350
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accend |
[.] ACCEND', v.t. [L. accendo, to kindle; ad and candeo, caneo, to be white, canus, white; W. can, white, bright; also a song. Whence, canto, to sing, to chant; cantus, a song; Eng. cant; W. canu, to bleach or whiten, and to sing; cymnud, fuel. Hence, kindle, L. candidus, ... |
351
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accendibility |
[.] ACCENDIBIL'ITY, n. Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed. |
352
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accendible |
[.] ACCEND'IBLE, a. Capable OF being inflamed or kindled. |
1174
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affriended |
[.] AFFRIENDED, a. affrend'ed. Made friends; reconciled. Obs. |
1229
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after-endeavor |
[.] 'AFTER-ENDEAV'OR, n. An endeavor after the first or former effort. |
1285
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agenda |
[.] AGEND'A, n. [L. things to be done.] [.] A memorandum-book; the service or office of a church; a ritual or liturgy. |
1722
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all-ending |
[.] ALL-END'ING, a. Putting an end to all things. |
2161
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amend |
[.] AMEND', v.t. [L. emendo, of e neg, and menda, mendum, a fault. See mend.] [.] 1. To correct; to rectify by expunging a mistake; as, to amend a law. [.] 2. To reform, by quitting bad habits; to make better in a moral sense; as, to amend our ways or our conduct. [.] 3. ... |
2162
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amendable |
[.] AMEND'ABLE, a. That may be amended; capable of correction; as, an amendable writ or error. |
2163
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amendatory |
[.] AMEND'ATORY, a. That amends; supplying amendment; corrective. |
2164
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amended |
[.] AMEND'ED, pp. Corrected; rectified; reformed; improved, or altered for the better. |
2165
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amender |
[.] AMEND'ER, n. The person that amends. |
2166
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amending |
[.] AMEND'ING, ppr. Correcting; reforming; altering for the better. |
2167
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amendment |
[.] AMEND'MENT, n. [.] 1. An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or faults; reformation of life, by quitting vices. [.] 2. A word, clause or paragraph, added or proposed to be added to a bill before a legislature. [.] 3. In law, the correction ... |
2168
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amends |
[.] AMENDS', n. plu. [.] Compensation for an injury; recompense; satisfaction; equivalent; as, the happiness of a future life will more than make amends for the miseries of this. |
3168
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append |
[.] APPEND', v.t. [L. appendo, of ad and pendeo, to hand.] [.] 1. To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record. [.] 2. To add, as an accessory to the principal thing. |
3169
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appendage |
[.] APPEND'AGE n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house. [.] Modesty is the appendage of sobriety. |
3170
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appendance |
[.] APPEND'ANCE, |
3171
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appendant |
[.] APPEND'ANT, a. [.] 1. hanging to; annexed; belonging to something; attached; as, a seal appendant to a paper. [.] 2. In law, common appendant, is a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of land, to put commonably beasts upon the lord's waste, and upon the ... |
3172
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appended |
[.] APPEND'ED, pp. Annexed; attached. |
3173
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appendence |
[.] APPEND'ENCE, n. Something annexed. [Not used.] |
3174
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appendicate |
[.] APPEND'ICATE, v.t. To append; to add to. Obs. |
3175
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appendication |
[.] APPENDICA'TION, n. An appendage or adjunct. Obs. |
3176
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appendicle |
[.] APPEND'ICLE, n. A small appendage. |
3177
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appending |
[.] APPEND'ING, n. That which is by right annexed. |
3178
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appendix |
[.] APPEND'IX, n. plu. appendixes. [L. The Latin plural is appendices. See Append.] [.] 1. something appended or added. [.] Normandy became an appendix to England. [.] 2. An adjunct, concomitant, or appendage. [.] 3. More generally, a supplement or short ... |
3256
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apprehend |
[.] APPREHEND', v.t. [L. apprehendo, of ad and prehendo, to take or seize.] [.] 1. To take or seize; to take hold of. In this literal sense, it is applied chiefly to taking or arresting persons by legal process, or with a view to trial; as to apprehend a thief. [.] 2. ... |
3257
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apprehended |
[.] APPREHEND'ED, pp. Taken; seized; arrested; conceived; understood; feared. |
3258
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apprehender |
[.] APPREHEND'ER, n. One who takes; one who conceives in his mind; one who fears. |
3259
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apprehending |
[.] APPREHEND'ING, ppr. Seizing; taking; conceiving; understanding; fearing. |
3452
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archfiend |
[.] ARCHFIE'ND, n. [See Fiend.] A chief fiend or foe. |
3545
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arendalite |
[.] AREN'DALITE, n. In mineralogy, another name of epidote, or pistacite; epidote being the name given to it by Hauy, and pistacite by Werner. [See Epidote.] |
3546
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arendator |
[.] ARENDA'TOR, n. [.] In Livonia and other provinces of Russia, a farmer of the farms or rents; one who contracts with the crown for the rents of the farms. He who rents an estate belonging to the crown, is called Crownarendator. Arende is a term used both for the ... |
3679
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arms-end |
[.] ARMS-END, n. At the end of the arms; at a good distance; a phrase taken from boxers or wrestlers. |
3834
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ascend |
[.] ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.] [.] 1. To move upwards; to mount; to go up; to rise, whether in air or water, or upon a material object. [.] 2. To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from ... |
3835
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ascendable |
[.] ASCEND'ABLE, a. That may be ascended. |
3836
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ascendant |
[.] ASCEND'ANT, n. [.] 1. Superiority or commanding influence; as, one man has the ascendant over another. [.] 2. An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy, or degrees of kindred; opposed to descendant. [.] 3. Height; elevation. [Little used.] [.] 4. ... |
3837
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ascended |
[.] ASCEND'ED, pp. or a. Risen; mounted up; gone to heaven. |
3838
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ascendency |
[.] ASCEND'ENCY, n. Power; governing or controlling influence. [.] Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. |
3839
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ascending |
[.] ASCEND'ING, ppr. Rising; moving upwards; proceeding from the less to the greater; proceeding from modern to ancient, from grave to more acute. A star is said to be ascending, when rising above the horizon, in any parallel of the equator. [.] Ascending latitude is ... |
4284
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attend |
[.] ATTEND', v.t. [L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch, to tend. See Tend.] [.] 1. To go with, or accompany, as a companion, minister or servant. [.] 2. To be present; to accompany or be united to; as a cold attended with fever. [.] 3. To be present for some ... |
4285
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attendance |
[.] ATTEND'ANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of waiting on, or serving. [.] Of which no man gave attendance at the altar. Heb. 7. [.] 2. A waiting on; a being present on business of any kind; as, the attendance of witnesses of persons in court; attendance of members of ... |
4286
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attendant |
[.] ATTEND'ANT, a. [.] 1. Accompanying; being present, or in the train. [.] Other suns with their attendant moons. [.] 2. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils. [.] 3. In law, ... |
4287
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attended |
[.] ATTEND'ED, pp. Accompanied; having attendants; served; waited on. |
4288
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attender |
[.] ATTEND'ER, n. One who attends; a companion; an associate. [Little used.] |
4289
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attending |
[.] ATTEND'ING, ppr. Going with; accompanying; waiting on; superintending or taking care of; being present; immediately consequent to; serving; listening; regarding with care. |
4732
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backfriend |
[.] BACK'FRIEND, n. [back and friend.] A secret enemy. |
5541
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befriend |
[.] BEFRIEND, v.t. befrend'. [be and friend.] To favor; to act as a friend to; to countenance,aid or benefit. |
5542
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befriended |
[.] BEFRIEND'ED, pp. Favored; countenanced. |
5543
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befriending |
[.] BEFRIEND'ING, ppr. Favoring; assisting as a friend; showing kindness to. |
5741
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bend |
[.] BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] [.] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. [.] 2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm. [.] 3. To direct to a certain point; ... |
5742
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bendable |
[.] BEND'ABLE, a. That may be bent or incurvated. |
5743
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bended |
[.] BEND'ED |
5744
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bender |
[.] BEND'ER, n. The person who bends,or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things. |
5745
|
bending |
[.] BEND'ING, ppr. Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river;inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening. |
5746
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bendlet |
[.] BEND'LET, n. In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield. |
5747
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bendy |
[.] BEND'Y, n. In heraldry, the field divided into four, six or more parts, diagonally, and varying in metal and color. |
6459
|
blend |
[.] BLEND, n. [.] An ore of zink, called also mock-lead, false galena and black jack. Its color is mostly yellow, brown and black. There are several varieties, but in general, this ore contains more than half its weight of zink, about one fourth sulphur, and usually a small ... |
6460
|
blended |
[.] BLEND'ED, pp. Mixed; confounded by mixture. |
6461
|
blender |
[.] BLEND'ER, n. One that mingles or confounds. |
6462
|
blending |
[.] BLEND'ING, ppr. Mingling together; confounding by mixture. |
6463
|
blendous |
[.] BLEND'OUS, a. Pertaining to blend. |
6956
|
bottle-friend |
[.] BOT'TLE-FRIEND , n. A friend or companion in drinking. |
7832
|
but-end |
[.] BUT-END, n. [but and end.] The largest or blunt end of a thing; as the but-end of a musket or of a piece of timber. This word is tautological, but and end signifying the same thing; unless but is considered as equivalent to swelling, protuberant. |
7889
|
by-dependence |
[.] BY-DEPEND'ENCE, n. An appendage; that which depends on something else,or is distinct from the main dependence. |
8079
|
calendar |
[.] CALENDAR, n. [.] 1. A register of the year, in which the months, weeks, and days are set down in order, with the feasts observed by the church, &c.; an almanack. It was so named from the Roman Calendoe, the name given to the first day of the month, and written, ... |
8080
|
calender |
[.] CALENDER, v.t. To press between rollers, for the purpose of making smooth, glossy and wavy; as woolen and silk stuffs and linens. [.] CALENDER, n. A machine or hot press, used in manufactories to press cloths, for the purpose of making them smooth, even and glossy, ... |
8081
|
calendrer |
[.] CALENDRER, n. The person who calenders cloth. |
8082
|
calends |
[.] CALENDS, n. plu. Among the Romans, the fist day of each month. The origin of this name is differently related. Varro supposes it to have originated in the practice of notifying the time of the new moon, by a priest who called out or proclaimed the fact, to the people, ... |
8264
|
candles-ends |
[.] CANDLES-ENDS, n. Scraps; fragments. |
8630
|
carrick-bend |
[.] CARRICK-BEND, n. [See Carry.] [.] 1. One who carries; that which carries or conveys; also, a messenger. [.] 2. One who is employed to carry goods for others for a reward; also, one whose occupation is to carry goods for others, called a common carrier; a porter. [.] 3. ... |
9479
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chavender |
[.] CHAVENDER, |
9832
|
christendom |
... [.] CHRISTENDOM, ... |
10473
|
cloud-ascending |
[.] CLOUD-ASCENDING, a. Ascending to the clouds. |
10641
|
coapprehend |
[.] COAPPREHEND, v.t. To apprehend with another. |
10783
|
coextend |
[.] COEXTEND, v.i. To extend through the same space or duration with another; to extend equally; as, one line coextends with another; or perhaps in a transitive sense, to coextend a line with another. |
10784
|
coextended |
[.] COEXTENDED, pp. Being equally extended. |
10785
|
coextending |
[.] COEXTENDING, ppr. Extending through the same space or duration with another. |
11143
|
commend |
[.] COMMEND, v.t. [.] 1. To represent as worthy of notice, regard, or kindness; to speak in favor of; to recommend. [.] [.] I commend to you Phebe our sister. Rom. 16. [.] 2. To commit; to entrust or give in charge. [.] [.] Father, into hy hands I commend my ... |
11144
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commendable |
[.] COMMENDABLE, a. That may be commended or praised; worthy of approbation or praise; laudable. [.] [.] Order and decent ceremonies in the church are commendable. |
11145
|
commendableness |
[.] COMMENDABLENESS, n. State of being commendable. |
11146
|
commendably |
[.] COMMENDABLY, adv. Laudably; in a praise-worthy manner. |
11147
|
commendam |
[.] COMMENDAM, n. In ecclesiastical law, in England, a benefice or living commended, by the king or head of the church, to the care of a clerk, to hold till a proper pastor is provided. This may be temporary or perpetual. [.] The trust or administration of the revenues ... |
11148
|
commendatary |
[.] COMMENDATARY, n. One who holds a living in commendam. |
11149
|
commendation |
[.] COMMENDATION, n. [.] 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; declaration of esteem. [.] [.] Need we, as some other, letters of commendation. 2 Cor. 31. [.] 2. Ground of esteem, approbation or praise; that which presents a person ... |
11150
|
commendatory |
[.] COMMENDATORY, a. [.] 1. Which serves to commend; presenting to favorable notice or reception; containing praise; as a commendatory letter. [.] 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as a commendatory bishop. [.] COMMENDATORY, n. A commendation; eulogy. |
11151
|
commended |
[.] COMMENDED, pp. Praised; represented favorably; committed in charge. |
11152
|
commender |
[.] COMMENDER, n. One who commends or praises. |
11153
|
commending |
[.] COMMENDING, ppr. Praising; representing favorably; committing, or delivering in charge. [.] Note: In imitation of the French, we are accustomed to use recommendation, &c., for commendation. But in most instances, it is better to use the word without the prefix re. ... |
11326
|
compend |
[.] COMPEND, |
11327
|
compendiarious |
[.] COMPENDIARIOUS, a. Short; contracted. |
11328
|
compendiate |
[.] COMPENDIATE, v.t. To sum or collect together. |
11329
|
compendious |
[.] COMPENDIOUS, a. [.] 1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar. [.] 2. Short; direct; near; not circuitous; as ... |
11330
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compendiously |
[.] COMPENDIOUSLY, adv. In a short or brief; in epitome. [.] [.] The substance of christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles. |
11331
|
compendiousness |
[.] COMPENDIOUSNESS, n. Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass. |
11332
|
compendium |
[.] COMPENDIUM, n. In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system. |
11457
|
comprehend |
[.] COMPREHEND, v.t. Literally, to take in; to take with, or together. [.] 1. To contain; to include; to comprise. [.] [.] The empire of Great Britain comprehends England, Scotland and Ireland, with their dependencies. [.] 2. To imply; to contain or include by ... |
11458
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comprehended |
[.] COMPREHENDED, pp. Contained; included; implied; understood. |
11459
|
comprehending |
[.] COMPREHENDING, ppr. Including; comprising; understanding; implying. |
11712
|
condescend |
[.] CONDESCEND, v.i. [L. See Descend.] [.] 1. To descend from the privileges of superior rank or dignity, to do some act to an inferior, which strict justice or the ordinary rules of civility do not require. Hence, to submit or yield, as to an inferior, implying an occasional ... |
11713
|
condescendence |
[.] CONDESCENDENCE, n. A voluntary yielding or submission to an inferior. [.] [.] You will observe [in the Turks] an insulting condescendence which bespeaks their contempt of you. |
11714
|
condescending |
[.] CONDESCENDING, ppr. [.] 1. Descending from rank or distinction in the intercourse of life; receding from rights or claims; yielding. [.] 2. Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging. |
11715
|
condescendingly |
[.] CONDESCENDINGLY, adv. By way of yielding to inferiors; with voluntary submission; by way of kind concession; courteously. |
12310
|
contend |
[.] CONTEND, v.i. [L., to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.] [.] 1. To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition. [.] [.] Distress not the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle. Deuteronomy 2. [.] 2. To strive; to use earnest efforts to obtain, or to ... |
12311
|
contended |
[.] CONTENDED, pp. Urged in argument or debate; disputed; contested. |
12312
|
contendent |
[.] CONTENDENT, n. An antagonist or opposer. |
12313
|
contender |
[.] CONTENDER, n. One who contends; a combatant; a champion. |
12314
|
contending |
[.] CONTENDING, ppr. [.] 1. Striving; struggling to oppose; debating; urging in argument; quarreling. [.] 2. Clashing; opposing; rival; as contending claims or interests. |
13426
|
credenda |
[.] CREDENDA, n. [L., See Creed.] In theology, things to be believed; articles of faith; distinguished from agenda, or practical duties. |
14760
|
defend |
[.] DEFEND, v.t. [.] 1. To drive from; to thrust back; hence, to deny; to repel a demand, charge, or accusation; to oppose; to resist; the effect of which is to maintain ones own claims. [.] 2. To forbid; to prohibit; that is, to drive from, or back. Milton calls ... |
14761
|
defendable |
[.] DEFENDABLE, a. That may be defended. |
14762
|
defendant |
[.] DEFENDANT, a. [.] 1. Defensive; proper for defense. [.] 2. Making defense; being in the character of a defendant. [.] DEFENDANT, n. [.] 1. He that defends against an assailant, or against the approach of evil or danger. [.] 2. In law, the party ... |
14763
|
defended |
[.] DEFENDED, pp. Opposed; denied; prohibited; maintained by resistance; vindicated; preserved uninjured; secured. |
14764
|
defender |
[.] DEFENDER, n. One who defends by oppostition; one who maintains, supports, protects or vindicates; an assertor; a vindicator, either by arms or by arguments; a champion or an advocate. |
14765
|
defending |
[.] DEFENDING, ppr. Denying; opposing; resisiting; forbidding; maintaining uninjured by force or by reason; securing from evil. |
14864
|
degender |
[.] DEGENDER, v.i. To degenerate. |
15133
|
dendrachate |
[.] DENDRACHATE, n. [Gr. A tree, and agate.] Arborescent agate; agate containing the figures of shrubs or parts of plants. |
15134
|
dendrite |
[.] DENDRITE, n. [Gr. A tree.] A stone or mineral on or in which are the figures of shrubs or trees; an arborescent mineral. |
15135
|
dendritic |
[.] DENDRITIC, |
15136
|
dendritical |
[.] DENDRITICAL, a. Containing the figures of shrubs or trees. |
15137
|
dendroid |
[.] DENDROID, a. [Gr. A tree, and form.] Resembling a shrub. |
15138
|
dendroit |
[.] DENDROIT, n. A fossil which has some resemblance in form to the branch of a tree. |
15139
|
dendrolite |
[.] DENDROLITE, n. [Gr. A tree and a stone.] A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. |
15140
|
dendrology |
[.] DENDROLOGY, n. [Gr. A tree and a discourse.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees. |
15141
|
dendrometer |
[.] DENDROMETER, n. [Gr. Tree and to measure.] An instrument to measure the highth and diameter of trees. |
15244
|
depend |
[.] DEPEND, v.i. [L. To hang.] [.] 1. To hang; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above; followed by from. [.] [.] From the frozen beard [.] Long icicles depend. [.] 2. To be connected with anything, as the cause of its existence or ... |
15245
|
dependable |
[.] DEPENDABLE, a. That may be depended on; as dependable friendships. |
15246
|
dependence |
[.] DEPENDENCE, |
15247
|
dependency |
[.] DEPENDENCY, n. [.] 1. A state of hanging down from a supporter. [.] 2. Any thing hanging down; a series of things hanging to another. [.] [.] And made a long dependence from the bough. [.] 3. Concatenation; connection by which one thing is sustained by ... |
15248
|
dependent |
[.] DEPENDENT, a. [.] 1. Hanging down; as a dependent leaf. [.] [.] The furs in the tails were dependent. [.] 2. Subject to the power of; at the disposal of; not able to exist or sustain itself without the will or power of. Thus, we are dependent on God and his ... |
15249
|
depender |
[.] DEPENDER, n. One who depends; a dependent. |
15250
|
depending |
[.] DEPENDING, ppr. [.] 1. Hanging down; relying. [.] 2. A. Pending; undecided; as a suit or question. |
15335
|
deprehend |
[.] DEPREHEND, v.t. [L. To take or seize.] [.] 1. To catch; to take unawares or by surprise; to seize, as a person committing an unlawful act. [.] 2. To detect; to discover; to obtain the knowledge of. |
15336
|
deprehended |
[.] DEPREHENDED, pp. Taken by surprise; caught; seized; discovered. |
15337
|
deprehending |
[.] DEPREHENDING, ppr. Taking unawares; catching; seizing; discovering. |
15424
|
descend |
[.] DESCEND, v.i. [L. To climb.] [.] 1. To move or pass from a higher to a lower place; to move, come or go downwards; to fall; to sink; to run or flow down; applicable to any kind of motion or of body. We descend on the feet, on wheels, or by falling. A torrent descends ... |
15425
|
descendant |
[.] DESCENDANT, n. Any person proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, in the line of generation, ad infinitum. We are all the descendants of Adam and Eve. |
15426
|
descendent |
[.] DESCENDENT, a. [.] 1. Descending; falling; sinking. [.] 2. Proceeding from an original or ancestor. |
15427
|
descendibility |
[.] DESCENDIBILITY, n. The quality of being descendible, or capable of being trnasmitted from ancestors; as the descendibility of an estate or of a crown. |
15428
|
descendible |
[.] DESCENDIBLE, a. [.] 1. That may be descended, or passed down; as, the hill is descendible. [.] 2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir; as a descendible estate. |
16373
|
discommend |
[.] DISCOMMEND, v.t. [dis and commend.] To blame; to censure; to mention with disapprobation. [.] [.] I do not discommend the lofty style in tragedy. |
16374
|
discommendable |
[.] DISCOMMENDABLE, a. Blamable; censurable; deserving disapprobation. |
16375
|
discommendableness |
[.] DISCOMMENDABLENESS, n. Blamableness; the quality of being worthy of disapprobation. |
16376
|
discommendation |
[.] DISCOMMENDATION, n. Blame; censure; reproach. |
16377
|
discommender |
[.] DISCOMMENDER, n. One who discommends; a dispraiser. |
16378
|
discommending |
[.] DISCOMMENDING, ppr. Blaming; censuring. |
16848
|
dispend |
[.] DISPEND, v.t. [L., to weigh.] To spend; to lay out; to consume. [See Expend, which is generally used.] |
16849
|
dispender |
[.] DISPENDER, n. One that distributes. |
17131
|
distend |
[.] DISTEND, v.t. [L., to tend, to stretch; to hold. Gr., to stretch.] [.] 1. To stretch or spread in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge; to expand; to swell; as, to distend a bladder; to distend the bowels to distend the lungs. [This is the appropriate sense of the ... |
17132
|
distended |
[.] DISTENDED, pp. Spread; expanded; dilated by an inclosed substance or force. |
17133
|
distending |
[.] DISTENDING, ppr. Stretching in all directions; dilating; expanding. |
17308
|
dividend |
[.] DIVIDEND, n. [.] 1. A part or share; particularly, the share of the interest or profit of stock in trade or other employment, which belongs to each proprietor according to his proportion of the stock or capital. [.] 2. In arithmetic, the number to be divided into ... |
17602
|
double-entendre |
[.] DOUBLE-ENTENDRE, n. Double meaning of a word or expression. |
18893
|
emend |
[.] EMEND', v.t. To amend. [Not used.] |
18894
|
emendable |
[.] EMEND'ABLE, a. [L. emendabilis, from emendo,to correct; e and menda, a spot or blemish.] Capable of being amended or corrected. [See Amendable.] |
18895
|
emendation |
[.] EMENDA'TION, n. [L. emendatio.] The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; applied particularly to the correction of errors in writings. When we speak of like and manners, we use amend, amendment, the French orthography. [.] 1. ... |
18896
|
emendator |
[.] EMENDA'TOR, n. A corrector of errors or faults in writings; one who corrects or improves. |
18897
|
emendatory |
[.] EMEND'ATORY, a. Contributing to emendation or correction. |
19141
|
end |
[.] END, n. [.] 1. The extreme point of a line, or of anything that has more length than breadth; as the end of a house; the end of a table; the end of a finger; the end of a chain or rope. When bodies or figures have equal dimensions, or equal length and breadth, ... |
19142
|
endamage |
[.] ENDAM'AGE, v.t. [from damage.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure; to mischief; to prejudice. [.] [.] The trial hath endamaged thee no way. [.] [.] So thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. [.] Ezra.4. |
19143
|
endamaged |
[.] ENDAM'AGED, pp. Harmed; injured. |
19144
|
endamagement |
[.] ENDAM'AGEMENT, n. Damage; loss; injury. |
19145
|
endamaging |
[.] ENDAM'AGING, ppr. Harming; injuring. |
19146
|
endanger |
[.] ENDANGER, v.t. [from danger.] To put in hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury. We dread any thing that endangers our life, our peace or our happiness. [.] 1. To incur the hazard of. [Unusual.] |
19147
|
endangered |
[.] ENDANGERED, pp. Exposed to loss or injury. |
19148
|
endangering |
[.] ENDANGERING, ppr. Putting in hazard; exposing to loss or injury. [.] ENDANGERING, n. Injury; damage. |
19149
|
endangerment |
[.] ENDANGERMENT, n. Hazard; danger. |
19150
|
endear |
[.] ENDE'AR, v.t. [from dear.] To make dear; to make more beloved. The distress of a friend endears him to us, by exciting our sympathy. [.] 1. To raise the price. [Not in use.] |
19151
|
endeared |
[.] ENDE'ARED, pp. Rendered dear, beloved, or more beloved. |
19152
|
endearing |
[.] ENDE'ARING, ppr. Making dear or more beloved. |
19153
|
endearment |
[.] ENDE'ARMENT, n. The cause of love; that which excites or increases affection, particularly that which excites tenderness of affection. [.] [.] Her first endearments twining round the soul. [.] 1. The state of being beloved; tender affection. |
19154
|
endeavor |
[.] ENDEAV'OR, n. endev'or. An effort; an essay; an attempt; an exertion of physical strength, or the intellectual powers, towards the attainment of an object. [.] [.] The bold and sufficient pursue their game with more passion, endeavor and application, and therefore ... |
19155
|
endeavored |
[.] ENDEAV'ORED, pp. Essayed; attempted. |
19156
|
endeavorer |
[.] ENDEAV'ORER, n. One who makes an effort or attempt. |
19157
|
endeavoring |
[.] ENDEAV'ORING, ppr. Making an effort or efforts; striving; essaying; attempting. |
19158
|
endecagon |
[.] ENDEC'AGON, n. A plain figure of eleven sides and angles. |
19159
|
endeictic |
[.] ENDEI'CTIC, a. [Gr. to show.] Showing; exhibiting. An endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. |
19160
|
endemial |
[.] ENDE'MIAL, a. [Gr. people.] Peculiar to a people or nation. An endemic disease, is one to which the inhabitants of a particular country are peculiarly subject, and which, for that reason, may be supposed to proceed from local causes, as bad air or water. The epithet ... |
19161
|
endemic |
[.] ENDEM'IC |
19162
|
endemical |
[.] ENDEM'ICAL |
19163
|
endenize |
[.] ENDEN'IZE, v.t. To make free; to naturalize; to admit to the privileges of a denizen. [Little used.] |
19164
|
endenizen |
[.] ENDEN'IZEN, v.t. [from denizen.] To naturalize. |
19165
|
endict |
[.] ENDICT,ENDICTMENT. [See Indict, Indictment.] |
19166
|
endictment |
[.] ENDICT,ENDICTMENT. [See Indict, Indictment.] |
19167
|
ending |
[.] END'ING, ppr. [from end.] Terminating; closing; concluding. [.] END'ING, n. Termination; conclusion. [.] 1. In grammar, the terminating syllable or letter of a word. |
19168
|
endite |
[.] ENDITE. [See Indite.] |
19169
|
endive |
[.] EN'DIVE, n. [L. intybum.] A species of plant, of the genus Cichorium or succory; used as a salad. |
19170
|
endless |
[.] END'LESS, a. [See End.] Without end; having no end or conclusion; applied to length, and to duration; as an endless line; endless progression; endless duration; endless bliss. [.] 1. Perpetual; incessant; continual; as endless praise; endless clamor. |
19171
|
endlessly |
[.] END'LESSLY, adv. Without end or termination; as, to extend a line endlessly. [.] 1. Incessantly; perpetually; continually. |
19172
|
endlessness |
[.] END'LESSNESS, n. Extension without end or limit. [.] 1. Perpetuity; endless duration. |
19173
|
endlong |
[.] END'LONG, adv. In a line; with the end forward. [Little used.] |
19174
|
endoctrine |
[.] ENDOC'TRINE, v.t. To teach; to indoctrinate. [See the latter word.] |
19175
|
endorse |
[.] ENDORSE, ENDORSEMENT. [See Indorse, Indorsement.] |
19176
|
endorsement |
[.] ENDORSE, ENDORSEMENT. [See Indorse, Indorsement.] |
19177
|
endoss |
[.] ENDOSS', v.t. To engrave or carve. |
19178
|
endow |
[.] ENDOW', v.t. [L. dos, doto, or a different Celtic root.] [.] 1. To furnish with a portion of goods or estate, called dower; to settle a dower on, as on a married woman or widow. [.] [.] A wife is by law entitled to be endowed of all lands and tenements, of which ... |
19179
|
endowed |
[.] ENDOW'ED, pp. Furnished with a portion of estate;having dower settled on; supplied with a permanent fund; indued. |
19180
|
endowing |
[.] ENDOW'ING, ppr. Settling a dower on; furnishing with a permanent fund; inducing. |
19181
|
endowment |
[.] ENDOW'MENT, n. The act of settling dower on a woman, or of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of a parson or vicar, or of a professor, &c. [.] 1. That which is bestowed or settled on; property, fund or revenue permanently appropriated to any ... |
19182
|
endrudge |
[.] ENDRUDGE, v.t. endruj'. To make a drudge or slave. [Not used.] |
19183
|
endue |
[.] ENDU'E, v.t. [L. induo.] To indue, which see. |
19184
|
endurable |
[.] ENDU'RABLE, a. That can be borne or suffered. |
19185
|
endurance |
[.] ENDU'RANCE, n. [See Endure.] Continuance; a state of lasting or duration; lastingness. [.] 1. A bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without sinking or yielding to the pressure; sufferance; patience. [.] [.] Their fortitude ... |
19186
|
endure |
[.] ENDU'RE, v.t. [L. durus, duro.] [.] 1. To last; to continue in the same state without perishing; to remain; to abide. [.] [.] The Lord shall endure forever. Ps.9. [.] [.] He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job.8. [.] 2. To bear; ... |
19187
|
endured |
[.] ENDU'RED, pp. Borne; suffered; sustained. |
19188
|
endurer |
[.] ENDU'RER, n. One who bears, suffers or sustains. [.] 1. He or that which continues long. |
19189
|
enduring |
[.] ENDU'RING, ppr. Lasting; continuing without perishing; bearing; sustaining; supporting with patience, or without opposition or yielding. [.] 1. Lasting long; permanent. |
19190
|
endwise |
[.] END'WISE, adv. On the end; erectly; in an upright position. [.] 1. With the end forward. |
19253
|
engender |
[.] ENGEN'DER, v.t. [L. gener, genero, geno, gigno. See Generate.] [.] 1. To beget between the different sexes; to form in embryo. [.] 2. To produce; to cause to exist; to cause to bring forth. Meteors are engendered in the atmosphere; worms are sometimes engendered ... |
19254
|
engendered |
[.] ENGEN'DERED, pp. Begotten; caused; produced. |
19255
|
engenderer |
[.] ENGEN'DERER, n. He or that which engenders. |
19256
|
engendering |
[.] ENGEN'DERING, ppr. Begetting; causing to be; producing. |
19475
|
entender |
[.] ENTEN'DER, v.t. To treat with tenderness or kindness. |
19786
|
equipendency |
[.] EQUIPEN'DENCY, n. [L. oequus, equal, and pendeo, to hang.] [.] The act of hanging in equipoise; a being not inclined or determined either way. |
20714
|
expend |
[.] EXPEND', v.t. [L. expendo; ex and pendo, to weigh, from L. dispendo.] [.] 1. To lay out; to disburse; to spend; to deliver or distribute, either in payment or in donations. We expend money for food, drink and clothing. We expend a little in charity, and a great ... |
20715
|
expended |
[.] EXPEND'ED, pp. Laid out; spent; disbursed; used; consumed. |
20716
|
expending |
[.] EXPEND'ING, pr. Spending; using; employing; wasting. |
20717
|
expenditure |
[.] EXPEND'ITURE, n. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. A corrupt administration is known by extravagant expenditures of public money. [.] [.] National income and expenditure. [.] 1. Money expended; expense. [.] [.] The receipts and ... |
20897
|
extend |
[.] EXTEND', v.t. [L. extendo; ex and tendo, teneo.] [.] 1. To stretch in any direction; to carry forward, or continue in length, as a line; to spread in breadth; to expand or dilate in size. The word is particularly applied to length and breadth. We extend lines ... |
20898
|
extended |
[.] EXTEND'ED, pp. Stretched; spread; expanded; enlarged; bestowed on; communicated; valued under a writ of extendi facias; levied. |
20899
|
extender |
[.] EXTEND'ER, n. He or that which extends or stretches. |
20900
|
extendible |
[.] EXTEND'IBLE, a. Capable of being extended; that may be stretched, extended, enlarged, widened or expanded. [.] 1. That may be taken by a writ of extent and valued. |
20901
|
extending |
[.] EXTEND'ING, ppr. Stretching; reaching; continuing in length; spreading; enlarging; valuing. |
20902
|
extendlessness |
[.] EXTEND'LESSNESS, n. Unlimited extension. [Not used.] |
21063
|
eye-offending |
[.] EYE-OFFEND'ING, a. That hurts the eyes. |
21173
|
fagend |
[.] FAGEND', n. [fag and end. See Fag, v.i. supra.] [.] 1. The end of a web of cloth, generally of coarser materials. [.] 2. The refuse or meaner part of any thing. [.] 3. Among seamen, the untwisted end of a rope; hence, to fag out, is to become untwisted and ... |
21700
|
fend |
[.] FEND, v.t. [The root of defend and offend. The primary sense is to fall on, or to strike, to repel.] [.] To keep off; to prevent from entering; to ward off; to shut out. [.] With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. [.] It is usually followed by off; as, to ... |
21701
|
fended |
[.] FEND'ED, pp. Kept off; warded off; shut out. |
21702
|
fender |
[.] FEND'ER, n. [.] 1. That which defends; an utensil employed to hinder coals of fire from rolling forward to the floor. [.] 2. A piece of timber or other thing hung over the side of a vessel to prevent it from striking or rubbing against a wharf, also to preserve ... |
21703
|
fending |
[.] FEND'ING, ppr. Keeping or warding off. |
21918
|
fiend |
[.] FIEND, n. [See Feud, contention.] [.] An enemy in the worst sense; an implacable or malicious foe; the devil; an infernal being. [.] O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. |
21919
|
fiendful |
[.] FIE'NDFUL, a. Full of evil or malignant practices. |
21920
|
fiendlike |
[.] FIE'NDLIKE, a. Resembling a field; maliciously wicked; diabolical. |
22816
|
fore-end |
[.] FORE-END', n. The end which precedes; the anterior part. |
22847
|
forefend |
[.] FOREFEND', v.t. [.] 1. To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent approach; to forbid or prohibit. [.] 2. To defend; to guard; to secure. [.] This word, like the L. arceo, is applied to the thing assailing, and to the thing assailed. To drive back or resist ... |
22863
|
forehend |
[.] FOREHEND', v.t. To seize. [Not in use.] |
22881
|
forelend |
[.] FORELEND', v.t. To lend or give beforehand. |
22972
|
forewend |
[.] FOREWEND', v.t. To go before. Obs. |
23390
|
friend |
[.] FRIEND, n. frend. [.] 1. One who is attached to another by affection; one who entertains for another sentiments of esteem, respect and affection, which lead him to desire his company, and to seek to promote his happiness and prosperity; opposed to foe or enemy. [.] A ... |
23391
|
friended |
[.] FRIEND'ED, pp. frend'ed. [.] 1. Favored; befriended. [.] 2. a. Inclined to love; well disposed. |
23392
|
friendless |
[.] FRIEND'LESS, a. frend'less. Destitute of friends; wanting countenance or support; forlorn. |
23393
|
friendlike |
[.] FRIEND'LIKE, a. frend'like. Having the dispositions of a friend. |
23394
|
friendliness |
[.] FRIEND'LINESS, n. frend'liness. [.] 1. A disposition to friendship; friendly disposition. [.] 2. Exertion of benevolence or kindness. |
23395
|
friendly |
[.] FRIEND'LY, a. frend'ly. [.] 1. Having the temper and disposition of a friend; kind; favorable; disposed to promote the good of another. [.] Thou to mankind be good and friendly still, and oft return. [.] 2. Disposed to peace. [.] 3. Amicable. We are on ... |
23396
|
friendship |
[.] FRIEND'SHIP, n. frend'ship. [.] 1. An attachment to a person, proceeding from intimate acquaintance, and a reciprocation of kind offices, or from a favorable opinion of the amiable and respectable qualities of his mind. Friendship differs from benevolence, which ... |
24174
|
gendarm |
[.] GEND`ARM, n. In France, gens d`armes is the denomination given to a select body of troops, destined to watch over the interior public safety. In the singular, gendarme, as written by Lunier,is properly anglicized gendarm. |
24175
|
gendarmery |
[.] GEND`ARMERY, n. [supra.] The body of gendarms. |
24176
|
gender |
...termination in nouns, adjectives and participles, to express the distinction of male and female. But although this was the original design of different terminations, yet in the progress of language, other words having no relation to one sex or the other, came to have genders ... |
26219
|
heart-offending |
[.] HE`ART-OFFEND'ING, a. Wounding the heart. |
26222
|
heart-rending |
[.] HE`ART-RENDING, a. Breaking the heart; overpowering with anguish; deeply afflictive. |
26488
|
hend |
[.] HEND |
26489
|
hendecagon |
[.] HENDEC'AGON, n. [Gr. eleven, and an angle.] In geometry, a figure of eleven sides, and as many angles. |
26490
|
hendecasyllable |
[.] HENDECASYL'LABLE, n. [Gr.] A metrical line of eleven syllables. |
26491
|
hendiadis |
[.] HENDI'ADIS, n. [Gr.] A figure, when two nouns are used instead of a noun and an adjective. |
26763
|
high-engendered |
[.] HIGH-ENGEN'DERED, a. Engendered aloft, or in the air. |
27182
|
hornblend |
[.] HORN'BLEND, n. A mineral of several varieties, called by Hauy amphibole. It is sometimes in regular distinct crystals; more generally the result of confused crystallization, appearing in masses, composed of lamins, acicular crystals or fibers, variously aggregated. ... |
28339
|
impend |
[.] IMPEND', v.i. [L. impendeo; in and pendeo, to hang.] [.] 1. To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten. A dark cloud impends over the land. [.] [.] Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. [.] 2. To be near; to be approaching and ready to fall on. [.] [.] ... |
28340
|
impendence |
[.] IMPEND'ENCE |
28341
|
impendency |
[.] IMPEND'ENCY, n. The state of hanging over; near approach; a menacing attitude. |
28342
|
impendent |
[.] IMPEND'ENT, a. Hanging over; imminent; threatening; pressing closely; as an impendent evil. |
28343
|
impending |
[.] IMPEND'ING, ppr. Hanging over; approaching near; threatening. |
28798
|
incend |
[.] INCEND', v.t. [L. incendo.] To inflame; to excite. [Little used.] |
28799
|
incendiary |
[.] INCEND'IARY, n. [L. incendiarius, from incendo, to burn; in and candeo, to shine, or be on fire.] [.] 1. A person who maliciously sets fire to another man's dwelling house, or to any outhouse, being parcel of the same, as a barn or stable; one who is guilty of arson. [.] 2. ... |
29230
|
independence |
[.] INDEPEND'ENCE, n. [in and dependence.] [.] 1. A state of being not dependent; complete exemption from control, or the power of others; as the independence of the Supreme Being. [.] 2. A state in which a person does not rely on others for subsistence; ability to ... |
29231
|
independent |
[.] INDEPEND'ENT, a. [in and dependent.] [.] 1. Not dependent; not subject to the control of others; not subordinate. God is the only being who is perfectly independent. [.] 2. Not holding or enjoying possessions at the will of another; not relying on others; not ... |
29232
|
independently |
[.] INDEPEND'ENTLY, adv. Without depending or relying on others; without control. [.] 1. Without undue bias or influence; not obsequiously. [.] 2. Without connection with other things. |
29555
|
inextended |
[.] INEXTEND'ED, a. Having no extension. |
29746
|
ingender |
[.] INGENDER. [See Engender.] |
29949
|
innuendo |
[.] INNUEND'O, n. [L. from innuo, to nod; in and nuo.] [.] 1. An oblique hint; a remote intimation or reference to a person or thing not named. [.] [.] Mercury--owns it a marriage by innuendo. [.] 2. In law, a word used to point out the precise person. |
30349
|
intend |
[.] INTEND', v.t. [L. intendo; in and tendo, to stretch or strain, from teneo; Gr. to stretch.] [.] 1. To stretch; to strain; to extend; to distend. [.] [.] By this the lungs are intended or remitted. [.] [This literal sense is now uncommon.] [.] 2. To mean; to design; ... |
30350
|
intendant |
[.] INTEND'ANT, n. [L. intendo.] [.] 1. One who has the charge, oversight, direction or management of some public business; as an intendant of marine; as intendant of finance; a word much used in France, and sometimes in England and America, but we generally use in lieu ... |
30351
|
intended |
[.] INTEND'ED, pp. Designed; purposed; as, the insult was intended. [.] 1. Stretched; made intense. [Little used.] |
30352
|
intendedly |
[.] INTENDEDLY, adv. With intention or purpose; by design. [.] |
30353
|
intender |
[.] INTEND'ER, pp. One who intends. |
30354
|
intendiment |
[.] INTEND'IMENT, n. Attention; understanding; consideration. |
30355
|
intending |
[.] INTEND'ING, ppr. Meaning; designing; purposing. [.] 1. Stretching; distending. [Little used.] |
30356
|
intendment |
[.] INTEND'MENT, n. Intention; design; in law, the true meaning of a person or of a law, or of any legal instrument. In the construction of statutes or of contracts, the intendment of the same is, if possible, to be ascertained, that is, the true meaning or intention ... |
31637
|
kalendar |
[.] KAL'ENDAR, n. [See Calendar.] |
31687
|
kendal-green |
[.] KEN'DAL-GREEN, n. A species of green cloth made of kendal. |
32348
|
lavender |
[.] LAV'ENDER, n. [L. lavendula.] A plant, or a genus of aromatic plants, Lavandula. |
32535
|
legend |
[.] LEG'END, n. [L. legenda, from lego, to read; originally, in the Romish church, a book of service or lessons to be read in worship.] [.] 1. A chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins and at the refectories of religious houses. Hence, [.] 2. ... |
32536
|
legendary |
[.] LEG'ENDARY, a. Consisting of legends; fabulous; strange. [.] LEG'ENDARY, n. A book of legends; a relater of legends. |
32579
|
lend |
[.] LEND, v.t. pret. and pp. lent. [.] 1. To grant to another for temporary use, on the express or implied condition that the thing shall be returned; as, to lend a book; or [.] 2. To grant a thing to be used, on the condition that its equivalent in kind shall be ... |
32580
|
lendable |
[.] LEND'ABLE, a. That may be lent. |
32581
|
lender |
[.] LEND'ER, n. [.] 1. One who lends. [.] The borrower is servant to the lender. Prov. 22. [.] 2. One who makes a trade of putting money to interest. |
32582
|
lending |
[.] LEND'ING, ppr. Granting for temporary use. [See Lend.] [.] LEND'ING, n. [.] 1. The act of loaning. [.] 2. That which is lent or furnished. |
32583
|
lends |
[.] LENDS, n. Loins. [Not in use.] |
33057
|
lithodendron |
[.] LITHODEN'DRON, n. [Gr. stone, and tree.] Coral; so called from its resembling a petrified branch. |
34772
|
mend |
[.] MEND, v.t. [L. emendo, menda, a fault, spot or blemish.] [.] 1. To repair, as a breach; to supply a part broken or defective; as, to mend a garment, a road, a mill-dam, a fence, &c. [.] 2. To correct; to set right; to alter for the better; as, to mend the life ... |
34773
|
mendable |
[.] MEND'ABLE, a. Capable of being mended. |
34774
|
mendacious |
[.] MENDA'CIOUS, a. [L. mendax.] Lying; false. [Little used.] |
34775
|
mendacity |
[.] MENDAC'ITY, n. [L.mendax, false, lying.] Falsehood. [.] [The proper signification of this word would be a disposition to lie, or habitual lying.] |
34776
|
mended |
[.] MEND'ED, pp. Repaired; made better; improved. |
34777
|
mender |
[.] MEND'ER, n. One who mends or repairs. |
34778
|
mendicancy |
[.] MEND'ICANCY, a. [L. medicans.] Beggary; a state of begging. |
34779
|
mendicant |
[.] MEND'ICANT, a. [L. mendicans, from mendico, to beg; allied to L.mando, to command, demand.] [.] 1. Begging; poor to a state of beggary; as reduced to a mendicant state. [.] 2. Practicing beggary; as a mendicant friar. [.] MEND'ICANT, n. A beggar; one that ... |
34780
|
mendicate |
[.] MEND'ICATE, v.t. To beg, or practice begging. [Not used.] |
34781
|
mendicity |
[.] MENDIC'ITY,n. [L.mendicitas.] [.] The state of begging; the life of a beggar. |
34782
|
mendment |
[.] MENDMENT, for amendment. [Not in use.] |
34783
|
mends |
[.] MENDS, for amends, not used. |
35255
|
minuend |
[.] MIN'UEND, n. [L. minuendus, minuo, to lessen.] [.] In arithmetic, the number form which another number is to subtracted. |
35310
|
misapprehend |
[.] MISAPPREHEND', v.t. To misunderstand; to take in a wrong sense. |
35311
|
misapprehended |
[.] MISAPPREHEND'ED, pp. Not rightly understood. |
35312
|
misapprehending |
[.] MISAPPREHEND'ING, ppr. Misunderstanding. |
35316
|
misattend |
[.] MISATTEND', v.t. To disregard. |
35517
|
mispend |
[.] MISPELL, MISPEND, &c. [See Miss-spell, Miss-spend.] |
35594
|
misspend |
[.] MISSPEND', v.t. To spend amiss; to waste or consume to no purpose, or to a bad one; as, to misspend time or money; to misspend life. [.] 1. To waste. [.] [.] The genial moisture due [.] [.] To apples, otherwise misspends itself. |
35595
|
misspender |
[.] MISSPEND'ER, n. One that consumes prodigally or improperly. |
35596
|
misspending |
[.] MISSPEND'ING, pp. Spending to no purpose, or to a bad one. |
35670
|
miswend |
[.] MISWEND', v.i. To go wrong. |
35902
|
money-lender |
[.] MONEY-LENDER, n. One who lends money. |
36240
|
mouthfriend |
[.] MOUTH'FRIEND, n. One who professes friendship without entertaining it; a pretended friend. |
36279
|
muckender |
[.] MUCK'ENDER, n. A pocket handkerchief. [Not used.] |
37260
|
non-attendance |
[.] NON-ATTENDANCE, n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance. |
37301
|
non-rendition |
[.] NON-RENDI'TION, n. Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. [.] [.] The non-payment of a debt, or the non-rendition of a service which is due, is an injury for which the subsequent reparation of the loss sustained- is and atonement. |
37760
|
obtend |
[.] OBTEND', v.t. [L. obtendo; ob and tendo; literally, to stretch against or before.] [.] 1. To oppose; to hold out in opposition. [.] 2. To pretend; to offer as the reason of any thing. [Not used. This word is rarely used.] |
37906
|
offend |
[.] OFFEND', v.t. [L. offendo; of and fendo, obs. to strike, hit, meet, or thrust against. We use the simple verb in fend, to fend off, to fence.] [.] 1. To attack; to assail. [Not used.] [.] 2. To displease; to make angry; to affront. It expresses rather less ... |
37907
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offended |
[.] OFFEND'ED, pp. Displeased. |
37908
|
offender |
[.] OFFEND'ER, n. One that offends; one that violates any law, divine or human; a criminal; a trespasser; a transgressor; one that does an injury. The man who robs, steals, or commits an assault, is an offender. |
37909
|
offending |
[.] OFFEND'ING, ppr. Displeasing; making angry; causing to stumble; committing sin. |
37910
|
offendress |
[.] OFFEND'RESS, n. A female that offends. |
38768
|
overbend |
[.] OVERBEND', v.t. To bend or stretch to excess. |
38859
|
overhend |
[.] OVERHEND', v.t. To overtake. [Not used.] |
38900
|
overoffended |
[.] OVEROFFEND'ED, a. Offended to excess. |
39225
|
palendar |
[.] PAL'ENDAR, n. A kind of coasting vessel. |
39951
|
pechblend |
... [.] PECH'BLEND, ... |
40083
|
pendant |
[.] PEND'ANT, n. [L. pendeo, to hang.] [.] 1. An ornament or jewel hanging at the ear, usually composed of pearl or some precious stone. [.] 2. Any thing hanging by way of ornament. [.] 3. In heraldry, a part hanging from the label, resembling the drops in the ... |
40084
|
pendence |
[.] PEND'ENCE, n. [L. pendens, pendeo, to hang.] Slope; inclination. |
40085
|
pendency |
[.] PEND'ENCY, n. [L.pendens, pendeo, supra.] Suspense; the state of being undecided; as, to wait during the pendency of a suit or petition. |
40086
|
pendent |
[.] PEND'ENT, a. [L. pendens.] Hanging; fastened at one end, the other being loose. [.] [.] With ribbons pendent, flaring about her head. [.] 1. Jutting over; projecting; as a pendant rock. [.] 2. Supported above the ground. |
40087
|
pending |
[.] PEND'ING, a. [L. pendeo, to hang; pendente lite.] Depending; remaining undecided; not terminated. This was done, pending the suit. |
40088
|
pendulosity |
[.] PENDULOS'ITY |
40089
|
pendulous |
[.] PEND'ULOUS, a. [L. pendulus, from pendeo, to hang.] [.] Hanging; swinging; fastened to one end,the other being movable. The dewlap of an animal is pendulous. |
40090
|
pendulousness |
[.] PEND'ULOUSNESS, n. [See Pendulous.] The state of hanging; suspension. [The latter is the preferable word.] |
40091
|
pendulum |
[.] PEND'ULUM, n. [L. pendulus, pendulum.] A vibrating body suspended from a fixed point; as the pendulum of a clock. The oscillations of a pendulum depend on gravity, and are always performed in nearly equal times, supposing the length of the pendulum and the gravity ... |
40434
|
perpend |
[.] PERPEND', v.t. [L. perpendo; per and pendo, to weigh.] [.] To weigh in the mind; to consider attentively. [Little used.] |
40435
|
perpender |
[.] PERPEND'ER, n. A coping stone. |
40436
|
perpendicle |
[.] PERPEND'ICLE, n. [L. perpendiculum.] [.] Something hanging down in a direct line; a plumb line. |
40437
|
perpendicular |
[.] PERPENDIC'ULAR, a. [L. perpendicularis, from perpendiculum, a plumb line; perpendeo; per and pendeo, to hang.] [.] 1. Hanging or extending in a right line from any point towards the center of the earth or of gravity, or at right angles with the plane of the horizon. [.] 2. ... |
40438
|
perpendicularity |
[.] PERPENDICULAR'ITY, n. The state of being perpendicular. |
40439
|
perpendicularly |
[.] PERPENDIC'ULARLY, adv. In a manner to fall on another line at right angles. [.] 1. So as to fall on the plane of the horizon at right angles; in a direction towards the center of the earth or of gravity. |
41925
|
portend |
[.] PORTEND', v.t. [L. portendo; por; Eng. fore, and tendo, to stretch.] To foreshow; to foretoken; to indicate something future by previous signs. [.] [.] A moist and cool summer portends a hard winter. |
41926
|
portended |
[.] PORTEND'ED, pp. Foreshown; previously indicated by signs. |
41927
|
portending |
[.] PORTEND'ING, ppr. Foreshowing. |
42268
|
prebend |
[.] PREB'END, n. [L. proebeo, to afford, to allow.] [.] 1. The stipend or maintenance granted out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church. Prebends are simple or dignitary; simple, when they are restricted to the revenue only, and dignitary, when they have ... |
42269
|
prebendal |
[.] PREBEND'AL, a. Pertaining to a prebend. |
42270
|
prebendary |
[.] PREB'ENDARY, n. An ecclesiastic who enjoys a prebend; the stipendiary of a cathedral church. [.] A prebendary differs from a canon in this; the prebendary receives his prebend in consideration of his officiating in the church; the canon merely in consequence of ... |
42271
|
prebendaryship |
[.] PREB'ENDARYSHIP, n. The office of a prebendary; a canonry. |
42705
|
pretend |
[.] PRETEND', v.t. [L. proetendo; proe, before, and tendo, to tend, to reach or stretch.] [.] 1. Literally, to reach or stretch forward; used by Dryden, but this use is not well authorized. [.] 2. To hold out, as a false appearance; to offer something feigned instead ... |
42706
|
pretended |
[.] PRETEND'ED, pp. Held out, as a false appearance; feigned; simulated. [.] 1. a. Ostensible; hypocritical; as a pretended reason or motive; pretended zeal. |
42707
|
pretendedly |
[.] PRETEND'EDLY, adv. By false appearance or representation. |
42708
|
pretender |
[.] PRETEND'ER, n. One who makes a show of something not real; one who lays claim to any thing. [.] 1. In English history, the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who lays claim to the crown of Great Britain, but is excluded by law. |
42709
|
pretendership |
[.] PRETEND'ERSHIP, n. The right or claim of the Pretender. |
42710
|
pretending |
[.] PRETEND'ING, ppr. Holding out a false appearance; laying claim to, or attempting to make others believe one is what in truth he is not, or that he has or does something which he has or does not; making hypocritical professions. |
42711
|
pretendingly |
[.] PRETEND'INGLY, adv. Arrogantly; presumptuously. |
43248
|
propend |
[.] PROPEND', v.i. [L. propendeo; pro, forward,and pendeo, to hang.] [.] To lean towards; to incline; to be disposed in favor of any thing. [Little used.] |
43249
|
propendency |
[.] PROPEND'ENCY, n. [L. propendens.] A leaning towards; inclination; tendency of desire to any thing. [.] 1. Preconsideration; attentive deliberation. [Little used.] |
43250
|
propending |
[.] PROPEND'ING, ppr. Inclining towards. |
43401
|
protend |
[.] PROTEND', v.t. [L.protendo; pro and tendo, to stretch.] [.] To hold out; to stretch forth. [.] [.] With his protended lance he makes defense. |
43402
|
protended |
[.] PROTEND'ED,, pp. Reached or stretched forth. |
43403
|
protending |
[.] PROTEND'ING, ppr. Stretching forth. |
43457
|
provender |
[.] PROV'ENDER, n. [L. vivo, to live, and from vivanda; Eng.viand.] [.] 1. Dry food for beasts, usually meal, or a mixture of meal and cut straw or hay. In a more general sense, it may signify dry food of any kind. [.] 2. Provisions; meat; food. [.] [.] [Not used ... |
43617
|
pudenda |
[.] PUDEN'DA,n. plu. [L.] The parts of generation. |
44867
|
reascend |
[.] REASCEND', v.i. [re and ascend.] To rise, mount or climb again. [.] REASCEND', v.t. To mount or ascend again. [.] He mounts aloft and reascends the skies. |
44868
|
reascended |
[.] REASCEND'ED, pp. Ascended again. |
44869
|
reascending |
[.] REASCEND'ING, ppr. Ascending again. |
45107
|
recommend |
[.] RECOMMEND', v.t. [re and commend.] [.] 1. To praise to another; to offer or commend to another's notice, confidence or kindness by favorable representations. [.] Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus. [.] [In this sense, commend, though less common, ... |
45108
|
recommendable |
[.] RECOMMEND'ABLE, a. That may be recommended; worthy of recommendation or praise. |
45109
|
recommendation |
[.] RECOMMENDA'TION, n. [.] 1. The act of recommending or of commending; the act of representing in a favorable manner for the purpose of procuring the notice, confidence or civilities of another. We introduce a friend to a stranger by a recommendation of his virtues ... |
45110
|
recommendatory |
[.] RECOMMEND'ATORY, a. That commends to another; that recommends. |
45111
|
recommended |
[.] RECOMMEND'ED, pp. Praised; commended to another. |
45112
|
recommender |
[.] RECOMMEND'ER, n. One who commends. |
45113
|
recommending |
[.] RECOMMEND'ING, ppr. Praising to another; commending. |
45289
|
reddendum |
[.] REDDEND'UM, n. In law, the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease. |
45319
|
redescend |
[.] REDESCEND', v.i. [re and descent.] To descend again. |
45320
|
redescending |
[.] REDESCEND'ING, ppr. Descending again. |
45423
|
referendary |
[.] REFEREND'ARY, n. [.] 1. One to whose decision a cause is referred. [Not in use.] [.] 2. An officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions. |
45985
|
rend |
[.] REND, v.t. pret. and pp. rent. [Eng. cranny, L. crena, Gr.] [.] 1. To separate any substance into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. [.] An empire from its old foundation ... |
45986
|
render |
[.] REND'ER, n. [from rend.] One that tears by violence. |
45987
|
renderable |
[.] REN'DERABLE, a. That may be rendered. |
45988
|
rendered |
[.] REN'DERED, pp. Returned; paid back; given; assigned; made; translated; surrendered; afforded. |
45989
|
rendering |
[.] REN'DERING, ppr. Returning; giving back; assigning; making; translating; surrendering; affording. [.] REN'DERING, n. Version; translation. |
45990
|
rendezvous |
... place of meeting, or a sign that draws men together. [Rarely used.] [.] 3. An assembly; a meeting. [Rarely used.] [.] REN'DEZVOUS, v.i. To assemble at a particular place, as troops. [.] The place where the Gauls and Bruti had rendezvoused. [.] REN'DEZVOUS, ... |
45991
|
rendezvousing |
[.] REN'DEZVOUSING, ppr. Assembling at a particular place. |
45992
|
rendible |
[.] REN'DIBLE, a. [.] 1. That may be yielded or surrendered. [.] 2. That may be translated. [little used in either sense.] |
45993
|
rendition |
[.] RENDI'TION, n. [from render.] [.] 1. The act of yielding possession; surrender. [.] 2. Translation. |
46114
|
repetend |
[.] REPETEND;, n. [L. repetendus, repeto.] The parts of decimals continually repeated. |
46175
|
reprehend |
[.] REPREHEND', v.t. [l. reprehendo; re and prehendo, to seize.] [.] 1. To chide; to reprove. [.] Pardon me for reprehending thee. [.] 2. To blame; to censure. [.] I nor advise, nor reprehend the choice. [.] 3. To detect of fallacy. [.] This color will be ... |
46176
|
reprehended |
[.] REPREHEND'ED, pp. Reproved; blamed. |
46177
|
reprehender |
[.] REPREHEND'ER, n. One that reprehends; one that blames or reproves. |
46178
|
reprehending |
[.] REPREHEND'ING, ppr. Reproving; blaming. |
46346
|
resend |
[.] RESEND', v.t. pret. and pp. resent. [re and send.] [.] To send again; to send back. [Not in use.] |
46477
|
resplendence |
[.] RESPLEN'DENCE, |
46478
|
resplendency |
[.] RESPLEN'DENCY, n. [L. resplendens, resplendeo; re and splendeo, to shine.] [.] Brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. [.] Son! thou in whom my glory I behold in full resplendence, heir of all my might. |
46479
|
resplendent |
[.] RESPLEN'DENT, a. [supra.] Very bright; shining with brilliant luster. [.] With royal arras and resplendent gold. |
46480
|
resplendently |
[.] RESPLEN'DENTLY, adv. With brilliant luster; with great brightness. |
46723
|
revendicate |
[.] REVEN'DICATE, v.t. [L. vindico. See vindicate.] [.] To reclaim what has been taken away; to claim to have restored what has been seized. [.] Should some subsequent fortunate revolution deliver it from the conqueror's yoke, it can revendicate them. |
46724
|
revendicated |
[.] REVEN'DICATED, pp. Reclaimed; regained; recovered. |
46725
|
revendicating |
[.] REVEN'DICATING, ppr. Reclaiming; redemanding; recovering. |
46726
|
revendication |
[.] REVENDICA'TION, n. The act of reclaiming or demanding the restoration of any thing taken by an enemy; as by right of postliminium. [.] The endless disputes which would spring from the revendication of them, have introduced a contrary practice. |
46751
|
reverend |
[.] REV'EREND, a. [L. reverendus.] [.] 1. Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; as reverend and gracious senators. [.] A reverend sire among them came. [.] [This epithet is, I believe, never applied to the Supreme Being, or to ... |
46892
|
rhododendron |
[.] RHODODEN'DRON, n. [Gr. a rose and a tree.] [.] The dwarf rosebay. |
48381
|
scolopendra |
... ... |
49025
|
self-dependent |
[.] SELF-DEPEND'ENT, a. Depending on one's self. |
49026
|
self-depending |
[.] SELF-DEPEND'ING, |
49219
|
send |
[.] SEND, v. t. pret. and pp. sent. [.] 1. In a general sense, to throw, cast or thrust; to impel or drive by force to a distance, either with the hand or with an instrument or by other means. We send a ball with the hand or with ... |
49220
|
sendal |
[.] SEN'DAL, n. A light thin stuff of silk or thread. [Not in use.] [.] |
49221
|
sender |
[.] SEND'ER, n. One that sends. |
49711
|
shend |
[.] SHEND, v.t. ptet. and pp. shent. [.] 1. To injure, mar or spoil. Obs. [.] That much I fear my body willbe shent. Dryden. [.] 2. To blame, reproach. revile, degrade, disgrace. [.] The famous ... |
50483
|
slender |
[.] SLEN'DER, a. [.] 1. Thin; small in circumference compared with the length; not thick; as a slender stem or stalk of a plant. [.] 2. Small in the waist; not thick or gross. A slender waist is considered as a beauty. [.] 3. Not strong; small; slight. Mighty ... |
50484
|
slenderly |
[.] SLEN'DERLY, adv. [.] 1. Without bulk. [.] 2. Slightly; meanly; as a debt to be slenderly regarded. [.] 3. Insufficiently; as a table slenderly supplied. |
50485
|
slenderness |
[.] SLEN'DERNESS, n. Thinness; smallness of diameter in proportion to the length; as the slenderness of a hair. [.] 2. Want of bulk or strength; as the slenderness of a cord or chain. [.] 3. Weakness; slightness; as the slenderness of a reason. [.] 4. Weakness; ... |
51011
|
solvend |
[.] SOLVEND', n. A substance to be dissolved. |
51419
|
spend |
[.] SPEND, v.t. pret. and pp. spent. [L. expendo; from the root of L. pando, pendeo, the primary sense of which is to strain, to open or spread; allied to span, pane, &c.] [.] 1. To lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Why do ye spend ... |
51420
|
spender |
[.] SPEND'ER, n. One that spends; also, a prodigal; a lavisher. |
51421
|
spending |
[.] SPEND'ING, ppr. Laying out; consuming; wasting; exhausting. |
51422
|
spendthrift |
[.] SPEND'THRIFT, n. [spend and thrift.] One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes his estate. |
51480
|
spike-lavender |
[.] SPIKE-LAVENDER, n. The Lavandula spica. |
51581
|
splendent |
[.] SPLENDENT, a. [L., to shine.] [.] 1. Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as splendent planets; splendent metals. [.] 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious. |
51582
|
splendid |
[.] SPLENDID, a. [L., to shine. See Plain.] [.] 1. Properly, shining; very bright; as a splendid sun. Hence, [.] 2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as a splendid palace; a splendid procession; a splendid equipage; a splendid feast or entertainment. [.] 3. ... |
51583
|
splendidly |
[.] SPLENDIDLY, adv. [.] 1. With great brightness or brilliant light. [.] 2. Magnificently; sumptuously; richly; as a house splendidly furnished. [.] 3. With great pomp or show. The king was splendidly attended. |
51584
|
splendor |
[.] SPLENDOR, n. [L. See Plant and Planet.] [.] 1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; as the splendor of the sun. [.] 2. Great show of richness and elegance; magnificence; as the splendor of equipage or of royal robes. [.] 3. Pomp; parade; as the splendor of a procession ... |
51585
|
splendrous |
[.] SPLENDROUS, a. Having splendor. [Not in use.] |
52370
|
stipend |
[.] STIPEND, n. [L., a piece of money; to pay.] Settled pay or compensation for services, whether daily or monthly wages; or an annual salary. [.] STIPEND, v.t. To pay by settled wages. |
52371
|
stipendiary |
[.] STIPENDIARY, a. [L.] Receiving wages or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation. [.] [.] His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil appointed horsemen not half full. [.] STIPENDIARY, n. [supra.] One who performs services for ... |
52821
|
stupendous |
[.] STUPENDOUS, a. [Low L., to astonish.] Literally, striking dumb by its magnitude; hence, astonishing; wonderful; amazing; particularly, of astonishing magnitude or elevation; as a stupendous pile; a stupendous edifice; a stupendous mountain; a stupendous bridge. |
52822
|
stupendously |
[.] STUPENDOUSLY, adv. In a manner to excite astonishment. |
52823
|
stupendousness |
[.] STUPENDOUSNESS, n. The quality or state of being stupendous or astonishing. |
53028
|
subperpendicular |
[.] SUBPERPENDIC'ULAR, n. [sub and perpendicular.] [.] A subnormal, which see. |
53107
|
subtend |
[.] SUBTEND', v.t. [L. sub and tendo, to stretch.] To extend under; as the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; to subtend the chord of an arch. A line from the eye to a planet, subtends an angle of 40 degrees with the horizon. |
53108
|
subtended |
[.] SUBTEND'ED, pp. Extended under. |
53109
|
subtending |
[.] SUBTEND'ING, ppr. Extending under. |
53138
|
subtrahend |
[.] SUBTRAHEND', n. In arithmetic,the sum or number to be subtracted or taken from another. |
53476
|
superintend |
[.] SUPERINTEND', v.t. [super and intend.] To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort. God exercises a superintending ... |
53477
|
superintended |
[.] SUPERINTEND'ED, pp. Overseen; taken care of. |
53478
|
superintendence |
[.] SUPERINTEND'ENCE |
53479
|
superintendency |
[.] SUPERINTEND'ENCY, n. The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction and with authority to direct. |
53480
|
superintendent |
[.] SUPERINTEND'ENT, n. One who has the oversight and charge of something, with the power of direction; as the superintendent of an alms-house or work-house; the superintendent of public works; the superintendent of customs or finance. [.] 1. An ecclesiastical superior ... |
53481
|
superintending |
[.] SUPERINTEND'ING, ppr. Overseeing with the authority to direct what shall be done and how it shall be done. |
53737
|
surrender |
[.] SURREN'DER, v.t. [L. sursum, and rendre, to render.] [.] 1. To yield to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession upon compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy, or to commissioners of bankrupt; to surrender a fort or a ship. [To ... |
53738
|
surrendered |
[.] SURREN'DERED, pp. Yielded or delivered to the power of another; given up; resigned. |
53739
|
surrenderee |
[.] SURRENDEREE', n. In law, a person to whom the lord grants surrendered land; the cestuy que use. |
53740
|
surrendering |
[.] SURREN'DERING, ppr. Yielding or giving up to the power of another; resigning. |
53741
|
surrenderor |
[.] SURREN'DEROR, n. The tenant who surrenders an estate into the hands of his lord. [.] [.] Till the admittance of cestuy que use, the lord takes notice of the surrenderor as his tenant. |
53742
|
surrendry |
[.] SURREN'DRY, n. A surrender. [Surrender is the most elegant and best authorized.] |
53792
|
suspend |
[.] SUSPEND', v.t. [L. suspendo; sub and pendo, to hang.] [.] 1. To hang; to attach to something above; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend the body by a cord or by hooks; a needle suspended by a loadstone. [.] 2. To make to depend on. God hath suspended ... |
53793
|
suspended |
[.] SUSPEND'ED, pp. Hung up; made to depend on; caused to cease for a time;delayed; held undermined; prevented from executing an office or enjoying a right. |
53794
|
suspender |
[.] SUSPEND'ER, n. One that suspends. [.] 1. Suspenders, plu. straps worn for holding up pantaloons, &c.; braces. |
53795
|
suspending |
[.] SUSPEND'ING, ppr. Hanging up; making to depend on; intermitting; causing to cease for a time; holding undermined; debarring from action or right. |
54722
|
tend |
[.] TEND, v.t. [contracted from attend, L. attendo; ad and tendo, to stretch.] [.] 1. To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector. [.] [.] And flaming ministers to watch and tend [.] [.] Their earthly charge-- [.] [.] There is a pleasure in ... |
54723
|
tendance |
[.] TEND'ANCE, n. Attendance; state of expectation. [.] 1. Persons attending. [.] 2. Act of waiting; attendance. [.] 3. Care; act of tending. [.] [This word is entirely obsolete in all its senses. We now use attendance.] |
54724
|
tended |
[.] TEND'ED, pp. Attended; taken care of; nursed; as an infant, or a sick person. |
54725
|
tendency |
[.] TEND'ENCY, n. [from tend; L. tendens, tending.] Drift; direction or course towards any place, object, effect or result. Read such books only as have a good moral tendency. Mild language has a tendency to allay irritation. [.] [.] Writings of this kind, if conducted ... |
54726
|
tender |
[.] TEND'ER, n. [from tend.] One that attends or takes care of; a nurse. [.] 1. A small vessel employed to attend a larger one for supplying her with provisions and other stores, or to convey intelligence and the like. [.] 2. In law, an offer, either of money to ... |
54727
|
tender-hearted |
[.] TEN'DER-HE`ARTED, a. [tender and heart.] [.] 1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence. [.] [.] --When Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. 13. [.] 2. Very susceptible of the softer passions ... |
54728
|
tender-heartedness |
[.] TENDER-HE`ARTEDNESS, n. Susceptibility of the softer passions. |
54729
|
tendered |
[.] TEND'ERED, pp. Offered for acceptance. |
54730
|
tendering |
[.] TEND'ERING, ppr. Offering for acceptance. |
54731
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tenderling |
[.] TEN'DERLING, n. A fondling; one made tender by too much kindness. [.] 1. The first horns of a deer. |
54732
|
tenderloin |
[.] TEN'DERLOIN, n. A tender part of flesh in the hind quarter of beef. |
54733
|
tenderly |
[.] TEN'DERLY, adv. With tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain. [.] [.] Brutus tenderly reproves. [.] 1. Kindly; with pity or affection. |
54734
|
tenderness |
[.] TEN'DERNESS, n. The state of being tender or easily broken, bruised or injured; softness; brittleness; as the tenderness of a thread; the tenderness of flesh. [.] 1. The state of being easily hurt; soreness; as the tenderness of flesh when bruised or inflamed. [.] 2. ... |
54735
|
tending |
[.] TEND'ING, ppr. Having a certain direction; taking care of. [.] TEND'ING, n. In seaman's language, a swinging round or movement of a ship upon her anchor. |
54736
|
tendinous |
[.] TEN'DINOUS, a. [L. tendines, tendons, from tendo, to stretch.] [.] 1. Pertaining to a tendon; partaking of the nature of tendons. [.] 2. Full of tendons; sinewy; as nervous and tendinous parts. |
54737
|
tendment |
[.] TEND'MENT, n. Attendance; care. |
54738
|
tendon |
[.] TEN'DON, n. [L. tendo; teneo, tendo.] In anatomy, a hard insensible cord or bundle of fibers, by which a muscle is attached to a bone. |
54739
|
tendrac |
[.] TEN'DRAC, n. An animal of the hedgehog kind, found in the E. Indies. |
54740
|
tendril |
[.] TEN'DRIL, n. A clasp or clasper of a vine or other climbing or creeping plant; a filiform spiral shoot, that winds round another body. Tendrils or claspers are given to plants that have weak stalks. [.] [.] They are also given to creeping vines, which require support ... |
56010
|
transcend |
[.] TRANSCEND', v.t. [L. transcendo; trans and scando, to climb.] [.] 1. To rise above; to surmount; as lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. [.] 2. To pass over; to go beyond. [.] [.] It is dangerous opinion to such hopes as shall transcend ... |
56011
|
transcended |
[.] TRANSCEND'ED, pp. Overpassed; surpassed; exceeded. |
56012
|
transcendence |
[.] TRANSCEND'ENCE |
56013
|
transcendency |
[.] TRANSCEND'ENCY, n. Superior excellence; supereminence. [.] 1. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. |
56014
|
transcendent |
[.] TRANSCEND'ENT, a. [L. transcendens.] Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as transcendent worth; transcendent valor. [.] [.] Cloth'd with transcendent brightness. |
56015
|
transcendental |
[.] TRANSCENDENT'AL, a. Supereminent; surpassing others; as transcendental being or qualities. [.] Transcendental quantities, among geometricians, are indeterminate ones, or such as cannot be expressed or fixed to any constant equation. [.] Transcendental curve, is such as ... |
56016
|
transcendently |
[.] TRANSCEND'ENTLY, adv. Very excellently; supereminently; by way of eminence. [.] [.] The law of christianity is eminently and transcendently called the word of truth. |
56139
|
transplendency |
[.] TRANSPLEND'ENCY, n. [L. trans and splendens. See Splendor.] [.] Supereminent splendor. |
56140
|
transplendent |
[.] TRANSPLEND'ENT, a. Resplendent in the highest degree. |
56141
|
transplendently |
[.] TRANSPLEND'ENTLY, adv. With eminent splendor. |
56274
|
tremendous |
[.] TREMEN'DOUS, a. [L. tremendus, from tremo, to tremble.] [.] 1. Such as may excite fear or terror; terrible; dreadful. Hence, [.] 2. Violent; such as may astonish by its force and violence; as a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; ... |
56275
|
tremendously |
[.] TREMEN'DOUSLY, adv. In a manner to terrify or astonish; with great violence. |
56276
|
tremendousness |
[.] TREMEN'DOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of being tremendous, terrible or violent. |
56288
|
trencher-friend |
[.] TRENCH'ER-FRIEND, n. [trencher and friend.] One who frequents the tables of others; a spunger. |
56292
|
trend |
[.] TREND, v.i. [This word seems to be allied to trundle, or to run.] [.] To run; to stretch; to tend; to have a particular direction; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest. [.] TREND, n. That part of the stock of an anchor from which the size is taken. [.] TREND, ... |
56293
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trender |
[.] TREND'ER, n. One whose business is to free wool from its filth. [Local.] |
56294
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trending |
[.] TREND'ING, ppr. Running; tending. [.] 1. Cleaning wool. [Local.] [.] TREND'ING, n. The operation of freeing wool from filth of various kinds. |
56295
|
trendle |
[.] TREN'DLE, n. Any thing round used in turning or rolling; a little wheel. |
57212
|
unamendable |
[.] UNAMEND'ABLE, a. Not capable of emendation. |
57213
|
unamended |
[.] UNAMEND'ED, a. Not capable of emendation. |
57252
|
unapprehended |
[.] UNAPPREHEND'ED, a. [.] 1. Not apprehended; not taken. [.] 2. Not understood. |
57277
|
unascendible |
[.] UNASCEND'IBLE, a. That cannot be ascended. |
57309
|
unattended |
[.] UNATTEND'ED, a. [.] 1. Not attended; not accompanied; having no retinue or attendance. [.] 2. Forsaken. [.] 3. Not medically attended; not dressed; as unattended wounds. |
57310
|
unattending |
[.] UNATTEND'ING, a. Not attending or listening; not being attentive. [.] Ill is lost that praise that is address'd to unattending ears. |
57365
|
unbefriended |
[.] UNBEFRIENDED, a. unbefrend'ed. Not befriended; not supported by friends; having no friendly aid. |
57381
|
unbend |
[.] UNBEND', v.t. [.] 1. To free from flexure; to make straight; as, to unbend a bow. [.] 2. To relax; to remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. [.] 3. To relax effeminately. [.] You unbend ... |
57382
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unbending |
[.] UNBEND'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, &c., as sails. [.] 2. a. Not suffering flexure. [.] 3. Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons. [.] 4. Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as ... |
57421
|
unblended |
[.] UNBLEND'ED, a. Not blended; not mingled. |
57638
|
uncommendable |
[.] UNCOMMEND'ABLE, a. Not commendable; not worthy of commendation; laudable. |
57639
|
uncommended |
[.] UNCOMMEND'ED, a. Not praised; not commended. |
57738
|
uncontending |
[.] UNCONTEND'ING, a. Not contending; not contesting; not disputing. |
57874
|
undefended |
[.] UNDEFEND'ED, a. [.] 1. Not defended; not protected. [.] 2. Not vindicated. [.] 3. Open to assault; being without works of defense. |
57897
|
undepending |
[.] UNDEPEND'ING, a. Not dependent. |
58028
|
undescendible |
[.] UNDESCEND'IBLE, a. Not descendible; not capable of descending to heirs. [.] |
58112
|
undistended |
[.] UNDISTEND'ED, a. Not distended; not enlarged. |
58207
|
unendowed |
[.] UNENDOW'ED, a. [.] 1. Not endowed; not furnished; not invested; as a man unendowed with virtues. [.] 2. Not furnished with funds; as an unendowed college or hospital. |
58208
|
unenduring |
[.] UNENDU'RING, a. Not lasting; of temporary duration. |
58283
|
unexpended |
[.] UNEXPEND'ED, a. Not expended; not laid out. There is an unexpended balance of the appropriation. |
58295
|
unextended |
[.] UNEXTEND'ED, a. Occupying no assignable space; having no dimensions; as a spiritual, an unextended substance. |
58429
|
unfriended |
[.] UNFRIENDED, a. unfrend'ed. Wanting friends; not countenanced or supported. |
58430
|
unfriendliness |
[.] UNFRIEND'LINESS, n. Want of kindness; disfavor. |
58431
|
unfriendly |
[.] UNFRIEND'LY, a. [.] 1. Not friendly; not kind or benevolent; as an unfriendly neighbor. [.] 2. Not favorable; not adapted to promote or support any object; as weather unfriendly to health. |
58693
|
unintended |
[.] UNINTEND'ED, a. Not intended; not designed. |
59017
|
unoffended |
[.] UNOFFEND'ED, a. Not offended; not having taken offense. |
59018
|
unoffending |
[.] UNOFFEND'ING, a. [.] 1. Not offending; not giving offense. [.] 2. Not sinning; free from sin or fault. [.] 3. Harmless; innocent. |
59197
|
unpretending |
[.] UNPRETEND'ING, a. Not claiming distinction; modest. |
59418
|
unreverend |
[.] UNREV'EREND, a. [.] 1. Not reverend. [.] 2. Disrespectful; irreverent; as an unreverend tongue. |
59823
|
untended |
[.] UNTEND'ED, a. Not tended; not having any attendant. |
59824
|
untender |
[.] UNTEN'DER, a. [.] 1. Not tender; not soft. [.] 2. Wanting sensibility or affection. |
59825
|
untendered |
[.] UNTEND'ERED, a. Not tendered; not offered; as untendered money or tribute. |
60489
|
vend |
[.] VEND, v.t. [L. vendo.] [.] To sell; to transfer a thing and the exclusive right of possessing it, to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; as, to vend goods; to vend meat and vegetables in market. Vending differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for ... |
60490
|
vended |
[.] VEND'ED, pp. Sold; transferred for money; as goods. |
60491
|
vendee |
[.] VENDEE', n. The person to whom a thing is sold. |
60492
|
vender |
[.] VEND'ER, n. A seller; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent. Auctioneers are the venders of goods for other men. |
60493
|
vendibility |
[.] VENDIBIL'ITY, |
60494
|
vendible |
[.] VEND'IBLE, a. [L. vendibilis.] Salable; that may be sold; that can be sold; as vendible goods. Vendible differs from marketable; the latter signifies proper or fit for market, according to the laws or customs of a place. Vendible has no reference to such legal fitness. [.] VEND'IBLE, ... |
60495
|
vendibleness |
[.] VEND'IBLENESS, n. The state of being vendible or salable. |
60496
|
vendibly |
[.] VEND'IBLY, adv. In a salable manner. |
60497
|
venditation |
[.] VENDITA'TION, n. [L. venditatio.] A boastful display. [Not in use.] |
60498
|
vendition |
[.] VENDI'TION, n. [L. venditio.] The act of selling; sale. |
60499
|
vendor |
[.] VEND'OR, n. A vender; a seller. |
60500
|
vendue |
[.] VENDUE, n. Auction; a public sale of any thing by outcry, to the highest bidder. |
60501
|
vendue-master |
[.] VENDUE-M'ASTER, n. One who is authorized to make sale of any property to the highest bidder, by notification and public outcry; an auctioneer. |
60847
|
vilipend |
[.] VIL'IPEND, v.t. [L. vilipendo.] To despise. [Not in use.] |
60848
|
vilipendency |
[.] VILIPEND'ENCY, n. Disesteem; alight. [Not in use.] |
61694
|
weather-fend |
[.] WEATHER-FEND, v.t. [weather and fend.] To shelter. |
61834
|
wend |
[.] WEND, v.i. [.] 1. To go; to pass to or from. [Obsolete, except in poetry; but its preterit, went, is in common use.] [.] 2. To turn round. [Wend and wind are from the same root.] |
62914
|
zend |
[.] ZEND, n. A language that formerly prevailed in Persia. |
62915
|
zendavesta |
[.] ZENDAVESTA, n. Among the Persees, a sacred book ascribed to Zoroaster, and reverenced as a bible, or sole rule of faith and practice. It is often called Zend, by contraction. |