Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A magical sign or emblem.
  • noun A character; a distinctive mark.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See character.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A letter or character.
  • noun archaic A magical symbol.

Etymologies

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From Old French characte, from Latin *characta, from Ancient Greek χαρακτός (kharaktos).

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Examples

  • But the LeBron James who emerged this summer was a different charact er inscrutable, attention-grabby and mysteriously tone deaf, speaking of himself in the third person and gabbing to Larry King as Kobe battled Boston.

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  • Naturally Thin has begun to show you how to eliminate your food noise, be present, not beat yourself up, and truly do what you can do in your life -- no one else's and no ficticious tv or book charact ...

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  • Naturally Thin has begun to show you how to eliminate your food noise, be present, not beat yourself up, and truly do what you can do in your life -- no one else's and no ficticious tv or book charact ...

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  • Video: Darth Vader and Yoda to be playable charact...

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  • The impetus was to come up with an acceptable definition that excluded Adrian Monk, Jessica Fletcher, Jesus, and Bill Gates will still including non-traditional charact

    The Definition of Superhero 2006

  • Raymond was much younger, and they're interesting -- interesting charact -- wonderful characters.

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  • To appreciate how deficient the Spaniard was, you must compare his plot devices and charact - erizations with those of Goethe and Eugene O'Neill.

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  • If you know where you want your semicolons from the start then just use a char - acter that you don't plan on using elsewhere in the file (like the '@' charact - er) and place them where you desire.

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  • The following charact was found in a linen purse belonging to a murderer named Jackson, who died in Chichester jail in February, 1749.

    Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

  • Si je n'en ai point profits, je l'attribue moins ` a son charact ` ere qu '` a son genre de vie.

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757

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