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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Thē'o-crāt'ic-alp. 1372Of, or pertaining to, a theocracy; administered by the immediate direction of God; as, the theocratical state of the Israelites.
  2. The-ōd'i-cy, n.p. 1372A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.
  3. The-ŏd'o-līte, n.p. 1372An instrument, variously constructed, used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. ☞ The theodolite consists…
  4. The-ŏd'o-līt'ic, a.p. 1372Of, or pertaining to, a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.
  5. Thē'o-gōn'ic, a.p. 1372Of, or relating to, theogony.
  6. The-ōg'o-nīst, n.p. 1372A writer on theogony.
  7. The-ōg'o-ny, n.p. 1372(Myth.) The generation of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which taught the genealogy of their deities; as, Hesiod composed a poem concerning that theogony, or the creation of the world and…
  8. The-ŏl'o-gās'ter, n.p. 1372A kind of quack in divinity; a pretended or superficial theologian. [Rare.] Burton.
  9. The-ol'o-ger, n.p. 1372The same as THEOLOGIAN. [Obs.] Certain it is that divers modern theologers do not only seriously, but zealously, contend that there is nothing absolutely, intrinsically, and naturally good and evil…
  10. Thē'o-lō'gi-an, n.p. 1372A person well versed in theology or a professor of divinity; a divine.
  11. Thē/o-lŏg'ie or Thē/o-lŏg'ie-al, a.p. 1372Of, or pertaining to, divinity, or the science of God and of divine things; as, a theological treatise; theological criticism.
  12. Thē'o-lōg'ĭc-al-ly, adv.p. 1372In a theological manner; according to the principles of theology.
  13. Thē'o-lōg'ies, n. sing.p. 1372The science of theology; theology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  14. The-ŏl'o-ġist, n.p. 1372One studious in the science of divinity, or one well versed in that science; a divine.
  15. The-ŏl'o-ġīze, v. t.p. 1372To render theological. “Aristotle’s philosophy theologized.” Glanville.
  16. The-ŏl'o-ġīze, v. i.p. 1372To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
  17. The-ŏl'o-ġīz'er, n.p. 1372A divine, or a professor of theology; a theologian. [Rare.] Boyle.
  18. Thē'o-lōgue, n.p. 1372The same as THEOLOGIST. Ye gentle theologues of calmer kind. Young. He [Jerome] was the theologue—and the word is designation enough. J. Taylor.
  19. The-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 1372The science of God and his relations to his creatures; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the…
  20. The-ōm'a-chist, n.p. 1372One who fights against the gods. He had defended Christianity against the vile, blasphemous, and impotent theomachists of the day. De Quincey.
  21. The-ōm'a-chy, n.p. 1372A fighting against the gods, as the battle of the giants with the gods. 2. Opposition to the divine will. Bacon.
  22. Thē'o-mān'cy, n.p. 1372A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
  23. Thē/o-pa-thēt'ic or Thē/o-pāth'ic, a.p. 1372Of, or pertaining to, theopathy.
  24. The-ōp'a-thy, n.p. 1372Capacity for religious affections or worship.
  25. The-ŏph'a-ny, n.p. 1372A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance.
  26. Thē'o-phīl'an-thrōp'ie, a.p. 1372Uniting love to God with that to man.
  27. Thē'o-phĭl-ăn’thro-pĭsm, n.p. 1372Love to both God and man.
  28. Thē'o-phi-lăn'thro-pīst, n.p. 1372(Eccl. Hist.) One of a class of persons in France during the revolution, whose object was to establish reason in the place of Christianity.
  29. Thē'o-phĭl'o-sŏph'ic, a.p. 1372Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.
  30. Thē'op-neüst'ie, a.p. 1372Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
  31. Thē'op-neüst'y, n.p. 1372Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.
  32. The-ōr' hist, n.p. 1372(Mus.) One who plays a theorbo.
  33. The-ôr'bo, n.p. 1372(Mus.) A musical instrument made like a large lute, but with two heads, to each of which some of the strings were attached. ☞ It was also called the archlute, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an…
  34. Thē'o-rem, n.p. 1372That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule. “Not theories, but theorems (θεωρήματα), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the…
  35. Thē'o-re-măt'ic or Thē'o-re-măt'ic-al or Thē'o-rĕm'ic, a.p. 1373Of, or pertaining to, a theorem; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems; as, theoremic truth.
  36. Thē'o-rĕt'ic or Thē'o-rĕt'ic-al, a.p. 1373Pertaining to, depending on, or confined to theory or speculation; speculative. 2. Terminating in theory or speculation; not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
  37. Thē'o-rĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1373In a theoretical manner; by theory; in speculation; speculatively; not practically.
  38. Thē'o-rĕt'ics, n. sing.p. 1373The speculative part of a science; speculation. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before…
  39. Thē'o-ric, n.p. 1373Speculation; theory. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  40. The-ŏr'ic, a.p. 1373Of, or pertaining to, the theorica. 2. Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled. [Obs. and rare.] A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic In all humanity. Massinger.
  41. The-ŏr'i-cȧ, n. pl.p. 1373(Gr. Antiq.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments, especially theatrical performances, and in largesses among the people.
  42. The-ŏr'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 1373Theoretically. [Obs.]
  43. Thē'o-rĭst, n.p. 1373One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation. The greatest theorists have given the preference to such a government as that of this kingdom. Addison.
  44. Thē'o-rīze, v. i.p. 1373To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate; as, to theorize on the existence of phlogiston.
  45. Thē'o-rīz'er, n.p. 1373One who theorizes; a theorist.
  46. Thē'o-ry, n.p. 1373A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation. ☞ “This word is employed by English writers in a very loose and…
  47. Thē'o-sŏph'ic or Thē'o-sŏph'ic-al, a.p. 1373Of, or pertaining to, theosophy.
  48. The-ōs'o-phĭsm, n.p. 1373Theosophy, or a process of it. Murdock.
  49. The-ō'so-phist, n.p. 1373One addicted to theosophy. The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspection of his own, for its basis. Vaughan.
  50. Thē'os-o-phĭst'ic-al, a.p. 1373Theosophical. See THEOSOPHICAL.
  51. The-ōs'o-phīze, v. i.p. 1373To practice theosophy. [Rare.]
  52. The-ōs'o-phy, n.p. 1373Supposed intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent attainment of superhuman knowledge by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the…
  53. Thēr'a-peu'tæ, n. pl.p. 1373(Eccl. Hist.) A Jewish sect in Egypt, resembling the Essenes in Palestine;—applied also to the early Christians, and, very rarely, to the early monks. Eadie.
  54. Thěr'a-peŭ'tie or Thěr'a-peŭ'tie-al, a.p. 1373Of, or pertaining to, the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. Medicine is justly distributed into “prophylactic,” or the art of preserving health, and…
  55. Thĕr'a-peŭ'ties, n. sing. & pl.p. 1373(sing.) That part of medicine which respects the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] 2. (pl.) A religious sect described by Philo. They were devotees to…
  56. Thēr'a-peü'tist, n.p. 1373One versed in therapeutics.
  57. There, adv.p. 1373In that place. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. Gen. ii. 8. There is sometimes opposed to here. Darkness there might well seem twilight…
  58. Thêre/a-bout' or Thêre/a-bouts', adv.p. 1373Near that place. 2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. 3. Concerning that. [Rare.] They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4.
  59. Thêre-âft'er, adv.p. 1373After that; afterward. Spenser. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves…
  60. Thêre-ăt', adv.p. 1373At that place. Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matt. vii. 13. 2. At that occurrence or event; on that account. Every error…