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Definition of Hands-on
1. Adjective. Involving active participation. "Hands-on operations"
Definition of Hands-on
1. Adjective. involving active participation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hands-on
Literary usage of Hands-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Apostles imposed hands on the newly baptized, that they might receive the
... (a) when the ordaining prelate followed by the priests, lays hands on the ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"In getting off a bed he first puts his hands on the floor and slides the rest
... He put his hands on the step and then let the body slide down after him. ..."
3. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"Moses laid his hands on Joshua when he set him apart as his successor ...
Jacob blessed his grandchildren by laying his hands on their heads (Gn 4814> "). ..."
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