figurative sense
51visceral — (adj.) 1570s, affecting inward feelings, from M.Fr. viscéral, from M.L. visceralis internal, from L. viscera, plural of viscus internal organ, of unknown origin. The bowels were regarded as the seat of emotion. The figurative sense vanished after …
52RESURRECTION — (Heb. תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים), the belief that ultimately the dead will be revived in their bodies and live again on earth. Resurrection is to be distinguished from the belief in some sort of personal existence in another realm after death (see… …
53fig´ur|a|tive|ness — fig|ur|a|tive «FIHG yuhr uh tihv», adjective. 1. using words out of their literal meaning to add beauty or force. Many words are indicated in their figurative sense in this dictionary by labeling the meaning or the sentence Figurative. SYNONYM(S) …
54fig´ur|a|tive|ly — fig|ur|a|tive «FIHG yuhr uh tihv», adjective. 1. using words out of their literal meaning to add beauty or force. Many words are indicated in their figurative sense in this dictionary by labeling the meaning or the sentence Figurative. SYNONYM(S) …
55fig|ur|a|tive — «FIHG yuhr uh tihv», adjective. 1. using words out of their literal meaning to add beauty or force. Many words are indicated in their figurative sense in this dictionary by labeling the meaning or the sentence Figurative. SYNONYM(S): metaphorical …
56pass — {{11}}pass (n.1) mountain defile, c.1300, from O.Fr. pas step, track, from L. passus step, pace (see PACE (Cf. pace) (n.)). {{12}}pass (n.2) written permission to pass into, or through, a place, 1590s, from PASS (Cf. pass) (v.). Sense of …
57stand — {{11}}stand (n.) pause, delay, O.E., from the root of STAND (Cf. stand) (v.). Meaning place of standing, position is from c.1300; figurative sense is from 1590s. Sense of action of standing or coming to a position is attested from late 14c.,… …
58Babylon (New Testament) — The Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great c.539 BC, depicted in a medieval tapestry. Babylon occurs in the Christian New Testament both with a literal and a figurative meaning. The famous ancient city, located near Baghdad, was a complete… …
59Jewish views on evolution — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism …
60belly — {{11}}belly (n.) O.E. belg, bylg (W.Saxon), bælg (Anglian) leather bag, purse, bellows, from P.Gmc. *balgiz bag (Cf. O.N. belgr bag, bellows, bylgja billow, Goth. balgs wineskin ), from PIE *bholgh , from root *bhelgh to swell, an exte …
