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A person who holds an office or position.
1. Already holding an office or position.
2. Required as a duty or obligation (often used with on). |
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1. To yield; to give in or give up, especially to a powerful force or desire (often used with to).
2. To die. |
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| A psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so. |
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1. A theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof.
2. An assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based. |
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| A disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altered or irreparably lost to the earth. |
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1. An ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles.
A modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship. |
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1. Concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions.
2. Relating to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience. |
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| To turn aside an instinctual, perhaps primitive, impulse in favor of a more socially or culturally acceptable activity. |
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1. To induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or a crime.
2. To induce someone to give false testimony. |
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| An artifice, device or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome. |
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| A thing or a quality that appears true or real. |
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1. The condition or quality of being true or accurate.
2. A belief, principle, or statement expressing some basic human truth. |
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| To affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically. |
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