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ague-fit |
[.] A'GUE-FIT, n. A paroxysm of cold, or shivering; chilliness. |
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befit |
[.] BEFIT', v.t. [be and fit.] To suit; to be suitable to; to become. [.] That name best befits thee. |
5531
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befitting |
[.] BEFIT'TING, ppr. or a. Suiting; becoming. |
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benefit |
[.] BEN'EFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.] [.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. [.] Bless the Lord,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps.103. [.] 2. Advantage; profit; a word of extensive use, and expressing whatever contributes ... |
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benefited |
[.] BEN'EFITED, pp. Profited; having received benefit. |
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benefiting |
[.] BEN'EFITING, ppr. Doing good to; profiting; gaining advantage. |
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comfit |
[.] COMFIT, |
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comfit-maker |
[.] COMFIT-MAKER, n. One who makes or prepares comfits. |
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comfiture |
[.] COMFITURE, n. A dry sweet-meat; any kind of fruit or root preserved with sugar and dried. |
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confit |
[.] CONFIT, n. A sweetmeat. [See Confect.] |
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confitent |
[.] CONFITENT, n. [L. See Confess.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Not much used.] |
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confiture |
[.] CONFITURE, n. [L. This word is corrupted into comfit, which is now used.] A sweetmeat; confection; comfit. |
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discomfit |
[.] DISCOMFIT, v.t. [L., to fasten, to nail; to fix.] To rout; to defeat; to scatter in fight; to cause to flee; to vanquish. [.] [.] Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Exodus 17. [.] [.] He, fugitive, declined superior strength, discomfited, ... |
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discomfited |
[.] DISCOMFITED, pp. Routed; defeated; overthrown. |
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discomfiting |
[.] DISCOMFITING, ppr. Routing; defeating. |
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discomfiture |
[.] DISCOMFITURE, n. Rout; defeat in battle; dispersion; overthrow. [.] [.] Every mans sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Samuel 14. [.] 2. Defeat; frustration; disappointment. |
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disprofit |
[.] DISPROFIT, n. [dis and profit.] Loss; detriment; damage. [Little used.] |
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fit |
[.] FIT, n. [L. peto, impeto, to assult, or to Eng. pet, and primarily to denote a rushing on or attach, or a start. See fit, suitable.] [.] 1. The invasion, exacerbation or paroxysm of a disease. We apply the word to the return of an ague, after intermission, as ... |
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fitch |
[.] FITCH, n. A chick-pea. |
22187
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fitchet |
[.] FITCH'ET, |
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fitchew |
[.] FITCH'EW, n. A polecat; a foumart. |
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fitful |
[.] FIT'FUL, a. Varied by paroxysms; full of fits. |
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fitly |
[.] FIT'LY, adv. [.] 1. Suitably; properly; with propriety. A maxim fitly applied. [.] 2. Commodiously; conveniently. |
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fitment |
[.] FIT'MENT, n. Something adapted to a purpose. [Not used.] |
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fitness |
[.] FIT'NESS, n. [.] 1. Suitableness; adaptedness; adaptation; as the fitness of things to their use. [.] 2. Propriety; meetness; justness; reasonableness; as the fitness of measures or laws. [.] 3. Preparation; qualification; as a student's fitness for college. [.] 4. ... |
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fitted |
[.] FIT'TED, pp. Made suitable; adapted; prepared; qualified. |
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fitter |
[.] FIT'TER, n. One who makes fit or suitable; one who adapts; one who prepares. |
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fitting |
[.] FIT'TING, ppr. Making suitable; adapting; preparing; qualifying; providing with. |
22196
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fittingly |
[.] FIT'TINGLY, adv. Suitably. |
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fitz |
[.] FITZ, Norm. fites, fuz or fiz, a son, is used in names, as in Fitzherbert, Fitzroy, Carlovitz. |
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gurhofite |
[.] GUR'HOFITE, n. A subvariety of magnesian carbonate of lime, found near Gurhof, in Lower Austria. It is snow white, and has a dull, slightly conchoidal, or even fracture. |
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improfitable |
[.] IMPROF'ITABLE, a. Unprofitable. [Not in use.] |
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kissing-comfit |
[.] KISS'ING-COMFIT, n. Perfumed sugar plums to sweeten the breath. |
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outfit |
[.] OUT'FIT, n. A fitting out, as of a ship for a voyage; usually in the plural, outfits, the expenses of equipping and furnishing a ship for a voyage. |
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profit |
[.] PROF'IT, n. [L. profectus, proficio, to profit, literally to proceed forward, to advance; pro and facio. The primary sense of facio is to urge or drive. [.] 1. In commerce, the advance in the price of goods sold beyond the cost of purchase. Net profit is the gain ... |
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profitable |
[.] PROF'ITABLE, a. Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; as a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. [.] 1. Useful; advantageous. [.] [.] What was so profitable to the empire, became fatal to the emperor. |
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profitableness |
[.] PROF'ITABLENESS, n. Gainfulness; as the profitableness of trade. [.] 1. Usefulness; advantageousness. |
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profitably |
[.] PROF'ITABLY, adv. With gain; gainfully. Our ships are profitably employed. [.] 1. Usefully; advantageously; with improvement. Our time may be profitably occupied in reading. |
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profited |
[.] PROF'ITED, pp. Benefited; advanced in interest or happiness; improved. [.] [.] What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Matt.16. |
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profiting |
[.] PROF'ITING, ppr. Gaining interest or advantage; improving. [.] PROF'ITING, n. Gain; advantage; improvement. [.] [.] That thy profiting may appear to all. 1 Tim.4. |
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profitless |
[.] PROF'ITLESS, a. Void of profit, gain or advantage. |
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rathoffite |
[.] RATH'OFFITE, n. A mineral brought from Sweden, of the garnet kind. Its color is a dingy brownish black, and it is accompanied with calcarious spar and small crystals of hornblend. |
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refit |
[.] REFIT', v.t. [re and fit.] To fit or prepare again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit ships of war. |
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refitted |
[.] REFIT'TED, pp. Prepared again; repaired. |
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refitting |
[.] REFIT'TING, ppr. Repairing after damage or decay. |
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rothoffite |
[.] ROTH'OFFITE, n. A variety of grenate, brown or black, found in Sweden. It has a resemblance to melanite, another variety, but differs from it in having a small portion of alumin. |
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soffit |
[.] SOF'FIT, n. [.] 1. In architecture, any timber ceiling formed of cross beams, the compartments of which are enriched with sculpture, painting or gilding. [.] 2. The under side of face of an architrave, enriched with compartment of roses. |
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unbefitting |
[.] UNBEFIT'TING, a. Not befitting; unsuitable; unbecoming. |
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unfit |
[.] UNFIT', a. [.] 1. Not fit; improper; unsuitable. [.] 2. Unqualified; as a man unfit for an office. [.] UNFIT', v.t. [.] 1. To disable; to make unsuitable; to deprive of the strength, skill or proper qualities for any thing. Sickness unfits a man for ... |
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unfitly |
[.] UNFIT'LY, adv. Not properly; unsuitably. |
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unfitness |
[.] UNFIT'NESS, n. [.] 1. Want of suitable powers or qualifications, physical or moral; as the unfitness of a sick man for labor, or of an ignorant man for office; the unfitness of sinners for the enjoyments of heaven. [.] 2. Want of propriety or adaptation to character ... |
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unfitted |
[.] UNFIT'TED, pp. Rendered unsuitable; disqualified. |
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unfitting |
[.] UNFIT'TING, ppr. [.] 1. Rendering unsuitable; disqualifying. [.] 2. a. Improper; becoming. |
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unprofitable |
[.] UNPROF'ITABLE, a. [.] 1. Bringing no profit; producing no gain beyond the labor, expenses and interest of capital; as unprofitable land; unprofitable stock; unprofitable employment. [.] 2. Producing no improvement or advantage; useless; serving no purpose; as ... |
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unprofitableness |
[.] UNPROF'ITABLENESS, n. The state of producing no profit or good; uselessness; inutility. |
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unprofitably |
[.] UNPROF'ITABLY, adv. [.] 1. Without profit; without clear gain; as capital unprofitably employed. [.] 2. Without any good effect or advantage; to no good purpose. |
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unprofited |
[.] UNPROF'ITED, a. Not having profit or gain. |
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wickliffite |
[.] WICKLIFFITE, n. A follower of Wickliffe, the English reformer. |
