Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — Uncertain English. [ARTICLE]

Uncertain English.

Perhaps the best example of an English word having two opposite meanings is the word “cleave,” which means to adhere tenaciously, aud, also, to separate by a blow. The word “let” expresses hindrance as well as permission. “ Nervous ” means strong as well as weak. “ Master ” is a term applied to a boy and also to his teacher; and there are many other instances.