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absolute Dec 23rd 2012, 07:46 move quotes ← Older revision Revision as of 07:46, 23 December 2012 Line 29: Line 29:   ## standing by itself in a loose syntactical connection, and qualifying the sentence as a whole rather than any single word in it. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## standing by itself in a loose syntactical connection, and qualifying the sentence as a whole rather than any single word in it. {{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ##: Anyhow in 'anyhow, I made it home' is an '''absolute'''.   ##: Anyhow in 'anyhow, I made it home' is an '''absolute'''. − ## {{context|adjective|possessive pronoun}} lacking a modified [[substantive]]; ie. hungry in 'Feed the hungry.'{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/> + ## {{context|adjective|possessive pronoun}} lacking a modified [[substantive]].{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/> − ## {{context|comparative|superlative}} expressing a relative term without a definite comparison. ie older in 'An older person should be treated with respect.'{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/> + ##: Hungry in 'Feed the hungry.' − ## {{context|transitive}} having no [[direct object]]. ie. Kill in 'If looks could kill...'{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/> + ## {{context|comparative|superlative}} expressing a relative term without a definite comparison.'{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   + ##: Older in 'An older person should be treated with respect.   + ## {{context|transitive}} having no [[direct object]].{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   + ##: Kill in 'If looks could kill...'   ## {{context|Irish|Welsh}} an [[inflected]] verb that is not preceded by any number of [[article]]s or compounded with a [[preverb]].{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## {{context|Irish|Welsh}} an [[inflected]] verb that is not preceded by any number of [[article]]s or compounded with a [[preverb]].{{defdate|First attested around 1350 to 1470.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # {{obsolete}} Absorbed in, as an occupation.{{defdate|Attested only in the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # {{obsolete}} Absorbed in, as an occupation.{{defdate|Attested only in the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Unrestricted; in sole control; possessing absolute power; independent, as in ownership or authority.{{defdate|First attested in the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Unrestricted; in sole control; possessing absolute power; independent, as in ownership or authority.{{defdate|First attested in the late 15<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Pure; mere; unadulerated; [[unmixed]]; as, ''absolute'' alcohol.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Pure; mere; unadulerated; [[unmixed]]; as, ''absolute'' alcohol.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/> − #: When caught, he told an '''absolute''' lie.     # {{figurative}} Complete; [[utter]]; outright; [[unmitigated]]; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any way; unrestricted; without limitation.{{defdate|First attested in the late 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # {{figurative}} Complete; [[utter]]; outright; [[unmitigated]]; entire; total; not qualified or diminished in any way; unrestricted; without limitation.{{defdate|First attested in the late 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   + #: When caught, he told an '''absolute''' lie.   # Unconditional; free from restraint and control as in powers or rights;{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Unconditional; free from restraint and control as in powers or rights;{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/> − #* '''1962''', Hannah Arendt, ''On Revolution'', (1990), page 155:   − #*: {{...}} the more '''absolute''' the ruler, the more '''absolute''' the revolution will be which replaces him.     ## having [[supreme]] power, without limits set by a constitution, parliament, or other means.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## having [[supreme]] power, without limits set by a constitution, parliament, or other means.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## proceeding from or characteristic of an absolute ruler.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## proceeding from or characteristic of an absolute ruler.{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   + #* '''1962''', Hannah Arendt, ''On Revolution'', (1990), page 155:   + #*: {{...}} the more '''absolute''' the ruler, the more '''absolute''' the revolution will be which replaces him.   ## [[absolutist|Absolutist]]; arbitrary; [[despotic]].{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   ## [[absolutist|Absolutist]]; arbitrary; [[despotic]].{{defdate|First attested in the mid 16<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Real; actual.{{defdate|First attested in the early 17<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>   # Real; actual.{{defdate|First attested in the early 17<sup>th</sup> century.}}<ref name=SOED/>

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