means

Roget category 632

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends

#632. Means

noun

means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means — capital etc. (money) 800 — revenue — stock in trade etc. 636 — provision etc. 637 — a shot in the locker — appliances etc. (machinery) 633 — means and appliances — conveniences — cards to play — expedients etc. (measures) 626 — two strings to one's bow — sheet anchor etc. (safety) 666 — aid etc. 707 — medium etc. 631.

verb

find means, have means, possess means etc. n..

adjective

instrumental etc. 631 — mechanical etc. 633.

adverb

by means of, with — by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means — wherewith, herewith, therewith — wherewithal.
how etc. (in what manner) 627 — through etc. (by the instrumentality of) 631 — with the aid of, by the aid of etc. (assistance) 707 — by the agency of etc. 170

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