Diligence
- Diligence
- Diligence Dil"i*gence, n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.]
1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful
attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
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2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and
painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken;
assiduity in service.
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That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified
in; and the best of me is diligence. --Shak.
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3. (Scots Law) Process by which persons, lands, or effects
are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance
of witnesses or the production of writings.
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{To do one's diligence}, {give diligence}, {use diligence},
to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest
endeavor.
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And each of them doth all his diligence
To do unto the fest['e] reverence. --Chaucer.
Syn: Attention; industry; assiduity; sedulousness;
earnestness; constancy; heed; heedfulness; care;
caution. -- {Diligence}, {Industry}. Industry has the
wider sense of the two, implying an habitual devotion to
labor for some valuable end, as knowledge, property,
etc. Diligence denotes earnest application to some
specific object or pursuit, which more or less directly
has a strong hold on one's interests or feelings. A man
may be diligent for a time, or in seeking some favorite
end, without meriting the title of industrious. Such was
the case with Fox, while Burke was eminent not only for
diligence, but industry; he was always at work, and
always looking out for some new field of mental effort.
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The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to. --Shak.
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Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which
an historical writer ascribe to himself. --Gibbon.
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diligence — [ diliʒɑ̃s ] n. f. • fin XIIe; lat. diligentia « soin, attention » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx Soin attentif, appliqué. ♢ Dr. À la diligence de (qqn) : sur la demande, sur l initiative, à la requête de. 2 ♦ Vx ou littér. Activité empressée, dans l exécution d une … Encyclopédie Universelle
diligence — DILIGENCE. sub. f. (On pron. Jan dans ce mot et les suivans.) Prompte exécution. Travailler avec diligence, en diligence, en grande diligence. Aller en diligence. User de diligence. f♛/b] On dit, Faire diligence, faire grande diligence, pour dire … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
diligence — Diligence, Accuratio, Diligentia, Industria, Vigilantia. Continuelle diligence, Instantia. Grande diligence, Sedulitas. Soigneuse diligence et extreme, Studium acre. Une diligence viste et prompte, Agilis industria. Diligence qu on acquiert par… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
diligence — dil·i·gence / di lə jəns/ n: earnest and persistent application of effort esp. as required by law; also: care (1) see also due diligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
diligence — Diligence. s. f. Prompte execution. Travailler avec diligence, en diligence, en grande diligence. aller en diligence. user de diligence. On dit, Faire diligence. faire grande diligence, pour dire, Faire une chose promptement. Travaillez à mon… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
diligence — dil‧i‧gence [ˈdɪldʒns] noun [uncountable] 1. care that someone in a position of responsibility takes with their work: • All directors must act honestly and use reasonable diligence and skill in the discharge of their duties. ˌdue ˈdiligence LAW … Financial and business terms
diligence — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. diligence attention, care; haste, speed, from L. diligentia attentiveness, carefulness, from diligentem (nom. diligens) attentive, assiduous, careful, originally prp. of diligere single out, value highly, esteem, prize,… … Etymology dictionary
Diligence — bedeutet in gehobener Sprache (abkommend) Emsigkeit, sorgfältigen Fleiß Postkutsche im Stile der französischen Monarchen. Siehe auch: Due Diligence Diese Seite ist eine Begri … Deutsch Wikipedia
diligence — diligence1 [dil′ə jəns] n. [ME < OFr < L diligentia < diligens, prp. of diligere, to esteem highly, select < di , apart + legere, to choose, collect: see LOGIC] 1. the quality of being diligent; constant, careful effort; perseverance… … English World dictionary
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