Roget's Thesaurus Part 16

Adv. mutatis mutandis[Lat].

Int. quantum mutatus[Lat]!

Phr. "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron]; nous avons change tout cela [Fr][Moliere]; tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis[Lat][obs3]; non sum qualis eram [Lat][Horace]; casaque tourner[Fr]; corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur [Lat][obs3][Tacitus]; in statu quo ante bellum[Lat]; "still ending and beginning still" [Cowper]; vox audita perit littera scripta manet[Lat].

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#141. [Absence of change.] Permanence. -- N. stability &c. 150; quiescence &c. 265; obstinacy &c. 606.

permanence, persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.

V. let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet [copy editing]; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby[obs3], dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Adj. stable &c. 150; persisting &c. v.; permanent; established; unchanged &c. (change &c. 140); renewed; intact, inviolate; persistent; monotonous, uncheckered[obs3]; unfailing.

undestroyed, unrepealed, unsuppressed[obs3]; conservative, qualis ab incepto[Lat]; prescriptive &c. (old) 124; stationary &c. 265.

Adv. in statu quo[Lat]; for good, finally; at a stand, at a standstill; uti possidetis[Lat]; without a shadow of turning.

Phr. esto perpetua[Lat]; nolumus leges Angliae mutari[Lat][obs3]; j'y suis et j'y ereste[Fr].

#142. [Change from action to rest.] Cessation. -- N. cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence[obs3].

intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping &c. v.; closure, stoppage, halt; arrival &c. 292. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture [U.S. congress].

dead stop, dead stand, dead lock; finis, cerrado[Sp]; blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration; comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop; end &c. 67; death &c. 360.

V. cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down.

have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop; give up &c.

(relinquish) 624.

hold one's hand, stay one's hand; rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels.

come to a stand, come to a standstill; come to a deadlock, come to a full stop; arrive &c. 292; go out, die away; wear away, wear off; pa.s.s away &c. (be past) 122; be at an end; disintegrate, self-destruct.

intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel[obs3]; intermit, remit; put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to; derail; turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect; bring to a stand, bring to a standstill; stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent; pull the check- string, pull the plug on.

Int. hold! stop! enough! avast! have done! a truce to! soft! leave off! tenez[Fr]!

Phr. "I pause for a reply" [Julius Caesar].

#143. Continuance in action. -- N. continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence &c. (perseverance) 604a; repet.i.tion &c. 104.

V. continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve &c. 604a; harp upon &c. (repeat) 104.

keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work; die in harness, die with one's boots on; hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way.

let be; stare super antiquas vias[Lat][obs3]; quieta non movere[Lat]; let things take their course; stare decisis [Lat][Jurisprudence].

Adj. continuing &c. v.; uninterrupted, unintermitting[obs3], unvarying, uns.h.i.+fting[obs3]; unreversed[obs3], unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried; sustained; undying &c. (perpetual) 112; inconvertible.

Int. keep it up! go to it! right away! right on! attaboy!

Phr. nolumus leges Angliae mutari[Lat][obs3]; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat][Horace]; labitur et albetur [Lat][obs3][Horace].

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#144. [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion. -- N.

conversion, reduction, trans.m.u.tation, resolution, a.s.similation; evolution, sea change; change of state; a.s.sumption; naturalization; transportation; development [biol.], developing [photography].

[conversion of currency] conversion of currency, exchange of currency; exchange rate; bureau de change.

chemistry, alchemy; progress, growth, lapse, flux.

pa.s.sage; transit, transition; transmigration, s.h.i.+fting &c. v.; phase; conjugation; convertibility.

crucible, alembic, caldron, retort.

convert, pervert, renegade, apostate.

V. be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, s.h.i.+ft; run into, fall into, pa.s.s into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; a.s.sume the form of, a.s.sume the shape of, a.s.sume the state of, a.s.sume the nature of, a.s.sume the character of; illapse ; begin a new phase, a.s.sume a new phase, undergo a change.

convert into, resolve into; make, render; mold, form &c. 240; remodel, new model, refound[obs3], reform, reorganize; a.s.similate to, bring to, reduce to.

Adj. converted into &c. v.; convertible, resolvable into; transitional; naturalized.

Adv. gradually, &c. (slowly) 275 in transitu &c. (transference) 270[Lat].

#145. Reversion. -- N. reversion, return; revulsion.

turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm; alternation &c. (periodicity) 138; inversion &c. 219; recoil &c.

277; retreat, regression, retrogression &c. 283; restoration &c. 660; relapse, recidivism &c. 661; atavism; vicinism[obs3]; V. revert, turn back, regress; relapse &c. 661; recoil &c. 277; retreat &c. 283; restore &c. 660; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

Adj. reverting &c. v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse[obs3].

Adv. a rebours[Fr].

#146. [Sudden or violent change.] Revolution. -- N. revolution, boulevers.e.m.e.nt, subversion, break up; destruction &c. 162; sudden change, radical change, sweeping organic change; change of state, phase change; quantum leap, quantum jump; clean sweep, coup d'etat[Fr], counter revolution.

jump, leap, plunge, jerk, start, transilience ; explosion; spasm, convulsion, throe, revulsion; storm, earthquake, cataclysm.

legerdemain &c. (trick) 545.

V. revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, uns.e.x.

Adj. unrecognizable; revolutionary.

#147. [Change of one thing for another.] Subst.i.tution. -- N.

subst.i.tution, commutation; supplanting &c. v.; metaphor, metonymy &c.

(figure of speech) 521.

[Thing subst.i.tuted] subst.i.tute, ersatz, makes.h.i.+ft, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; s.h.i.+ft, pis aller[Fr], stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, loc.u.m tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative.

representative &c. (deputy) 759; palimpsest.

price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent.

V. subst.i.tute, put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a subst.i.tute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a s.h.i.+ft with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for.

Adj. subst.i.tuted &c.; ersatz; phony; vicarious, subdit.i.tious[obs3].

Adv. instead; in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of; faute de mieux[Fr].

#148. [Double or mutual change.] Interchange. -- N. interchange, exchange; commutation, permutation, intermutation; reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement; shuffling; alternation, reciprocity; castling [at chess]; hocus-pocus.

interchangeableness[obs3], interchangeability.

recombination; combination 48[ref], 84..

barter &c. 794; t.i.t for tat &c. (retaliation) 718; cross fire, battledore and shuttlec.o.c.k; quid pro quo.

V. interchange, exchange, counterchange[obs3]; bandy, transpose, shuffle, change bands, swap, permute, reciprocate, commute; give and take, return the compliment; play at puss in the corner, play at battledore and shuttlec.o.c.k; retaliate &c. 718; requite.

rearrange, recombine.

Adj. interchanged &c. v.; reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent[obs3].

combinatorial[Math, Statistics].

recombinant[Biology, Genetics].

Adv. in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis[Lat], backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about; each in his turn, everyone in his turn.

Adj. subst.i.tuted &c. v.; vicarious, subdit.i.tious[obs3].

Adv. instead; in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of; faute de mieux[Fr].

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#149. Changeableness. -- N. changeableness &c. adj.; mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation &c. (irresolution) 605; fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation &c. (oscillation) 314.

restlessness &c. adj. fidgets, disquiet; disquietude, inquietude; unrest; agitation &c. 315.

moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, s.h.i.+fting sands, weatherc.o.c.k, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers[obs3]; wheel of Fortune; transientness &c. 111[obs3].

V. fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, s.h.i.+ft, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble[obs3], turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, s.h.i.+ft to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605; oscillate &c.

314; vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as many phases as the moon.

Adj. changeable, changeful; changing &c. 140; mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing; protean, proteiform ; versatile.

unstaid[obs3], inconstant; unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled; fluctuating &c. v.; restless; agitated &c. 315; erratic, fickle; irresolute &c. 605; capricious &c. 608; touch and go; inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic; vibratory; vagrant, wayward; desultory; afloat; alternating; alterable, plastic, mobile; transient &c. 111; wavering.

Adv. seesaw &c. (oscillation) 314; off and on.

Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss"; pictra mossa non fa muschis[It]; honores mutant mores[Lat]; varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat][Vergil].

#150. Stability. -- N. stability; immutability &c. adj.; unchangeability, &c. adj.; unchangeableness !; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment[obs3], stiffness, ankylosis[obs3], solidity, aplomb.

establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin.

permanence &c. 141; obstinacy &c. 606.