sake
sake is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Will he draw out, For anger's sake, finite to infinite Milton. Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton. Note: The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake. "For conscience sake." 1 Cor. x.
- 2.The plural sakes is often used with a possessive plural. "For both our sakes." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstract
- and
- brevity
- brief
- briefly
- close
- come
- comes
- compact
- compendious
- compendium
- compressed
- compression
- concise
- concisely
- conciseness
- condense
- crisp
- curt
- cut
- ellipsis
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- epitome
- exact
- few
- for
- laconic
- laconism
- long
- make
- matter
- monostich
- neat
- pithy
- point
- pointed
- portmanteau
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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