Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 134
Couch (v. t.) (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract.
To couch a spear or To couch a lance, To lower to the position of attack; to place in rest.
He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. -- Sir W. Scott.
To couch malt, To spread malt on a floor. -- Mortimer.
Couch (n.) [C] 長沙發；睡椅；【文】床，臥榻 A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.
Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? -- Shak.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. -- Bryant.
Couch (n.) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.
Couch (n.) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.
Couch (n.) (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.
Couch (v. i.) 躺著；蹲著；埋伏 To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.
Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. -- Shak.
If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. -- Shak.
Couch (v. i.) To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. -- Shak.
The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. -- I. Taylor.
Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]
An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. -- Spenser.
Compare: Coach
Coach (n.) 【美】巴士，公車；【英】長途公車；（普通）旅客車廂；（舊時的）四輪大馬車，公共馬車；（運動隊的）教練；（協助應付考試的）家庭教師 A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
Coach (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination. [Colloq.]
Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. -- G. Eliot.
Coach (n.) (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.]
The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. -- Pepys.
Coach (n.) (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
Coach (n.) One who coaches; specif. (sports), a trainer; one who assists in training individual athletes or the members of a sports team, or who performs other ancillary functions in sports; as, a third base coach.
Couch (n.) An upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa, couch, lounge].
Couch (n.) A flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer.
Couch (n.) A narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment.
Couch (v.) Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch].
Couch () (Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See BED.)
Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose. [R.]
Couchant (a.) Lying down with head erect; squatting.
Couchant (a.) (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast.
Couchant and levant (Law), Rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. -- Blackstone.
Couchant (a.) Lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward.
Couchant, () Lying down. Animals are said to have been levant and couchant, when they have been upon another person's land, damage feasant, one night at least. 3 Bl. Com. 9.
Couche (a.) (Her.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon.
Couche (a.) (Her.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.
Couched (a.) (Her.) Same as couché.
Couchee (n.) （通常由貴族或王室舉辦的）夜晚招待會 <古> A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. -- Bp. Burnet.
Couchee (n.) (pl. - s) A reception given late in the evening especially by royalty or nobility.
Coucher (n.) One who couches.
Coucher (n.) (Paper Manuf.) One who couches paper.
Coucher (n.) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. -- Blount.
Coucher (n.) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. [Obs.] -- Cowell.
Compare: Quitch grass
Quitch grass () (Bot.) A perennial grass ({Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quack grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.
Couch grass () (Bot.) See Quitch grass.
Couching (n.) (Med.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.
Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.
Couchless (a.) Having no couch or bed.
Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
Compare: Puma
Puma (n.) (Zool.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also catamount, cougar, American lion, mountain lion, and panther or painter.
Cougar (n.) (Zool.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}.
Cougar (n.) Large American feline resembling a lion [syn: {cougar}, {puma}, {catamount}, {mountain lion}, {painter}, {panther}, {Felis concolor}].
Cougar, () A former (development) name for the W3C's HTML 4 standard. (2001-02-06)
Coughed (imp. & p. p.) of Cough.
Coughing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cough.
Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.
Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.
Cough (v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.
{To cough down}, To silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.
Cough (n.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.
Cough (n.) The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease.
{Stomach cough}, {Ear cough}, Cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear.
Cough (n.) A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis [syn: {cough}, {coughing}].
Cough (v.) Exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day".
Cougher (n.) One who coughs.
Couhage (n.) (Bot.) See Cowhage.
Compare: Cowhage
Cowhage (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[ae] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]
Could (imp. of Can) Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.
Compare: Can
Can (v. t. & i.)
Note: [The transitive use is obsolete.] [imp. Could.] [OE. cunnen, cannen (1st sing. pres. I can), to know, know how, be able, AS. cunnan, 1st sing. pres. ic cann or can, pl. cunnon, 1st sing. imp. c[=u][eth]e (for cun[eth]e); p. p. c[=u][eth] (for cun[eth]); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. k["o]nnen, Icel. kunna, Goth. Kunnan, and E. ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned, and hence I know, know how. [root] 45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]
Can (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand. [Obs.]
I can rimes of Robin Hood. -- Piers Plowman.
I can no Latin, quod she. -- Piers Plowman.
Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. -- Shak.
Can (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.]
The will of Him who all things can. -- Milton.
For what, alas, can these my single arms? -- Shak.
M[ae]c[ae]nas and Agrippa, who can most with C[ae]sar. -- Beau. & Fl.
Can (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Syn: Can but, Can not but. It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, "I can but perish if I go," "But" means only, and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. "We can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard." he referred to a moral constraint or necessity which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, "I can not help it." Thus we say. "I can not but hope," "I can not but believe," "I can not but think," "I can not but remark," etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but.
Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque -- De Quincey.
Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer. -- Dickens.
Coulee (n.) A stream.
Coulee (n.) (Geol.) A stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a can, which has precipitous sides.
Coulisse (n.) A fluting in a sword blade.
Coulisse (n.) The outside stock exchange, or "curb market," of Paris. [French Use]
Coulisse (n.) A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.
Coulisse (n.) One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.
Coulisse (n.) A flat situated in the wings [syn: coulisse, wing flat].
Coulisse (n.) A timber member grooved to take a sliding panel.
Couloir (n.) A deep gorge; a gully.
Couloir (n.) (Hydraul. Engin.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.
Coulomb (n.) (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second. Formerly called weber.
Coulomb (n.) A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: coulomb, C, ampere-second].
Coulomb (n.) French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806) [syn: Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb].
Compare: Colter
Colter (n.) A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also coulter.]
Coulter (n.) Same as Colter.
Coulter (n.) A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil [syn: colter, coulter].
Coulter, () (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.
Coulter, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 262
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16815
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.734311 N, 93.369173 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Coulter, IA
Coulter
Compare: Puffin
Puffin (n.) (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot.
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin ({Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin ({Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
Manx puffin, The Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
Puffin (n.) (Bot.) The puffball.
Puffin (n.) A sort of apple. [Obs.] -- Rider's Dict. (1640).
Coulterneb (n.) (Zool.) The puffin.
Coumaric (a.) Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana.
Coumaric acid (Chem.), One of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artificially.
Coumarin (n.) (Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.
Council (n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.
An old lord of the council rated me the other day. -- Shak.
Council (n.) Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. -- Milton.
O great
in action and in council wise. -- Pope.
Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, The legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, The table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation.
Council chamber, The room or apartment in which a council meets.
Council fire, The ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Council of war, An assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), An assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, A body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, The upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.
Council (n.) A body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council".
Council (n.) (Christianity) An assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine.
Council (n.) A meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council".
Council, () Spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (Acts 25:12).
The Jewish councils were the Sanhedrim, or supreme council of the nation, which had subordinate to it smaller tribunals (the "judgment," perhaps, in Matt. 5:21, 22) in the cities of Palestine (Matt. 10:17; Mark 13:9). In the time of Christ the functions of the Sanhedrim were limited (John 16:2; 2 Cor. 11:24). In Ps. 68:27 the word "council" means simply a company of persons. (R.V. marg., "company.")
In ecclesiastical history the word is used to denote an assembly of pastors or bishops for the discussion and regulation of church affairs. The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15.
Council, () Legislation. This word signifies an assembly.
Council, () It was used among the Romans to express the meeting of only a part of the people, and that the most respectable, in opposition to the assemblies of the whole people.
Council, () It is now usually applied to the legislative bodies of cities and boroughs.
Council, () In some states, as in Massachusetts, a body of men called the council, are elected, whose duties are to advise the governor in the executive part of the government. Const. of Mass. part 2, c. 2, s. 3, art. 1 and 2. See 14 Mass. 470; 3 Pick. 517; 4 Pick. 25 19 John. R. 58. In England, the king's council are the king's judges of his courts of justice. 3 Inst. 125; 1 Bl. Com. 229.
Council, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 816
Housing Units (2000): 425
Land area (2000): 0.727606 sq. miles (1.884490 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.727606 sq. miles (1.884490 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18820
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 44.730083 N, 116.436213 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83612
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Council, ID
Council
Council (n.) [ C, + sing/ pl verb ] 委員會；理事會 A group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization.
// The United Nations Security Council.
// This play is supported by a grant from the local arts council.
Council (n.) (B2) （地區、鎮、市的）政務委員會；地方議會 The group of people elected to govern a particular area, town, or city, and organize services for it.
// Edinburgh City Council.
// The town/ city council is/are responsible for keeping the streets clean.
// (UK) The local council has/have decided not to allocate funds for the project.
Councilist (n.) One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.]
I will in three months be an expert counsilist. -- Milton.
Councilmen (n. pl. ) of Councilman.
Councilman (n.) A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.
Councilman (n.) A man who is a council member.
Councilor (n.) 議員；評議員；顧問；參事 A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed. Councilorship.
Co-une (v. t.) To combine or unite. [Obs.] "Co-uned together." -- Feltham.
Co-unite (v. t.) To unite. [Obs.]
Co-unite (a.) United closely with another. [Obs.]
Counsel (n.) 商議，審議 [U]；忠告，勸告 [U]；計畫，決策 Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.
All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. -- Matt. xxvii. 1.
Counsel (n.) Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.
They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. -- Hooker.
Counsel (n.) Result of consultation; advice; instruction.
I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. --Shak.
It was ill counsel had misled the girl. -- Tennyson.
Counsel (n.) Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. -- Ps. xxxiii. 11.
The counsels of the wicked are deceit. -- Prov. xii. 5.
Counsel (n.) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. -- Gower.
Counsel (n.) One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.
The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. -- Macaulay.
Note: In some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See {Attorney}. -- Kent.
{In counsel}, In secret. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
{To keep counsel}, or {To keep one's own counsel}, To keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.
The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. -- Shak.
Syn: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.
Counseled (imp. & p. p.) of Counsel.
Counselled () of Counsel.
Counseling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counsel.
Counselling () of Counsel.
Counsel (v. t.) 勸告，忠告；提議 [（+on）] [O2] To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. -- Shak.
Counsel (v. t.) To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
They who counsel war. -- Milton.
Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. -- Milton.
Counsel (n.) A lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: {advocate}, {counsel}, {counselor}, {counsellor}, {counselor-at-law}, {pleader}].
Counsel (n.) Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: {guidance}, {counsel}, {counseling}, {counselling}, {direction}].
Counsel (v.) Give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: {rede}, {advise}, {counsel}].
Counsel (v.) Advice given to another as to what he ought to do or not to do.
Counsel (v.) To counsel another to do an unlawful act, is to become accessory to it, if it be a felony, or principal, if it be treason, or a misdemeanor. By the term counsel is also understood counsellor at law. Vide To open; Opening.
Counsel (n.) An officer of court. One who undertakes to conduct suits and actions in court. The same as counsellor.
Counsel (n.) Practice, crim. law. In the oath of the grand jurors, there is a provision requiring them to keep secret "the commonwealth's counsel, their fellows, and their own." In this sense this word is synonymous with knowledge; therefore, all the knowledge acquired by grand jurors, in consequence of their office, either from the officers of the commonwealth, from their fellow jurors, or which they have obtained in any manner, in relation to cases which come officially before them, must be kept secret. See Grand Jury.
Counsel (v.) [ T ] (-ll- or US usually -l-) （尤指對社會或個人問題）建議，勸告，忠告 To give advice, especially on social or personal problems.
// The police have provided experts to counsel local people affected by the tragedy.
// My job involves counselling unemployed people on/ about how to find work.
Counsel (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 建議；勸告；忠告 Advice.
// I should have listened to my father's wise counsel, and saved some money instead of spending it all.
Counsel (n.) (C2) [ S ] (Specialized) (Law) （參與案件的）律師 One or more of the lawyers taking part in a legal case.
// The judge addressed counsel.
// Counsel for the defence (= the lawyer giving advice to the accused person) argued convincingly that his client was not guilty.
Idiom:
Keep your own counsel 不透露自己的意見；不發表自己的觀點 To not say what your opinions are.
// I'd love to know what Anna thinks, but she always keeps her own counsel.
Counselable (a.) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [R.]
Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. -- Clarendon.
Counselable (a.) Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [Obs.]
He did not believe it counselable. -- Clarendon.
Counselling (n.) [ U ] (Mainly UK) (US usually counseling) (C2) 諮詢；輔導；諮詢服務 The job or process of listening to someone and giving that person advice about their problems.
// A counselling service.
Counselor (n.) [C] 顧問，參事 [（+to）]；（協助學生解決問題的）指導老師；【律】律師 One who counsels; an adviser.
Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? -- Shak.
Counselor (n.) A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]
Note: [See under Consilor.]
Counselor (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
Syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law; attorney.
Good counselors lack no clients. -- Shak.
Counselor (n.) Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp.
Counselor (n.) Someone who gives advice about problems [syn: counselor, counsellor].
Counselor (n.) Someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp [syn: counselor, counsellor].
Counselor (n.) A lawyer who pleads cases in court [syn: advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader].
Counselorship (n.) 顧問；參事之職 The function and rank or office of a counselor. -- Bacon.
Counselorship (n.) The position of counselor [syn: counselorship, counsellorship].
Counted (imp. & p. p.) of Count
Counting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Count
Count (v. t.) To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.
Who can count the dust of Jacob? -- Num. xxiii. 10.
In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. -- Macaulay.
Count (v. t.) To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.
Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. -- Rom. iv. 3.
Count (v. t.) To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.
I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. -- Shak.
To count out. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon.
To count out. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
To count out. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.]
Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.
Count (v. i.) To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.
This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. -- J. A. Symonds.
Count (v. i.) To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.
He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. -- Macaulay.
I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. -- Swift.
Count (v. i.) To take account or note; -- with of. [Obs.] "No man counts of her beauty." -- Shak.
Count (v. i.) (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. -- Burrill.
Count (n.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.
Of blessed saints for to increase the count. -- Spenser.
By this count, I shall be much in years. -- Shak.
Count (n.) An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] "All his care and count." -- S penser.
Count (n.) (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. -- Wharton.
Note: In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. -- Bouvier. Wharton.
Count (n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
Note: Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. -- Brande & C.
Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County.
Count palatine. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]
Count (n.) The total number counted; "a blood count".
Count (n.) The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally].
Count (n.) A nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl.
Count (v.) Determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" [syn: count, number, enumerate, numerate].
Count (v.) Have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: count, matter, weigh].
Count (v.) Show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh].
Count (v.) Name or recite the numbers in ascending order; "The toddler could count to 100".
Count (v.) Put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" [syn: count, number].
Count (v.) Include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition".
Count (v.) Have a certain value or carry a certain weight; "each answer counts as three points".
Count (v.) Have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon].
Count (v.) Take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon, count].
Count, () One of the built-in aggregate functions in relational database systems, that returns the number of rows in a result. The argument to the function is nearly always "*", e.g.
Select count (*) FROM books which returns the number of rows in the "books" table. If, instead, we say
Select count (publisher) FROM books then only rows with a non-{null value in the "publisher" column will be counted. (2010-09-26)
Count, () pleading. This word, derived from the French conte, a narrative, is in our old law books used synonymously with declaration but practice has introduced the following distinction: when the plaintiff's complaint embraces only a single cause of action, and he makes only one statement of it, that statement is called, indifferently, a declaration or count; though the former is the more usual term.
Count, () But when the suit embraces two or more causes of action, (each of which of course requires a different statement;) or when the plaintiff makes two or more different statements of one and the same cause of action, each several statement is called a count, and all of them, collectively, constitute the declaration.
Count, () In all cases, however, in which there are two or more counts, whether there is actually but one cause of action or several, each count purports, upon the face of it, to disclose a distinct right of action, unconnected with that stated in any of the other counts.
Count, () One object proposed, in inserting two or more counts in one declaration, when there is in fact but one cause of action, is, in some cases, to guard against the danger of an insufficient statement of the cause, where a doubt exists as to the legal sufficiency of one or another of two different modes of declaring; but the more usual end proposed in inserting more than one count in such case, is to accommodate the statement to the cause, as far as may be, to the possible state of the proof to be exhibited on trial; or to guard, if possible, against the hazard of the proofs varying materially from the statement of the cause of action; so that if one or more or several counts be not adapted to the evidence, some other of them may be so. Gould on Pl. c. 4, s. 2, 3, 4; Steph. Pl. 279; Doct. Pl. 1 78; 8 Com. Dig. 291; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. In real actions, the declaration is most usually called a count. Steph. Pl. 36, See Common count; Money count.
Countable (a.) Capable of being numbered.
Countable (a.) That can be counted; "countable sins"; "numerable assets" [syn: countable, denumerable, enumerable, numerable].
Countable
Countably many
Uncountable, () A term describing a set which is isomorphic to a subet of the natural numbers. A countable set has "countably many" elements. If the isomorphism is stated explicitly then the set is called "a counted set" or "an enumeration".
Examples of countable sets are any finite set, the natural numbers, integers, and rational numbers. The real numbers and complex numbers are not [proof?]. (1999-08-29)
Countdown (n.) 倒數 Counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle).
Compare: Arbitrary
Arbitrary (a.) (Chance) (C2) 任意的；隨機的；隨心所欲的 Based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason.
// Arbitrary decision-making.
// Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?
Arbitrary (a.) (Unfair) (Disapproving) 專斷的；武斷的；霸道的 Using unlimited personal power without considering other people's wishes.
// An arbitrary ruler.
// The company has been the subject of an arbitrary take-over.
Compare: Indicate
Indicate (v.) (Show) (B2) [ T ] 標示；表明；顯示 To show, point, or make clear in another way.
// Exploratory investigations have indicated large amounts of oil below the sea bed.
// [ + question word ] Please indicate which free gift you would like to receive.
// [ + (that) ] She indicated to me (that) she didn't want me to say anything.
Indicate (v.) (Signal) [ I or T ] (UK) 打方向燈指示（車行方向） To show other road users that you intend to turn left or right when you are driving a vehicle.
Indicate (v.) (Signal) [ T ] 標示，顯示 When a device indicates a value or change, it signals it.
// The gauge indicates a temperature below freezing.
Indicate (v.) (Suggest) (Specialized) (Medical) [ T ] 建議；顯示；暗示 To suggest something as being suitable.
// Antihistamine is indicated for this patient as a treatment for her allergies.
// (Humorous) I'm so hot and tired - I think a long cool drink is indicated!
Countdown (n.) [ C ] 倒數 The act of counting backwards to zero.
// The countdown to the rocket launch will begin at 9.00 a.m.
Countdown (n.) [ S ] 倒數階段 A short period of time leading to an important event.
// The countdown to the election has already begun.
Counterterrorism (n.) [ U ] 以恐怖反恐怖主義，報復性恐怖主義 Action intended to prevent violence for political purposes.
// The city has fewer than 50 officers assigned to counterterrorism.
// Counterterrorism experts concede that the threat is real.
Countenance (n.) 面容，臉色；表情 [C]；贊同；支持，鼓勵 [U]；冷靜，鎮定 [U] [S] Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.
So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. -- Milton.
Countenance (n.) The face; the features.
In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. -- Shak.
Countenance (n.) Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.
Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance. -- Ps. xxi. 6.
This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice. -- Atterbury.
Countenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.]
The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. -- Ascham.
In countenance, In an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." -- Addison.
Out of countenance, Not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." -- Clarendon.
To keep the countenance, To preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. -- Swift.
Countenanced (imp. & p. p.) of Countenance.
Countenancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countenance.
Countenance (v. t.) 贊同；支持，鼓勵 [+v-ing] [O4] To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. -- Sir T. Browne.
Error supports custom, custom countenances error. -- Milton.
Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.]
Which to these ladies love did countenance. -- Spenser.
Countenance (n.) The appearance conveyed by a person's face; "a pleasant countenance"; "a stern visage" [syn: countenance, visage].
Countenance (n.) Formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur].
Countenance (n.) The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British) [syn: countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug].
Countenance (v.) Consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto].
Countenancer (n.) One who countenances, favors, or supports.
Counter- Note: [See Counter, adv. ] A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
Counter (n.) One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
Counter (n.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as counters reckon the days of the week. -- E. B. Tylor.
What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it without counters. -- Shak.