.
See veritable.
See vigilant.
See vigorous.
See virtuous.
See vital.
See vitrifiable.
See vocal.
See voidable.
See voluptuous.
See voyageable.
See vulgar.
See walkable.
See warlike.
See watchful.
See watery.
See wealthy.
See wearable.
See weary.
See welcome.
See wet.
See wholesome.
See wieldsome.
See willful.
See wily.
See witty.
See womanly.
See workable.
See workmanlike.
See worldly.
See worshipful.
See wrathful.
See writable.
See zealous.
------ and the like.
[ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wary; watchful; cautious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]