(12c., Modern Frenchpâture), from Late Latinpastura"a feeding, grazing," from Latinpastus, past participle ofpascere"to feed, graze," from PIE root*pa-"to feed." To beout to pasturein the figurative sense of "retired" is by 1945, from where horses were sent (ideally) after ...
Figuratively, "convey, communicate to another" (1620s). Related: Transmitted; transmitting. The obsolete alternative verb transmiss, transmise (Middle English transmisen) is from transmis-, the past-participle stem of the equivalent Old French verb....
Definition of related (to) past tense of relate (to) as in applied (to) Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance applied (to) referred (to) pertained (to) bore (on) appertained (to) affected concerned involved implicated touched embroiled entangled ensnared ...
Used to describe things like iron or prose,wroughtwas once a more common past participle ofwork, following the pattern of other participles such asbought,caught, andtaught. Because it can also be used in the phrase “wrought havoc,” people occasionally misinterpretwroughtat the past tense ofwr...
Being "not apart from words" is to well utilize words and language without being attached to them.Words and language facilitate our access to Buddhadharma. In the past, words had been compared to the door knocker.In trying to enter a grand hall, we pick up a piece of slate and knock ...
Wong attributed all these factors to the firm belief among China's 1.4 billion population to stay together for a shared future. "I think it's a belief from the past that has made us who we are today, and a belief that will shape what we become in the future," Wong said. ...
Recent discussion of using cannabis in the symptomatic treatment of AIDS, cancer and chronic pain ( BMJ, 1 March, p 626) reminds me that A H Douthwaite, who also led a successful campaign in the defence of heroin for the treatment of intractable pain, strongly recommended Extractum cannabis ...
The power of words, then, lies in their associations-the thing they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the...
"These simple yet catchy buzzwords are the keenest sensors of social development," said Wang Xiaoyan, an associate professor at Beijing Normal University, adding that over the past decade, the top online buzzwords have also evolved, increasingly reflecting people's self-confidence as well as thei...
aNo words can describe what these past two month has been like for me... :(, why do I feel lonelier and lonelier each year.I really want someone to chat with right now... but I don't, . Makes me really sad. I don't always like being alone. Times like this, Why am I trying...