body+politic
41Body snatching — Body Bod y, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the… …
42politic — politic, political The normal adjective in general meanings is political. Apart from its use in the fixed expression body politic, politic is confined to the meaning ‘judicious, expedient’ (with reference to an action) and ‘prudent, sagacious’… …
43body — I (collection) noun aggregation, assemblage, batch, colligation, community, company, compilation, congeries, conglomeration, entity, gathering, host, mass, multitude, plenum, polity, sodality, troupe, wholeness associated concepts: body corporate …
44politic — [päl′ə tik΄] adj. [ME polytyk < MFr politique < L politicus < Gr politikos, of a citizen < politēs: see POLICE] 1. POLITICAL: archaic except in BODY POLITIC 2. having practical wisdom; prudent; shrewd; diplomatic 3. crafty;… …
45body — (n.) O.E. bodig trunk, chest (of a man or animal); related to O.H.G. botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German, replaced by leib, originally life, and körper, from Latin. In English, extension to… …
46body — noun 1 whole physical form of a person/an animal ADJECTIVE ▪ entire, whole ▪ Her whole body trembled. ▪ lower, upper ▪ healthy …
47body — n. substance firmness 1) to give body to group unit 2) an advisory; deliberative; elected; governing; student body; the body politic 3) in a body (they presented their petition in a body) physical object 4) a foreign body (to remove a foreign… …
48politic — Expedient, especially in reference to the effect of a course of action upon others. See body politic; body politic and corporate …
49politic — pol|i|tic [ˈpɔlıtık US ˈpa: ] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: politique, from Latin politicus, from Greek politikos, from polites citizen , from polis city ] sensible and likely to gain you an advantage = ↑prudent it is politic to… …
50politic — [[t]pɒ̱lɪtɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu it v link ADJ to inf If it seems politic to do a particular thing, that seems to be the most sensible thing to do in the circumstances. [FORMAL] → See also , body politic Many towns often found it politic to… …
