Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter T - Page 29
-nies (n. pl. ) of Theophany.
Theophany (n.) 【宗】聖靈顯現；（神的）顯靈 A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
Theophany (n.) A visible (but not necessarily material) manifestation of a deity to a human person.
Theophilanthropic (a.) Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
Theophilanthropism (n.) The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
Theophilanthropist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A
member of a deistical society established at
Theophilanthropy (n.) Theophilanthropism. -- Macaulay.
Theophilosophic (a.) Combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.
Theopneusted (a.) Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]
Theopneustic (a.) Given by the inspiration of the Spirit of God.
Theopneusty (n.) Divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the Divine Spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.
Theorbist (n.) (Mus.) One who plays on a theorbo.
Theorbo (n.) (Mus.) An instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.
Note: A larger form of theorbo was also called the archlute, and was used chiefly, if not only, as an accompaniment to the voice. Both have long fallen into disuse.
Theorem (v. t.) To formulate into a theorem. Theorematic
Compare: Theorematic
Theorematic (a.) (Comparative more theorematic, superlative most theorematic) 命題的；定理的 Of, relating to, or contained in a theorem.
Theorem (n.) 【數】定理；命題；原理，原則 That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.
Not theories, but theorems (?), the intelligible products of contemplation, intellectual objects in the mind, and of and for the mind exclusively. -- Coleridge.
By the theorems, Which your polite and terser gallants practice, I re-refine the court, and civilize Their barbarous natures. -- Massinger.
Theorem (n.) (Math.) A statement of a principle to be demonstrated.
Note: A theorem is something to be proved, and is thus distinguished from a problem, which is something to be solved. In analysis, the term is sometimes applied to a rule, especially a rule or statement of relations expressed in a formula or by symbols; as, the binomial theorem; Taylor's theorem. See the Note under Proposition, n., 5.
Binomial theorem. (Math.) 二項式定理 See under Binomial.
Negative theorem, A theorem which expresses the impossibility of any assertion.
Particular theorem (Math.), A theorem which extends only to a particular quantity.
Theorem of Pappus. (Math.) See Centrobaric method, under Centrobaric.
Universal theorem (Math.), A theorem which extends to any quantity without restriction.
Theorem (n.) A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
Theorem (n.) An idea accepted as a demonstrable truth.
Theorematic (a.) Alt. of Theorematical
Theorematical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.
Theorematist (n.) One who constructs theorems.
Theoremic (a.) Theorematic. -- Grew. Theoretic
Theoretic (a.) Alt. of Theoretical
Theoretical (a.) Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences. -- The`o*ret"ic*al*ly, adv.
Theoretic (a.) Concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" [syn: theoretical, theoretic] [ant: empiric, empirical].
Theoretics (n.) The speculative part of a science; speculation.
At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before contemplation, ethics before theoretics. -- H. B. Wilson.
Theoric (a.) Of or pertaining to the theorica.
Theoric (a.) (pron.) Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled. [Obs.]
A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic In all humanity. -- Massinger.
Theoric (n.) Speculation; theory. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Theorica (n. pl.) (Gr. Antiq.) Public moneys expended at
Theorical (a.) Theoretic. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Theorically (adv.) In a theoretic manner. [Obs.]
Theorist (n.) One who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist. -- Cowper.
The greatest theoretists have given the preference to such a government as that which obtains in this kingdom. -- Addison.
Theorist (n.) Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) [syn: theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue].
Theorization (n.) The act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
Theorization (n.) The production or use of theories [syn: theorization, theorisation].
Theorized (imp. & p. p.) of Theorize.
Theorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theorize.
Theorize (v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Theorize (v.) To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose].
Theorize (v.) Construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars".
Theorize (v.) Form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day".
Theorizer (n.) One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
Theorizer (n.) Someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) [syn: theorist, theoretician, theorizer, theoriser, idealogue].
Theories (n. pl. ) of Theory.
Theory (n.) A doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.
Note: "This word is employed by English writers in a very loose and improper sense. It is with them usually convertible into hypothesis, and hypothesis is commonly used as another term for conjecture. The terms theory and theoretical are properly used in opposition to the terms practice and practical. In this sense, they were exclusively employed by the ancients; and in this sense, they are almost exclusively employed by the Continental philosophers." -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Theory (n.) An exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.
Theory (n.) The science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.
Theory (n.) The philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, Lavoisier's theory of combustion; Adam Smith's theory of moral sentiments.
Atomic theory, Binary theory, etc. See under Atomic, Binary, etc.
Syn: Hypothesis, speculation.
Usage: Theory, Hypothesis. A theory is a scheme of the relations subsisting between the parts of a systematic whole; an hypothesis is a tentative conjecture respecting a cause of phenomena. Theosoph
Theory (n.) A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory".
Theory (n.) A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility, theory].
Theory (n.) A belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales".
Theosoph (n.) Alt. of Theosopher
Theosopher (n.) A theosophist. Theosophic
Theosophic (a.) Alt. of Theosophical
Theosophical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy. -- The`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Theosophism (n.) Belief in theosophy. -- Murdock.
Theosophism (n.) Belief in theosophy.
Theosophist (n.) One addicted to theosophy.
The theosophist is one who gives you a theory of God, or of the works of God, which has not reason, but an inspiration of his own, for its basis. -- R. A. Vaughan.
Theosophist (n.) A believer in theosophy.
Theosophistical (a.) Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
Theosophized (imp. & p. p.) of Theosophize
Theosophizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Theosophize
Theosophize (v. i.) To practice theosophy. [R.]
Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
Theosophy (n.) A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul.
Theosophy (n.) An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science. The modern Theosophist holds, with the Buddhists, that we live an incalculable number of times on this earth, in as many several bodies, because one life is not long enough for our complete spiritual development; that is, a single lifetime does not suffice for us to become as wise and good as we choose to wish to become. To be absolutely wise and good -- that is perfection; and the Theosophist is so keen-sighted as to have observed that everything desirous of improvement eventually attains perfection.
Less competent observers are disposed to except cats, which seem neither wiser nor better than they were last year. The greatest and fattest of recent Theosophists was the late Madame Blavatsky, who had no cat.
Therapeutae (n. pl.) (Eccl. Hist.) A name
given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of
Therapeutic (a.) Alt. of Therapeutical.
Therapeutical (a.) (Med.) 治療（學）的 Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or curative physic." -- Sir T. Browne.
Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. -- I. Watts.
Therapeutical (a.) Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" [syn: therapeutic, therapeutical].
Therapeutically (adv.) 在治療上；有療效地；有益於健康地 For therapeutic purposes.
Therapeutic, Therapeutical (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative. "Therapeutic or curative physic." -- Sir T. Browne.
Medicine is justly distributed into "prophylactic," or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. -- I. Watts.
Therapeutic (n.) One of the Therapeutae.
Therapeutic (a.) Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn: curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic].
Therapeutic (a.) Relating to or involved in therapy; "therapeutic approach to criminality" [syn: therapeutic, therapeutical].
Therapeutic (n.) A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain [syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic].
Pathology (n.; pl. pathologies) (Med.) 病理學；病狀；病變 The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are nosology, [ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and therapeutics, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases.
Pathology (n.; pl. pathologies) (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
Celluar pathology (n.) 細胞病理學 A theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased functions of the body. -- Virchow.
Pathology (n.) The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.
Pathology (n.) Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition.
Pathology, () med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence to the legal practitioner to be acquainted, in some degree, with pathology. 2 Chit. Pr. 42, note.
Pathology (n.; pl. pathologies) (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are nosology, [ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and therapeutics, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases.
Pathology (n.; pl. pathologies) (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
Celluar pathology, A theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased functions of the body. -- Virchow.
Therapeutics (n.) That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.
Therapeutics (n.) Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease.
Therapeutist (n.) One versed in therapeutics, or the discovery and application of remedies.
Therapy (n.) 治療，療法 [C] [U] Therapeutics.
Therapy (n.) (Medicine) The act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief".
Compare: Therapeutics
Therapeutics (n.) （用作單或複）【醫】治療學，療法 In medicine, the branch that deals specifically with the treatment of disease and the art and science of healing.
In pharmacology, therapeutics accordingly refers to the use of drugs and the method of their administration in the treatment of disease.
The word comes from the Greek "therapeia" meaning "a service, an attendance" the related verb being "therapeuo" meaning "I wait upon."
There (adv.) In or at that place. "[They] there left me and my man, both bound together." -- Shak.
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. -- Ge. ii. 8.
Note: In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." -- Milton.
There (adv.) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. -- Shak.
There (adv.) To or into that place; thither.
The rarest that e'er came there. -- Shak.
Note: There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.
A knight there was, and that a worthy man. -- Chaucer.
There is a path which no fowl knoweth. -- Job xxviii. 7.
Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. -- Locke.
There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. -- Suckling.
Note: There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.
Note: There was formerly used in the sense of where.
Spend their good there it is reasonable. -- Chaucer.
Here and there, in one place and another.
Syn: See Thither. Thereabout
There (adv.) In or at that place; "they have lived there for years"; "it's not there"; "that man there" [syn: there, at that place, in that location] [ant: here].
There (adv.) In that matter; "I agree with you there" [syn: there, in that respect, on that point].
There (adv.) To or toward that place; away from the speaker; "go there around noon!" [syn: there, thither] [ant: here, hither].
There (n.) A location other than here; that place; "you can take it from there" [ant: here].
Thereabout (adv.) Alt. of Thereabouts
Thereabouts (adv.) Near that place.
Thereabouts (adv.) Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.
Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. -- Shak.
Some three months since, or thereabout. -- Suckling.
Thereabouts (adv.) Concerning that; about that. [R.]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. -- Chaucer.
They were much perplexed thereabout. -- Luke xxiv. 4.
Thereabout (adv.) Near that time or date; "come at noon or thereabouts"
[syn: thereabout, thereabouts].
Thereabout (adv.) Near that place; "he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks" [syn: thereabout, thereabouts].
Thereafter (adv.) After that; afterward.
Thereafter (adv.) According to that; accordingly.
I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. -- Milton.
Thereafter (adv.) Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." -- Latimer.
Thereafter (adv.) From that time on; "thereafter he never called again" [syn: thereafter, thenceforth].
Thereagain (adv.) In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]
If that him list to stand thereagain. -- Chaucer.
There-anent (adv.) Concerning that. [Scot.]
Thereat (adv.) At that place; there.
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. -- Matt. vii. 13.
Thereat (adv.) At that occurrence or event; on that account.
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat. -- Hooker. Therebefore
Therebefore (adv.) Alt. of Therebiforn
Therebiforn (adv.) Before that time; beforehand. [Obs.]
Many a winter therebiforn. -- Chaucer.
Thereby (adv.) By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. -- Job xxii. 21.
Thereby (adv.) Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." -- Shak.
Thereby (adv.) Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. -- Chaucer.
Thereby (adv.) By that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth".
Therefor (adv.) For that, or this; for it.
With certain officers ordained therefore. -- Chaucer.
Therefore (adv.) For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. -- Luke xiv. 20.
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? -- Matt. xix. 27.
Therefore (adv.) Consequently; by consequence.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. -- Spectator.
Syn: See Then.
Therefore (adv.) (Used to introduce a logical conclusion) From that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so].
Therefore (adv.) As a consequence; "he had good reason to be grateful for the opportunities which they had made available to him and which consequently led to the good position he now held" [syn: consequently, therefore].
Therefrom (adv.) From this or that.
Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. -- John. xxiii. 6.
Therefrom (adv.) From that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom, thereof].
Therefrom (adv.) From that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom].
Therein (adv.) 在其中，在那裏，在那一點上 In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect. -- Wyclif.
He pricketh through a fair forest, Therein is many a wild beast. -- Chaucer.
Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. -- Gen. ix. 7.
Therein our letters do not well agree. -- Shak.
Therein (adv.) (Formal) In or into that thing or place; "they can read therein what our plans are" [syn: therein, in this, in that].
Thereinto (adv.) Into that or this, or into that place. -- Bacon.
Let not them . . . enter thereinto. -- Luke xxi. 21.
Thereof (adv.) Of that or this.
Thereology (n.) Therapeutios.
Thereon (adv.) On that or this. -- Chaucer.
Then the king said, Hang him thereon. -- Esther vii. 9.
Thereon (adv.) On that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon, on it, on that].
Thereout (adv.) Out of that or this.
He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. -- Lev. ii. 2.
Thereout (adv.) On the outside; out of doors. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
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Thereto (adv.) To that or this. -- Chaucer.
Thereto (adv.) Besides; moreover. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. -- Chaucer.
Thereto (adv.) To that; "with all the appurtenances fitting thereto" [syn: thereto, to it, to that].
Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; "they had not done any work theretofore".
Thereunder (adv.) Under that or this.
Thereunto (adv.) Unto that or this; thereto; besides.
Thereupon (adv.) Upon that or this; thereon.
Thereupon (adv.) On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.
Thereupon (adv.) Immediately; at once; without delay.
Therewhile (adv.) At that time; at the same time.
Therewith (adv.) With that or this.
Therewith (adv.) In addition; besides; moreover.
Therewith (adv.) At the same time; forthwith.
Therewithal (adv.) Over and above; besides; moreover.