Definition of sentence

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Sentence (n.) A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4..

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Sentence :: Sentence (n.) A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw..
Expunge :: Expunge (v. t.) To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences..
Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree..
Clause :: Clause (n.) A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document..
Sententious :: Sententious (a.) Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.
Inscribe :: Inscribe (v. t.) To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory..
Reversal :: Reversal (n.) A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which the sentence is rendered void..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..
Gnomology :: Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections..
Continuative :: Continuative (n.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.
Colon :: Colon (n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction..
Judge :: Judge (v. t.) To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
Misword :: Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style..
Interpunction :: Interpunction (n.) The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Whit :: Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death..
Interrogatory :: Interrogatory (a.) Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence..
Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
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