---- has respect to the bearing which satisfaction has upon sin or the sinner. ---- has respect to the effect of
satisfaction in removing the judicial displeasure of God.
When a man has been guilty of any sin or folly, I think the best ---- he can make is to warn others not to fall
into the like.
Redemption implies the complete deliverance from the penalty, power, and all the consequences of sin; ---- is
used in the
sense of the sacrificial work, whereby the redemption from the condemning power of the law was
insured.
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PROPOSAL (page 291).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does an
offer or
proposal do? 2. What does a
proposition set forth? 3. For what is the
proposition
designed? the
proposal? 4. In what way does
proposition come to have nearly the sense of
proposal in certain
uses? 5. What is a
bid? 6. What does an
overture accomplish? In what special
application is the word
commonly used?
EXAMPLES.
Garrison emphatically declared, "I can not listen to any ---- for a gradual abolition of wickedness."
The theme in confirmation must always admit of being expressed in a logical ----, with subject, predicate, and
copula.
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PROPOSE (page 292).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does
propose in its most frequent use differ from
purpose? 2. How is
propose used so as to be nearly
equivalent to
purpose? What important difference appears in this latter use?
EXAMPLES.
I know, indeed,
the evil of that I ----, but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.
Man ----s, but God disposes.
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PROTRACT (page 293).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is it to
protract? 2. What is the significance of
defer and
delay, and how do these words differ in
usage from
protract? 3. How does
elongate differ from
protract? 4. Is
protract ordinarily favorable or
unfavorable in sense? 5. Is
continue favorable or unfavorable?
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
435
EXAMPLES.
Unseen hands ---- The coming of what oft seems close in ken.
Burton, a hypochondriac, wrote the "Anatomy
of Melancholy," that marvel of learning, and ---- his life to the
age of sixty-four.
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PROVERB (page 293).
QUESTIONS.
1. In what do the
proverb and the
adage agree? In what respects do they differ? 2. What is an
apothegm? an
aphorism? How do these two words differ? 3. What is a
dictum? a
saying? 4. What is a
precept? How does it
differ from a
motto or
maxim? 5. How do
motto and
maxim differ from each other?
EXAMPLES.
The
---- must be verified, That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.
Books, like ----s, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.
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PRUDENCE (page 294).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the definition of
prudence? 2. How does
providence differ from
prudence? 3. How does
care
compare with
prudence and
providence? 4. How is
frugality related to
prudence? 5. How do
foresight and
forethought compare with each other, and both with
providence?
EXAMPLES.
When desp'rate
ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and ---- folly.
With a ---- unknown in other parts of Scotland, the peasantry have in most places planted orchards around
their cottages.
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PURCHASE (page 295).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is
purchase derived? 2. From what is
buy derived? 3. How do
buy and
purchase agree
in meaning? What single definition would answer for either? 4. How do
buy and
purchase differ in use? Give
instances.
EXAMPLES.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
436
I'll give thee England's
treasure, Enough to ---- such another island, So thou wilt make me live.
'Tis gold which ----s admittance.
---- the truth, and sell it not.
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PURE (page 296).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does
pure signify? 2. In what sense are material substances said to be
pure? 3. What does
pure denote
in moral and religious use? 4. How does
pure compare with
innocent? with
virtuous?
EXAMPLES.
Water from melted snow is ----r than rain-water, as it descends through
the air in a solid form, incapable of
absorbing atmospheric gases.
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds ---- and quiet take That for a hermitage.
In every place incense shall be offered unto my name and a ---- offering, saith the Lord of hosts.
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QUEER (page 297).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of
odd?
singular? Are
odd and
singular precise equivalents? 2. When is a thing called
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