Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tantamount"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E.
amount.]
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right.
--Hallam.
The certainty that delay, under these circumstances,
was tantamount to ruin. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, v. i.
To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tantamount
adj : being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as
gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his
statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
[syn: {as good as(p)}, {equivalent(p)}, {tantamount(p)}]
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