Mainpernor (n.) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day.
Mainpin (n.) A kingbolt.
Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete.
Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
Mainprised (imp. & p. p.) of Mainprise
Mainprising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mainprise
Mainprise (v. t.) To suffer to go at large, on his finding sureties, or mainpernors, for his appearance at a day; -- said of a prisoner.
Mains (n.) The farm attached to a mansion house.
Mainsail (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
Mainsheet (n.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action.
Mainstay (n.) The stay extending from the foot of the foremast to the maintop.
Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.
Mainswear (v. i.) To swear falsely.
Maintained (imp. & p. p.) of Maintain
Maintaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maintain
Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
Maintain (v. t.) To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
Maintain (v. t.) To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
Maintain (v. t.) To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
Maintainable (a.) That maybe maintained.
Maintainer (n.) One who maintains.
Maintainor (n.) One who, not being interested, maintains a cause depending between others, by furnishing money, etc., to either party.
Maintenance (n.) The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Maintenance (n.) An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.
Maintop (n.) The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.
Main yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
Maioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the genus Maia, or family Maiadeae.
Maister (n.) Master.
Maister (a.) Principal; chief.
Maistre (n.) Alt. of Maistry
Maistrie (n.) Alt. of Maistry
Maistry (n.) Mastery; superiority; art. See Mastery.
Maistress (n.) Mistress.
Maithes (n.) Same as Maghet.
Maize (n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
Majestatic (a.) Alt. of Majestatal
Majestatal (a.) Majestic.
Majestic (a.) Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand.
Majestical (a.) Majestic.
Majesticness (n.) The quality or state of being majestic.
Majesties (pl. ) of Majesty
Majesty (n.) The dignity and authority of sovereign power; quality or state which inspires awe or reverence; grandeur; exalted dignity, whether proceeding from rank, character, or bearing; imposing loftiness; stateliness; -- usually applied to the rank and dignity of sovereigns.
Majesty (n.) Hence, used with the possessive pronoun, the title of an emperor, king or queen; -- in this sense taking a plural; as, their majesties attended the concert.
Majesty (n.) Dignity; elevation of manner or style.
Majolica (n.) A kind of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy, which reached its greatest perfection in Italy in the 16th century.
Major (a.) Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
Major (a.) Of greater dignity; more important.
Major (a.) Of full legal age.
Major (a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
Major (a.) A person of full age.
Major (a.) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
Major (a.) A mayor.
Majorat (a.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
Majorat (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
Majorate (n.) The office or rank of a major.
Majorate (a.) To augment; to increase.
Majoration (n.) Increase; enlargement.
Majorcan (a.) Of or pertaining to Majorca.
Majorcan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Majorca.
Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer.
Major general () An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
Majorities (pl. ) of Majority
Majority (n.) The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.
Majority (n.) The military rank of a major.
Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs.
Majority (n.) The greater number; more than half; as, a majority of mankind; a majority of the votes cast.
Majority (n.) Ancestors; ancestry.
Majority (n.) The amount or number by which one aggregate exceeds all other aggregates with which it is contrasted; especially, the number by which the votes for a successful candidate exceed those for all other candidates; as, he is elected by a majority of five hundred votes. See Plurality.
Majorship (n.) The office of major.
Majoun (n.) See Madjoun.
Majusculae (n. pl.) Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.
Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae.
Makable (a.) Capable of being made.
Makaron (n.) See Macaroon, 2.
Make (n.) A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
Made (imp. & p. p.) of Make
Making (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Make
Make (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring into being; to form; to produce; to frame; to fashion; to create.
Make (v. t.) To form of materials; to cause to exist in a certain form; to construct; to fabricate.
Make (v. t.) To produce, as something artificial, unnatural, or false; -- often with up; as, to make up a story.
Make (v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc.
Make (v. t.) To execute with the requisite formalities; as, to make a bill, note, will, deed, etc.
Make (v. t.) To gain, as the result of one's efforts; to get, as profit; to make acquisition of; to have accrue or happen to one; as, to make a large profit; to make an error; to make a loss; to make money.
Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day.
Make (v. t.) To put a desired or desirable condition; to cause to thrive.
Make (v. t.) To cause to be or become; to put into a given state verb, or adjective; to constitute; as, to make known; to make public; to make fast.
Make (v. t.) To cause to appear to be; to constitute subjectively; to esteem, suppose, or represent.
Make (v. t.) To require; to constrain; to compel; to force; to cause; to occasion; -- followed by a noun or pronoun and infinitive.
Make (v. t.) To become; to be, or to be capable of being, changed or fashioned into; to do the part or office of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing.
Make (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to.
Make (v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.
Make (v. t.) To reach; to attain; to arrive at or in sight of.
Make (v. i.) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; -- often in the phrase to meddle or make.
Make (v. i.) To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen.
Make (v. i.) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; -- with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage.
Make (v. i.) To increase; to augment; to accrue.