Lexic.us

Definition of Names

1. Noun. Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument. "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

Definition of Names

1. Noun. (plural of name) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Names

1. name [v] - See also: name

Medical Definition of Names

1. Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns, as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding, etc. Analysis of isonymy, the quality of having the same or similar names, is useful in the study of population genetics. Names is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies, such as medical societies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, etc. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Names

Literary usage of Names

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"OF THE names OF SIMPLE IDEAS. BOOK In. 1. THOUGH all words, as I have shown, signify nothing ~*4~ immediately but the ideas in the mind of the speaker ; yet ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Several years ago when acting as editor-in- chief of The Nature-Study Review, I took interest in this question of popular names of plants and ..."

3. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"These are called names Abstract; because severed (not from Matter, but) from the account of Matter. Thirdly, we bring into account, the Properties of our ..."

4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"The fourth table, page 385, contains the names and the commencement and termination ... The table commencing with page 386, exhibits the names and terms of ..."

5. Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson (1911)
"names OF PERSONS AND PLACES The probable source of the more important names of persons and ... Antonio ' and ' Sebastian,' names repeated in The Tempest, ..."

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