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high treason.noun
high treason is that which is against one's country, that meaning
against the
sovereign people
in it, the We the People; acts
and edicts which
hinder
and/or harm.good
people's lives are treasonous acts (what would some
of these be?
treason.noun
the word treason encompasses
any conspiracy
leading toward
violence for replacement of leaders in a government,
however,
when kakistocracies
set rules to protect policies
they concoct
which are advantageous
to them yet.inimical
to the public electing them they purport
to serve, they often label
any violation of their concocted
criminal policies as treasonous; treason includes violation of allegiance
toward
sovereign countrymen,
especially
betrayal by waging.evil
or by consciously and purposely acting to cause negativity
upon them (the covid scam; the
money scam; the birth certificate
scam, etc.); a betrayal of trust;
a surreptitious handing over
treasonous.adjective
treasonable
treasonously.adverb
treasonable.adjective
relating
to, constituting
or involving
treason (a treasonable act such as corrupt politicians engage in by lying
to or omitting
being transparent
in telling the truth to those having elected them)
treasonably.adverb
treasonableness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
traitor.noun,.plural.traitors
one who betrays
one's country, a cause or a trust, especially one who commits treason
traitorous.adjective
having the character of a traitor;
disloyal; constituting.treason
(a traitorous act such as done by Benedict
Arnold and Judas Iscariot:.John
13:18); faithless
traitorously.adverb
traitorousness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
Tertullian.noun
(approximately 160-230 A.D.)
Carthaginian
theologian who converted to Christianity (circa
193), broke with the corrupt Catholic Church (circa
207; why corrupt?) and formed
his own schismatic.sect.
His writings greatly influenced Western theology.
truckle,
truckled,
truckling,
truckles.transitive
verbs
to be servile
or submissive; fawn;
a small wheel or roller; a caster
truckle,
truckler.nouns,.plurals.truckles,
trucklers
tryptophan.noun
an essential amino
acid, C11H12N2O2, formed
from proteins during the digestive process by the action of proteolytic-enzymes
treatise.noun,.plural.treatises
a systematic,
usually.extensive
written discourse on a subject
treaty.noun,.plural.treaties
an agreement
between two or more countries, as in reference to terms of peace or trade
or other regulations agreed upon; the document
in which such an agreement is set down; a contract
or an agreement; a pact; a compact
Torquemada, Tomás
de (1420-1498), Spanish monk and grand inquisitor, known for his
ruthless
administration of the Inquisition
1420-1498. A Spanish Dominican monk who was appointed grand inquisitor
for all Spain in 1487. Under his authority, thousands of Protestants, Jews,
suspected
witches and others were killed or tortured during the Spanish Inquisition.
Torquemada used the Inquisition for the next 11 years to investigate and
punish Marranos (insincerely converted Jews) and Moors (a mixture of people,
mostly derived from Arabs and Berbers
inhabiting northern Africa), apostates
and others on an unprecedented scale. Torture was used to gain evidence
of a wide range of offenses. About 2000 people were burned at the stake
during Torquemada's term of office. He also supported the expulsion of
the Jews from Spain in 1492.Microsoft®
Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All
rights reserved.
turbid.adjective
having sediment or foreign particles stirred up
or suspended; muddy (turbid water); heavy, dark or dense, as smoke or fog;
in a state of turmoil; muddled
(turbid feelings)
turbidly.adverb
turbidness or turbidiy.noun
trivium.noun,.plural.trivia
the lower division of the seven liberal
arts in medieval
schools, consisting of grammar, logic
and rhetoric;
compare quadrivium
trivia.plural.noun
insignificant or inessential matters; trifles
trivial.adjective
of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace;
concerned with or involving trivia; of, relating to or being the simplest
possible case; self evident
trivially.adverb
triviality.noun,.plural-trivialities
the quality or condition of being trivial; something
trivial
trivialize,
trivialized,
trivializing,
trivializes.transitive
verbs
to reduce to triviality
trivialization.noun
traditor.noun,.plural.traditores
one of the early Christians who betrayed
fellow Christians during persecutions such as the Roman persecution
tension.noun,.plural.tensions
the act or process of stretching something tight;
the condition of so being stretched; tautness;
a force tending
to stretch or elongate
something; a measure of such a force (a tension on the cable of 50 pounds;
a high tension bridge using suspended cables as the Golden Gate bridge
in San Francisco, California); the interplay of conflicting elements in
a piece of literature or a movie or poem; mental, emotional or nervous
strain
(working under great tension to meet a deadline);
a strained relationship between people or groups; uneasy suspense (a comic
scene that relieved the tension of the drama); a device for regulating
tautness, especially a device that controls the tautness of thread on a
sewing machine or loom); electrical voltage or potential; electromotive
force
tension, tensioned,
tensioning,
tensions.transitive
verbs
to subject to tension; to tighten
tensional.adjective
tensile.adjective
of or relating to tension;
capable of being stretched or
extended; ductile
tensility.noun,.plural.tensilities
tribute.noun,.plural.tributes
a tribute is something that you say, do or make
to show your admiration and respect for someone (the song is a tribute
to Roy Orbison; he paid tribute to all the mothers who helped with the
children throughout the year); a tribute can also be something given by
a feudal.vassal
to an overlord in appreciation for land use and its protection; if a tribute
is that of a tax, it is forced compliance;
a payment in money or other valuables
made by one man to another or to one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment
of some good things provided; such payment; a gift, payment, declaration
or other acknowledgment
of gratitude,
respect
or
admiration
(put up a plaque
as a tribute to his generosity);
evidence.attesting
to some praiseworthy quality
or characteristic
(her home is a tribute to her good taste)
tributary.adjective
tributary is gifts; contributory
(paid vegetables in tribute to workers who helped with the harvesting of
them); a tributary is also a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake;
making additions or yielding
supplies (the sunroom is tributary to the house)
tributary.noun,.plural.tributaries
a stream that flows into a larger stream or other
body of water
tremendous.adjective
extremely
large in amount, extent
or degree;
enormous
(building the Panama Canal was a tremendous task); marvelous;
wonderful
(had a tremendous night at the theater last night)
tremendously.adverb
tremendousness.noun
threat.noun,.plural.threats
an expression
of an intention
to inflict
pain, injury, evil or punishment; an indication
of impending
danger or harm;
one that is regarded
as a possible.danger
threat, threated,
threating,
threats.transitive
verbs
to threaten
threaten, threatened,
threatening,
threatens.verbs
transitive verb use-to
express
a threat against; to intimidate;
to be a source of danger to; to give signs or warning of (the sky threated
to rain); portend;
to announce the possibility of in a threat
intransitive verb use-to
express or use threats; to indicate danger or harm
threateningly.adverb
threatener.noun,.plural.threateners
transfigure, transfigured,
transfiguring,
transfigures.transitive
verbs
to alter
the outward appearance of; transform;
convert;
to exalt
or glorify
transfigurement.noun
transfiguration.noun
a change in form or appearance; metamorphosis;
an exalting, glorifying or spiritual change; the act of transfiguring;
the
state
of being transfigured; the supernatural
and glorified change in the appearance of Emmanuel on the mountain:.Matthew
17:1-9
thrift.noun
wise economy
in the management of money and other resources; frugality
thrifty, triftier,
triftiest.adjectives
practicing or marked
by the practice
of thrift; wisely economical
thriftily.adverb
thriftiness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
trend.noun,.plural.trends
a change or development towards something new
or different (a growing trend towards free energy development); the general
direction in which something tends
to move; a general tendency
or inclination;
current
style; vogue
(the latest trend in fashion)
trend, trended,
trending,
trends.intransitive
verbs
to extend,
incline
or veer
in a specified
direction (the prevailing
wind trends east-northeast); to show a general tendency;
tend
trendy, trendier,
trendiest.adjectives
of.orin
accord
with the latest fad
or fashion
(some trendy clothes need to be fashionable attire)
trendy.noun,.plural.trendies
one who is drawn.to
and represents
the latest trends (she's always the first
to change her wardrobe)
trendily.adverb
trendiness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
train, trained,
training,
trains.verbs
transitive verb use-to
coach in or accustom
to a mode
of behavior or performance; to make proficient
with specialized instruction and practice; teach; to cause a plant or one's
hair to take a desired course or shape, as by manipulating
intransitive verb use-to
give or undergo a course of training (trained daily for the marathon);
to travel by railroad train
trainable.adjective
trainability.noun,.plural.trainabilities
train.noun,.plural.trains
a series of connected railroad cars pulled or
pushed by one or more locomotives; a long line of moving people, animals
or vehicles; a part of a gown that trails behind the wearer; an orderly
succession of related events or thoughts; a sequence;
series;
a set of linked mechanical parts (a train of gears)
trek, trekked,
trekking,
treks.intransitive
verbs
to make a slow or arduous
journey; to journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas
trek.noun,.plural.treks
a journey or leg of a journey, especially when
slow or difficult
trekker.noun,.plural.trekkers
therewith.adverb
with that, this or it; in addition to that
tram.noun
a cable car, especially one suspended from an
overhead cable; a streetcar; a streetcar line; a four-wheeled, open, box-shaped
wagon or iron car run on tracks in a coal mine
tram, trammed,
tramming,
trams.transitive
verbs
to move or convey
in a tram; to adjust or align mechanical parts with a trammel; a heavy
silk thread used for the weft or cross
threads, in fine velvet or silk
tram.noun
an instrument for gauging and adjusting machine
parts; a trammel; accurate mechanical adjustment (the device is in tram)
trammel.noun
something that restricts activity, expression
or progress;
a restraint;
a shackle
used to teach a horse to amble;
a vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed
net between two nets of coarse mesh; an instrument for describing ellipses;
an instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram;
an arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering
a kettle
trammel, trammeled,
trammeling
, trammels.transitive
verbs
to enmesh
in or as if in a fishing net; hamper;
to hinder
the activity or free movement of
trammeler.noun
trample, trampled,
trampling,
tramples.verbs
transitive verb use.to
beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise or destroy; tramp
on; to treat harshly or ruthlessly (would trample anyone who got in their
way)
intransitive verb use.to
tread heavily or destructively (trampling on the flowers); to inflict
injury as if by treading heavily
(she finally got away from trampling on the feelings of others)
trample.noun
the action or sound of trampling
trampler.noun,.plural.tramplers
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