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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... spirit , florid . Often the r is doubled in the written word , as in barren , merry , torrid ; but , in these cases , only one r is heard in the pronunciation , providing the preceding vowel is short . - See § 109 . ( 2. ) R as in far ...
... spirit , florid . Often the r is doubled in the written word , as in barren , merry , torrid ; but , in these cases , only one r is heard in the pronunciation , providing the preceding vowel is short . - See § 109 . ( 2. ) R as in far ...
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... spirit ; baseness . [ juring . Ab / ju - ra'tion , n . Act of ab- Ab - jur'a - to - ry , a . Containing abjuration . Ab - jure ' , v . t . To renounce upon oath ; to retract ; to re- cant . Ab'la - tive , a . Denoting what takes away ...
... spirit ; baseness . [ juring . Ab / ju - ra'tion , n . Act of ab- Ab - jur'a - to - ry , a . Containing abjuration . Ab - jure ' , v . t . To renounce upon oath ; to retract ; to re- cant . Ab'la - tive , a . Denoting what takes away ...
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... spirit . A - çès'çen - çy , n . A tendency to sourness . A - çĕs'çent , a . sourness . Tending to Aç'e - tate , n . A salt formed by acetic acid united to a base . A - çět'ie , or A - çē'tie , a . [ Lat . acetum , vinegar . ] Having the ...
... spirit . A - çès'çen - çy , n . A tendency to sourness . A - çĕs'çent , a . sourness . Tending to Aç'e - tate , n . A salt formed by acetic acid united to a base . A - çět'ie , or A - çē'tie , a . [ Lat . acetum , vinegar . ] Having the ...
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... spirit . Aleo - hol'ic , a . Pertaining to , or partaking of , alcohol . Al'eo - răn , n . The sacred book of the Mohammedans . Al'eove , or Al - ecve ' ( 111 ) , n . A recess in a library or other [ varieties . Al'der , n . A tree of ...
... spirit . Aleo - hol'ic , a . Pertaining to , or partaking of , alcohol . Al'eo - răn , n . The sacred book of the Mohammedans . Al'eove , or Al - ecve ' ( 111 ) , n . A recess in a library or other [ varieties . Al'der , n . A tree of ...
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... spirit ; a beau- tiful person . An - gěl'ie , a . Belonging An - gěl'ie - al , to , or resem- bling , angels ... spirit . Full of life Ăni - mātion , n Quality of being animated ; life ; spirit ; vigor . An'i - mos'i - ty , n . Extreme ...
... spirit ; a beau- tiful person . An - gěl'ie , a . Belonging An - gěl'ie - al , to , or resem- bling , angels ... spirit . Full of life Ăni - mātion , n Quality of being animated ; life ; spirit ; vigor . An'i - mos'i - ty , n . Extreme ...
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