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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... nouns formed by adding ness to words ending in ed , the e of this termination is uniformly sounded , as in assuredly , confusedly , renewedly , amazedness , composedness , & c . There are also some participial adjectives , and some ...
... nouns formed by adding ness to words ending in ed , the e of this termination is uniformly sounded , as in assuredly , confusedly , renewedly , amazedness , composedness , & c . There are also some participial adjectives , and some ...
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... nouns or adjectives . To distinguish between them , the s is vocalized in the verb , and whispered in the noun or adjective ; as close , a . , and close , v .; house , n . , and house , v .; use , n . , and use , v .; diffuse , a ...
... nouns or adjectives . To distinguish between them , the s is vocalized in the verb , and whispered in the noun or adjective ; as close , a . , and close , v .; house , n . , and house , v .; use , n . , and use , v .; diffuse , a ...
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... Nouns which , in the singular , end in th sharp , usually preserve the same sound in the plural , as death , deaths ; sabbath , sabbaths , & c .; but in the plurals of the following seven words the th is vocal ; namely , bath , cloth ...
... Nouns which , in the singular , end in th sharp , usually preserve the same sound in the plural , as death , deaths ; sabbath , sabbaths , & c .; but in the plurals of the following seven words the th is vocal ; namely , bath , cloth ...
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... nouns empiric and schismatic , and the noun and adjective splenetic , are sometimes ac- cented on the penult , and sometimes on the antepenult . § 121. When two words of similar formation and the same accentuation are contrasted with ...
... nouns empiric and schismatic , and the noun and adjective splenetic , are sometimes ac- cented on the penult , and sometimes on the antepenult . § 121. When two words of similar formation and the same accentuation are contrasted with ...
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... noun , or the third person singular of a verb ; as in grass , press , hiss , moss , truss . The only important exceptions are as , gas , has , was , yes , his , is , thus , and us . § 125 ( 3 ) . Besides ƒ , l , and S , the only conso ...
... noun , or the third person singular of a verb ; as in grass , press , hiss , moss , truss . The only important exceptions are as , gas , has , was , yes , his , is , thus , and us . § 125 ( 3 ) . Besides ƒ , l , and S , the only conso ...
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accent adjectives allied animal Belonging bird body Capable cause Celt cloth color Consisting consonant costive denoting diphthong disease dress duce English EXERCISE female fish flowers fruit Full Goth horse ical inclose instru instrument interj kind land Latin letter light liquor manner mark means ment metal ness nouns officer person Pertaining piece plant prefix prep pron pronunciation quadruped Quality Relating resembling round ship short shrub side sing sion soft sound stone substance syllable taining Tending termina termination thawt thin thing tion tree utter v. t. imp v. t. Lat v. t. To cover v. t. To draw v. t. To form v. t. To give v. t. To lay v. t. To put v. t. To take verb versed vessel vowel Want wind wood words