N. {opp. 78} speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity|,
particularity, peculiarity,
idiocrasy,
personality, characteristic,
mannerism,
idiosyncrasy, specificness,
singularity, reading, version,
lection, state,
trait, distinctive feature,
technicality,
differentia, particulars, details, items, counts,
minutiae, i, self, i myself, myself, himself, herself, itself
V. specify,
particularize,
individualize,
realize,
specialize,
designate, determine, denote, indicate, point out, select, descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into detail, come to the point
Adj. special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite,
determinate,
especial, certain,
esoteric,
endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic,
diagnostic, exclusive, singular,
idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that,
yon,
yonder Adv. specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona,
ad hominem, for my part, each,
apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each,
seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e.g, i.e,
videlicet, viz, to wit
Phr. le style est l'homme meme, 5, order as regards categories
N. certainty, necessity,
certitude,
surety, assurance, dead certainty, moral certainty,
infallibleness,
infallibility, reliability,
indubitableness, inevitableness, unquestionableness, gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal, res judicata, ultimatum positiveness,
dogmatism,
dogmatist,
dogmatizer,
doctrinaire,
bigot,
opinionist, sir oracle, ipse dixit, fact, positive fact, matter of fact, fait accompli
V. be certain, stand to reason, render certain, insure,
ensure,
assure,
clinch, make sure, determine, decide, set at rest, "make assurance double sure", know,
dogmatize, lay down the law
Adj. certain, sure,
assured, solid, well-founded, unqualified, absolute, positive,
determinate, definite, clear,
unequivocal,
categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained, inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless,
ineluctable,
unerring, infallible, unchangeable, to be depended on,
trustworthy, reliable, bound,
unimpeachable,
undeniable, unquestionable, indisputable, incontestable,
incontrovertible,
indubitable,
irrefutable,
conclusive, without power of appeal,
indubious, without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question, past dispute, clear as day, beyond all question, beyond all dispute, undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed, questionless, doubtless,
authoritative, authentic, official, sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun, evident,
self-evident,
axiomatic, clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday
Adv. certainly, for certain,
certes, sure, no doubt, doubtless, and no mistake, flagrante delicto, sure enough, to be sure, of course, as a matter of course, a coup sur, to a certainty, in truth, at any rate, at all events, without fail, coute que coute, coute qu'il coute, whatever may happen, if the worst come to the worst, come what may, happen what may, come what will, sink or swim, rain or shine
Phr. cela va sans dire, there is -no question, - not a shadow of doubt, the die is cast, "facts are stubborn things"
N. result, conclusion,
upshot,
deduction, inference,
ergotism,
illation,
corollary,
porism, moral,
estimation,
valuation,
appreciation, judication,
dijudication,
adjudication,
arbitrament, arbitrement,
arbitration,
assessment,
ponderation, valorization,
award, estimate, review, criticism,
critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding,
verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata,
plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge,
umpire,
arbiter,
arbitrator, asessor,
referee,
censor, reviewer, critic,
connoisseur,
commentator,
inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback
V. judge, conclude, come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, ascertain, determine, make up one's mind,
deduce, derive, gather, collect, draw an inference, make a deduction, weet|,
ween, form an estimate, estimate,
appreciate, value, count,
assess, rate, rank, account, regard, consider, think of, look upon, review, size up *, settle, pass an opinion, give an opinion, decide, try,
pronounce, rule, pass judgment, pass sentence, sentence,
doom, find, give judgment, deliver judgment,
adjudge,
adjudicate,
arbitrate,
award, report, bring in a verdict, make absolute, set a question at rest,
confirm, comment, criticize, kibitz, pass under review,
investigate, hold the scales, sit in judgment, try judgment, hear a cause
Adv. on the whole, all things considered
Phr. "a daniel come to judgment", "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd", "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct", la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, "nothing if not critical", "o most lame and impotent conclusion"
N. intent, intention,
intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition,
contemplation, mind,
animus, view,
purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, "the be all and the end all", drift, tendency,
destination, mark, point,
butt,
goal,
target,
bull's-eye,
quintain, prey,
quarry, game, decision, determination,
resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose,
ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive,
teleology V. intend, purpose, design, mean, have to, propose to oneself, harbor a design, have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in- petto, have an eye to, bid for, labor for, be after, aspire after, endeavor after, be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at, take aim, set before oneself, study to, take upon oneself, take into one's head,
meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of,
premeditate, compass,
calculate,
destine,
destinate,
propose, project, have a mind to, desire, pursue
Adj. intended,
intentional,
advised, express,
determinate,
prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological adv,
intentionally,
advisedly,
wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design,
studiously, pointedly, with intent,
deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes
Phr. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", sublimi feriam sidera vertice
