[Dixonary] Round 2259 - MUNDIFY - time to vote!

[—Keith Hale—]

Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that
impertinent interloper: the dictionary.

Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the
deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.

1] To make agreeable or gentle.

2] To hold an international perspective.

3] [obs] – Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.

4] To reduce to slag.

5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves,
purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.

6] To make or become worldly in manner.

7] To cheapen or lower in value.

8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.

9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)

10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.

11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.

12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.

13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.

14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
site,
by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)

15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and
substance;
to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate
metaphor,
and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]

16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
[usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]

17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.

18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
leader.

Bon Chance!

[Steve Graham]

I'll take 8 and 18 please.

Steve Graham

>-----Original Message-----
>From: —Keith Hale— [mailto:thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com]
>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 06:29 AM
>To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
>Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2259 - MUNDIFY - time to vote!
>
>Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that
>impertinent interloper: the dictionary.
>
>Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the
>deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
>
>1] To make agreeable or gentle.
>
>2] To hold an international perspective.
>
>3] [obs] – Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.
>
>4] To reduce to slag.
>
>5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves,
>purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
>
>6] To make or become worldly in manner.
>
>7] To cheapen or lower in value.
>
>8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.
>
>9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)
>
>10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.
>
>11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.
>
>12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.
>
>13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.
>
>14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
>site,
>by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)
>
>15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and
>substance;
>to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate
>metaphor,
>and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]
>
>16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
>[usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]
>
>17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
>
>18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
>leader.
>
>Bon Chance!
>

[Tim B]

6 and 17, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[France International]

I'll go for 1 and 10.

[Dodi Schultz]

I'll try one ridiculous and one not:

> 5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves,
> purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
>

and

> 8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.

—Dodi

[Judy Madnick]

I have to take #5 because it's so different from the rest...and #9 ... just because.

Judy

[Dave Cunningham]

3 and 15 today (though the latter reminds me of the Google result for
"recursion" in a way)

Dave'

Dave

On Nov 28, 9:29*am, —Keith Hale— <thoughtsto... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that
> impertinent interloper: the dictionary.
>
> Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the
> deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
>
> 1] To make agreeable or gentle.
>
> 2] To hold an international perspective.
>
> 3] [obs] – Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.
>
> 4] To reduce to slag.
>
> 5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves,
> purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
>
> 6] To make or become worldly in manner.
>
> 7] To cheapen or lower in value.
>
> 8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.
>
> 9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)
>
> 10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.
>
> 11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.
>
> 12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.
>
> 13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.
>
> 14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
> site,
> by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)
>
> 15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and
> substance;
> to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate
> metaphor,
> and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]
>
> 16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
> [usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]
>
> 17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
>
> 18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
> leader.
>
> Bon Chance!

[Matthew]

I cannot resist tontine or deterge, so my votes go to:

9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)

and

11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.

--Matthew Grieco

[EnDash@aol.com]

I will go for numbers 9 and 15.

-- Dick Weltz


9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)

15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and
substance;
to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate
metaphor,
and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]

[Millie Morgan]

OK ... I'll fall for the worldly ones:

> 6] To make or become worldly in manner.
> 8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.


Best wishes
Millie

[Jim Hart]

Vulgar and short please: 13 and 15

Jim

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 13 or 18.

Guerri

—Keith Hale— wrote:
>
> 13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.
>
> 18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
> leader.

[Tony Abell]

I happen to like 1 (because it's agreeable) and 14 (because no one else does):


> 1] To make agreeable or gentle.

> 14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
> site,
> by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)

[Tim Lodge]

They're all so good that - at this time of night - I can't possibly
decide which to vote for. Random Vote Calculator says 8 and 17.

> 8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.
>
> 17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.

-- Tim L

[Nancy Shepherdson]

4? 5? Yes, those.

Nancy

[Guerri Stevens]

Make that 13 AND 18 (sigh).

Guerri Stevens wrote:
> I vote for 13 or 18.

[John Barrs]

Keith

I can't see much rhyme or reason so as its the first week of Advent I'll
go for the 1's == #1 and #11 please, also because they are somewhat similar
#1 being a sort of spiritualized version of #11

John B


> 1] To make agreeable or gentle.
>
> 11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.
>
>

[Chris Carson]

4 and 14.

Chris

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:29 AM, —Keith Hale— <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that impertinent interloper: the dictionary.
>
> Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
>
> 1] To make agreeable or gentle.
>
> 2] To hold an international perspective.
>
> 3] [obs] – Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.
>
> 4] To reduce to slag.
>
> 5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
>
> 6] To make or become worldly in manner.
>
> 7] To cheapen or lower in value.
>
> 8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.
>
> 9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)
>
> 10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.
>
> 11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.
>
> 12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.
>
> 13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.
>
> 14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction site,
> by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)
>
> 15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance;
> to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate metaphor,
> and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]
>
> 16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
> [usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]
>
> 17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
>
> 18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political leader.
>
> Bon Chance!

[MICHAEL HARRINGTON]

This is too much, my brain is going into over-load! So many look like
tempting. Kinda reminds me of the party game "Pin the Tail on the Donkey".
Well, here goes....

8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.

18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
leader.

Mike Harrington







From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf
Of -Keith Hale-
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 6:29 AM
To: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2259 - MUNDIFY - time to vote!



Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that
impertinent interloper: the dictionary.

Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the
deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.

1] To make agreeable or gentle.

2] To hold an international perspective.

3] [obs] - Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.

4] To reduce to slag.

5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple
flower heads, and an edible taproot.

6] To make or become worldly in manner.

7] To cheapen or lower in value.

8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.

9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs._)

10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.

11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.

12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.

13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.

14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
site,
by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)

15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and
substance;
to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate metaphor,

and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]

16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
[usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]

17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.

18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political
leader.

Bon Chance!

[Daniel Widdis]

I'll go with 14 and 16.
--
Dan


14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction
site,
by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)

16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
[usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]

[Paul Keating]

I vote for 11 and 15. “To deterge” is too good to pass up.

[Stephen Dixon]

Wow! lots of definitions relating to the Latin *mundus*, and a couple
relating it to money. I have been reluctant to go for any of those but the
time for dithering is past and the time for being flat-out wrong is here!

# 5 - a European plant (for my NOT mundus pick)

#13 - to vulgarize (for the other)

steve d

[scott crom]

Hoping I'm within the deadline, I'll toss my votes at 7 and 18, please.

Scott

[Toni Savage]

3 and 12


-- Toni Savage


>________________________________
>From: —Keith Hale— <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
>To: "dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com" <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:29 AM
>Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2259 - MUNDIFY - time to vote!
>
>
>Here are the definitions - 17 from fellow Dixonarians, one from that impertinent interloper: the dictionary.
>Send your votes for two of them by public reply to this message before the deadline: 5PM (1700) Central Time; Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
>1] To make agreeable or gentle..
>2] To hold an international perspective.
>3] [obs] – Convert quoted text to reported speech for oral presentation.
>4] To reduce to slag.
>5] A European plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) having grasslike leaves, purple flower heads, and an edible taproot.
>6] To make or become worldly in manner.
>7] To cheapen or lower in value.
>8] To express a noble thought or idea in worldly terms.
>9] To endow a trust or tontine. (_obs.._)
>10] To present an award or prize, esp. of money.
>11] To cleanse; deterge. To purge or purify.
>12] Term of art for the making of blended estate coffee.
>13] To vulgarize; to demean by use of vulgarity or profanity.
>14] To sabotage an industrial operation, esp at a mining or construction site,
>by stopping work at a critical time (after Jack Mundey, trade unionist)
>15] To shorten (a text, speech, etc.) whilst retaining the sense and substance;
>to edit into a shorter form, esp. by omitting prolixity, elaborate metaphor,
>and extended rhetorical figures [L. _mundus_ terse, elegant]
>16] To become cantankerous, out of step, out of fashion as a decision.
>[usually used as a passive reflexive; _Athanasius Contra Mundum_ (qv)]
>17] To render trifling or futile; to make silly.
>18] To shatter illusions, esp. pertaining to a religious or political leader.
>
>Bon Chance!
>
>