gaze+earnestly

  • 1gaze — 1. verb /ɡeɪz/ a) To stare intently or earnestly. Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see. b) …

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  • 2gaze — I. v. n. Look intently, look long, look fixedly, keep one s look fixed, look long and earnestly. II. n. Intent look, fixed look …

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  • 3gloat — v. n. Stare, gaze, gaze earnestly, look intently, gaze passionately, gaze with passionate satisfaction …

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  • 4Gloat — Gloat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 5Gloated — Gloat Gloat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 6Gloating — Gloat Gloat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 7stare — v. n. Gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly …

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  • 8pore — pore1 /pawr, pohr/, v.i., pored, poring. 1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript. 2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting. 3. to meditate or ponder intently (usually… …

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  • 9pore — I [[t]pɔr, poʊr[/t]] v. i. pored, por•ing 1) to read or study with steady attention or application (usu. fol. by over): to pore over old manuscripts[/ex] 2) to meditate or ponder intently (usu. fol. by over, on, or upon) 3) to gaze earnestly or… …

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  • 10pore — I. /pɔ / (say paw) phrase (pored, poring) 1. pore on (or over), to gaze earnestly or steadily at. 2. pore over, to read or study with steady attention or application. 3. pore over (or on){{}} (or upon), to meditate on or ponder intently. {Middle… …