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acquaint
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v 1: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint
you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the
community" [syn: introduce, present, acquaint]
2: make familiar or conversant with; "you should acquaint
yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves
with the new surroundings" [syn: familiarize,
familiarise, acquaint]
3: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to
move"
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attaint
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v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace,
dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour,
reward]
2: condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted"
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complaint
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n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill]
2: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or
sorrow
3: an expression of grievance or resentment
4: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out
the facts on which the claim for relief is based
5: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge,
complaint]
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constraint
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n 1: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be
kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint]
2: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not
have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint,
constraint]
3: the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to
control the thoughts or behavior of others
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enceinte
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adj 1: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte,
expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p),
heavy(p), with child(p)]
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faint
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adj 1: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking
clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline";
"the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a
distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound";
"a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" [syn: faint, weak]
2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy]
3: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
"faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn:
faint, feeble]
4: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint
from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light
in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine";
"light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint, light,
swooning, light-headed, lightheaded]
5: indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue
to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
6: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er
won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted, timid,
faint-hearted]
n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient
blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope,
deliquium]
v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due
to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint,
conk, swoon, pass out]
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feint
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n 1: any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
v 1: deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
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greasepaint
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n 1: a greasy substance used as makeup by actors
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paint
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n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a
surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a
liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint'
and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment]
2: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of
the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted
a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump
shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the
paint" [syn: key, paint]
3: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the
cheeks [syn: rouge, paint, blusher]
v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He
painted a painting of the garden"
2: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms
yellow"
3: make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times"
4: apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
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plaint
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n 1: (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of
complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to
be redressed
2: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation,
plaint, wail]
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quaint
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adj 1: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint
dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most
foreign of American cities"
2: very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character
or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill
which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty;
"came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a
quaint sense of humor"
3: attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic);
"houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof
supporting old-time chimney pots" [syn: old-time, quaint,
olde worlde]
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reacquaint
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v 1: familiarize anew; "We reacquainted ourselves with this
technique"
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repaint
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v 1: paint again; "He repainted the same scenery many times
during his life"
2: paint again; "He repainted the wall after the child smeared
it with tomato sauce"
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restraint
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n 1: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something;
"the unlawful restraint of trade"
2: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model
of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
[syn: restraint, control] [ant: unrestraint]
3: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be
kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint]
4: a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints";
"restraints imposed on imports"
5: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with
great restraint" [syn: chasteness, restraint,
simplicity, simpleness]
6: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not
have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint,
constraint]
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saint
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n 1: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by
canonization
2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: saint, holy man,
holy person, angel]
3: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
v 1: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]
2: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to
have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" [syn:
canonize, canonise, saint]
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taint
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n 1: the state of being contaminated [syn: contamination,
taint]
v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's
reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint,
cloud]
2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: infect,
taint] [ant: disinfect]
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unconstraint
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n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom
from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn:
abandon, wantonness, unconstraint]
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distraint
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n 1: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents
or property damage but now the landlord is given a
landlord's lien" [syn: distress, distraint]
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geraint
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n 1: (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table
[syn: Geraint, Sir Geraint]
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fingerpaint
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n 1: paint that has the consistency of jelly [syn: finger
paint, fingerpaint]
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unrestraint
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n 1: the quality of lacking restraint [ant: control,
restraint]
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jonassaint
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spraint
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bepaint
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depaint
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nonrestraint
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