METHINKS
METHINKS, v. impers. participle passive methought. [me and think.] It seems to me; it appears to me; I think. Me is here in the dative. The word is not antiquated, but is not el...
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METHOD
METH'OD, noun [Latin methodus; Gr. with, and way.]1. A suitable and convenient arrangement of things, proceedings or ideas; the natural or regular disposition of separate things...
METHODIC
METHOD'ICMETHOD'ICAL, adjective Arranged in convenient order; disposed in a just and natural manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical operation...
METHODICALLY
METHOD'ICALLY, adverb In a methodical manner; according to natural or convenient order.
METHODISM
METH'ODISM, noun The doctrines and worship of the sect of christians called Methodists.
METHODIST
METH'ODIST, noun One that observes method.1. One of a sect of christians, founded by Morgan, or rather by John Wesley, and so called from the exact regularity of their lives, an...
METHODISTIC
METHODIS'TIC, adjective Resembling the Methodists; partaking of the strictness of Methodists.
METHODIZE
METH'ODIZE, verb transitive To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner.One who brings with him any observations he has made in reading the p...
METHOUGHT
METHOUGHT, preterit tense of methinks. It seemed to me; I thought.
METIC
ME'TIC, noun [Gr. house.] In ancient Greece, a sojourner; a resident stranger in a Grecian city or place.
METICULOUS
METIC'ULOUS, adjective [Latin Feticulosus.] Timid. [Not used.]METON'IC CYCLEMETON'IC YEAR, the cycle of the moon, or period of nineteen years, in which the lunations of the moon...
METONYMIC
METONYM'ICMETONYM'ICAL, adjective [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy, by putting one word for another.
METONYMICAL
METONYM'ICAL, a. [See Metonymy.] Used by way of metonymy, by putting one word for another.
METONYMICALLY
METONYM'ICALLY, adverb By putting one word for another.
METONYMY
MET'ONYMY, noun [Gr. over, beyond, and name.] In rhetoric, a trope in which one word is put for another; a change of names which have some relation to each other; as when we say...
METOPE
METOPE, noun met'opy. [Gr. with, near or by, and an aperture or hollow.] In architecture, the space between the triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which among the ancients used to b...
METOPOSCOPIST
METOPOS'COPIST, noun [infra.] One versed in physiognomy.
METOPOSCOPY
METOPOS'COPY, noun [Gr. the forehead, and to view.] The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character or the dispositions of men by their features, or the lines of ...
METRE
METRE. [See Meter.]
METRICAL
MET'RICAL, adjective [Latin metricus.]1. Pertaining to measure, or due arrangement or combination of long and short syllables.2. Consisting of verses; as metrical compositions.
METROLOGY
METROL'OGY, noun [Gr. measure, and discourse.]1. A discourse on measures or mensuration; the description of measures.2. An account of measures, or the science of weights and mea...
METROPOLIS
METROP'OLIS, noun [Latin from Gr. mother, and city. It has no plural.]Literally, the mother-city, that is, the chief city or capital of a kingdom, state or country, as Paris in ...
METROPOLITAN
METROPOL'ITAN, adjective Belonging to a metropolis, or to the mother church; residing in the chief city.METROPOL'ITAN, noun The bishop of the mother church; an archbishop.
METROPOLITE
METROP'OLITE, adjective A metropolitan. [Not used.]
METROPOLITIC
METROPOL'ITICMETROPOLIT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a metropolis; chief or principal of cities; archiepiscopal.
METROPOLITICAL
METROPOLIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a metropolis; chief or principal of cities; archiepiscopal.
METTLE
METTLE, noun met'l. [usually supposed to be corrupted from metal.Latin animus, animosus.] Spirit; constitutional ardor; that temperament which is susceptible of high excitement....