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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
venal
adj 1: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges";
"dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a
venal police officer" [syn: corruptible, bribable,
dishonest, purchasable, venal]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Venal \Ve"nal\ (v[=e]"nal), a. [L. vena a vein.]
Of or pertaining to veins; venous; as, venal blood. [R.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Venal \Ve"nal\, a. [L. venalis, from venus sale; akin to Gr.
'w^nos price, Skr. vasna: cf. F. v['e]nal.]
Capable of being bought or obtained for money or other
valuable consideration; made matter of trade or barter; held
for sale; salable; mercenary; purchasable; hireling; as,
venal services. " Paid court to venal beauties." --Macaulay.
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The venal cry and prepared vote of a passive senate.
--Burke.
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Syn: Mercenary; hireling; vendible.
Usage: Venal, Mercenary. One is mercenary who is either
actually a hireling (as, mercenary soldiers, a
mercenary judge, etc.), or is governed by a sordid
love of gain; hence, we speak of mercenary motives, a
mercenary marriage, etc. Venal goes further, and
supposes either an actual purchase, or a readiness to
be purchased, which places a person or thing wholly in
the power of the purchaser; as, a venal press. Brissot
played ingeniously on the latter word in his
celebrated saying, " My pen is venal that it may not
be mercenary," meaning that he wrote books, and sold
them to the publishers, in order to avoid the
necessity of being the hireling of any political
party.
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Thus needy wits a vile revenue made,
And verse became a mercenary trade. --Dryden.
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This verse be thine, my friend, nor thou refuse
This, from no venal or ungrateful muse. --Pope.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
VENAL. Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad
sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
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Thesaurus Results for venal:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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