A High-school Dictionary of the English Language Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous: With an Appendix Containing Various Useful Tables : Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the Quarto Dictionary of Noah WebsterIvison,Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1873 - 415 pages |
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... want of any strong- ly - marked , distinctive character . The sound dif- fers from that of short u ( with which it has often been identified ) in length , and in a some- what greater degree of closeness . Y. §32 . Regular long sound ...
... want of any strong- ly - marked , distinctive character . The sound dif- fers from that of short u ( with which it has often been identified ) in length , and in a some- what greater degree of closeness . Y. §32 . Regular long sound ...
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... want of drink . Ad'sçi - ti'tious ( -tish / us ) , a . Additional ; supplemental . Ad'u - lā'tion , n . Excessive or servile flattery . Ad'u - la / tor , n . A servile flat- [ excess . Ad'u - la / to - ry , a . Flattering to A - dŭlt ...
... want of drink . Ad'sçi - ti'tious ( -tish / us ) , a . Additional ; supplemental . Ad'u - lā'tion , n . Excessive or servile flattery . Ad'u - la / tor , n . A servile flat- [ excess . Ad'u - la / to - ry , a . Flattering to A - dŭlt ...
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... Want of gov- ernment ; lawlessness . A - nǎth'e - mȧ ( 140 ) , n . An ec- clesiastical curse and excom- munication , A - nǎth'e - ma - tīze , v . t . To pronounce an anathema against . An'a - tom'ie - al , a . Belonging to anatomy or ...
... Want of gov- ernment ; lawlessness . A - nǎth'e - mȧ ( 140 ) , n . An ec- clesiastical curse and excom- munication , A - nǎth'e - ma - tīze , v . t . To pronounce an anathema against . An'a - tom'ie - al , a . Belonging to anatomy or ...
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... Want of feeling ; insensibility . Ape , n . A kind of tailless monkey ; a mimic or imita- tor.-v. t . To imitate Ape . On the point ; as an ape ; to mimic .. A - peak ' , adv . perpendicularly . A - pe'ri - ent ( 86 ) , a . [ Lat ...
... Want of feeling ; insensibility . Ape , n . A kind of tailless monkey ; a mimic or imita- tor.-v. t . To imitate Ape . On the point ; as an ape ; to mimic .. A - peak ' , adv . perpendicularly . A - pe'ri - ent ( 86 ) , a . [ Lat ...
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... Want of art . A - run'di - nā'ceous , a . Per- taining to , or resembling , a reed or cane . A - run - din'c - oùs , a . Abound- ing in reeds . A - rus'piçe , n . A priest or soothsayer in ancient Rome . As ( az ) , adv . In like manner ...
... Want of art . A - run'di - nā'ceous , a . Per- taining to , or resembling , a reed or cane . A - run - din'c - oùs , a . Abound- ing in reeds . A - rus'piçe , n . A priest or soothsayer in ancient Rome . As ( az ) , adv . In like manner ...
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