Lexicon: within – woman

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within, n. [see within, adv.]

within, prep. [OE withinnan.] (webplay: ago, heart, house, inner, latter, place, time).

Inside; in the bounds of.

witholden, v. [see withhold, v.]

witness (-es), n. [OE.]

  1. Onlooker; spectator; one personally present; [metaphor] waiting passenger; [fig.] angel; heavenly being.
  2. Testimony; legal statement; attestation of a fact; [metaphor] imprint; potential for new life; [fig.] creed; expression of faith; declaration of belief.
  3. Assent; endorsement; support; sign of agreement.
  4. Sign; token; symbol.
  5. Proof; evidence; certification; verification; documentation.
  6. Story; account; firsthand experience.
  7. Auditor; listener; silent observer; one who gives testimony based on first-hand experience.
  8. Organ of vision; body part that enables sight.

witness (-ed, -es), v. [OE.]

  1. See; view; [fig.] experience.
  2. Illuminate; make visible; enable to view.
  3. Testify; attest; make a formal legal statement; [Webster 1844] “I witnessed the ceremonies in New York, with which the ratification of the constitution was celebrated in 1788.”
  4. Observe silently.

witnessing, verbal n. [OE.]

Vision; potential for sight; ability to see.

wo (woe, woe's), n. [IE interjection used as a natural exclamation of lament.] (webplay: day, equal, grief, man, misery, past).

Sorrow; misery; anguish; grief; pain; suffering; [fig.] life; [fig.] death; [fig.] necessary accompaniment.

wolf, n. [OE wulf.]

Wild dog that is sly and vicious.

Wolfe, proper n. [OE wulf, wolf.]

General James Wolfe (1727-1759); victor of the battle of Quebec; commander who served under Major General Jeffrey Amherst; British general who died in the battle against general Montcalm and the French.

woman (-'s, women), n. [OE wífmon.] (webplay: beauty, God, grown, man, modest, ornament, perish, show, soft, taken, tender, wife, years).

  1. Adult female.
  2. [Fig.] mother; female who has offspring.
  3. [Fig.] female who is man's consort.
  4. [Fig.] married lady; female spouse.
  5. [Fig.] lady responsible for domestic concerns [such as cooking, cleaning, and decorating.]
  6. [Fig.] one belonging to the gentle-sex; lady who personifies femininity; female with one or more feminine virtues, such as chastity, modesty, kindness, love, devotion, patience, long-suffering, beauty, goodness, gentleness, reverence, piety, docility, and a propensity to gossip.