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note9 entries found. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\, v. t. [AS. hn[=i]tan to strike against, imp. hn[=a]t.] To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} or {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\ [AS. n[=a]t; ne not + w[=a]t wot. See {Not}, and {Wot}.] Know not; knows not. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\, n. Nut. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\, n. [AS. notu use, profit.] Need; needful business. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note \Note\, n. [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know. See {Know}.] 1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. --Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. --J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. 3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. --Felton. 4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute. 5. pl. Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings. 6. A short informal letter; a billet. 7. A diplomatic missive or written communication. 8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note. 9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.] Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. --Shak. 10. (Mus.) (a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence: (b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune. (c) A key of the piano or organ. The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal note. --Milton. That note of revolt against the eighteenth century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck by Winckelmann. --W. Pater. 11. Observation; notice; heed. Give orders to my servants that they take No note at all of our being absent hence. --Shak. 12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.] The king . . . shall have note of this. --Shak. 13. State of being under observation. [Obs.] Small matters . . . continually in use and in note. --Bacon. 14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note. There was scarce a family of note which had not poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold. --Prescott. 15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] --Shak. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the rearing or bringing up of children. I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the mountains of the North. --Paulding. (d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with up. I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii. 18. God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget. --Milton. (e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush. Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex. xxiii. 1. (f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up. Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry. --Dryden. (g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection. 4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread. Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste. --Spectator. 5. (Naut.) (a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light. (b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets. 6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. --Burrill. {To raise a blockade} (Mil.), to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them. {To raise a check}, {note}, {bill of exchange}, etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr. accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.] 1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to. ``The organization of the body with accommodation to its functions.'' --Sir M. Hale. 2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness. 3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W. Scott. 4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement. ``To come to terms of accommodation.'' --Macaulay. 5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. --Paley. 6. (Com.) (a) A loan of money. (b) An accommodation bill or note. {Accommodation bill}, or {note} (Com.), a bill of exchange which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and delivers to another, not upon a consideration received, but for the purpose of raising money on credit. {Accommodation coach}, or {train}, one running at moderate speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations. {Accommodation ladder} (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats. From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn] note n 1: a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment" 2: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there" [syn: {short letter}, {line}] 3: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: {musical note}, {tone}] 4: a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" 5: a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he detected a note of sarcasm" 6: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: {bill}, {government note}, {bank bill}, {banker's bill}, {bank note}, {banknote}, {Federal Reserve note}, {greenback}] 7: a comment (usually added to a text); "his notes were appended at the end of the article" [syn: {annotation}, {notation}] 8: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: {eminence}, {distinction}, {preeminence}] 9: a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank" [syn: {promissory note}, {note of hand}] v 1: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" [syn: {observe}, {mention}, {remark}] 2: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following her" [syn: {notice}, {mark}] [ant: {ignore}] 3: observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction" [syn: {take note}, {observe}] 4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" [syn: {take down}] |
note9 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\, v. t. [AS. hn[=i]tan to strike against, imp.
hn[=a]t.]
To butt; to push with the horns. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.]
1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to
attend to. --Pope.
No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.
2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
--Maccaulay.
3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing
charged); to brand. [Obs.]
They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.
4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.
5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.
6. To set down in musical characters.
{To note a bill} or {draft}, to record on the back of it a
refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which
is done officially by a notary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\ [AS. n[=a]t; ne not + w[=a]t wot. See {Not}, and
{Wot}.]
Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\, n.
Nut. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\, n. [AS. notu use, profit.]
Need; needful business. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note \Note\, n. [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to
know. See {Know}.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible
sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a
characteristic quality.
Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the
church, they have also the notes of external
profession. --Hooker.
She [the Anglican church] has the note of
possession, the note of freedom from party
titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a
vigorous. --J. H.
Newman.
What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive
eagerness, there was through it all ! --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out
something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token,
proving or giving evidence.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence,
an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical,
explanatory, or illustrative observation.
The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and
obscured with illustrations. --Felton.
4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a
memorandum; a minute.
5. pl. Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking;
memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or
the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from
notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report
of a speech or of proceedings.
6. A short informal letter; a billet.
7. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
8. A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and
promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand;
a negotiable note.
9. A list of items or of charges; an account. [Obs.]
Here is now the smith's note for shoeing. --Shak.
10. (Mus.)
(a) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length
of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to
indicate its pitch. Hence:
(b) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
(c) A key of the piano or organ.
The wakeful bird . . . tunes her nocturnal
note. --Milton.
That note of revolt against the eighteenth
century, which we detect in Goethe, was struck
by Winckelmann. --W. Pater.
11. Observation; notice; heed.
Give orders to my servants that they take No note
at all of our being absent hence. --Shak.
12. Notification; information; intelligence. [Obs.]
The king . . . shall have note of this. --Shak.
13. State of being under observation. [Obs.]
Small matters . . . continually in use and in note.
--Bacon.
14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.
There was scarce a family of note which had not
poured out its blood on the field or the scaffold.
--Prescott.
15. Stigma; brand; reproach. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Note of hand}, a promissory note.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Note: In some parts of the United States, notably in the
Southern States, raise in also commonly applied to the
rearing or bringing up of children.
I was raised, as they say in Virginia, among the
mountains of the North. --Paulding.
(d) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise,
come forth, or appear; -- often with up.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee. --Deut. xviii.
18.
God vouchsafes to raise another world From him
[Noah], and all his anger to forget. --Milton.
(e) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start;
to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
Thou shalt not raise a false report. --Ex.
xxiii. 1.
(f) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Soon as the prince appears, they raise a cry.
--Dryden.
(g) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as,
to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
4. To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make
light and spongy, as bread.
Miss Liddy can dance a jig, and raise paste.
--Spectator.
5. (Naut.)
(a) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher
by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook
light.
(b) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets,
i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
6. (Law) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is,
to create it. --Burrill.
{To raise a blockade} (Mil.), to remove or break up a
blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces
employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or
dispersing them.
{To raise a check}, {note}, {bill of exchange}, etc., to
increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the
writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is
specified.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being
fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by
to. ``The organization of the body with accommodation to
its functions.'' --Sir M. Hale.
2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or
convenience; anything furnished which is desired or
needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations --
that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W.
Scott.
4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. ``To come to terms of
accommodation.'' --Macaulay.
5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
{Accommodation bill}, or {note} (Com.), a bill of exchange
which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and
delivers to another, not upon a consideration received,
but for the purpose of raising money on credit.
{Accommodation coach}, or {train}, one running at moderate
speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.
{Accommodation ladder} (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the
side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from,
or descending to, small boats.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
note
n 1: a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
2: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
[syn: {short letter}, {line}]
3: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical
sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: {musical
note}, {tone}]
4: a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling;
"there was a note of uncertainty in his voice"
5: a characteristic emotional quality; "it ended on a sour
note"; "there was a note of gaiety in her manner"; "he
detected a note of sarcasm"
6: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central
bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn:
{bill}, {government note}, {bank bill}, {banker's bill},
{bank note}, {banknote}, {Federal Reserve note}, {greenback}]
7: a comment (usually added to a text); "his notes were
appended at the end of the article" [syn: {annotation}, {notation}]
8: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: {eminence}, {distinction},
{preeminence}]
9: a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a
certain time; "I had to co-sign his note at the bank"
[syn: {promissory note}, {note of hand}]
v 1: make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up
too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go
sailing" [syn: {observe}, {mention}, {remark}]
2: notice or perceive; "She noted that someone was following
her" [syn: {notice}, {mark}] [ant: {ignore}]
3: observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of
this chemical reaction" [syn: {take note}, {observe}]
4: make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher
said that morning" [syn: {take down}]
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