Selfsame and Host

adjective

• Being the exact same one; not any other:.
  • usage: "this is the identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said yesterday"; "the very man I want to see"
  • synonyms: identical, very

noun

• A person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there.
• A vast multitude.
  • synonyms: horde, legion
• An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association.
• A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers.
  • synonyms: master of ceremonies, emcee
• Archaic terms for army.
  • synonyms: legion
• Any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event.
  • usage: "Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games"
• Medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor. (
• The owner or manager of an inn.
  • synonyms: innkeeper, boniface
• A technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion.
• Computer science. ( a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network)
  • synonyms: server

verb

• Be the host of or for.
  • usage: "We hosted 4 couples last night"

• (n.) An army; a number of men gathered for war.
• (v.t.) To give entertainment to.
• (n.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.
• (n.) Any great number or multitude; a throng.
• (v.i.) To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.
• (n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging or entertainment; a landlord.
• (n.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.