† unabsoluteadj.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
strait-laced1549
scant1556
circumcised1561
contract1561
restrained1578
determinate1586
limited1590
restrict1597
strict1597
confined1605
determineda1616
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
scant1556
contract1561
limited1590
confined1605
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
unabsolute1694
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
crimped1828
stingy1927
1694 J. Collier Misc. v. 76 Where Goodness is mutable, and Reason unabsolute, there must be Rigour to..check the Abuse of Liberty.
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adj.1694- roughhewing
- roughhewn
- roughhewner
- roughhewnest
- roughhews
- roughhouse
- roughhoused
- roughhouser
- roughhouses
- roughhousing
- roughhull
- roughhurled
- roughie
- roughies
- roughin
- roughing
- roughing filter
- roughing gouge
- roughing in
- roughing lathe
- roughing machine
- roughing out
- roughing pump
- roughing the kicker
- roughing the passer