character

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈkæ.ɹɪk.tə/]

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1. character (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

Example: [I]n a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the piece must be advanced foremost to the view of the reader or spectator; he must outshine the rest of all the characters; he must appear the prince of them, like the sun in the Copernican system, encompassed with the less noble planets …

2. character (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; nature; phene.

Example: A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.

3. character (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

Example: A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out.

4. character (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To write (using characters); to describe.

Example: O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where.

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