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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



lodge or dwell in. comprehends single rooms, or many 

 rooms, or in fact any place which can be made to serve 

 the purpose; apartments respect only suites of rooms. 



Look, Glance. We speak of taking a look, or 

 catching a glance. 



i 1 <H>k, Appear. The look of a thing respects the 

 impressions which it makes on the senae> 

 manner in which it looks; its appearance implies the 

 simple act of its coming into Bight. 



I lose. Miss. What is lost is supposed to be entirely 

 and irrecoverably gone; but what is missed may U> 

 only out of sight or not at hand at the time when it is 

 wantl. 



ness, Phrensy, Rage, Fury. Madness is a 

 confirmed derangement in the organ of thought ; phrensy 

 is only a temporary derangement from the violence of 

 any disease or other cause. Rage refers more imme- 

 diately to the agitation tnat exists within the mind; 

 fury refers to that which shows itself outwardly; a per- 

 son contains or stifles his rage; but his fury breaks out 

 into some external mark of violence. 



itH > ii< . ^plrndor. Pomp. Magnificence lies 



not only in the number and extent of the objects pre- 

 sented, but in their degree of richness as to their coloring 

 and quality: splendor is but a characteristic of magnifi- 

 cence, attached to such objects as dazzle the eye by the 

 quantity of light, or the beauty and strength of coloring; 

 pomp, signifies in general formality and ceremony. 



I M.ik.-. I iirm. Produce, Create. To make is 

 the most general and unqualified term ; to form signi- 

 fies to give a form to a thing, that is, to make it after a 

 given form; to produce is to bring forth into the light, 

 to call into existence; to create is to bring into existence 

 by an absolute exercise of power. 



M.il. -\uleiit. Malicious, Malignant. Malevolence 

 has a deep root in the heart, and is a settled part of the 

 character; we denominate the person malevolent, to 

 designate the ruling temper of his mind; maliciousness 

 may be applied as an epithet to particular parts of a 

 man's character or conduct; one may have a malicious 

 joy or pleasure in seeing the distresses of another: 

 malignity is not so often employed to characterize the 

 person as the thing; the malignity of a design is esti- 

 mated by the degree of mischief which was intended to 

 be done. 



M.I nly. Manful. Manly, or like a man, is opposed 

 to juvenile, and of course applied properly to youths; 

 but manful, or full of manhooa, is opposed to effeminate, 

 and is applicable more properly to grown persons. 



Manner*. Morals. Manners (v. air, manner) re- 

 spect the minor forms of acting with others and toward 

 others; morals include the important duties of life. By 

 an attention to good manners we render ourselves good 

 companions; by an observance of good morals we become 

 good members of society. 



Mark, Trace, Vestige, Footstep, Track. The 

 mark is said of a fresh and uninterrupted line; the 

 trace is said of that which is broken by time: a carriage 

 in driving along the sand leaves marks of the wheels, 

 but in a short time all traces of its having been there 

 will be lost. The vestige is a species of mark or trace 

 caused by the feet of men, or, which is the same thing, 

 by the works of active industry; as the vestiges of build- 

 ings. Footstep is employed only for the steps of an 

 individual. The track is made by the steps of many. 



Martial, Warlike, Military, Soldier-like. We 

 speak of martial array, martial preparations, martial 

 law, a court martial; but of a warlike nation, meaning 

 a nation, which is fond of war; a warlike spirit or tem- 

 per, also a warlike appearance, inasmuch as the temper 

 le in the air and carriage of a man; we speak 

 of military in distinction from naval, as military ex- 



, military movements, and the like; the con- 

 duct of an individual is soldier-like or otherwise. 



Interview. Meeting is the act of meeting 

 or coming into the company of anyone; interview, is 

 a personal view of each other; a meeting is an ordinary 

 concern and its purpose familiar; meetings are daily 

 taking place between friends; an interview is extra- 

 ordinary and formal. 



Memory, Remembrance, Recollection, Remi- 

 ni- . nee. Memory is the power of recalling images 

 .in-e made 9n the mind; remembrance is the exercise 

 of memory in a conscious agent; it may be the effect 

 of repetition or habit; recollection carries us back to 

 perioda; reminiscence is altogether an abstract 

 of the memory, which is employed on purely 

 intellectual ideas in distinction from those which are 

 awakened by sensible objects: the mathematician makes 

 use of reminiscence in deducing unknown truths from 

 those which he already knows. 



Mercantile, Commercial. Mercantile, from mer- 

 chandise, respects the actual transaction of business, 



minute several oojecis; imngs are m 

 all distinction; but they may be minj; 

 a distinction; to blend is only partiall 

 blend which fall into each other; to < 



or a transfer of merchandise by sale or purchase; com- 

 mercial comprehends the theory and practice of com- 

 merce; hence we speak in a peculiar manner of a mer- 

 cantile house, a mercantile situation, and the like; but 

 of a commercial education, a commercial people, and 

 the like. 



Minister, Agent. The minister gives his counsel, 

 and exerts his intellectual powers in the service of 

 another; but the agent executes the orders or commis- 

 sions given him; a minister is employed by government 

 in political affairs; an agent is employed by individuals 

 in commercial and pecuniary affairs. 



To Mix, Mingle, Blend, Confound. Mix is here 

 a general and indefinite term, signifying simply to put 

 together; but we may mix two or several things; we 

 mingle several objects; things are mixed so as to lose 



fled and yet retain 



1y to mix, as colors 

 confound is to mix 



in a wrong way, as objects of sight are confounded when 

 they are erroneously taken to be joined. 



Modest, Bashful, Diffident. Modesty is a proper 

 distrust of ourselves; bashfulness is a state of feeling 

 which betrays 'itself in a downcast look or a timid air; 

 diffidence is a culpable distrust; diffidence altogether 

 unmans a person, and disqualifies him for his duty. 



Moisture, Humidity, Dampness. Moisture is 

 used in general to express any small degree of infusion 

 of a liquid into a body; humidity is employed scien- 

 tifically to describe the state of having any portion of 

 such liquid; hence we speak of the moisture of a table, 

 the moisture of paper, but the humidity of the air, or 

 of a wall that has contracted moisture of itself. Damp- 

 ness is that species of moisture that arises from the 

 gradual contrac^n of a liquid in bodies capable of 

 retaining it; in this manner a cellar is damp. 



Money, Cash. Money is applied to everything 

 which serves as a circulating medium; cash is, in a strict 

 sense, put for coin only. 



Mot ion. Movement. We speak of a state of motion 

 as opposed to a state of rest, of perpetual motion, the 

 laws of motion, and the like; on the other hand, we 

 say, to make a movement when speaking of an army, 

 a general movement when speaking of an assembly. 



Moving, Affecting, Pathetic. The good or bad 

 feelings may be moved; the tender feelings only are 

 affected. A _field of battle is a moving spectacle; the 

 death of a friend is an affecting spectacle; the pathetic 

 applies only to what is addressed to the heart; hence 

 an address is pathetic. 



Mutual. This word is often confounded with com- 

 mon. Mutual is used in referring to a thing that he- 

 longs to only two people; as, John and I have a 

 mutual dislike; he dislikes me and I dislike him. We 

 cannot say John and I have a mutual dislike for Mary. 

 Common is used with reference to a third object or per- 

 son; as, Mary is our common friend; she is your and 

 my friend. It is wrong to say Mary is our mutual 

 friend. Dickens's use of this word in " Our Mutual 

 Friend" is condemned by many good authorities. 



To Name, Call. Name is employed for distinguish- 

 ing or addressing one by name. To call signifies properly 

 to address one loudly, consequently we may name with- 

 out calling, when we only mention a name in conversa- 

 tion; and we may call without naming. 



Native, Natural. Of a person we may say that 

 his worth is native, to designate that it is some valuable 

 property which is born with him, that it is natural, as 

 opposed to that which is acquired or otherwise. 



Necessities, Necessaries. Necessity is the mode 

 or state of circumstances, or the thing which circum- 

 stances render necessary; the necessary is that which 

 is absolutely and unconditionally necessary. Habit 

 and desire create necessities; nature only requires 

 necessaries. 



To Neglect, Omit. What we neglect ought not to 

 be neglected; but what we omit may be omitted or 

 otherwise, as convenience requires. We neglect an 

 opportunity, we neglect the means, the time, the use, 

 and the like; we omit a word, a sentence, a figure, and 

 the line may be omitted or otherwise, as convenience 

 requires. 



Neighborhood, Vicinity. Neighborhood, is em- 

 ployed in reference to the inhabitants, or in regard to 

 inhabited places, to denote nearness of persons to each 

 other or to objects in general; but vicinity is employed 

 to denote nearness of one object to another, whether 

 person or thing. 



New, Novel, Modern, Fresh, Recent. All these 

 epithets are applied to what has not long existed; new 

 expresses this idea simply without any qualifications; 

 novel is something strange or unexpected; the modern 

 is the thing of to-day, as distinguished from, that which 



