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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... cause these words are not derived from any other words in the language . It is to be observed that those orthoëpists who maintain that r has one invariable sound , assert that the only peculiarity in the English xviii DIVIDED USAGE ...
... cause these words are not derived from any other words in the language . It is to be observed that those orthoëpists who maintain that r has one invariable sound , assert that the only peculiarity in the English xviii DIVIDED USAGE ...
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... causes of . n . Computation ; estimation ; regard ; explanation ; narra- tion . Ae - count / a - bil'i - ty , n ... Causing accumulation . Ae - eu'mu - la'tor , n . One who accumulates . Ăe'eu - ra - cy , Ae'eu - rate - ness , n . Exact ...
... causes of . n . Computation ; estimation ; regard ; explanation ; narra- tion . Ae - count / a - bil'i - ty , n ... Causing accumulation . Ae - eu'mu - la'tor , n . One who accumulates . Ăe'eu - ra - cy , Ae'eu - rate - ness , n . Exact ...
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... causing adhesion . — n . Any viscous or adhesive sub- stance . Ag - glū'ti - nāte , v . t . To cause to adhere or unite . Ag - glu'ti - na'tion , n . Act of uniting , as by glue ; adhe- sion . [ to unite . Ag - glu'ti - na - tive , a ...
... causing adhesion . — n . Any viscous or adhesive sub- stance . Ag - glū'ti - nāte , v . t . To cause to adhere or unite . Ag - glu'ti - na'tion , n . Act of uniting , as by glue ; adhe- sion . [ to unite . Ag - glu'ti - na - tive , a ...
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... cause to suffer agony ; to torture . Ag'o - ny , n . Excessive pain of body or mind . - SYN . An- guish ; pang . A - gra'ri - an , a . Relating to an equal division of lands or property.- -N . One who fa- vors an equal division of ...
... cause to suffer agony ; to torture . Ag'o - ny , n . Excessive pain of body or mind . - SYN . An- guish ; pang . A - gra'ri - an , a . Relating to an equal division of lands or property.- -N . One who fa- vors an equal division of ...
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... cause to a higher court ; ref- erence to another as witness ; resort ; recourse . — v . t . To remove to a higher court ; to accuse . v . i . To remove a cause to a higher tribunal ; to refer to another for de- cision . Ap - peal'a ...
... cause to a higher court ; ref- erence to another as witness ; resort ; recourse . — v . t . To remove to a higher court ; to accuse . v . i . To remove a cause to a higher tribunal ; to refer to another for de- cision . Ap - peal'a ...
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