spectre spec·tre

spectre spec·tre
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  • Spectre — Spec tre, n. See {Specter}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Spectre — Specter Spec ter, Spectre Spec tre, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • spectre — spec|tre BrE specter AmE [ˈspektə US ər] n 1.) the spectre of sth something that people are afraid of because it may affect them badly ▪ The recession is again raising the spectre of unemployment. 2.) literary a ↑ghost …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spectre — spec·tre …   English syllables

  • spectre — spec•tre [[t]ˈspɛk tər[/t]] n. brit. chiefly brit. specter …   From formal English to slang

  • Brocken spectre — Brocken specter Brock en spec ter or Brocken spectre Brock en spec tre [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Specter — Spec ter, Spectre Spec tre, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster] The ghosts of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Specter bat — Specter Spec ter, Spectre Spec tre, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Specter candle — Specter Spec ter, Spectre Spec tre, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Specter shrimp — Specter Spec ter, Spectre Spec tre, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Spectrum}.] 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brocken specter — Brock en spec ter or Brocken spectre Brock en spec tre [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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