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char·ac·ter [kar-ik-ter]
noun
1. the aggregate of features
and traits
that form the individual nature of some
person or thing.
2. one such feature or trait; characteristic.
14. a significant visual mark or symbol.
21. Roman Catholic Theology. the ineffaceable imprint received on the soul through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and ordination. etc.
OTHER WORDS FOR CHARACTER..
5 name, repute
14 sign.
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Origin:1275–1325; < Latin < Greek
charaktḗr graving tool, its mark, equivalent to charak- (base of
charáttein to engrave) + -tēr agent suffix; replacing Middle English caractere
< Middle French < Latin, as above.
o Grave
to carve, sculpt, or engrave - to impress deeply: graven on the mind.
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Mark
- an affixed or impressed device, symbol,
inscription, etc., serving to give information, identify, indicate origin or ownership, attest to
character or comparative merit, or the like, as a trademark. * en·grave
- to impress deeply; infix:
That image is
engraved on
my mind.
Wie se beeld reflekteer ons?
En ek het gesien, en kyk, die Lam staan op die berg Sion, en saam met Hom honderd vier en veertig duisend met sy Naam en die Naam van sy Vader op hulle voorhoofde geskrywe. Openbaring 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written G1125 in their foreheads. (Rev 14:1)
G1125 γράφω graphō graf'-o
A primary verb; to “grave”, especially to write; figuratively to describe: - describe, write (-ing, -ten).