unremitting

  • 81assiduous — adjective Etymology: Latin assiduus, from assidēre Date: 1622 marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application < an assiduous book collector > < tended her garden with assiduous attention > Synonyms: see busy • …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 82breathless — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. not breathing b. dead 2. a. panting or gasping for breath b. gripped with emotion < breathless in anticipation > c. intense, gripping …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 83watchful — adjective Date: 15th century 1. archaic a. not able or accustomed to sleep or rest ; wakeful b. causing sleeplessness c. spent in wakefulness ; sleepless 2. carefully observant or attentive ; being on the watch • watchfully …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 84busy — I. adjective (busier; est) Etymology: Middle English bisy, from Old English bisig; akin to Middle Dutch & Middle Low German besich busy Date: before 12th century 1. a. engaged in action ; occupied b. being in use < found the telephone busy …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 85liberal — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin liberalis suitable for a freeman, generous, from liber free; perhaps akin to Old English lēodan to grow, Greek eleutheros free Date: 14th century 1. a. of, relating to, or&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 86plaster — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin emplastrum, from Greek emplastron, from emplassein to plaster on, from en + plassein to mold, plaster; perhaps akin to Latin planus level, flat more at floor Date: before 12th&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 87wrong — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from *wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. a. an injurious, unfair, or unjust act ; action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation or just cause b. a violation&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 88unremittingly — adverb see unremitting …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 89Agesilaus II — Agesilaus II, or Agesilaos II (Greek polytonic|Ἀγησίλαος) (444 BC ndash; 360 BC) was a king of Sparta, of the Eurypontid dynasty, ruling from approximately 400 BC to 360 BC, during most of which time he was, in Plutarch s words, as good as&#8230; …

    Wikipedia

  • 90Antonio Canova — (November 1, 1757 October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the&#8230; …

    Wikipedia