Charact
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See
Character.
Character
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
2. A mark or figure made by stamping or impression, as on coins.
3. The manner of writing; the peculiar from of letters used by a particular person.
4. You know the character to be your brothers
5. The peculiar qualities, impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from others; these constitute real character, and the qualities which he is supposed to possess, constitute his estimated character, or reputation. Hence we say, a character is not formed, when the person has not acquired stable and distinctive qualities.
6. An account, description or representation of any thing, exhibiting its qualities and the circumstances attending it; as, to give a bad character o a town, or to a road.
7. A person; as, the assembly consisted of various characters, eminent characters, and low characters.
8. All the characters in the play appeared to advantage.
9. The friendship of distinguished characters.
10. By way of eminence, distinguished or good qualities; those which are esteemed and respected; and those which are ascribed to a person in common
estimation. We
enquire whether a stranger is a man of character.
11.
Adventitious qualities impressed by office, or station; the qualities that, in public
estimation, belong to a person in a particular station; as when we ask how a magistrate, or commander supports his character.
12. In natural history, the peculiar
discriminating qualities or properties of animals, plants and minerals.
13. These properties, when employed for the purpose of
discriminating minerals, are called characters.
Character
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.
2. Style of writing or printing;
handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the
Runic character.
3. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.
4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.
5. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.
6. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the
miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.
7. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and
veracity; to give one a bad character.
9. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as,
Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character.
10. One of the persons of a drama or novel.
Character
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to
characterize.
A distinction of character; a characteristic.
1. That constitutes the character; that marks the peculiar, distinctive qualities of a person or thing.
3. It is followed by of.
1. That which constitutes a character; that which characterizes; that which distinguishes a person or thing from another.
2. Invention is the characteristic of Homer.
3. In grammar, the principal letter of a word, which is preserved in most of its tenses, in its derivatives and compounds.
5. The characteristic triangle of a curve, in geometry, is a
rectilinear right-angled triangle, whose
hypotenuse makes a part of the curve, not
sensibly different from a right line.
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
1. A distinguishing
trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
2. The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a
logarithm.
The state or qualities of being characteristic.
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
1. To give a character, or an account of the personal qualities of a man; to describe by peculiar qualities.
2. To distinguish; to mark, or express the character; to exhibit the peculiar qualities of a person or thing; as,
humility characterizes the true Christian; the hero is characterized by
bravery and
magnanimity.
3. The system of mediation has characterized the entire scheme of divine
dispensation.
5. To mark with a peculiar stamp, or figure.
1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
3. To indicate the character of; to describe.
4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
Described or distinguished by peculiar qualities.
Describing or distinguishing by peculiar qualities.
Destitute of any peculiar character.
Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.
Impression; mark; distinction.
2. That which is charactered; the meaning.