Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being express.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The state or quality of being express; definiteness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The state or quality of being
express ;definiteness .
Etymologies
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express + -ness
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Examples
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The repentance intended is such as is necessary for the satisfaction of the church, as to its expressness and being known.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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But if they recall the assertion, as to the expressness of our Lord's sanction, and mean to say, that his sanction is implied, and may be reasonably deduced from what he has said, then I answer, that the deduction ought to be clear, because the doctrine in itself bears on it no marks of having had Christ for its author.
The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps Thomas Arnold 1818
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