Definition of off

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Off (adv.) Denoting opposition or negation.

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Denotation :: Denotation (n.) The marking off or separation of anything.
Tribunate :: Tribunate (n.) The state or office of a tribune; tribuneship.
Selectman :: Selectman (n.) One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town..
Hagseed :: Hagseed (n.) The offspring of a hag.
Curatorship :: Curatorship (n.) The office of a curator.
Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..
Philoprogenitiveness :: Philoprogenitiveness (n.) The love of offspring; fondness for children.
Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..
Officiating :: Officiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Officiat.
Ciborium :: Ciborium (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
Java :: "Java (n.) Java coffee, a kind of coffee brought from Java..
Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..
Procrastination :: Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness..
Gee :: Gee (v. t.) To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver..
Cockade :: Cockade (n.) A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer..
Aedile :: Aedile (n.) A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer..
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an officer; to surrender a fort or a ship..
Unwind :: Unwind (v. t.) To wind off; to loose or separate, as what or convolved; to untwist; to untwine; as, to unwind thread; to unwind a ball of yarn..
Scandal :: Scandal (v. t.) To scandalize; to offend.
Left-off :: Left-off (a.) Laid aside; cast-off.
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