N. beginning, commencement, opening, outset,
incipience,
inception,
inchoation, introduction,
alpha, initial,
inauguration,
debut, le premier pas,
embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak,
onset,
brunt,
initiative, move, first move, narrow end of the wedge, thin end of the wedge, fresh start, new departure, origin, source, rise,
bud, germ, egg,
rudiment, genesis, primogenesis, birth,
nativity,
cradle, infancy, start,
inception, creation, starting point,
dawn, evolution,
title-page, head, heading, van, caption, fatihah, entrance, entry, inlet, orifice, mouth,
chops, lips,
porch,
portal,
portico,
propylon, door, gate,
gateway,
postern,
wicket,
threshold,
vestibule,
propylaeum, skirts, border, first stage, first blush, first glance, first impression, first sight, rudiments, elements, outlines, grammar, alphabet, abce
V. begin, start,
commence, conceive, open,
dawn, set in, take its rise, enter upon, enter, set out, embark in, incept,
initiate,
launch,
inaugurate,
inchoate, rise, arise,
originate, usher in, lead off, lead the way, take the lead, take the initiative, head, stand at the head, stand first, stand for, lay the foundations, found, set up, set on foot, agoing, set abroach, set the ball in motion, apply the match to a train,
broach, open up, open the door to, get underway, set about, get to work, set to work, set to, make a beginning, make a start,
handsel, take the first step, lay the first stone, cut the first turf, break ground, break the ice, break cover, pass the rubicon, cross the rubicon, open fire, open the ball,
ventilate, air, undertake, come into existence, come into the world, make one's debut, take birth, burst forth, break out, spring up, spring forth, crop up, pop up, appear,
materialize, begin at the beginning, begin ab ovo, begin again, begin de novo, start afresh, make a fresh start, take it from the top, shuffle the cards, reshuffle the cards,
resume,
recommence Adj. beginning, initial,
initiatory,
initiative,
inceptive,
introductory,
incipient,
proemial,
inaugural,
inchoate,
inchoative,
embryonic,
rudimental,
primogenial,
primeval, primitive,
primordial,
aboriginal,
natal,
nascent, first, foremost, leading,
maiden, begun, just begun
Adv. at the beginning, in the beginning,
&c. n, first, in the first place,
imprimis, first and foremost, in limine, in the bud, in embryo, in its infancy, from the beginning, from its birth, ab initio, ab ovo, ab incunabilis, ab origine
Phr. let's get going, let's get this show on the road, up and at 'em, aller anfang ist schwer, dimidium facti qui coepit habet, omnium rerum principia parva sunt
N. repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence, succession, run,
battology,
tautology,
monotony,
tautophony,
rhythm,
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy, chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello, burden of a song,
refrain,
rehearsal, rechauffe, rifacimento,
recapitulation,
cuckoo,
reverberation,
drumming,
renewal, twice-told tale, old story, old song, second edition, new edition, reappearance, reproduction,
recursion,
periodicity V. repeat,
iterate,
reiterate, reproduce,
echo,
reecho, drum, harp upon,
battologize, hammer, redouble,
recur,
revert, return, reappear, recurse, renew,
rehearse, do over again, say over again, ring the changes on, harp on the same string, din in the ear, drum in the ear, conjugate in all its moods tenses and inflexions, begin again, go over the same ground, go the same round, never hear the last of,
resume, return to,
recapitulate, reword
Adj. repeated,
repetitional,
repetitionary, recurrent,
recurring, ever recurring, thick coming, frequent,
incessant,
redundant,
pleonastic,
monotonous,
harping,
iterative, recursive, unvaried,
mocking,
chiming, retold,
aforesaid,
aforenamed,
above-mentioned, above-said,
habitual, another
Adv. repeatedly, often, again,
anew, over again,
afresh, once more,
ding-dong,
ditto,
encore, de novo,
bis, da capo, again and again, over and over, over and over again, recursively, many times over, time and again, time after time, year after year, day by day &c, many times, several times, a number of times, many a time, full many a time, frequently
Phr. ecce iterum crispinus, toujours perdrix, "cut and come again", "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow", cantilenam eandem canis, nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius
N. change, alteration,
mutation,
permutation, variation, modification,
modulation,
inflexion,
mood,
qualification,
innovation,
metastasis,
deviation, turn, evolution, revolution,
diversion, break, transformation,
transfiguration,
metamorphosis,
transmutation,
deoxidization,
transubstantiation, mutagenesis,
transanimation,
transmigration, metempsychosis|,
avatar,
alterative, conversion, revolution inversion, displacement,
transference,
changeableness,
tergiversation V. change, alter, vary, wax and wane,
modulate,
diversify,
qualify, tamper with, turn,
shift,
veer,
tack,
chop,
shuffle,
swerve,
warp,
deviate, turn aside,
evert,
intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner,
resume, work a change,
modify,
vamp,
superinduce,
transform,
transfigure,
transmute,
transmogrify,
transume,
metamorphose, ring the changes,
innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse,
disturb, convert into
Adv. mutatis mutandis
Int. quantum mutatus, phr, "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream", nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, "still ending and beginning still", vox audita perit littera scripta manet
N. compend,
compendium, abstract,
precis,
epitome, multum in parvo, analysis,
pandect,
digest, sum and substance, brief,
abridgment, summary, apercu,
draft, minute, note,
excerpt,
synopsis, textbook,
conspectus, outlines,
syllabus, contents, heads,
prospectus,
album, scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book, extracts, excerpta, cuttings, fugitive pieces, fugitive writing, spicilegium, flowers,
anthology,
collectanea,
analecta,
compilation,
recapitulation,
resume, review,
abbreviation,
abbreviature, contraction,
shortening, compression
V. abridge, abstract,
epitomize,
summarize, make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract,
recapitulate, review,
skim, run over, sum up,
abbreviate,
condense,
compile Adv. in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words
Phr. it lies in a nutshell
N. restoration,
restoral,
reinstatement, replacement,
rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction,
renovation,
renewal, revival, revivessence,
reviviscence, refreshment,
resuscitation,
reanimation,
revivification, reviction|,
phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth,
rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration,
regeneracy,
regenerateness,
palingenesis, reconversion, redress,
retrieval,
reclamation, recovery,
convalescence,
resumption,
resumption,
sanativeness,
recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure|, sanation|,
healing,
redintegration,
rectification,
instauration, repair,
reparation, remanufacture,
recruiting,
cicatrization,
disinfection,
tinkering, reaction,
redemption,
restitution, relief,
tinker,
cobbler, vis medicatrix,
curableness V. return to the original state, recover,
rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave,
survive,
resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again,
heal, skin over,
cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo,
reinstate, replace, reseat,
rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate,
reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild,
reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew,
renovate,
regenerate,
rejuvenate,
redeem, reclaim, recover,
retrieve,
rescue, redress, recure, cure,
heal, remedy, doctor,
physic,
medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs,
resuscitate, revive,
reanimate,
revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up,
reinvigorate, refresh, make whole,
redintegrate,
recoup, make good, make all square,
rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit,
recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks,
reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch|,
vamp,
tinker,
cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up,
darn,
finedraw,
heelpiece, stop a gap,
stanch,
staunch,
caulk,
calk,
careen,
splice, bind up wounds
Adj. restored, redivivus,
convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring,
restorative,
recuperative,
sanative,
reparative,
sanatory, reparatory,
curative,
remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable,
remediable,
retrievable, curable
Adv. in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi-meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum
N. taking, reception,
deglutition,
appropriation,
prehension, prensation|, capture, caption,
apprehension, deprehension|, abreption|,
seizure,
expropriation,
abduction,
ablation,
subtraction,
withdrawal,
abstraction,
ademption, adrolepsy|, dispossession,
deprivation, deprivement,
bereavement,
divestment,
disherison,
distraint, distress,
sequestration,
confiscation,
eviction,
rapacity,
rapaciousness,
extortion,
vampirism,
theft,
resumption,
reprise,
reprisal, recovery,
clutch,
swoop,
wrench,
grip,
haul, take, catch,
scramble, taker,
captor,
subduction V. take, catch, hook,
nab,
bag,
sack,
pocket, put into one's pocket, receive, accept,
reap, crop,
cull,
pluck, gather, draw, appropriate,
expropriate,
impropriate, assume, possess oneself of, take possession of, commandeer, lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on, help oneself to, make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution,
intercept, scramble for, deprive of, take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off, adeem|, abstract, hurry off with, run away with,
abduct,
steal,
ravish, seize, pounce upon, spring upon, swoop to, swoop down upon, take by storm, take by assault,
snatch,
reave, snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up,
kidnap,
crimp, capture, lay violent hands on, get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of, lay by the heels, take prisoner, fasten upon,
grip,
grapple, embrace,
gripe,
clasp,
grab,
clutch,
collar,
throttle, take by the throat,
claw,
clinch,
clench, make sure of, catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at, reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand, take from, take away from, disseize,
deduct,
retrench, dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp, tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from,
extort, deprive of,
bereave,
disinherit, cut off with a shilling,
oust,
divest,
levy, distrain,
confiscate,
sequester,
sequestrate,
accroach,
usurp,
despoil, strip,
fleece,
shear,
displume,
impoverish, eat out of house and home,
drain, drain to the dregs,
gut, dry,
exhaust, swallow up,
absorb, draw off, suck the blood of, suck like a leech, retake,
resume, recover
Adj. taking, privative,
prehensile,
predaceous,
predal,
predatory, predatorial,
lupine,
rapacious,
raptorial,
ravenous, parasitic,
bereft Adv. at one fell swoop
Phr. give an inch and take an ell
