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adjectiveValid; legally firm; not weak or defective; having strength adequate to its support; as a good title; a good deed; a good claim.
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Valid; sound; not weak, false or fallacious; as a good argument.
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Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad, imperfect, corruptedWe say, good timber, good cloth, a good soil, a good color. And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Genesis 1:31.
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Having moral qualities best adapted to its design and use, or the qualities which God’s law requires; virtuous; pious; religious; applied to persons, and opposed to bad, vitious, wicked. Yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. Romans 5:7.
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Conformable to the moral law; virtuous; applied to actions. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. Jifus 2:7.
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Proper; fit; convenient; seasonable; well adapted to the end. It was a good time to commence operations. He arrived in good time.
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Convenient; useful; expedient; conducive to happiness. It is not good that the man should be alone. Genesis 2:18.
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Sound; perfect; uncorrupted; undamaged. This fruit will keep good the whole year.
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Suitable to the taste or to health; wholesome; salubrious; palatable; not disagreeable or noxious; as fruit good to eat; a tree good for food. Genesis 2:9.
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Suited to produce a salutary effect; adapted to abate or cure; medicinal; salutary; beneficial; as, fresh vegetables are good for scorbutic diseases.
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Suited to strengthen or assist the healthful functions; as, a little wine is good for a weak stomach.
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Pleasant to the taste; as a good apple. My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste. Proverbs 24:13.
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Full; complete. The protestant subjects of the abbey make up a good third of its people.
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Useful; valuable; having qualities or a tendency to produce a good effect. All quality, that is good for any thing, is originally founded on merit.
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Equal; adequate; competent. His security is good for the amount of the debt; applied to persons able to fulfill contracts. Antonio is a good man.
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Favorable; convenient for any purpose; as a good stand for business; a good station for a camp.
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Convenient; suitable; safe; as a good harbor for ships.
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Well qualified; able; skillful; or performing duties with skill and fidelity; as a good prince; a good commander; a good officer; a good physician.
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Ready; dexterous. Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else.
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Kind; benevolent; affectionate; as a good father; good will.