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self-styled collapse: as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

memorialize collapse: address in a memorial; "The President memorialized the heroes of the battle"

emblazon collapse: decorate with heraldic arms

extrinsic collapse: not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

procession collapse: the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

recognizance collapse: (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited

caravan collapse: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"; travel in a caravan

knightly collapse

war paint collapse: full ceremonial regalia; adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

castigate collapse: inflict severe punishment on

substantive collapse: a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun; defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law"

demure collapse

jubilate collapse: celebrate a jubilee

well dressed collapse

conditional collapse: imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"; qualified by reservations

acknowledged collapse: recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"; generally accepted

punctilious collapse

modish collapse

stately collapse: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

leather collapse: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning; beat with a lather strap

so called collapse

dub collapse: provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language; give a nickname to

dialectic collapse: any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments; a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"; of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method"

hysteron proteron collapse: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved; reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

soigne collapse: polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance

talkathon collapse

methodical collapse: characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical scholar"

chivalrous collapse: being attentive to women like an ideal knight

hammer and sickle collapse: the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union

balcony collapse: a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet; an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

sweeten collapse: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"; make sweeter in taste

peanut gallery collapse: (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery"

funeral collapse: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

philippic collapse

diatribe collapse

blazer collapse: lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school

courtly collapse: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"

rebuke collapse: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"

arranged collapse: deliberately arranged for effect; "one of those artfully staged photographs"; planned in advance; "an arranged marriage"; disposed or placed in a particular kind of order; "the carefully arranged chessmen"; "haphazardly arranged interlobular septa"; "comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace"

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