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imposthume

Meaning of "imposthume" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPOSTHUME

ɪmˈpɒsθuːm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPOSTHUME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Imposthume is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPOSTHUME

assume · bathroom · bedroom · bloom · boardroom · boom · classroom · costume · doom · Hume · mushroom · newsroom · perfume · resume · room · showroom · tomb · volume · whom · zoom

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPOSTHUME

impossibilism · impossibilist · impossibilities · impossibility · impossible · impossible figure · impossibleness · impossibly · impost · imposter · imposthumate · imposthumation · impostor · impostorous · impostrous · impostumate · impostumation · impostume · imposture · imposturous

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPOSTHUME

brume · disinhume · exhume · Fiume · flume · fume · glume · inhume · legume · nom de plume · plume · presume · reassume · relume · sales volume · specific volume · spume · subsume · swimming costume · transhume

Synonyms and antonyms of imposthume in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «imposthume» into 25 languages

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The translations of imposthume from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «imposthume» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

imposthume
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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imposthume
570 millions of speakers
en

English

imposthume
510 millions of speakers
hi

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imposthume
380 millions of speakers
ar

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imposthume
280 millions of speakers
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imposthume
278 millions of speakers
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imposthume
270 millions of speakers
bn

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imposthume
260 millions of speakers
fr

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imposthume
220 millions of speakers
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Imposthume
190 millions of speakers
de

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imposthume
180 millions of speakers
ja

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imposthume
130 millions of speakers
ko

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imposthume
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Imposthume
85 millions of speakers
vi

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imposthume
80 millions of speakers
ta

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imposthume
75 millions of speakers
mr

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थरकाप
75 millions of speakers
tr

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imposthume
70 millions of speakers
it

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imposthume
65 millions of speakers
pl

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imposthume
50 millions of speakers
uk

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imposthume
40 millions of speakers
ro

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imposthume
30 millions of speakers
el

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imposthume
15 millions of speakers
af

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imposthume
14 millions of speakers
sv

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imposthume
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

imposthume
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of imposthume

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPOSTHUME»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about imposthume

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPOSTHUME»

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An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of ...
To afilict IMPOSTHUMATED, linpostlbu-m:l't%d. pp. Affected with an im osthume. IMPOSTHUMAT NG; lin-postihu-m5.'t-lug. ppr. Affecting with an imposthume. IMPOSTI-IUMATION, lm-ptlst-hu-mil-'shdn, -n. The act of fonniug an imposthume.
William Bolles, 1853
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A Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English ...
Afl'ected IMPOSTHUMATING, Im-postihu-mfl't-iug.ppr. Affectin with an imposthume. LMPOS HUltIATION, im-post-hu-mdishdn, n. The actof forming an imposthume. IMPOSTHUME, Im-postlhu'm, n. A collection ofpurulent matter in a bag or cyst.
James Knowles, 1845
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: ...
To afflict with an imposthume. [with an imposthume. IMPOSTHIJMATED,!m- postihu-m4't-ed, pp. Affected IMPOSTHUMATING, !m-post'-hu-m4't-Ing, ppr. Affecting with an imposthume. IMPOSTHUMATION, Im-post-hu-miishfin, «. The act of ...
James Knowles, 1851
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Dictionary of the English Language ...
To I.\1ro'sri-tuuivrs, im-pos-tshn-mate, v. a. to afilict with an irnposthnme. ImPosrt~ tt:mt'1~ioN, im-pos-tshu-ma'shun, n. :. the act of imposthumating or forming an impnsthumc; the state in which an imposthume is formed. IHPO'S'l'HlJME ...
Samuel Johnson, 1839
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
The act of forming an imposthume; the state in which an imposthume is formed. IMPO'STHUME. s. A collection of purulent matter in a bag or cyst. Harvey. * To IMPOSTHUME. v. n. To breed an imposthume. Huloet. * To IMPO STHCME. v. a. To ...
Samuel Johnson, 1828
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
-v. a. [from imposthume.] To afflict with an imposthume. — They -would not fly that surgeon, whose lancet threatens none but the imposthttmated parts. Dec. of Piety . (j.)* To Imposthumate. v. n. To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
To IMPOST'HUMATE, v.n. [from imposthume.'] To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or bag containing matter. — The bruise impojlhumated, and afterwards turned to a stinking ulcer, which made every body shy to come near her.
‎1811
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
The act of forming an rnipost- hume ; the state in which an imposthume is formed. He that maketh the wound bleed inwards, en- dangereth malign ulcers and pernicious impostu- malions. Bacon, Ess. IMPO'STHUME. n. s. [This seems to have ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
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Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 5 of 6
I have read a story of one Pereus, who, running at another with a sword to kill him , by -accident the sword only run into his imposthume and broke that ; and so he was instrumental to save him whom he designed to have killed : and so all the ...
Thomas Brooks, 2001
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
v. a. [from imposthume.] To afflict with an impollhume. — They would not fly that surgeon, whose lancet threaten* none but the imposthumated parts. Dec. of Piety . dO * To Imposthumate. v. h. To form an abscess ; to gather ; to form a cyst or bag  ...
‎1816

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPOSTHUME»

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What the Great Greek and Shakespearian Tragedies Have to Teach …
... he declares that undertaking such a war reflects a hidden cancer ("imposthume") of too much "wealth and peace." (Shades of our Iraq folly.). «Huffington Post, Apr 12»
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