Weal
[wiːl] or [wil]
Definition
(n.) The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
(v. t.) To mark with stripes. See Wale.
(adv.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
(adv.) The body politic; the state; common wealth.
(v. t.) To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Welfare, prosperity, good, advantage, happiness, interest, utility, profit.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Welfare, prosperity, happiness, advantage,[See ROAD_and_COURSE]
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Definition
n. a form of wale.
n. state of being well: a sound or prosperous state: welfare.—adj. Weal′-bal′anced (Shak.) explained by Schmidt as kept in a state of just proportion by reasons of state.—n. Weals′man (Shak.) a statesman.—The public general or common weal the well-being interest and prosperity of the country.
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Examples
- Ay sooth, we feel too strong in weal, to need Thee on that road; But woe being come, the soul is dumb, that crieth not on God. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I was good enough for you and your old lady once, when I helped you out with your weal and hammers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Weal pie,' said Mr. Weller, soliloquising, as he arranged the eatables on the grass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Wery good little dinner, sir, they can get ready in half an hour--pair of fowls, sir, and a weal cutlet; French beans, 'taturs, tart, and tidiness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And it would be hard, sir, to name the pie that is a better pie than a weal and hammer,' said Mr Wegg, nodding his head emotionally. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Come, Pip, said Joe, persuasively, if there warn't no weal-cutlets, at least there was dogs? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Four little chests all in a row, Dim with dust, and worn by time, Four women, taught by weal and woe To love and labor in their prime. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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