Umbrage - umquhile

Umbrage (ŭmbr�j; 48), n. [F. ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. , .] 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage.
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Where highest woods, impenetrable
To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton.
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2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [Obs.]
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The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward.
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3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.
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Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn.
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Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott.
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umbrageous (ŭmbrājŭs; 277), a. [Cf. F. ombrageux shy, skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See .] 1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.
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Umbrageous grots and caves
Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine
Lays forth her purple grape. Milton.
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2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
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3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton. -- Umbrageously, adv. -- Umbrageousness, n.
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Umbrate (ŭmbrāt), v. t. [L. umbratus, p. p. of umbrare to shade, fr. umbra a shade.] To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [Obs.]
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{ Umbratic (ŭmbrătĭk), Umbratical (ŭmbrătĭk�l), } a. [L. umbraticus, from umbra shade. See .] Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Umbratile (?), a. [L. umbratilus, fr. umbra shade.] Umbratic. [R.] B. Jonson.
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Umbratious (?), a. [L. umbra a shade. Cf. .] Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. [Obs. & R.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Umbre (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Umbrel (?), n. An umbrella. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Each of them besides bore their umbrels. Shelton.
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Umbrella (?), n. [It. ombrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. , .] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted in, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See .
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Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. Gay.
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2. (Zoöl.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish.
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3. (Zoöl.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell.
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Coloq. Umbrella ant (Zoöl.), the sauba ant; -- so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also parasol ant. -- Coloq. Umbrella bird (Zoöl.), a South American bird (Cephalopterus ornatus) of the family Cotingidæ. It is black, with a large and handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also dragoon bird. -- Coloq. Umbrella leaf (Bot.), an American perennial herb (Dyphylleia cymosa), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. -- Coloq. Umbrella shell . (Zoöl.) See , 3. -- Coloq. Umbrella tree (Bot.), a kind of magnolia (Magnolia Umbrella) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus).
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{ Umbrere, Umbriere } (?), n. [F. ombre a shade, L. umbra; cf. F. ombrelle a sunshade, OF. also ombrière. See .] In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril. [Obs.]
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But only vented up her umbriere. Spenser.
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Umbrette (?), n. [F. ombrette.] (Zoöl.) See , 4.
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Umbriferous (?), a. [L. umbrifer; umbra a shade + ferre to bear.] Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. -- Umbriferously (#), adv.
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umbril (ŭmbrĭl), n. An umbrere. [Obs.]
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umbrine (ŭmbrīn), n. (Zoöl.) See , 2.
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Umbrose (?), a. [L. umbrosus, fr. umbra a shade.] Shady; umbrageous. [Obs.]
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Umbrosity (?), n. The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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umhofo (ŭmhōf�), n. (Zoöl.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus simus or Rhinoceros simus); -- called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.
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umlaut (�mlout), n. [G., from um about + laut sound.] (Philol.) The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by the influence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerly followed.
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☞ It is peculiar to the Teutonic languages, and was common in Anglo-Saxon. In German the umlauted vowels resulting from a, o, u, followed by old i, are written ä, ö, ü, or ae, oe, ue; as, männer or maenner, men, from mann, man. Examples of forms resulting from umlaut in English are geese pl. of goose, men pl. of man, etc.
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Umlauted, a. (Philol.) Having the umlaut; as, umlauted vowels.
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There is no natural connection between umlauted forms and plurality. Earle.
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Umpirage (?; 48), n. [From .] 1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide.
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The mild umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.
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2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. Bp. Hall.
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Umpire (?), n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F. impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even, equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See , and , n.]
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1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
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A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.
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2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement. Blackstone.
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Syn. -- Judge; arbitrator; referee. See .
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Umpire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Umpiring.] 1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
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Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies. South.
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2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloq.]
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Umpire, v. i. To act as umpire or arbitrator.
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Umpireship, n. Umpirage; arbitrament. Jewel.
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Umpress (?), n. Female umpire. [R.] Marston.
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umpteen, a. An indefinite number, usu. more than ten and less than one hundred; a lot. Often used hyperbolically, and usually expressing the notion of more than the usual number or more than I would like. [Colloq.] “I've told you umpteen times not to do that.”
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umpteenth, a. Ordinal of , with corresponding signification; as, for the umpteenth time, I'm telling you to stop. [Colloq.]
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umquhile (ŭmkwĭl), adv. [Cf. OF. umwhile for a time. See .] Some time ago; formerly. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. -- a. Former. [Scot.]
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Un-. [OE. un-, on-, the unaccented form of the accented prefix and- (cf. ); akin to D. ont-, G. ent-, OHG. int-, Goth. and-. See .] An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in unbend, uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d ); as in undone (from undo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.
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☞ Compounds of this prefix are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary.
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Un-. [OE. & AS. un-; akin to OFries. un-, D. on-, OS., OHG., & G. un-, Icel. ō-, ū-, Sw. o-, Dan. u-, W. an-, L. in-, Gr. �, �, Skr. an-, a-. √193. Cf. not not, No, adv.] An inseparable prefix, or particle, signifying not; in-; non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and is attached at will to almost any adjective, or participle used adjectively, or adverb, from which it may be desired to form a corresponding negative adjective or adverb, and is also, but less freely, prefixed to nouns. Un- sometimes has merely an intensive force; as in unmerciless, unremorseless.
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I. Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively. Specifically: --
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(a) To adjectives, to denote the absence of the quality designated by the adjective; as, --
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(b) To past particles, or to adjectives formed after the analogy of past particles, to indicate the absence of the condition or state expressed by them; as, --
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