1. To reject the validity or authority of: “Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it” Joyce Carol Oates.
2. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.
3. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt.
4.
a. To disown (a child, for example).
b. To refuse to have any dealings with.
Defying imitation; matchless.
inimitable – defying imitation; matchless; “an inimitable style”
irreproducible, unreproducible – impossible to reproduce or duplicate
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
1. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; intangible.
2. Highly refined; delicate. See Synonyms at airy.
3.
a. Of the celestial spheres; heavenly.
b. Not of this world; spiritual.
4. Chemistry Of or relating to ether.
To divide into two parts or branches.
v.intr.
To separate into two parts or branches; fork.
adj. (-k
t
, -k
t)
Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.
1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. See Synonyms at stay1.
2. To wait.
3. To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn.
v.tr. Archaic
To wait for; await.
n.
A temporary stay; a sojourn.
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at unruly.
n.
A recalcitrant person.
To do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity.
Capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy. See Synonyms at spacious.
