Appellative
31Hebrew Names — Hebrew Names † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Hebrew Names To the philosopher a name is an artificial sign consisting in a certain combination of articulate sounds, whereby a particular class of people are wont to designate one thing and… …
32Alphonse Maeder — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maeder. Alphonse Maeder …
33GAD — (Heb. גָּד, fortune cf. Gen. 30:11), a deity of fortune, equivalent in function and meaning to the Greek Tyché and Latin Fortuna. In Isaiah 65:11 Gad is mentioned together with Meni as the beneficiary of a food offering: Who prepare a table for… …
34abigail — ab i*gail, n. [The proper name used as an appellative.] A lady s waiting maid. Pepys. [1913 Webster] Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie. [1913 Webster] …
35Antonomasia — An to*no*ma si*a (?; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to name instead; ? + ? to name, ? name.] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used… …
36Appellatively — Ap*pel la*tive*ly, adv. After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man. [1913 Webster] …
37Appellativeness — Ap*pel la*tive*ness, n. The quality of being appellative. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
38Compellative — Com*pel la*tive, n. (Gram.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative. [1913 Webster] …
39Hebrew — He brew, n. [F. H[ e]breu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. ?, fr. Heb. ibhr[=i].] 1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew. [1913 Webster] There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew …
40In proper — Proper Prop er, a. [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. {Appropriate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Belonging to one; one s own; individual. His proper good [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. My proper son. Shak. [1913 Webster] Now learn the… …
