V. be unintelligible &c. adj.; require explanation &c. 522; have a doubtful meani ng, pass comprehension.

render unintelligible &c. adj.; conceal &c 528; darken & c. 421; confuse &c. (derange) 61; perplex &c. (bewilder) 475. not understand &c. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothi ng of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head o r tail of; be at sea &c. (uncertain) 475; wonder &c. 870; see through a glass da rkly &c. (ignorance) 491. not understand one another; play at cross purposes &c. (misinterpret) 523. Adj. unintelligible, unaccountable, undecipherable, undisco verable, unknowable, unfathomable; incognizable[obs3], inexplicable, inscrutable ; inapprehensible[obs3], incomprehensible; insolvable[obs3], insoluble; impenetr able. illegible, as Greek to one, unexplained, paradoxical; enigmatic, enigmatic al, puzzling (secret) 533; indecipherable. obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, s een through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscern ible &c. (invisible) 447[obs3]; misty &c. (opaque) 426; hidden &c 528; latent &c 526. indefinite, garbled &c (indistinct) 447; perplexed &c. (confused) 59; unde termined, vague, loose, ambiguous; mysterious; mystic, mystical; acroamatic[obs3 ], acroamatical[obs3]; metempirical; transcendental; occult, recondite, abstruse , crabbed. inconceivable, inconceptible[obs3]; searchless[obs3]; above comprehen sion, beyond comprehension, past comprehension; beyond one's depth; unconceived. inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable. unpredictable, unforeseeable. Phr. it's Greek to me. < p. 156 > #520. [Having a double sense] Equivocalness. N. equivocalness &c adj.; double mea ning &c. 516; ambiguity, double entente, double entendre[Fr], pun, paragram[obs3 ], calembour[obs3], quibble, equivoque[Fr], anagram; conundrum &c (riddle) 533; play on words, word play &c. (wit) 842; homonym, homonymy[Gram]; amphiboly[obs3] , amphibology[obs3]; ambilogy[obs3], ambiloquy|. Sphinx, Delphic oracle. equivoc ation &c. (duplicity) 544; white lie, mental reservation &c. (concealment) 528; paltering. V. be -equivocal &c. adj.; have two meanings &c. 516; equivocate &c. (alter) 544. Adj. equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous[obs3], homonymous[obs3]; dou ble-tongued &c. (lying) 544; enigmatical, indeterminate. Phr. on the one hand, o n the other hand. #521. Metaphor. N. figure of speech; facon de parler [French], way of speaking, colloquialism. phrase &c. 566; figure, trope, metaphor, enallage[obs3], catachresis[obs3]; metonymy[Gram], synecdoche[Semant]; autonomasia|!, irony, figurativeness &c. adj.; image, imagery; metalepsis[obs3], type, anagoge[obs3], simile, personification, prosopopoeia[obs3], allegory, apologue[obs3], parable, fable; allusion, adumbration; application. exaggeration, hyperbole &c. 549. association, association of ideas (analogy) 514a V. employ -metaphor &c. n.; personify, allegorize, adumbrate, shadow forth, apply, allude to. Adj. metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical[obs3], typical, tralatitious[obs3], parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical[obs3]; ironical; colloquial; tropical. Adv. so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself; as it were. Phr. mutato nomine de te fabula narratur [Lat][Horace]. #522. Interpretation. N. interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; s olution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning &c. 516. translation; rendering, rendition; redition[obs 3]; literal translation, free translation; key; secret; clew &c. (indication) 55 0; clavis[obs3], crib, pony, trot [U.S.]. exegesis; expounding, exposition; herm eneutics; comment, commentary; inference &c. (deduction) 480; illustration, exem plification; gloss, annotation, scholium[obs3], note; elucidation, dilucidation| ; eclaircissement[Fr], mot d'enigme[Fr]. [methods of interpreting - list] sympto matology[Med], semiology, semeiology[obs3], semiotics; metoposcopy[obs3], physio

gnomy; paleography &c. (philology) 560; oneirology acception[obs3], acceptation, acceptance; light, reading, lection, construction, version. equivalent, equival ent meaning &c. 516; synonym; paraphrase, metaphrase[obs3]; convertible terms, a pposition; dictionary &c. 562; polyglot. V. interpret, explain, define, construe , translate, render; do into, turn into; transfuse the sense of. find out &c. 48 0a the meaning &c. 516 of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disenta ngle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines. accoun t for; find the cause, tell the cause &c. 153 of; throw light upon, shed light u pon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon; clear up, clarify, elucidate. i llustrate, exemplify; unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate; popularize &c. (r ender intelligible) 518. take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense; understand b y, put a construction on, be given to understand. Adj. explanatory, expository; explicative, explicatory; exegetical[obs3]; construable. polyglot; literal; para phrastic, metaphrastic[obs3]; consignificative[obs3], synonymous; equivalent &c. 27. Adv. in explanation &c. n.; that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, name ly, in other words. literally, strictly speaking; in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English; more simply. < p. 157 > #523. Misinterpretation. N. misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding , misacceptation|, misconstruction, misapplication; catachresis[obs3]; eisegesis [obs3]; cross-reading, cross-purposes; mistake &c. 495. misrepresentation, perve rsion, exaggeration &c. 549; false coloring, false construction; abuse of terms; parody, travesty; falsification &c. (lying) 544. V. misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mist ake &c. 495. misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble &c. (falsi fy) 544; distort, detort|; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the m eaning; explain away; put a bad construction on, put a false construction on; gi ve a false coloring. be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes. Adj. misinter preted &c. v.; untranslated, untranslatable. #524. Interpreter. N. interpreter; expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer; demonstrator. scholiast, commentator, annotator; metaphrast[obs3], paraphrast[obs3]; glossarist[obs3], prolocutor. spokesman, speaker, mouthpiece. dragoman, courier, valet de place, cicerone, showman; oneirocritic[obs3]; (Edipus; oracle &c. 513) % SECTION II. MODES OF COMMUNICATION % #525. Manifestation. N. {ant. 526} manifestation; plainness &c. adj.; plain speak ing; expression; showing &c. v.; exposition, demonstration; exhibition, producti on; display, show; showing off; premonstration|. exhibit[Thing shown]. indicatio n &c. (calling attention to) 457. publicity &c. 531; disclosure &c. 529; opennes s &c. (honesty) 543, (artlessness) 703; panchement. evidence &c. 467. V. make ma nifest, render manifest &c. adj.; bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front , bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, sh ow up; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place b efore one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's co lors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl th e flag; proclaim &c. (publish) 531. indicate &c. (direct attention to) 457; disc lose &c. 529; elicit &c. 480a. be manifest &c. adj.; appear &c. (be visible) 446

; transpire &c. (be disclosed) 529; speak for itself, stand to reason; stare one in the face, rear its head; give token, give sign, give indication of; tell its own tale &c. (intelligible) 518. Adj. manifest, apparent; salient, striking, de monstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced. flagrant; notori ous &c. (public) 531; arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring. defined, definit e. distinct, conspicuous &c. (visible) 446; obvious, evident, unmistakable, indu bitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical[obs3]; intelligi ble &c. 518. plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; pl ain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's fa ce, plain as the way to parish church. explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensi ble; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric. unreserved, frank, plain-spoken &c. (artless) 703; candid (veracious) 543; baref aced. manifested &c. v.; disclosed &c. 529; capable of being shown, producible; inconcealable[obs3], unconcealable; no secret. Adv. manifestly, openly &c. adj.; before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in market ov ert; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight; wi thout reserve; at first blush, prima facie[Lat], on the face of; in set terms. P hr. cela saute aux yeux[French]; he that runs may read; you can see it with half an eye; it needs no ghost to tell us [Hamlet]; the meaning lies on the surface; cela va sans dire[Fr]; res ipsa loquitur[Lat]; "clothing the palpable and famil iar" [Coleridge]; fari quae sentiat[Lat]; volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It]; "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" [Bob Dylan]. < p. 158 > #526. Latency. Implication. N. {ant. 525} latency, inexpression[obs3]; hidden me aning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala[obs3], anagoge[obs3]; silence &c (taciturnity) 585; concealment &c. 528; more than meets the eye, more than m eets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes[Fr], undercurrent. implicati on, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment. allusion, insinuation; innuendo &c. 527; adumbration; "something rotten in the state of Denmark" [Haml et]. snake in the grass &c. (pitfall) 667; secret &c. 533. darkness, invisibilit y, imperceptibility. V. be latent &c. adj.; lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sig n; escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition; lie hid &c. 528. la ugh in one's sleeve; keep back &c. (conceal) 528. involve, imply, understand, al lude to, infer, leave an inference; entail; whisper &c. (conceal) 528. [understa nd the implication] read between the lines. Adj. latent; lurking &c.v.; secret & c. 528; occult; implied &c. v.; dormant; abeyant. unapparent, unknown, unseen &c . 441; in the background; invisible &c. 447; indiscoverable[obs3], dark; impenet rable &c. (unintelligible) 519; unspied[obs3], unsuspected. unsaid, unwritten, u npublished, unbreathed[obs3], untalked of[obs3], untold &c. 527, unsung, unexpos ed, unproclaimed[obs3], undisclosed &c. 529, unexpressed; not expressed, tacit. undeveloped, solved, unexplained, untraced[obs3], undiscovered &c. 480a, untrack ed, unexplored, uninvented[obs3]. indirect, crooked, inferential; by inference, by implication; implicit; constructive; allusive, covert, muffled; steganographi c[obs3]; understood, underhand, underground; delitescent[obs3], concealed &c. 52 8. Adv. by a side wind; sub silentio[Lat]; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly &c. 528; between the li nes. Phr. "thereby hangs a tale" [As You Like It]; tacitum vivit sub pectore vul nus [Lat][Vergil]; where there's smoke, there's fire. #527. Information. N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge &c. 490 ; publicity &c. 531; data &c. 467. communication, intimation; notice, notificati on; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu; representation, round ro bin, presentment. case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c. 532; return &c. (record) 551; account &c. (description) 594; statement &c. ( affirmation) 535. mention; acquainting &c. v; instruction &c. (teaching) 537; ou tpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness. informant, authority, teller, i ntelligencer[obs3], reporter, exponent, mouthpiece; informer, eavesdropper, dela

tor, detective; sleuth; mouchard[obs3], spy, newsmonger; messenger &c. 534; amic us curiae[Lat]. valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vad e mecum[Latin]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c. (journey) 266 . hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, s ubaudition[obs3], cue, byplay; gesture &c. (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Latin: a word to the wise]; insinuation &c. (latency) 526 . information theory. [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword[Comp], quad word, paragraph, segment. [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. V. tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint wi th; impart, impart to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awake n; transmit. let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish &c. 531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of. let o ne know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; in struct &c. (teach) 537; direct the attention to &c. 457. announce, annunciate; r eport, report progress; bringword[obs3], send word, leave word, write word; tele graph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account &c. (describe ) 594; state &c (affirm) 535. [disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose & c. 529. show cause; explain &c. (interpret) 522. hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink &c. (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breat he; whisper, whisper in the ear. give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tel l once for all; speak volumes. undeceive[obs3], unbeguile[obs3]; set right, corr ect, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of. be informed of &c.; know &c 490; learn &c. 539; get scent of, get wind of, gather from; awaken to, open one 's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand. come to o ne's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears. Adj. informed &c. v.; comm unique; reported &c. v.; published &c. 531. expressive &c. 516; explicit &c. (op en) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken &c, (artless) 703. nuncupative, nuncupatory|; declaratory, expository; enunciative[obs3]; communicative, communicatory[obs3]. Adv. from information received. Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine. #527a. Correction. [Correct an error of information; distinguish from correcting a flaw or misbehavior] N. correction. disillusionment &c. 616. V. correct, set right, set straight, put straight; undeceive[obs3];