Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 30
Going (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Go.
Go (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
Go (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. "Whereso I go or ride." -- Chaucer.
You know that love Will creep in service where it can not go. -- Shak.
Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. -- Shak.
He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. -- Bunyan.
Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.
Go (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. -- 1 Sa. xvii. 12.
[The money] should go according to its true value. -- Locke.
Go (v. i.) To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
How goes the night, boy ? -- Shak.
I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. -- Arbuthnot.
Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. -- I Watts.
Go (v. i.) To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.
Against right reason all your counsels go. -- Dryden.
To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. -- Sir W. Scott.
Go (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.
Go (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. -- South.
Go (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that it may find Good time, and live. -- Shak.
Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away. -- Ex. viii. 28.
Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
By Saint George, he's gone!
That spear wound hath our master sped. -- Sir W. Scott.
Go (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. -- Dryden.
Go (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc.
Go to, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical.
To go a-begging, Not to be in demand; to be undesired.
To go about. (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. "They went about to slay him." -- Acts ix. 29.
They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. -- Swift.
To go about. (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.
To go abraod. (a) To go to a foreign country.
To go abraod. (b) To go out of doors.
To go abraod. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current.
Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. -- John xxi. 23.
To go against. (a) To march against; to attack.
To go against. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to.
To go ahead. (a) To go in advance.
To go ahead. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.
To go and come. See To come and go, under Come.
To go aside. (a) To withdraw; to retire.
He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. -- Luke. ix. 10.
To go aside. (b) To go from what is right; to err. -- Num. v. 29.
To go back on. (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps).
To go back on. (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.]
To go below (Naut), to go below deck.
To go between, To interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander.
To go beyond. See under Beyond.
To go by, To pass away unnoticed; to omit.
To go by the board (Naut.), To fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board.
To go down. (a) To descend.
To go down. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down.
To go down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.
To go down. (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.]
Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. -- L' Estrange.
To go far. (a) To go to a distance.
To go far. (b) To have much weight or influence.
To go for. (a) To go in quest of.
To go for. (b) To represent; to pass for.
To go for. (c) To favor; to advocate.
To go for. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low]
To go for. (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price).
To go for nothing, To be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing.
To go forth. (a) To depart from a place.
To go forth. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. -- Micah iv. 2.
To go hard with, To trouble, pain, or endanger.
To go in, To engage in; to take part. [Colloq.]
To go in and out, To do the business of life; to live; to have free access. -- John x. 9.
To go in for. [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.).
To go in for. (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.)
To go in for. (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.).
To go in for. (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. -- Dickens.
To go in to or To go in unto. (a) To enter the presence of. -- Esther iv. 16.
To go in to or To go in unto. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.]
To go into. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.).
To go into. (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.).
To go large. (Naut) See under Large.
To go off. (a) To go away; to depart.
The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. -- Shak.
To go off. (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off.
To go off. (c) To die. -- Shak.
To go off. (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc.
To go off. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.
To go off. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
The wedding went off much as such affairs do. -- Mrs. Caskell.
To go on. (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to go on reading.
To go on. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will not go on.
To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point.
It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. -- Macaulay.
To go out. (a) To issue forth from a place.
To go out. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
There are other men fitter to go out than I. -- Shak.
What went ye out for to see ? -- Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.
To go out. (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc.
To go out. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out.
Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. -- Addison.
To go over. (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides.
I must not go over Jordan. -- Deut. iv. 22.
Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. -- Deut. iii. 25.
Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. -- Jer. xli. 10.
To go over. (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts.
If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. -- Tillotson.
To go over. (c) To transcend; to surpass.
To go over. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session.
To go over. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose.
To go through. (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work.
To go through. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness.
To go through. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune.
To go through. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]
To go through. (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.]
To go through with, To perform, as a calculation, to the
end; to complete.
To go to ground. (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox.
To go to ground. (b) To fall in battle.
To go to naught (Colloq.), To prove abortive, or unavailling.
To go under. (a) To set; -- said of the sun.
To go under. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.).
To go under. (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb.
To go up, To come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang]
To go upon, To act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis.
To go with. (a) To accompany.
To go with. (b) To coincide or agree with.
To go
with. (c) To
suit; to harmonize with.
To go well with, To go ill with, To go hard with, to affect
(one) in such manner.
To go without, To be, or to remain, destitute of.
To go wrong. (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray.
To go wrong. (b) To depart from virtue.
To go wrong. (c) To happen unfortunately; to unexpectedly cause a mishap or failure.
To go wrong. (d) To miss success; to fail.
To let go, To allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release.
Go (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
They to go equal shares in the booty. -- L'Estrange.
Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
To go halves, To share with another equally.
To go it, To behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]
To go it alone (Card Playing), To play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.
To go one's way, To set forth; to depart.
Go (n.) Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
So gracious were the goes of marriage. -- Marston.
Go (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
This is a pretty go. -- Dickens.
Go (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
Go (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
Go (n.) A glass of spirits. [Slang]
Go (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
Go (n.) (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
Go (n.) Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement. "Well," said Fleming, "is it a go?" -- Bret Harte.
Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.]
No go, A failure; a fiasco. [Slang] -- Thackeray.
On the go, Moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
All fours, () All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), To be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." -- Macaulay.
Go (a.) Functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go" [ant: no-go].
Go (n.) A time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go, spell, tour, turn].
Go (n.) Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam, ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug drug].
Go (n.) A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer].
Go (n.) A board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters [syn: go, go game].
Go (v.) Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: travel, go, move, locomote] [ant: stay in place].
Go (v.) Follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move].
Go (v.) Move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn: go, go away, depart] [ant: come, come up].
Go (v.) Enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: become, go, get].
Go (v.) Be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes".
Go (v.) Have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: run, go].
Go (v.) Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend].
Go (v.) Follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" [syn: proceed, go].
Go (v.) Be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge".
Go (v.) Be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day".
Go (v.) Make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" [syn: sound, go].
Go (v.) Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function, work, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction, misfunction].
Go (v.) To be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" [syn: run low, run short, go].
Go (v.) Progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run].
Go (v.) Continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out].
Go (v.) Pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call".
Go (v.) Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer";
"The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born].
Go (v.) Be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" [syn: belong, go].
Go (v.) Be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go".
Go (v.) Begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" [syn: start, go, get going] [ant: halt, stop].
Go (v.) Have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" [syn: move, go].
Go (v.) Be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
Go (v.) Be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
Go (v.) Blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn: blend, go, blend in].
Go (v.) Lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South" [syn: go, lead].
Go (v.) Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" [syn: fit, go].
Go (v.) Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" [syn: rifle, go].
Go (v.) Be spent; "All my money went for food and rent".
Go (v.) Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [syn: plump, go].
Go (v.) Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down].
Go, () A thinking game with an oriental origin estimated to be around 4000 years old. Nowadays, the game is played by millions of people in (most notably) China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. In the Western world the game is practiced by a yearly increasing number of players. On the Internet Go players meet, play and talk 24 hours/ day on the Internet
Go Server (IGS). Usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.go. (1995-03-17)
Goa (n.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.
Goad (n.) [C] （驅趕家畜用的）刺棒；刺激物；刺激；激勵 A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.
The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. -- Macaulay.
Goaded (imp. & p. p.) of Goad.
Goading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goad.
Goad (v. t.) 刺激；驅使；唆使 [（+into/ to/ on）] [O2]；驅趕（家畜） To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
That temptation that doth goad us on. -- Shak.
Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
Goad (n.) A pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad].
Goad (n.) A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring].
Goad (v.) Give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad].
Goad (v.) Urge with or as if with a goad.
Goad (v.) Stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad, prick].
Goad (v.) Goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad].
Goad (n.) (Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), An instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon.
It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think".
In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used, _dorban_, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.
Goafs (n. pl. ) of Goaf.
Goaves (n. pl. ) of Goaf.
Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob.
Goal (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.
Goal (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.
Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
Goar (n.) Same as lst Gore.
Goarish (a.) Patched; mean.
Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
Goatee (n.) A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
Goatfish (n.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
Goatherd (n.) One who tends goats.
Goatish (a.) Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
Goatlike (a.) Like a goat; goatish.
Goatskin (n.) The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.
Goatskin (a.) Made of the skin of a goat.
Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.
Goaves (n.) Old workings. See Goaf.
Gob (n.) Same as Goaf.
Gob (n.) A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
Gob (n.) The mouth.
Gobbet (n.) A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.
Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Gobbetly (adv.) In pieces.
Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
Gobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gobble.
Gobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gobble.
Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
Gobble (v. i.) To eat greedily.
Gobble (v. i.) （火雞）咯咯地叫 To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. -- Prior.
Gobble (n.) 火雞的叫聲 [C] A noise made in the throat.
Gobbler (n.) A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
Gobelin (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.
Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.
Gobet (n.) See Gobbet.
Go-between (n.) An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.
Gobioid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.
Gobioid (n.) A gobioid fish.
Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
Goblin (n.) （醜陋的）小妖精 [C] An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. -- Milton.
Goblin (n.) (Folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings [syn: {goblin}, {hob}, {hobgoblin}].
Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Goblinize (v. t.) To transform into a goblin.
Gobies (n. pl. ) of Goby.
Goby (n.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
Gocart (n.) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.
God (a. & n.) Good.
God (n.) （大寫）上帝，造物主；男神 [C]；神像 [C]；【英】【口】（劇院的）頂層樓座的觀眾 [the P] A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
God (n.) The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God (n.) A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
God (v. t.) To treat as a god; to idolize.
Godchild (n.) （天主教）教子；教女 One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.
Goddaughter (n.) （天主教）教女 A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
Goddess (n.) A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.
Goddess (n.) A woman of superior charms or excellence.
Gode (a. & n.) Good.
Godelich (a.) Goodly.
Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] -- Burke. god"fear`ing,
Godfather (n.) 教父 [C] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. Correlative of godmother.
There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. -- Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).
Godfather (n.) Any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism.
Godfather (n.) Someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild.
God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.
Syn: devout, pious.
A brave god-fearing man. -- Tennyson.
A god-fearing and law-abiding people. -- H. L. Mencken godforsaken
God-fearing (a.) Deeply religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H.L.Mencken [syn: devout, god-fearing].
Godhead (n.) 神性；神格 Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
Godhead (n.) The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.
The imperial throne Of Godhead, fixed for ever. -- Milton.
Godhead (n.) A god or goddess; a divinity. [Obs.]
Adoring first the genius of the place, The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown. -- Dryden.
Godhead (n.) Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah].
Godhead, () (Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9), the essential being or the nature of God.
Godhood (n.) 神性；神格 Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
Godild () A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. -- Shak.
Godless (a.) 不信神的；邪惡的；無神論者的；不敬神的 Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. -- God"less*ly, adv. -- God"less*ness, n.
Godlessness (n.) The doctrine or belief that there is no God [syn: atheism, godlessness] [ant: theism].
Godlessness (n.) Impiety by virtue of not being a godly person [syn: ungodliness, godlessness] [ant: godliness].
Godlessness (n.) [U] 不信神；無宗教信仰 The state of not believing in God or gods.
// The immorality and godlessness of our society and culture.
// Their leaders deplored a growing godlessness in the public sphere.
Godlike (a.) 上帝般的；神聖的，莊嚴的 Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.
Godlike (a.) Appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers" -- R. H. Roveref [syn: divine, godlike].
Godlike (a.) Being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers" -- J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create" -- J.G.Saxe [syn: divine, godlike].
Godlily (adv.) Righteously. -- H. Wharton.
Godliness (n.) 神聖；虔信，虔敬 [U] Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.
Godliness is profitable unto all things. -- 1 Tim. iv. 8.
Godliness (n.) Piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant: godlessness, ungodliness].