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Synonyovernment

The _metropolis_ is the chief city in the commercial, the _capital_ in the political sense The _capital_ of an American State is rarely its _metropolis_

CARE

Synonyht, trouble, attention, direction, perplexity, vigilance, caution, forethought, precaution, wariness, charge, heed, prudence, watchfulness, circuement, solicitude, worry

_Care_ concerns e possess; _anxiety_, often, e do not; riches bring nifies watchful _attention_, in view of possible harm; as, ”This side up with _care_;” ”Take _care_ of yourself;” or, as a sharp warning, ”Take _care_!” _Caution_ has a sense of possible harm and risk only to be escaped, if at all, by careful deliberation and observation _Care_ inclines to the positive, _caution_ to the negative; _care_ is shown in doing, _caution_ largely in not doing _Precaution_ is allied with _care_, _prudence_ with _caution_; a erous horse with _care_; _caution_ will keep hiirths, bit and bridle, and all that may make the rider secure _Circumspection_ is watchful observation and calculation, but without the timidity implied in _caution_ _Concern_ denotes a serious interest, milder than _anxiety_; as, _concern_ for the safety of a shi+p at sea _Heed_ iely displaced by _attention_ and _care_ _Solicitude_ involves especially the element of desire, not expressed in _anxiety_, and of hopefulness, not implied in _care_ A parent feels constant _solicitude_ for his children's welfare, _anxiety_ as to dangers that threaten it, with _care_ to guard against theer, _wariness_ the probability A er reat _wariness_ in the midst of it _Care_ has also the sense of responsibility, with possible control, as expressed in _charge_, _ht_; as, these children are under my _care_; send the money to me in _care_ of the firm Compare ALARM; ANXIETY; PRUDENCE

Antonyht, reard, indifference, olect,

Prepositions:

Take care _of_ the house; _for_ the future; _about_ the ht, passage, race, course, line of achieveround for a race, or, especially, for a knight's _charge_ in tournament or battle; whence _career_ was early applied to the _charge_ itself

If you will use the lance, take ground for your _career_ The four horsemen met in full _career_

SCOTT _Quentin Durward_ ch 14, p 194 [D F & CO]

In its figurative use _career_ signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement Compare BUSINESS

CARESS

Synonyms:

coddle, embrace, fondle, pamper, court, flatter, kiss, pet