sonnetingt (soneting)

[Verbal n. of sonnet, v.] 1. The making or composing of sonnets, as in praise or celebration of something; writing of poetry. IMG:content-1539.png:[blocks in formation] Sonne rat i a (son-e-ra's hi-ä), n. [NL. (Linnæus celebrtrans. To make filius, 1781), named after P. Sonnerat (1745- 1814), a French traveler and naturalist.] Age- nus of polypetalous plants, of the order Lythra- Now could I sonnetize thy piteous plight. Southey, Nondescripts, v. rieæ and tribe Lythreæ . It is characterized by flow. sonnet teer, sonnettist. See sonneteer, sonnet ist. ers having a bell-shaped calyx with from four to eight sonnet-writer (son'et-rī"ter), n. A writer of lobes, as many small petals or sometimes none, numerous sonnets; a sonneteer. stamens, and a many-celled ovary which becomes a roundsonnisht, a. See sunnish . ish berry stipitate in the calyx and filled with a granular Sonnite, n. See Sunnite. pulp. It includes 5 or 6 species, natives of tropical shores, chiefly in eastern Africa and Asia, also in Madagascar and sonny (sun'i), n. [Dim. of son1.] A familiar Australia. They are smooth-branched trees or shrubs, with opposite coriaceous oblong entire and almost veinle leaves, and large bractle flowers in terminal clusters of three each or solitary in the axils. S. apetala, a tree of 40 feet, growing in Indian mangrove-swamps flooded by the tide, has the name of kambala (which see). S. acid a, with a height of 15 feet, grows in large ma es in similar situations ranging further east; its leaves are the food of a silkworm, and its acid and slightly bitter fruit is used as a condiment. sonnet (son'et), n. [Early mod. E. also sonette; = D. sonnet, form of addre in speaking to a boy. Strike him, sonny, strike him! New Princeton Rev., V. 371. Sonoma oak. An oak, Quercus Kelloggii ( Q. So no mens is), of the mountains of Oregon and California. It is a tree of moderate size, valued chiefly as fuel, but furnishing also some tan-bark. sonometer (sō-nom'e-ter), n. [ Don't you perceive the sonorousne of these old dead Latin phrases? O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, v. sons, sonce (sons), n. [ son as , pros- perity, perity happine ; happine ; cf. Gael. son a , happy.] Pros- perity; felicity; abundance. [Scotch.] sonship (sun's hip), n. [ -ship .] The relation of son; filiation; the character, rights, duties, and privileges of a son. Regeneration on the part of the grantor, God Almighty, means admi ion or adoption into sonship , or spiritual Water land, Works, III. 348. citizenship. Sonstadt solution. See solution . sonsy, soncy (son'si), a . [Also sonsie, soncie; His honest, sonsie , baws'nt face Aye gat him friends in ilka place. "Is she a pretty girl?" said the Duke; "her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy la ." Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxxix. sontag (son'tåg), n. [Named after Henriette Sontag , a famous singer (died 1854).] A knit or crocheted covering for a woman's shoul- ders. It was worn outside the dre like a cape, sontyt (son'ti), n. [Also santy ; an abbr. of sanctity.] Sanctity: a reduced form occurring, usually in the plural, in the phrase God's sonty , By God's sonties, 'twill be a hard way to hit. Can you tell me whether one Launce lot that dwells with him dwell with him, or no? Shak., M. of V., ii. 2. 47. sonore (sō-nō're), adv . [ music , in a loud, sonorous manner. sonorescence (sō-nō-res'ens), n. [ soocey , n . when an intermittent beam of radiant heat or soochong, n. See souchong . light falls upon them. See radiophony . soodra, sooder, n. so no res cent (sō-nō-res'ent), a. [ ous Soofee, n. See Sufi . + -escent.] Po e ing the property of sonosoojee, n. See sujee . IMG:content-1540.png:[blocks in formation] A man who belongs to the army only in time of peace, and retires as soon as he thinks it likely that he may be ordered on an expedition, is justly thought to have dis- graced himself. Macaulay , Sir William Temple. No sooner than, as soon as; just as. - Soon and anont, forthwith; promptly. Johne toke the munkes horse be the hede Ful sone and anone. IMG:content-1541.png:[blocks in formation] Soonee, n. See Sunni . soonlyt (sön'li or sun'li), adv . [ soon +-ly2.] Quickly; promptly. [Rare.] soon (sön or sun), adv . [ soune , sune (compar. sonere , sonnere , sunnere), sõna (with adverbial suffix -a, as in twiwa , soorack, n. twice, etc., not present in most of the other soordt, n. An obsolete variant of sward . 2. What is swept together: generally in the plural. [Scotch in both senses.] IMG:content-1542.png:[blocks in formation] forms) = OS. sāna, sano, sāne, sān = OFries. soorma, n. san , sān, sōn = MD. saen = MLG. sān = (cf. OHG. MHG. sā ); cf. Icel. senn , soon; Goth. soosoo, n. suns, immediately; prob. akin to AS. swā , etc., soot1 (süt or söt), n. [ IMG:content-1543.png:[blocks in formation] Thanne he a oil led hir sone . Piers Plowman (B), iii. 47. 2. In a short time; at an early date or an early moment; before long; shortly; presently: as, winter will soon be here; I hope to see you soon . Now doth he frown, 3. Early; before the time specified is much advanced; when the time, event, or the like has but just arrived: as, soon in the morning; soon at night (that is, early in the evening, or as soon as night sets in); soon at five o'clock (that is, as soon as the hour of five arrives): an old locution still in use in the southern United States. Within my twenty yere of age, Whan that love taketh his corage Of yonge folke, I wente soone To bed, as I was wont to doon. IMG:content-1544.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1545.png:[blocks in formation] Soot , of reke or smoke. Fuligo. Prompt . Parv ., p. 465. We could not speak, no more than if We had been choked with soot . IMG:content-1546.png:[blocks in formation] All that on Folly Frenzy could beget, Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. 6. Readily; willingly; gladly: in this sense generally accompanied by would or some other word expre ing will, and often in the com para soot; a smut; a smudge. The sootflake of so many a summer still Clung to their fancies. Tennyson, Sea Dreams. figures at Versailles. and meadows as when it is to ed up in such a variety of sooth (söth), a . [ sooth , soth , so the , IMG:content-1547.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary sooth *santhr) = Sw.sann = Dan. sand = Goth. * suths (in deriv. suthjan, suthjōn, soothe) (cf. sunjeins, true, sunja, truth) = Skt. sat (for * sant ), true (cf. satya (for * santya ), true, = Gr. ἐτεός, true), = L. * sen ( t- )s, being, in præsen (t-)s, being before, present, absen (t-)s, being away, absent, later en (t-) s, being (see ens, entity ); orig. ppr. of the verb represented by L. e e, Gr. είναι, Skt. Vas, be (3d pers. pl. AS. synd = G. sind = L. sunt = Skt. sant i ): see am ( are, is ), sin1, etc. From the L. form are ult. E. ens, entity, e ence, etc., present, absent, etc.; from the Gr., etymon, etc.; from the Skt., suttee.] 1. Being in accordance with truth; conformed to fact; true; real. [Obsolete, archaic, or Scotch in this and the following use.] God wot, thing is never the la e sooth , Thogh every wight ne may hit nat ysee. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 14. If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee; if thy speech be sooth , I care not if thou dost for me as much. 5771 Sooth me in all I say; There's a main end in it. Mas singer, Duke of Milan, v. 2. soothsayer ment or conce ion. Sooth , to flatter immoderate lie, or hold vp one in his talke, and affirme it to be true which he speaketh. Baret , 1580. Is't good to soothe him in these contraries? Shak., C. of E., iv. 4. 82. Howell, Letters, I. v. 11. 4. To keep in good humor; wheedle; cajole; flatter. An envious wretch, That glitters only to his soothed self. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. They may build castles in the air for a time, and sooth up themselves with phantast i cal and pleasant humours. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 153. Our government is soothed with a reservation in its favor. Burke , Rev. in France. 5. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquillity; 2. Truthful; trustworthy; reliable. The soothest shepherd that e'er piped on plains. Milton , Comus, 1. 823. A destined errant-knight I come, Announced by prophet sooth and old. Scott, L. of the L., 1. 24. 3. Soothing; agreeable; pleasing; delicious. [Rare.] Jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon. Keats , Eve of St. Agnes, xxx. sooth (söth), n. [Early mod. E. also soothe ; sooth , so the , soth , soth , the truth, sooth , a.] 1. Truth; reality; fact. [Obsolete or archaic.] IMG:content-1549.png:[blocks in formation] 21. Soothsaying; prognostication. Tis inconuenient, mighty Potentate,... To scorne the sooth of science [astrology] with contempt. Greene, James IV., i. 1. The soothe of byrdes by beating of their winges. Spenser, Shep. Cal., December. 3t. Cajolery; fair speech; blandishment. That e'er this tongue of mine, That laid the sentence of dread banishment On yon proud man, should take it off again With words of sooth ! Shak., Rich. II., iii. 3. 136. With a sooth or two more I had effected it. They would have set it down under their hands. IMG:content-1550.png:[blocks in formation] Satan. At length, collecting all his serpent wiles, With soothing words renew'd him thus accosts. Milton , P. R., iii. 6. Music has charms to sooth a savage breast. Congreve, Mourning Bride (ed. 1710), i. 1. A cloud may soothe the eye made blind by blaze. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 217. It may be my lord is weary, that his brain is overwrought; Soothe him with thy finer fancies, touch him with thy lighter thought. Tennyson, Locksley Hall. 6. To allay; a uage; mitigate; soften. Still there is room for pity to abate And soothe the sorrows of so sad a state. Cowper, Charity, 1. 199. I will watch thee, tend thee, soothe thy pain. M. Arnold, Tristram and Iseult, ii. 7. To smooth over; render le obnoxious. [Rare.] What! has your king married the Lady Grey? And now, to 8oot he your forgery and his, Sends me a paper to persuade me patience? Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3. 175. =Syn. 5 and 6. To compose, tranquilize, pacify, ease, al- leviate. II. in trans. 11. To temporize by a ent, con- ce ion, flattery, or cajolery. Else would not soothing glosers oil the son, Who, while his father liv'd, his acts did hate. Middle ton, Father Hubbard's Tales. 2. To have a comforting or tranquilizing influence. O for thy voice to soothe or ble ! Tennyson, In Memoriam, lvi. soother (Sö'Ther), n . [ By God, I cannot flatter; I do defy The tongues of soothers . Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 7. soothfast (söth'fåst), a . [Formerly also, erroneously, south fast ; sothfast , sothfest , sōthfæst , sōth , sooth, true, + fæst , fast, firm. Cf. steadfast , shamefast .] 1. Truthful; veracious; honest. We witen that thou art sothfast, and reckist not of ony man,. but thou techist the weie of God in treuthe. Wyclif, Mark xii. 14. Edie was ken'd to me... for a true, loyal, and soothfast Scott, Antiquary, xxv. man. 2. True; veritable; worthy of belief. zif thou woldest leue on him That on the rode dide thi kyn, That he is so the fast Godes sone. King Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. 93. It was a south fast sentence long agoe That hastie men shall never lacke much woe. Mir. for Mags., p. 464. ( Nares.) Ye [Love] holden regne and hous in unitee, Ye sothfast cause of frendshipe ben also. He may do no thynk bot ryzt, As Mathew melez (says) in your me e, In sothful gospel of God al-myzt. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 497. soothfullyt (söth'fül-i), adv . [ sooth fully (Kentish zothvolliche ); soothful +-ly2.] Truly; verily; indeed. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 133. soothheadt (söth'hed), п. [ zothhede ); sooth + -head.] Sooth- ne ; truth. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 105. soothing (sö'Thing), n. [Verbal n. of soothe , v.] The act of one who soothes; that which soothes. Ideal sounds, Soft-wafted on the zephyr's fancy'd wing, Steal tuneful soothings on the easy ear. manner. W. Thompson , Sickne , v. soothingly (sö'Thing-li), adv . In a soothing soothingne (sö'Thing-nes), n. The quality or character of being soothing. Lowell , N. Α. Rev., CXX. 378. soothlyt (söth'li), a. [ Dear was the kindlie love which Kathrin bore This crooked ronion, for in soothly guise She was her genius and her counsellor. Mickle , Syr Martyn, i. 46. soothly (söth'li), adv . [ soothly , sothly , sothely, sothlich, sothliche , sōthlice , truly, verily, indeed, sōth , true: see sooth .] 1. In a truthful manner; with truth. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 74. Then view St. David's ruin'd pile; And, home-returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair! Scott, L. of L. M., ii. 1. 2. In truth; as a matter of fact; indeed. I nam no godde e, soothly, quod she tho. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 989. Ne soothlich is it easie for to read Where now on earth, or how, he may be fownd. Spenser, F. Q., III. ii. 14. [Obsolete or archaic in both uses.] soothne t (söth'nes), n. [ sooth +-ne .] The state or property of being true. (a) Conformity with fact. I woot wel that God makere and mayster is governor of his werk, ne never nas yit daye that mihte put me owt of the sothne e of that sentence. Chaucer , Boëthius, i. prose 6. (b) Truthfulne ; faithfulne ; righteousne . Gregorie wist this well and wilned to my soule Sauacioun, for so then e e that he seigh in my werkes. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 142. (c) Reality; earnest. Seistow this to me In sothne e , or in dreem I herkne this? Chaucer , Second Nun's Tale, 1. 261. sooth-sawt (söth'sâ), n. [ME. sothesawe , soth saze (= Icel. sannsaga ), truth-telling, soothsaying (cf. ME. sothsawel, sothsazel , a., truth telling), soth , truth, sooth, + saga , saying, saw: see sooth and saw2 . Cf. soothsay , n .] A true saying; truth. Of Loves folke mo tydinges, Both so the - sawes and lesynges. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 676. soothsay (söth'sā), v. i. [ sooth + say1 , after the noun soothsayer .] To foretell the future; make predictions. Char. E'en as the o'erflowing Nilus presageth famine. Iras . Go, you wild bedfellow, you cannot soothsay. Shak., A. and C., i. 2. 52. By scaly Triton's winding shell, And old soothsaying Glaucus' spell. Milton , Comus, 1. 874. soothe (söTH), v .; pret. and pp. soothed , ppr. 3. Veritable; certain; real. soothing. [Also sooth ; sothien , isothien , confirm, verify, ge - sōthian , prove to be true, confirm (cf. gesōth , a parasite, flatterer, in a glo ) (= Icel. Sw. sanna = Dan. sunde , verify, = Goth. suthjan , suthjōn , soothe), sōth , true: see sooth , a.] I. trans. 1t. To prove true; verify; confirm as truth. IMG:content-1551.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Faithful; loyal; steadfast. Thus manie yeares were spent with good and soothfast Shewes, visions, sooth - sayes , and prophesies; And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies. Spenser, F. Q., II. ix. 51. wife. Turberville , Upon the Death of Elizabeth Arhundle. [( Richardson .) [Obsolete or archaic in all uses.] soothfastly (söth fast-li), adv. [ But, if I were to come, wad ye really and soothfastly pay me the siller? Scott , Rob Roy, xxiii. soothfastne (söth'fast-nes), n . [ sōthfæst , true: see soothfast and- ne .] The property or char And, but God turne the same to good sooth -say, That Ladies safetie is sore to be dradd. Spenser, F. Q., III. viii. 50. soothsayer (söth'sa"er), n. [Formerly also erroneously, south sayer ; zothziggere ); sooth + sayer1.] 11. One who tells the truth; a truthful person. The sothsaier tho was lefe, Which wolde nought the trout he spare. Gower, Conf. Amant., III. 164. 2. One who prognosticates; a diviner: generally used of a pretender to prophetic powers. IMG:content-1552.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A mantis or rearhorse. See cut under Man tidæ. Also called camel - cricket, praying - mantis, devil's horse, devil's race-horse, etc. =Syn. 2. Seer, etc. See prophet.