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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br>a spare-time pursuit; a hobby<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: from PASS + TIME.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>resigned</b>, <b>resigning</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>intrans </i>(<i>often </i><b>resign from a job, post</b>, <i>etc</i>) to give up employment or an official position, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to give up or relinquish (a right, claim, etc).<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>usually </i><b>resign oneself to something</b>) to come to accept it with patience, tolerance, etc, especially when it is unpleasant or unwelcome; to submit to it.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from French <i>résigner</i>, from Latin <i>resignare</i> to unseal or cancel.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>re-signed</b>, <b>re-signing</b>)<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to sign something again.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to sign (a contract) in order to engage or employ, eg someone for a further period of time.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>intrans </i>said especially of footballers: to sign a contract with the same club for a further period of time.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 1930s in sense 3; 19c in senses 1 and 2.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>great respect or veneration, especially that shown to something sacred or holy.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a feeling of, or the capacity to feel, such respect.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an act or gesture that shows such respect, such as an act of obeisance or a bow.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">4 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the state of being held in such respect.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 13c: from Latin <i>reverentia</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>speculated</b>, <b>speculating</b>)<br><i>intrans </i><br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<i>often </i><b>speculate on </b>or <b>about something</b>) to consider the circumstances or possibilities regarding it, usually without any factual basis and without coming to a definite conclusion.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>to engage in risky financial transactions, usually in the hope of making a quick profit.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>speculari</i>, <i>speculatus</i> to look out, from <i>specere</i> to see.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an act or instance, or the process or result, of speculating.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a risky investment of money for the sake of large profit.<br>

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>either of two lines of latitude that encircle the earth at 23° 27 minutes north (the <b>tropic of Cancer</b>) and 23° 27 minutes south (the <b>tropic of Capricorn</b>) of the equator.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>(<b>the tropics </b>or <b>the Tropics</b>) the parts of the Earth that lie between these two circles.<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>see under TROPE.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Greek <i>tropikos</i> relating to the apparent turning of the Sun at a solstice.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>capability; efficiency.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>legal authority or capability.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b><i>old use </i>sufficient income to live comfortably.<br>

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>conformed</b>, <b>conforming</b>)<br><i>intrans </i>(<i>often </i><b>conform to something</b>) to behave, dress, etc in obedience to some standard considered normal by the majority<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>conformare</i> to shape.