The Complete Compendium of Universal Knowledge: Containing All You Want to Know of Language, History, Government, Business and Social Forms, and a Thousand and One Other Useful SubjectsElliott Publishing Company, 1895 - 813 pages |
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... letter , chiefly at the begin- [ alliteration . ning of words . Pertaining to Al - lit'er - a - tive , a . Al - lo ... letter in the Greek Al'pha - bět , n . The letters of a lan- a . Relating to , or in the order guage . Al - pha - bět ...
... letter , chiefly at the begin- [ alliteration . ning of words . Pertaining to Al - lit'er - a - tive , a . Al - lo ... letter in the Greek Al'pha - bět , n . The letters of a lan- a . Relating to , or in the order guage . Al - pha - bět ...
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... letters . An - a - gram - mătie , An - a - gram - măt / i - eal , } a . Relating to ana- grams . An - a - lěc'tie , a . Collected together . An'a - lècts , n . pl . [ L. ] Fragments col- lected from authors ; select pieces . An - a ...
... letters . An - a - gram - mătie , An - a - gram - măt / i - eal , } a . Relating to ana- grams . An - a - lěc'tie , a . Collected together . An'a - lècts , n . pl . [ L. ] Fragments col- lected from authors ; select pieces . An - a ...
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... letter or combina- tion of letters having no sound . [ kept . Destitute of leaves . A - phyllous or Aph'yl - loŭs , a . A place where bees are A'pi - a - ry , n . A - piece ' , ad . To the share of each : - for one . Ap'ish , a . Like ...
... letter or combina- tion of letters having no sound . [ kept . Destitute of leaves . A - phyllous or Aph'yl - loŭs , a . A place where bees are A'pi - a - ry , n . A - piece ' , ad . To the share of each : - for one . Ap'ish , a . Like ...
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... letter h : -to mark with the aspirate.- a . Pronounced with full breath.- A mark to denote an aspirated pro- nunciation : -a rough breathing . As - pi - ra'tion , n . An ardent wish : - act of pronouncing with a rough breathing . n . As ...
... letter h : -to mark with the aspirate.- a . Pronounced with full breath.- A mark to denote an aspirated pro- nunciation : -a rough breathing . As - pi - ra'tion , n . An ardent wish : - act of pronouncing with a rough breathing . n . As ...
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... letter or syl- lable prefixed to a word . [ ing . Aug - men - ta'tion , n . Act of increas- Aug - mĕn'ta - tive , a . That augments . Augur , n . One who augurs ; a sooth- sayer . Au'gur , v . i . To guess ; to conjecture . -v . t . To ...
... letter or syl- lable prefixed to a word . [ ing . Aug - men - ta'tion , n . Act of increas- Aug - mĕn'ta - tive , a . That augments . Augur , n . One who augurs ; a sooth- sayer . Au'gur , v . i . To guess ; to conjecture . -v . t . To ...
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