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Today’s pangram is DEFINITIVE.
DEFINITIVE is defined as of recognized authority or excellence. It is also defined as supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement. It is also defined as clearly defined or formulated.
DEVEIN is defined as remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp).
The word DEVEINED has no known definition.
DIVE is defined as a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. It is also defined as a headlong plunge into water. It is also defined as drop steeply. It is also defined as a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall. It is also defined as plunge into water. It is also defined as swim under water.
The word DIVED has no known definition.
DIVIDE is defined as perform a division. It is also defined as act as a barrier between; stand between. It is also defined as separate into parts or portions. It is also defined as force, take, or pull apart. It is also defined as a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems. It is also defined as make a division or separation. It is also defined as come apart. It is also defined as a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility).
DIVIDED is defined as distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose. It is also defined as having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions. It is also defined as separated into parts or pieces.
DIVIDEND is defined as a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus). It is also defined as a number to be divided by another number. It is also defined as that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly.
DIVINE is defined as emanating from God. It is also defined as appropriate to or befitting a god. It is also defined as being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods. It is also defined as a clergyman or other person in religious orders. It is also defined as resulting from divine providence. It is also defined as being or having the nature of a god. It is also defined as terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God. It is also defined as devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity. It is also defined as perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers. It is also defined as search by divining, as if with a rod.
The word DIVINED has no known definition.
The word DIVVIED has no known definition.
ENDIVE is defined as widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched. It is also defined as variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
The word ENVIED has no known definition.
EVEN is defined as to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons. It is also defined as of the score in a contest. It is also defined as occurring at fixed intervals. It is also defined as become even or more even. It is also defined as make even or more even. It is also defined as symmetrically arranged. It is also defined as make level or straight. It is also defined as the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall). It is also defined as equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced. It is also defined as being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with). It is also defined as divisible by two.
The word EVENED has no known definition.
EVENT is defined as a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. It is also defined as a special set of circumstances. It is also defined as a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory. It is also defined as something that happens at a given place and time.
EVIDENT is defined as capable of being seen or noticed. It is also defined as clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
FIVE is defined as a team that plays basketball. It is also defined as a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips. It is also defined as being one more than four. It is also defined as the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
INFINITIVE is defined as the uninflected form of the verb.
INVENT is defined as come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. It is also defined as concoct something artificial or untrue.
The word INVENTED has no known definition.
INVENTIVE is defined as (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.
INVITE is defined as ask someone in a friendly way to do something. It is also defined as have as a guest. It is also defined as give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting. It is also defined as increase the likelihood of. It is also defined as request the participation or presence of. It is also defined as ask to enter. It is also defined as express willingness to have in one’s home or environs. It is also defined as invite someone to one’s house. It is also defined as a colloquial expression for invitation.
The word INVITED has no known definition.
INVITEE is defined as a visitor to whom hospitality is extended.
IVIED is defined as overgrown with ivy.
VEIN is defined as a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart. It is also defined as one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect. It is also defined as any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ. It is also defined as a layer of ore between layers of rock. It is also defined as a distinctive style or manner. It is also defined as make a veinlike pattern.
VEINED is defined as having or showing markings that resemble veins.
VEND is defined as sell or offer for sale from place to place.
The word VENDED has no known definition.
VENT is defined as activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion. It is also defined as expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen. It is also defined as give expression or utterance to. It is also defined as a fissure in the earth’s crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. It is also defined as a hole for the escape of gas or air. It is also defined as a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket). It is also defined as external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate.
VENTED is defined as supplied with a vent or vents for intake of air or discharge of gases.
The word VETTED has no known definition.
The word VIED has no known definition.
VINE is defined as a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
VIVID is defined as evoking lifelike images within the mind. It is also defined as (of color) having the highest saturation. It is also defined as having strong or striking color. It is also defined as having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience.
The word VIVIFIED has no known definition.
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I really appreciate the work you put into providing these answers, especially the daily Pangram itself. Thank you!
However, all the words I’ve noticed you say have “no known definition” DO have definitions—sometimes very obvious ones. For instance, you provide the definition for “devein” and “dive,” and immediately below them state that “deveined” and “dived” have no known definition. But they’re simply the past tense of the words that precede them. (And in the case of “deveined,” it’s also the adjective form, as in “the deveined shrimp costs a little more than the regular shrimp.”)
In the case of “inaptly” and “pliantly” from December 3, their base word forms don’t appear immediately before them because they’re the Pangrams. But the base forms do appear in your list with definitions. They’re the adverb forms of the adjectives “inapt” and “pliant.” So instead of modifying a noun like an adjective does, as in “Play-Doh is pliant,” adverbs modify verbs, as in “the Play-Doh moved pliantly.”
To make the process easy, with altered word forms that immediately follow their base form, like “dive” and “dived,” you could simply say, “DIVED is the past tense of the above.” When the derivative word form is separated from the original word form, you could say something like “PLIANTLY is the adverb form of PLIANT, defined below.”
If you use the Merriam-Webster dictionary app and look up these derivative word forms, it will direct you to the base word. Below the definitions it provides “Other Words,” lists the various word forms, and provides the parts of speech for them. So the “Other Words” section for “pliant” reads:
Other Words
pliantly *adjective*
pliantness *noun*
Since Merriam-Webster does this redirect to base word forms, it would be very useful when you’re making your list.
But I get that providing these daily answers is likely quite time-consuming and you’re doing it for free, so it makes some sense to say a word has “no known definition” and move on. I offer my above advice just in case you would like to provide the definitions, but I completely understand if you prefer to continue doing things as always.
Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for providing these answers. It’s so frustrating when the free version of the game stops and I haven’t figured out the Pangram yet! You made it so I can stop obsessing, and that is super helpful to me.