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557	acinaciform	[.] ACINAC'IFORM, a. [L. acinaces, a cimeter, Gr. and L. forma, form.] [.] In botany, formed like, or resembling a cimeter.
558	aciniform	... [.] AC'INIFORM, ...
1065	aeriform	[.] A'ERIFORM, a. [L. aer, air, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic, invisible fluid. The gases are aeriform fluids.
1155	afforage	[.] AF'FORAGE, n. [ad and force.] [.] In France, a duty paid to the lord of a district, for permission to sell wine or other liquors, within his seignory.
1156	afforcement	[.] AFFO'RCEMENT, n. [ad and force.] [.] In old charters, a fortress; a fortification for defense. Obs.
1157	afford	[.] AFFO'RD, v.t. [ad and the root of forth, further. The sense is to send forth. But I have not found this precise word in the exact sense of the English, in any other language.] [.] 1. To yield or produce as fruit, profit, issues, or result. Thus, the earth affords ...
1158	afforded	[.] AFFO'RDED, pp. Yielded as fruit, produce or result; sold without loss or with profit.
1159	affording	[.] AFFO'RDING, ppr. Yielding; producing; selling without loss; bearing expenses.
1160	afforest	[.] AFFOR'EST, v.t. [ad and forest.] [.] To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman kings in England, for the purpose of affording them the pleasures of the chase.
1161	afforestation	[.] AFFORESTA'TION, n. The act of turning ground into forest or wood land.
1162	afforested	[.] AFFOR'ESTED, pp. Converted into forest.
1163	afforesting	[.] AFFOR'ESTING, ppr. Converting into forest.
1198	afore	[.] AFO'RE, adv. or prep. [a and fore.] [.] 1. In front. [.] 2. Between one object and another, so as to intercept a direct view or intercourse; as, to stand between a person and the light of a candle - a popular use of the word. [.] 3. Prior in time; before; ...
1199	aforegoing	[.] AFO'REGOING, a. Going before. [See Foregoing, which is chiefly used.]
1200	aforehand	[.] AFO'REHAND, adv. [afore and hand.] [.] 1. In time previous; by previous provision; as, he is ready aforehand. [.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark 14. [.] 2. a. Prepared; previously provided; as, to be aforehand in business. Hence in popular ...
1201	aforementioned	[.] AFO'REMENTIONED, a. [afore and mention.] [.] Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.
1202	aforenamed	[.] AFO'RENAMED, a. [afore and name.] Named before.
1203	aforesaid	[.] AFO'RESAID, a. [afore and say.] Said or recited before, or in a proceeding part.
1204	aforetime	[.] AFO'RETIME, adv. [afore and time.] In time past; in a former time.
1221	after-comfort	[.] 'AFTER-COMFORT, n. Future comfort
1645	aliform	[.] ALI'FORM, a. [L. ala, wing, and forma, shape.] [.] Having the shape of a wing; a term applied to a certain process and muscles of the body, as the pterygoid process, and the muscles arising from that process.
1727	all-forgiving	[.] ALL-FORGIV'ING, a. Forgiving or pardoning all.
1746	all-informing	[.] ALL-INFORM'ING, a. Imitating every thing.
2032	aluminiform	[.] ALU'MINIFORM a. Having the form of alumina.
2189	amianthiform	[.] AMIANTH'IFORM , a. [Amianth and form.] Having the form or likeness of amianth. [.] Amianthiform arseniate of copper.
2532	anguilliform	[.] ANGUIL'LIFORM, a. [L. anguilla, an eel, and forma, shape.] In the form of an eel, or of a serpent; resembling an eel or serpent.
4653	axiform	[.] AX'IFORM a. [L. axis, and forma.] In the form of an axis.
5118	basaltiform	[.] BASALT'IFORM, a. In the form of basalt; columnar.
5536	before	[.] BEFO'RE, prep. [be and fore, that is by fore, near the fore part.] [.] 1. In front; on the side with the face, at any distance; used of persons. [.] 2. In presence of, with the idea of power, authority, respect. [.] Abraham bowed before the people of the ...
5537	before-time	[.] BEFO'RE-TIME, adv. [before and time.] Formerly; of old time. 1 Sam.9. Josh 20.
5538	beforehand	[.] BEFO'REHAND, adv. [before and hand.] In a state of anticipation or preoccupation; often followed by with; as, you are before hand with me. [.] 1. Antecedently; by way of preparation or preliminary; aforetime. Math.13. 1 Tim.5. [.] 2. In a state of accumulation, ...
5539	befortune	[.] BEFOR'TUNE, v.t. [be and fortune.] To happen to; to betide.
6129	biform	[.] BI'FORM, a. [L. biformis, of bis, twice, and forma, form.] [.] Having two forms, bodies or shapes.
6130	biformed	[.] BI'FORMED, a. Compounded of two forms.
6131	biformity	[.] BIFORM'ITY, n. A double form.
6352	black-forest	[.] BLACK-FOREST, n. [black and forest.] A forest in Germany, in Swabia; a part of the ancient Hercynian forest.
8207	campaniform	[.] CAMPANIFORM, a. In the shape of a bell; applied to flowers.
8246	cancriform	[.] CANCRIFORM, a. [.] 1. Cancerous. [.] 2. Having the form of a cancer or crab.
8392	capilliform	[.] CAPILLIFORM, a. In the shape or form of a hair, or of hairs.
8425	capriform	[.] CAPRIFORM, a. Having the form of a goat.
8917	cauliform	[.] CAULIFORM, a. Having the form of a stalk or of stems.
9533	cheliform	[.] CHELIFORM, a. Having the form of a claw.
9534	chelmsfordite	[.] CHELMSFORDITE, n. A mineral arranged as a subspecies of schaalstein; found in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
10045	circumforanean	[.] CIRCUMFORANEAN,
10046	circumforaneous	[.] CIRCUMFORANEOUS, a. Going about; walking or wandering from house to house; as a circumforaneous fidler or piper; circumforaneous wits. [.] Circumforaneous musicians, male and female, are daily seen at the doors of hotels, in France; and sometimes they enter the room, ...
10605	coafforest	[.] COAFFOREST, v.t. To convert ground into a forest.
11095	comfort	[.] COMFORT, v.t. [.] 1. To strengthen; to invigorate; to cheer or enliven. [.] [.] Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. [.] [.] Comfort ye your hearts. Gen. 18. [.] 2. To strengthen the mind when depressed or enfeebled; to console; to give new vigor ...
11096	comfortable	[.] COMFORTABLE, a. [.] 1. Being in a state of ease, or moderate enjoyment; as a person after sickness or pain. This is the most common use of the word in the U. States. [.] 2. Admitting comfort; that may afford comfort. [.] [.] Who can promise him a comfortable ...
11097	comfortableness	[.] COMFORTABLENESS, n. The state of enjoying comfort.
11098	comfortabley	[.] COMFORTABLEY, adv. [.] 1. In a manner to give comfort or consolation. [.] [.] Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. 40:2. [.] 2. With comfort, or cheerfulness; without despair. [.] [.] Hope comfortably and cheerfully for Gods performance.
11099	comforted	[.] COMFORTED, pp. Strengthened; consoled; encouraged.
11100	comforter	[.] COMFORTER, n. [.] 1. One who administers comfort or consolation; one who strengthens and supports the mind in distress or danger. [.] [.] I looked for comforters, but found none. Ps. 69. [.] [.] Miserable comforters are ye all. Job. 16. [.] 2. The title ...
11101	comforting	[.] COMFORTING, ppr. Giving strength or spirits; giving ease; cheering; encouraging; consoling.
11102	comfortless	[.] COMFORTLESS, a. Without comfort; without any thing to alleviate misfortune, or distress. [.] [.] I will not leave you comfortless. John 14.
11103	comfortress	[.] COMFORTRESS, n. A female that affords comfort.
11859	conform	[.] CONFORM, a. [L., form.] Made to resemble; assuming the same form; like; resembling. [Little used.] [.] CONFORM, v.t. [L., to form, or shape, form.] [.] 1. To make like, in external appearance; to reduce to a like shape, or form, with something else; with to; ...
11860	conformable	[.] CONFORMABLE, a. [.] 1. Correspondent; having the same or similar external form, or shape; like; resembling; as an edifice conformable to a model or draft. [.] 2. Having the same or similar manners, opinions or moral qualities. [.] [.] The Gentiles were not made ...
11861	conformably	[.] CONFORMABLY, adv. With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. [.] [.] Let us settle, in our own minds, what rules to pursue and act conformably.
11862	conformation	[.] CONFORMATION, n. [.] 1. The manner in which a body is formed; the particular texture or structure of a body, or disposition of the parts which compose it; form; structure; often with relation to some other body, and with adaptation to some purpose or effect. [.] [.] Light ...
11863	conformed	[.] CONFORMED, pp. Made to resemble; reduced to a likeness of; made agreeable to; suited.
11864	conformer	[.] CONFORMER, n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines.
11865	conforming	[.] CONFORMING, ppr. Reducing to a likeness; adapting; complying with.
11866	conformist	[.] CONFORMIST, n. One who conforms or complies; appropriately, one who complies with the worship of the church of England or of the established church, as distinguished from a dissenter, or nonconformist.
11867	conformity	[.] CONFORMITY, n. [.] 1. Likeness; correspondence with a model in form or manner; resemblance; agreement; congruity with something else; followed by to or with. [.] [.] A ship is constructed in conformity to a model, or in conformity with a model. [.] [.] True happiness ...
11868	confortation	[.] CONFORTATION, n. [See Comfort.] The act of comforting or giving strength. [Not used.]
11971	coniform	[.] CONIFORM, a. [cone and form.] In form of a cone; conical; as a coniform mountain of Potosi.
12701	coralliform	[.] CORALLIFORM, a. [coral and form.] Resembling coral; forked and crooked.
12728	cordiform	[.] CORDIFORM, a. [L., the heart, and form.] Heart-shaped; having the form of the human heart.
12820	coroniform	[.] CORONIFORM, a. [L., a crown, form.] Having the form of a crown.
12932	corticiform	[.] CORTICIFORM, a. [cortex and form.[ Resembling bark.
13095	counterfort	[.] COUNTERFORT, n. [counter and fort.] A buttress, spur or pillar serving to support a wall or terrace subject to bulge.
13496	cribriform	[.] CRIBRIFORM, a. [L., a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen of the ethmoid bone, through which the fibers of the olfactory nerve pass to the nose.
13697	cruciform	[.] CRUCIFORM, a. [L., a cross, and form.] Cross-shaped. [.] In botany, consisting of four equal petals, disposed int he form of a cross.
13775	crystal-form	[.] CRYSTAL-FORM, a. Having the form of crystal.
13800	cubiform	[.] CUBIFORM, a. Having the form of a cube.
13842	culiciform	[.] CULICIFORM, a. [L., a gnat or flea; form.] Of the form or shape of a flea; resembling a flea.
13899	cuneiform	[.] CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM, a. [L., a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge.
13900	cuniform	[.] CUNEIFORM, CUNIFORM, a. [L., a wedge, and form.] Having the shape or form of a wedge.
14059	cyathiform	[.] CYATHIFORM, a. [L., a cup; Gr.] In the form of a cup, or drinking glass, a little widened at the top.
14078	cylindriform	[.] CYLINDRIFORM, a. [cylinder and form.] Having the form of a cylinder.
14084	cymbiform	[.] CYMBIFORM, a. [L., a boat, form.] Shaped like a boat.
14829	deforce	[.] DEFORCE, v.t. To disseize and keep out of lawful possession of an estate; to withhold the possession of an estate from the rightful owner; applies to any possessor whose entry was originally lawful, but whose detainer is become unlawful.
14830	deforced	[.] DEFORCED, pp. Kept out of lawful possession.
14831	deforcement	[.] DEFORCEMENT, n. [.] 1. The holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; a general term including abatement, intrusion, disseisin, discontinuance, or any other species of wrong, by which he that hath a right to the freehold is kept out of possession. [.] 2. ...
14832	deforciant	[.] DEFORCIANT, n. He that keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate; he against whom a fictitious action is brought in fine and recovery.
14833	deforcing	[.] DEFORCING, ppr. Keeping out of lawful possession.
14834	deform	[.] DEFORM, v.t. [L. Form.] [.] 1. To mar or injure the form; to alter that form or disposition of parts which is natural and esteemed beautiful, and thus to render it displeasing to the eye; to disfigure; as, a hump on the back deforms the body. [.] 2. To render ...
14835	deformation	[.] DEFORMATION, n. A disfiguring or defacing.
14836	deformed	[.] DEFORMED, pp. [.] 1. Injured in the form; disfigured; distorted; ugly; wanting natural beauty, or symmetry. [.] 2. Base; disgraceful.
14837	deformedly	[.] DEFORMEDLY, adv. In an ugly manner.
14838	deformedness	[.] DEFORMEDNESS, n. Ugliness; a disagreeable or unnatural form.
14839	deformer	[.] DEFORMER, n. One who deforms.
14840	deforming	[.] DEFORMING, ppr. Marring the natural form or figure; rendering ugly or disppleasing; destroying beauty.
14841	deformity	[.] DEFORMITY, n. [.] 1. Any unnatural state of the shape or form; want of that uniformity or symmetry which constitutes beauty; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; disproportion of limbs; defect; crookedness, &c. Hence, ugliness; as bodily deformity. [.] 2. ...
14842	deforser	[.] DEFORSER, n. One that casts out by force.
14894	deiform	[.] DEIFORM, a. [L. A god, and form.] Like a god; of a godlike form. [.] [.] These souls exhibit a deiform power.
15187	dentiform	[.] DENTIFORM, a. [L. A tooth and form.] Having the form of a tooth.
15955	difform	[.] DIFFORM, a. [L.] [.] 1. Irregular in form; not uniform; anomalous; as a difform flower or corol, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion; so difform leaves. [.] 2. Unlike; dissimilar. [.] [.] The unequal refractions of difform rays.
15956	difformity	[.] DIFFORMITY, n. Irregularity of form; want of uniformity.
16208	disafforest	[.] DISAFFOREST, v.t. [dis and afforest.] To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to strip of forest laws and their oppressive privileges. [.] [.] By Charter 9. Hen. III many forests were disafforested.
16209	disafforested	[.] DISAFFORESTED, pp. Stripped of forest privileges.
16210	disafforesting	[.] DISAFFORESTING, ppr. Depriving of forest privileges.
16369	discomfort	[.] DISCOMFORT, n. [dis and comfort.] Uneasiness; disturbance of peace; pain; grief; inquietude. [.] DISCOMFORT, v.t. To disturb peace or happiness; to make uneasy; to pain; to grieve; to sadden; to deject.
16370	discomfortable	[.] DISCOMFORTABLE, a. [.] 1. Causing uneasiness; unpleasant; giving pain; making sad. [Little used.] [.] 2. Uneasy; melancholy; refusing comfort. [Not used.] [Instead of this word, uncomfortable is used.]
16371	discomforted	[.] DISCOMFORTED, pp. Made uneasy; disturbed; pained; grieved.
16372	discomforting	[.] DISCOMFORTING, ppr. Disturbing peace and happiness; making uneasy; grieving.
16395	disconformity	[.] DISCONFORMITY, n. [dis and conformity.] Want of agreement or conformity; inconsistency.
16593	disforest	[.] DISFOREST. [See Disafforest.]
17222	disuniform	[.] DISUNIFORM, a. Disyuniform. Not uniform. [Not in use.]
17284	diversiform	[.] DIVERSIFORM, a. Of a different form; of various forms.
17462	dolabriform	[.] DOLABRIFORM, a. [L., an ax; form.] Having the form of an ax or hatchet.
17606	double-formed	[.] DOUBLE-FORMED, a. Of a mixed form.
17607	double-fortified	[.] DOUBLE-FORTIFIED, a. Twice fortified; doubly strengthened.
18089	dungfork	[.] DUNGFORK, n. A fork used to throw dung from a stable or into a cart, or to spread it over land.
18474	efforce	[.] EFFO'RCE, v.t. [.] 1. To force; to break through by violence. [.] 2. To force; to ravish. [.] 3. To strain; to exert with effort. [.] [.] [This word is now rarely used; perhaps never, except in poetry. We now use force.]
18475	efform	[.] EFFORM', v.t. [from form.] To fashion; to shape. [.] [.] [For this we now use form.]
18476	efformation	[.] EFFORMA'TION, n. The act of giving shape or form. [.] [.] [We now use formation.]
18477	effort	[.] EF'FORT, n. [L. fortis. See Force.] A straining; an exertion of strength; endeavor; strenuous exertion to accomplish an object; applicable to physical or intellectual power. The army, by great efforts, scaled the walls. Distinction in science is gained by continued ...
19224	enforce	[.] ENFO'RCE, v.t. [.] 1. To give strength to; to strengthen; to invigorate. [See Def.5.] [.] 2. To make or gain by force; to force; as, to enforce a passage. [.] 3. To put in act by violence; to drive. [.] [.] Stones enforced from the old Assyrian slings. [.] 4. ...
19225	enforceable	[.] ENFO'RCEABLE, a. That may be enforced.
19226	enforced	[.] ENFO'RCED, pp. Strengthened; gained by force; driven; compelled; urged; carried into effect.
19227	enforcedly	[.] ENFO'RCEDLY, adv. By violence; not by choice.
19228	enforcement	[.] ENFO'RCEMENT, n. The act of enforcing; compulsion; force applied. [.] 1. That which gives energy or effect; sanction. The penalties of law are enforcements. [.] 2. Motive of conviction; urgent evidence. [.] 3. Pressing exigence; that which urges or constrains. [.] 4. ...
19229	enforcer	[.] ENFO'RCER, n. One who compels, constrains or urges; one who effects by violence; one who carries into effect.
19230	enforcing	[.] ENFO'RCING, ppr. Giving force or strength; compelling; urging; constraining; putting in execution.
19231	enform	[.] ENFORM', v.t. To form; to fashion. [See Form.]
19441	ensiform	[.] EN'SIFORM, a. [L. ensiformis; ensis, sword, and forma, form.] [.] Having the shape of a sword; as the ensiform or xiphoid cartilage; an ensiform leaf.
19765	equiformity	[.] EQUIFORM'ITY, n. [L. oequus, equal, and forma, form.] Uniform equality.
21220	falciform	[.] FAL'CIFORM a. [L. falx, a reaping hook, and form.] [.] In the shape of a sickle; resembling a reaping hook.
21723	feoffor	[.] FEOFFOR, n. feff'er. One who infeoff's or grants a fee.
21978	filiform	[.] FIL'IFORM, n. [L. filum, a thread, and form.] [.] Having the form of a thread or filament; of equal thickness from top to bottom; as a filiform style or peduncle.
22183	fistuliform	[.] FIS'TULIFORM, a. [fistula and form.] Being in round hollow columns, as a mineral. [.] Stalactite often occurs fistuliform.
22776	for	[.] FOR, prep. [L. per.; The English, for; to forbid. For corresponds in sense with the L. pro, as fore does with proe, but pro and proe are probably contracted from prod, proed. The Latin por, in composition, as in porrigo, is probably contracted from porro, Gr. which ...
22777	forage	[.] FOR'AGE, n. [L. voro.] [.] 1. Food of any kind for horses and cattle, as grass; pasture, hay, corn and oats. [.] 2. The act of providing forage. [.] Col. Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. [.] If the forage is to be made at a distance from the camp ...
22778	forager	[.] FOR'AGER, n. One that goes in search of food for horses or cattle.
22779	foraging	[.] FOR'AGING, ppr. or a. Collecting provisions for horses and cattle, or wandering in search of food; ravaging; stripping. The general sent out a foraging party, with a guard. [.] FOR'AGING, n. An inroad or incursion for forage or plunder.
22780	foraminous	[.] FORAM'INOUS, a. [L. foramen, a hole, from foro, to bore.] [.] Full of holes; perforated in many places; porous. [Little used.]
22781	forbad	[.] FORBAD', pret. of forbid.
22782	forbathe	[.] FORBA'THE, v.t. To bathe. [Not in use.]
22783	forbear	[.] FORBEAR, v.i. pret. forbore; pp. forborne. [.] 1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words. [.] 2. To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while. [.] 3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or entering ...
22784	forbearance	[.] FORBEARANCE, n. [.] 1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting; either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a ...
22785	forbearer	[.] FORBEARER, n. One that intermits or intercepts.
22786	forbearing	[.] FORBEARING, ppr. [.] 1. Ceasing; pausing; withholding from action; exercising patience and indulgence. [.] 2. a. Patient; long suffering. [.] FORBEARING, n. A ceasing or restraining from action; patience; long suffering.
22787	forbid	[.] FORBID', v.t. pret. forbad; pp. forbid, forbidden. Literally, to bid or command against. Hence, [.] 1. To prohibit; to interdict; to command to forbear or not to do. The laws of God forbid us to swear. Good manners also forbid us to use profane language. All ...
22788	forbiddance	[.] FORBID'DANCE, n. Prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Little used.]
22789	forbiddenly	[.] FORBID'DENLY, adv. In an unlawful manner.
22790	forbiddenness	[.] FORBID'DENNESS, n. A state of being prohibited. [Not used.]
22791	forbidder	[.] FORBID'DER, n. He or that which forbids or enacts a prohibition.
22792	forbidding	... [.] FORBID'DING, ...
22793	forbore	[.] FORBO'RE, pret. of forebear.
22794	forborne	[.] FORBORNE, pp. of forbear. [.] Few ever repented of having forborne to speak.
22795	force	[.] FORCE, n. [L. fortis. All words denoting force, power, strength, are from verbs which express straining, or driving, rushing, and this word has the elements of L. vireo.] [.] 1. Strength; active power; vigor; might; energy that may be exerted; that physical property ...
22796	forced	[.] FORCED, pp. [.] 1. Compelled; impelled; driven by violence; urged; stormed; ravished. [.] 2. a. Affected; overstrained; unnatural; as a forced style.
22797	forcedly	[.] FORCEDLY, adv. Violently; constrainedly; unnaturally. [Little used.]
22798	forcedness	[.] FORCEDNESS, n. The state of being forced; distortion.
22799	forceful	[.] FORCEFUL, a. [.] 1. Impelled by violence; driven with force; acting with power. [.] Against the steed he threw his forceful spear. [.] 2. Violent; impetuous.
22800	forcefully	[.] FORCEFULLY, adv. Violently; impetuously.
22801	forceless	[.] FORCELESS, a. Having little or not force; feeble; impotent.
22802	forcemeat	[.] FORCEMEAT, n. A kind of stuffing in cookery.
22803	forceps	[.] FOR'CEPS, n. [L.] Literally, a pair of pinchers or tongs. [.] In surgery, an instrument for extracting any thing from a wound, and for like purposes. [.] A pair of scissors for cutting off or dividing the fleshy membranous parts of the body.
22804	forcer	[.] FORCER, n. [.] 1. He or that which forces, drives or constrains. [.] 2. The embolus of a pump; the instrument by which water is driven up a pump.
22805	forcible	[.] FORCIBLE, a. [.] 1. Powerful; strong; mighty; as a punishment forcible to bridle sin. [.] 2. Violent; impetuous; driving forward with force; as a forcible stream. [.] 3. Efficacious; active; powerful. [.] Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances when ...
22806	forcibleness	[.] FORCIBLENESS, n. Force; violence.
22807	forcibly	[.] FORCIBLY, adv. [.] 1. By violence or force. [.] 2. Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively. [.] The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our hopes and fears. [.] 3. Impetuously; violently; with great strength; ...
22808	forcing	[.] FORCING, ppr. [.] 1. Compelling; impelling; driving; storming; ravishing. [.] 2. Causing to ripen before the natural season, as fruit; or causing to produce ripe fruit prematurely, as a tree. [.] 3. Fining wine by a speedy process. [.] FORCING, n. [.] 1. ...
22809	forcipated	[.] FOR'CIPATED, a. [from forceps.] Formed like a pair of pinchers to open and inclose; as a forcipated mouth.
22810	ford	[.] FORD, n. [.] 1. A place in a river or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, or by wading. [.] 2. A stream; a current. [.] Permit my ghost to pass the Stygian ford. [.] FORD, v.t. To pass or cross a river or other water by treading ...
22811	fordable	[.] FORDABLE, a. That may be waded or passed through on foot, as water.
22812	forded	[.] FORDED, pp. Passed through on foot; waded.
22813	fording	[.] FORDING, ppr. Wading; passing through on foot as water.
22814	fordo	[.] FORDO', v.t. To destroy; to undo; to ruin; to weary. [Not in use.]
22815	fore	[.] FORE, a. [.] 1. Properly, advanced, or being in advance of something in motion or progression; as the fore end of a chain carried in measuring land; the fore oxen or horses in a team. [.] 2. Advanced in time; coming in advance of something; coming first; anterior; ...
22816	fore-end	[.] FORE-END', n. The end which precedes; the anterior part.
22817	fore-imagine	[.] FORE-IMAG'INE, v.t. To conceive or fancy before proof, or beforehand.
22818	foreadmonish	[.] FOREADMON'ISH, v.t. To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
22819	foreadvise	[.] FOREADVI'SE, v.t. s as z To advise or counsel before the time of action or before the event; to preadmonish.
22820	forealledge	[.] FOREALLEDGE, v.t. foreallej'. To alledge or cite before.
22821	foreappoint	[.] FOREAPPOINT', v.t. To set, order or appoint beforehand.
22822	foreappointment	[.] FOREAPPOINT'MENT, n. Previous appointment; preordination.
22823	forearm	[.] FORE'ARM, v.t. To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.
22824	forebode	[.] FOREBO'DE, v.t. [.] 1. To foretell; to prognosticate. [.] 2. To foreknow; to be prescient of; to feel a secret sense of something future; as, my heart forebodes a sad reverse.
22825	forebodement	[.] FOREBO'DEMENT, n. A presaging; presagement.
22826	foreboder	[.] FOREBO'DER, n. [.] 1. One who forebodes; a prognosticator; a soothsayer. [.] 2. A foreknower.
22827	foreboding	[.] FOREBO'DING, ppr. Prognosticating; foretelling; foreknowing. [.] FOREBO'DING, n. Prognostication.
22828	forebrace	[.] FOREBRACE, n. A rope applied to the fore yard-arm to change the position of the foresail.
22829	foreby	[.] FOREBY', prep. [fore and by.] Near; hard by; fast by. Obs.
22830	forecast	[.] FOREC'AST, v.t. [.] 1. To foresee; to provide against. [.] It is wisdom to forecast consequences. [.] 2. To scheme; to plan before execution. [.] He shall forecast his devices against the strong holds. Dan. 11. [.] 3. To adjust; contrive or appoint beforehand [.] The ...
22831	forecaster	[.] FOREC'ASTER, n. One who foresees or contrives beforehand.
22832	forecasting	[.] FOREC'ASTING, ppr. Contriving previously.
22833	forecastle	[.] FO'RECASTLE, n. A short deck in the forepart of a ship above the upper deck usually terminated in ships of war with a breast-work; the foremost part forming the top of the beak-head, and the hind part reaching to the after part of the fore chains.
22834	forechosen	[.] FORECHO'SEN, a. forcho'zn. Preelected; chosen beforehand.
22835	forecited	[.] FORECITED, a. Cited or quoted before or above.
22836	foreclose	[.] FORECLO'SE, v.t. s as z. To shut up; to preclude; to stop; to prevent. [.] The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade. [.] To foreclose a mortgager, in law, is to cut him off from his equity of redemption, or the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises, by ...
22837	foreclosure	[.] FORECLO'SURE, n. s as z. [.] 1. Prevention. [.] 2. The act of foreclosing, or depriving a mortgager of the right of redeeming a mortgaged estate.
22838	foreconceive	[.] FORECONCEI'VE, v.t. To preconceive.
22839	foredate	[.] FOREDA'TE, v.t. To date before the true time.
22840	foredated	[.] FOREDA'TED, pp. Dated before the true time.
22841	foredeck	[.] FO'REDECK, n. The forepart of a deck, or of a ship.
22842	foredesign	[.] FOREDESI'GN, v.t. To plan beforehand; to intend previously.
22843	foredetermine	[.] FORE'DETERM'INE, v.t. To decree beforehand.
22844	foredoom	[.] FOREDOOM', v.t. To doom beforehand; to predestinate. [.] Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state. [.] FOREDOOM', n. Previous doom or sentence.
22845	foredoor	[.] FOREDOOR, n. The door in the front of a house.
22846	forefather	[.] FOREF'ATHER, n. An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.
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 ...
22848	forefinger	[.] FOREFIN'GER, n. The finger next to the thumb; the index; called by our Saxon ancestors, the shoot-finger, from its use in archery.
22849	foreflow	[.] FOREFLOW, v.t. To flow before.
22850	forefoot	[.] FOREFOOT, n. [.] 1. One of the anterior feet of a quadruped or multiped. [.] 2. A hand, in contempt. [.] 3. In a ship, a piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore-end.
22851	forefront	[.] FOREFRONT', n. The foremost part. The forefront of the battle, is the part where the contest is most warm, and where a soldier is most exposed. 2Sam. 11:15. [.]
22852	foregame	[.] FO'REGAME, n. A first game; first plan.
22853	forego	[.] FOREGO', v.t. [See Go.] [.] 1. To forbear to possess or enjoy; voluntarily to avoid the enjoyment of good. Let us forego the pleasures of sense, to secure immortal bliss. [.] 2. To give up; to renounce; to resign. But this word is usually applied to things ...
22854	foregoer	[.] FOREGO'ER, n. [.] 1. An ancestor; a progenitor. [Not used.] [.] 2. One who goes before another. [.] 3. One who forbears to enjoy.
22855	foregoing	[.] FOREGO'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Forbearing to have, possess or enjoy. [.] 2. a. Preceding; going before, in time or place; antecedent; as a foregoing period of time; a foregoing clause in a writing.
22856	foregone	[.] FOREGONE, pp. foregawn'. [.] 1. Forborne to be possessed or enjoyed. [.] 2. Gone before; past. Obs.
22857	foreground	[.] FO'REGROUND, n. The part of the field or expanse of a picture which seems to lie before the figures.
22858	foreguess	[.] FOREGUESS', v.t. To conjecture. [Bad.]
22859	forehand	[.] FO'REHAND, n. [.] 1. The part of a horse which is before the rider. [.] 2. The chief part. [.] FO'REHAND, a. Done sooner than is regular. [.] And so extenuate the forehand sin.
22860	forehanded	[.] FO'REHANDED, a. [.] 1. Early; timely; seasonable; as a forehanded care. [.] 2. In America, in good circumstances as to property; free from debt and possessed of property; as a forehanded farmer. [.] 3. Formed in the foreparts. [.] A substantial true-bred ...
22861	forehead	[.] FOREHEAD, n. for'hed, or rather for'ed. [.] 1. The part of the face which extends from the hair on the top of the head to the eyes. [.] 2. Impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness.
22862	forehear	[.] FOREHE'AR, v.i. To be informed before.
22863	forehend	[.] FOREHEND', v.t. To seize. [Not in use.]
22864	forehew	[.] FOREHEW', v.t. To hew or cut in front.
22865	foreholding	[.] FOREHOLDING, n. Predictions; ominous forebodings; superstitious prognostications. [Not used.]
22866	forehook	[.] FO'REHOOK, n. In ships, a breast-hook; a piece of timber placed across the stem to unite the bows and strengthen the forepart of the ship.
22867	forehorse	[.] FO'REHORSE, n. The horse in a team which goes foremost.
22868	foreign	[.] FOREIGN, a. for'an. [L. foris, foras.] [.] 1. Belonging to another nation or country; alien; not of the country in which one resides; extraneous. We call every country foreign, which is not within the jurisdiction of our own government. In this sense, Scotland ...
22869	foreigner	[.] FOR'EIGNER, n. for'aner. A person born in a foreign country, or without the country or jurisdiction of which one speaks. A Spaniard is a foreigner in France and England. All men not born in the United States are to them foreigners, and they are aliens till naturalized. ...
22870	foreignness	[.] FOR'EIGNNESS, n. for'anness. Remoteness; want of relation; as the foreignness of a subject from the main business.
22871	forejudge	[.] FOREJUDGE, v.t. forjuj'. [.] 1. To prejudge; to judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof. [.] 2. In law, to expel from a court, for malpractice or non-appearance. When an attorney is sued, and called to appear in court, if he declines, he is ...
22872	forejudgment	[.] FOREJUDG'MENT, n. Judgment previously formed.
22873	foreknow	[.] FOREKNOW, v.t [See Know.] To have previous knowledge of; to foresee. [.] Who would the miseries of man foreknow? [.] For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. 8.
22874	foreknowable	[.] FOREKNOWABLE, a. That may be foreknown.
22875	foreknower	[.] FOREKNOWER, n. One that foreknows.
22876	foreknowledge	[.] FOREKNOWL'EDGE, n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens; prescience. [.] If I foreknew, foreknowledge had no influence on their fault.
22877	forel	[.] FOR'EL, n. A kind of parchment for the cover of books.
22878	foreland	[.] FO'RELAND, n. A promontory or cape; a point of land extending into the sea some distance from the line of the shore; a head land; as the North and South Foreland in Kent, in England.
22879	forelay	[.] FORELA'Y, v.t. [.] 1. To lay wait for; to entrap by ambush. [.] 2. To contrive antecedently.
22880	foreleader	[.] FORELE'ADER, n. One who leads others by his example.
22881	forelend	[.] FORELEND', v.t. To lend or give beforehand.
22882	forelock	[.] FO'RELOCK, n. [.] 1. The lock or hair that grows from the forepart of the head. [.] Take time by the forelock. [.] 2. In sea language, a little flat pointed wedge of iron, used at the end of a bolt, to retain it firmly in its place.
22883	forelook	[.] FORELOOK', v.t. To look beforehand or forward.
22884	foreman	[.] FO'REMAN, n. [.] 1. The first or chief man; particularly, the chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker. [.] 2. The chief man in a printing office or other establishment, who conducts the whole work.
22885	foremast	[.] FO'REMAST, n. The mast of a ship or other vessel which is placed in the forepart or forecastle, and carries the foresail and foretop-sail yards. [.] Foremast-men, on board of ships, the men who take in the top-sails, sling the yards, furl the sails, &c.
22886	foremeant	[.] FOREMEANT', a. forement'. Intended beforehand.
22887	foremembered	[.] FOREMEM'BERED, a. Called to mind previously.
22888	forementioned	[.] FOREMEN'TIONED, a. Mentioned before; recited or written in a former part of the same writing or discourse.
22889	foremost	[.] FO'REMOST, a. [.] 1. First in place; most advanced; as the foremost troops of an army. [.] 2. First in dignity. In honor he held the foremost rank.
22890	foremother	[.] FO'REMOTHER, n. A female ancestor.
22891	forenamed	[.] FO'RENAMED, a. [.] 1. Named or nominated before. [.] 2. Mentioned before in the same writing or discourse.
22892	forenoon	[.] FO'RENOON, n. The former part of the day, from the morning to meridian or noon. We usually call the first part of the day, from the dawn to the time of breakfast, or the hour of business, the morning, and from this period to noon, the forenoon. But the limits are ...
22893	forenotice	[.] FORENO'TICE, n. Notice or information of an event before it happens.
22894	forensic	[.] FOREN'SIC, a. [from L. forensis, from forum, a court.] [.] Belonging to courts of judicature; used in courts or legal proceedings; as a forensic term; forensic eloquence or disputes.
22895	foreordain	[.] FOREORDA'IN, v.t To ordain or appoint before; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
22896	foreordination	[.] FOREORDINA'TION, n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
22897	forepart	[.] FO'REPART, n. [.] 1. The part first in time; as the forepart of the day or week. [.] 2. The part most advanced in place; the anterior part; as the forepart of any moving body. [.] 3. The beginning; as the forepart of a series.
22898	forepast	[.] FO'REPAST, a. Past before a certain time; as forepast sins. [Little used.]
22899	forepossessed	[.] FORE'POSSESS'ED, a. Holding formerly in possession; also, preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.
22900	foreprize	[.] FOREPRI'ZE, v.t. To prize or rate beforehand.
22901	forepromised	[.] FOREPROM'ISED, a. Promised beforehand; preengaged.
22902	forequoted	[.] FOREQUO'TED, a. Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the work.
22903	forerank	[.] FO'RERANK, n. The first rank; the front.
22904	forereach	[.] FORERE'ACH, upon, v.t. In navigation, to gain or advance upon in progression or motion.
22905	foreread	[.] FORERE'AD, v.t. To signify by tokens. Obs.
22906	forereading	[.] FORERE'ADING, n. Previous perusal.
22907	forerecited	[.] FORERECI'TED, a. Named or recited before.
22908	foreright	[.] FO'RERIGHT, a. Ready; forward; quick. [.] FO'RERIGHT, adv. Right forward; onward.
22909	forerun	[.] FORERUN', v.t. [.] 1. To advance before; to come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger. [.] Heaviness foreruns the good event. [.] 2. To precede; to have the start of.
22910	forerunner	[.] FORERUN'NER, n. [.] 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger. [.] My elder brothers, my forerunners came. [.] 2. An ancestor or predecessor. Obs. [.] 3. A prognostic; a sign foreshowing something to follow. Certain ...
22911	foresaid	[.] FO'RESAID, a. Spoken before. [See Aforesaid.]
22912	foresail	[.] FO'RESAIL, n. A sail extended on the foreyard, which is supported by the foremast.
22913	foresay	[.] FORESA'Y, v.t. To predict; to foretell.
22914	foresaying	[.] FORESA'YING, n. A prediction.
22915	foresee	[.] FORESEE', v.t. To see beforehand; to see or know an event before it happens; to have prescience of; to foreknow. [.] A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. [.] Prov. 22.
22916	foreseeing	[.] FORESEE'ING, ppr. Seeing before the event.
22917	foreseen	[.] FORESEE'N, pp. Seen beforehand.
22918	foreseer	[.] FORESEE'R, n. One who foresees or foreknows.
22919	foreseize	[.] FORESE'IZE, v.t. To seize beforehand.
22920	foreshadow	[.] FORESHAD'OW, v.t. To shadow or typify beforehand.
22921	foreshame	[.] FORESHA'ME, v.t. To shame; to bring reproach on.
22922	foreshew	[.] FORESHEW. [See foreshow.]
22923	foreship	[.] FO'RESHIP, n. The forepart of a ship. Act. 28.
22924	foreshorten	[.] FORESHORT'EN, v.t. In painting; to shorten figures for the sake of showing those behind.
22925	foreshortening	[.] FORESHORT'ENING, n. In painting, the act of shortening figures for the sake of showing those behind. [.] The art of conveying to the mind the impression of the entire length of an object, when represented as viewed in an oblique or receding position.
22926	foreshow	[.] FORESHOW, v.t. [.] 1. To show beforehand; to prognosticate. [.] Next, like aurora, Spenser rose, whose purple blush the day foreshows. [.] 2. To predict; to foretell [.] 3. To represent beforehand, or before it comes.
22927	foreshower	[.] FORESHOWER, n. One who predicts.
22928	foreshrouds	[.] FORESHROUDS', n. The shrouds of a ship attached to the foremast.
22929	foreside	[.] FO'RESIDE, n. The front side; also, a specious outside.
22930	foresight	[.] FO'RESIGHT, n. [.] 1. Prescience; foreknowledge; prognostication; the act of foreseeing. [.] 2. Provident care of futurity; foreknowledge accompanied with prudence in guarding against evil.
22931	foresightful	[.] FORESIGHTFUL, a. Prescient; provident. [Little used.]
22932	foresignify	[.] FORESIG'NIFY, v.t. To signify beforehand; to betoken previously; to foreshow; to typify.
22933	foreskin	[.] FO'RESKIN, n. The skin that covers the glans penis; the prepuce.
22934	foreskirt	[.] FO'RESKIRT, n. The loose and pendulous part of a coat before.
22935	foreslack	[.] FORESLACK', v.t. To neglect by idleness. [Not used.]
22936	foreslow	[.] FORESLOW, v.t. [.] 1. To delay; to hinder; to impede; to obstruct. [Not used.] [.] No stream, no wood, no mountain could foreshow their hasty pace. [.] 2. To neglect; to omit. [Not used.] [.] FORESLOW, v.i. To be dilatory; to loiter. [Not used.]
22937	forespeak	[.] FORESPE'AK, v.t. [.] 1. To foresay; to foreshow; to foretell or predict. [.] 2. To forbid. [Not used.] [.] 3. To bewitch. [Not used.]
22938	forespeaking	[.] FORESPE'AKING, n. A prediction; also, a preface. [Not used.]
22939	forespeech	[.] FORESPEE'CH, n. A preface. [Not used.]
22940	forespent	[.] FORESPENT', a. [.] 1. Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. [.] 2. Past; as life forespent. [Little used.]
22941	forespurrer	[.] FORESPUR'RER, n. One that rides before. [Not used.]
22942	forest	[.] FOR'EST, n. [L. foris.] [.] 1. An extensive wood, or a large tract of land covered with trees. In America, the word is usually applied to a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated. It differs from wood or woods chiefly in ...
22943	forestaff	[.] FO'REST'AFF, n. An instrument used at sea, for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies; called also cross-staff.
22944	forestage	[.] FOR'ESTAGE, n. An ancient service paid by foresters to the king; also, the right of foresters.
22945	forestall	[.] FORESTALL', v.t. [See Stall.] [.] 1. To anticipate; to take beforehand. [.] Why need a man forestall his date of grief, and run to meet what he would most avoid? [.] 2. To hinder by preoccupation or prevention. [.] I will not forestall your judgment of the ...
22946	forestalled	[.] FORESTALL'ED, pp. Anticipated; hindered; purchased before arrival in market.
22947	forestaller	[.] FORESTALL'ER, n. One who forestalls; a person who purchases provisions before they come to the fair or market, with a view to raise the price.
22948	forestalling	[.] FORESTALL'ING, ppr. Anticipating; hindering; buying provisions before they arrive in market, with intent to sell them at high prices. [.] FORESTALL'ING, n. Anticipation; prevention; the act of buying provisions before they are offered in market, with intent to ...
22949	forestay	[.] FORESTAY, n. In a ship's rigging, a large strong rope reaching from the foremast head towards the bowsprit end, to support the mast.
22950	forested	[.] FOR'ESTED, pp. Covered with trees; wooded.
22951	forester	[.] FOR'ESTER, n. [.] 1. In England, an officer appointed to watch a forest, preserve the game, and institute suits for trespasses. [.] 2. An inhabitant of a forest. [.] 3. A forest tree.
22952	foreswat	[.] FO'RESWAT, a. [See Sweat.] Exhausted by heat. Obs.
22953	foretackle	[.] FO'RETACK'LE, n. The tackle on the foremast.
22954	foretaste	[.] FO'RETASTE, n. A taste beforehand; anticipation. The pleasures of piety are a foretaste of heaven.
22955	foretasted	[.] FORETA'STED, pp. Tasted beforehand or before another.
22956	foretaster	[.] FORETA'STER, n. One that tastes beforehand or before another.
22957	foretasting	[.] FORETA'STING, ppr. Tasting before.
22958	foreteach	[.] FORETE'ACH, v.t. To teach beforehand.
22959	foretell	[.] FORETELL', v.t. [.] 1. To predict; to tell before an event happens; to prophesy. [.] 2. To foretoken; to foreshow. [.] FORETELL', v.i. To utter prediction or prophecy. [.] All the prophets from Samuel, and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, ...
22960	foreteller	[.] FORETELL'ER, n. One who predicts or prophesies; a foreshower.
22961	foretelling	[.] FORETELL'ING, n. Prediction.
22962	forethink	[.] FORETHINK', v.t. [.] 1. To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind. [.] The soul of every man perpetually does forethink thy fall. [.] 2. To contrive beforehand. [.] FORETHINK', v.i. To contrive beforehand.
22963	forethought	[.] FORETHOUGHT', forethaut'. pret. of forething.
22964	foretoken	[.] FORETO'KEN, v.t. To foreshew; to presignify; to prognosticate. [.] Whilst strange prodigious signs foretoken blood. [.] FORETO'KEN, n. Prognostic; previous sign.
22965	foretooth	[.] FO'RETOOTH, n. plu. foreteeth. One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
22966	foretop	[.] FO'RETOP, n. [.] 1. The hair on the forepart of the head. [.] 2. That part of a woman's headdress that is forward, or the top of a periwig. [.] 3. In ships, the platform erected at the head of the foremast. In this sense, the accent on the two syllables ...
22967	forevouched	[.] FOREVOUCH'ED, pp. Affirmed before; formerly told.
22968	foreward	[.] FO'REWARD, n. The van; the front.
22969	forewarn	[.] FOREWARN', v.t. forewaurn'. [.] 1. To admonish beforehand. [.] I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear. Luke 12. [.] 2. To inform previously; to give previous notice. [.] 3. To caution beforehand.
22970	forewarned	[.] FOREWARN'ED, pp. Admonished, cautioned or informed beforehand.
22971	forewarning	[.] FOREWARN'ING, ppr. Previously admonishing or informing. [.] FOREWARN'ING, n. Previous admonition, caution or notice.
22972	forewend	[.] FOREWEND', v.t. To go before. Obs.
22973	forewish	[.] FOREWISH', v.t. To wish beforehand.
22974	forewoman	[.] FO'REWOMAN, n. A woman who is chief; the head woman.
22975	foreworn	[.] FOREWORN, pp. [See Wear.] Worn out; wasted or obliterated by time or use.
22976	forfeit	[.] FOR'FEIT, v.t. for'fit. [Low L. forisfacere, from L. foris, out or abroad, and facio, to make.] [.] To lose or render confiscable, by some fault, offense or crime; to lose the right to some species of property or that which belongs to one; to alienate the right ...
22977	forfeitable	[.] FORFEITABLE, a. Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. [.] For the future, uses shall be subject to the statutes of mortmain, and forfeitable like the lands themselves.
22978	forfeited	[.] FOR'FEITED, pp. Lost or alienated by an offense, crime or breach of condition.
22979	forfeiting	[.] FOR'FEITING, ppr. Alienating or losing, as a right by an offense, crime or breach of condition.
22980	forfeiture	[.] FOR'FEITURE, n. [.] 1. The act of forfeiting; the losing of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition or other act. In regard to property, forfeiture is a loss of the right to possess, but not generally ...
22981	forfex	[.] FOR'FEX, n. [L.] A pair of scissors.
22982	forgave	[.] FORGA'VE, pret. of forgive, which see.
22983	forge	[.] FORGE, n. [L. ferrum, iron.] [.] 1. A furnace in which iron or other metal is heated and hammered into form. A larger forge is called with us iron-works. Smaller forges consisting of a bellows so placed as to cast a stream of air upon ignited coals, are of various ...
22984	forged	[.] FORGED, pp. Hammered; beaten into shape; made; counterfeited.
22985	forger	[.] FORGER, n. [.] 1. One that makes or forms. [.] 2. One who counterfeits; a falsifier.
22986	forgery	[.] FORGERY, n. [.] 1. The act of forging or working metal into shape. In this sense, rarely or never now used. [.] 2. The act of falsifying; the crime of counterfeiting; as the forgery of coin, or of bank notes, or of a bond. Forgery may consist in counterfeiting ...
22987	forget	[.] FORGET', v.t. pret. forgot. [forgat, obs.] [.] 1. To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory. [.] Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. 103. [.] 2. To slight; to neglect. [.] Can a woman forget her sucking child? Yea, ...
22988	forgetful	[.] FORGET'FUL, a. [.] 1. Apt to forget; easily losing the remembrance of. A forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. [.] 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. [.] Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. 13. [.] 3. Causing to ...
22989	forgetfulness	[.] FORGET'FULNESS, n. [.] 1. The quality of losing the remembrance or recollection of a thing; or rather, the quality of being apt to let any thing slip from the mind. [.] 2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. [.] A sweet forgetfulness ...
22990	forgetter	[.] FORGET'TER, n. One that forgets; a heedless person.
22991	forgetting	[.] FORGET'TING, ppr. Losing the remembrance of. [.] FORGET'TING, n. The act of forgetting; forgetfulness; inattention.
22992	forgettingly	[.] FORGET'TINGLY, adv. By forgetting or forgetfulness.
22993	forgivable	[.] FORGIV'ABLE, a. [See Forgive.] That may be pardoned.
22994	forgive	[.] FORGIVE, v.t. forgiv'. pret. forgave; pp. forgiven. [L. remitto. See Give.] [.] 1. To pardon; to remit, as an offense or debt; to overlook an offense, and treat the offender as not guilty. The original and proper phrase is to forgive the offense, to send it away, ...
22995	forgiven	[.] FORGIV'EN, pp. Pardoned remitted.
22996	forgiveness	[.] FORGIV'ENESS, n. forgiv'ness. [.] 1. The act of forgiving; the pardon of an offender, by which he is considered and treated as not guilty. The forgiveness of enemies is a christian duty. [.] 2. The pardon or remission of an offense or crime; as the forgiveness ...
22997	forgiver	[.] FORGIV'ER, n. One who pardons or remits.
22998	forgiving	[.] FORGIV'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Pardoning; remitting. [.] 2. a. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; as a forgiving temper.
22999	forgot	[.] FORGOT'
23000	forgotten	[.] FORGOT'TEN, pp. of forget.
23001	forhail	[.] FORHA'IL, v.t. To draw or distress. [Not used.]
23002	forhead-bald	[.] FOR'HEAD-BALD, a. Bald above the forehead. Levit. 13:47.
23003	forinsecal	[.] FORIN'SECAL, a. [L. forinsecus.] foreign; alien. [Little used.]
23004	forisfamiliate	[.] FORISFAMIL'IATE, v.t. [L. foris, without, and familia, family.] [.] To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance. Literally, to put one's self out of the family.
23005	forisfamiliation	[.] FORISFAMILIA'TION, n. When a child has received a portion of his father's estate, and renounces all title to a further shar, his act is called forisfamiliation, and he is said to be forisfamiliated.
23006	fork	[.] FORK, n. [L. furca.] [.] 1. an instrument consisting of a handle, and a blade of metal, divided into two or more points or prongs, used for lifting or pitching any thing; as a tablefork for feeding; a pitchfork; a dungfork, &c. forks are also made of ivory, wood ...
23007	forked	[.] FORK'ED, pp. [.] 1. Raised, pitched or dug with a fork. [.] 2. a. Opening into two or more parts, points or shoots; as a forked tongue; the forked lightning. [.] 3. Having two or more meanings. [Not in use.]
23008	forkedly	[.] FORK'EDLY, adv. In a forked form.
23009	forkedness	[.] FORK'EDNESS, n. The quality of opening into two or more parts.
23010	forkhead	[.] FORK'HEAD, n. the point of an arrow.
23011	forktail	[.] FORK'TAIL, n. A salmon, in his fourth year's growth. [Local.]
23012	forky	[.] FORK'Y, a. Forked; furcated; opening into two or more parts, shoots or points; as a forky tongue.
23013	forlore	[.] FORLO'RE, a. Forlorn. [Not in use.]
23014	forlorn	[.] FORLORN', a. [.] 1. Deserted; destitute; stripped or deprived; forsaken. Hence, lost; helpless; wretched; solitary. [.] Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn. [.] To live again in these wild woods forlorn. [.] For here forlorn and lost I tread. [.] 2. ...
23015	forlornness	[.] FORLORN'NESS, n. Destitution; misery; a forsaken or wretched condition.
23016	forlye	[.] FORLYE, v.i. To lye before. [Not used.]
23017	form	[.] FORM, n. [L. forma.] [.] 1. The shape or external appearance of a body; the figure, as defined by lines and angles; that manner of being peculiar to each body, which exhibits it to the eye as distinct from every other body. Thus we speak of the form of a circle, ...
23018	formal	[.] FORM'AL, a. [.] 1. According to form; agreeable to established mode; regular; methodical. [.] 2. Strictly ceremonious; precise; exact to affectation; as a man formal in his dress, his gait or deportment. [.] 3. Done in due form, or with solemnity; express; ...
23019	formalism	[.] FORM'ALISM, n. Formality. [The latter is generally used.]
23020	formalist	[.] FORM'ALIST, n. [.] 1. One who observes forms, or practices external ceremonies. More generally, [.] 2. One who regards appearances only, or observes the forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion; a hypocrite. A grave face and the regular ...
23021	formality	[.] FORMAL'ITY, n. [.] 1. The practice or observance of forms. [.] Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piety are never more studied and elaborate then in desperate designs. [.] 2. Ceremony; mere conformity to customary modes. [.] Nor was his attendance on divine ...
23022	formalize	[.] FORM'ALIZE, v.t. To model. [Not used.] [.] FORM'ALIZE, v.i. To affect formality. [Little used.]
23023	formally	[.] FORM'ALLY, adv. [.] 1. According to established form, rule, order, rite or ceremony. A treaty was concluded and formally ratified by both parties. [.] 2. Ceremoniously; stiffly; precisely; as, to be stiff and formally reserved. [.] 3. In open appearance; in ...
23024	formation	[.] FORMA'TION, n. [L. formatio.] [.] 1. The act of forming or making; the act of creating or causing to exist; or more generally, the operation of composing, by bringing materials together, or of shaping and giving form; as the formation of the earth; the formation ...
23025	formative	[.] FORM'ATIVE, a. [.] 1. Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic. [.] The meanest plant cannot be raised without seeds, by any formative power residing in the soil. [.] 2. In grammar, serving to form; derivative; not radical; as a termination merely ...
23026	formed	[.] FORM'ED, pp. Made; shaped; molded; planned; arranged; combined; enacted; constituted.
23027	formedon	[.] FORM'EDON, n. [forma doni.] A writ for the recovery of lands by statute of Westminister.
23028	former	[.] FORM'ER, n. He that forms; a maker; an author.
23029	formerly	[.] FOR'MERLY, adv. In time past, either in time immediately preceding, or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. We formerly imported slaves from Africa. Nations formerly made slaves of prisoners taken in war.
23030	formful	[.] FORM'FUL, a. Ready to form; creative; imaginative.
23031	formiate	[.] FOR'MIATE, n. [from L. formica, an ant.] A neutral salt, composed of the formic acid and a base.
23032	formic	[.] FOR'MIC, a. [L. formica, an ant.] Pertaining to ants; as the formic acid, the acid of ants.
23033	formication	[.] FORMICA'TION, n. [L. formicatio, from formico, or formica, an ant.] [.] A sensation of the body resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin.
23034	formidable	[.] FORM'IDABLE, a. [L. formidabilis, from formido, fear.] [.] Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter or undertaking. It expresses less than terrible, terrific, tremendous, horrible, and frightful. [.] They ...
23035	formidableness	[.] FORM'IDABLENESS, n. The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread.
23036	formidably	[.] FORM'IDABLY, adv. In a manner to impress fear.
23037	formless	[.] FORM'LESS, a. [from form.] Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape.
23038	formula	[.] FORM'ULA,'ULE, n. [L.] [.] 1. A prescribed form; a rule or model. [.] 2. In medicine, a prescription. [.] 3. In church affairs, a confession of faith. [.] 4. In mathematics, a general expression for resolving certain cases or problems.
23039	formulary	[.] FORM'ULARY, n. [from L. formula.] [.] 1. A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers and the like; a book of precedents. [.] 2. Prescribed form. [.] FORM'ULARY, a. Stated; prescribed; ritual.
23040	fornicate	[.] FORN'ICATE,
23041	fornicated	[.] FORN'ICATED, a. [L. fornicatus, from fornix, an arch.] Arched; vaulted like an oven or furnace.
23042	fornication	[.] FORNICA'TION, n. [L. fornicatio.] [.] 1. The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman. [.] 2. Adultery. Matt. 5. [.] 3. Incest. 1Cor. 5. [.] 4. Idolatry; ...
23043	fornicator	[.] FORN'ICATOR, n. [.] 1. An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal conversation with the other sex; also, a married man who has sexual commerce with an unmarried woman. [See Adultery.] [.] 2. A lewd person. [.] 3. An idolater.
23044	fornicatress	[.] FORN'ICATRESS, n. An unmarried female guilty lewdness.
23045	forpass	[.] FORP'ASS, v.i. To go by; to pass unnoticed. Obs.
23046	forpine	[.] FORPI'NE, v.i. To pine or waste away. Obs.
23047	forray	[.] FORRA'Y, v.t. To ravage. Obs. [.] FORRA'Y, n. The act of ravaging. Obs.
23048	forsake	[.] FORSA'KE, v.t. pret. forsook; pp. forsaken. See Seek .] [.] 1. To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. Friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity. [.] Forsake the foolish, and live. Prov. 9. [.] 2. To abandon; to renounce; to ...
23049	forsaken	[.] FORSA'KEN, pp. Deserted; left; abandoned.
23050	forsaker	[.] FORSA'KER, n. One that forsakes or deserts.
23051	forsaking	[.] FORSA'KING, ppr. Leaving or deserting. [.] FORSA'KING, n. The act of deserting; dereliction.
23052	forsay	[.] FORSA'Y, v.t. To forbid; to renounce. Obs.
23053	forslack	[.] FORSLACK', v.t. To delay. Obs.
23054	forsooth	[.] FORSOOTH', adv. [.] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well. [.] A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm. [.] It is generally used in an ironical or contemptuous sense.
23055	forster	[.] FORS'TER, n. A forester.
23056	forswear	[.] FORSWEAR, v.t. pret. forswore; pp. forsworn. See Swear and Answer.] [.] 1. To reject or renounce upon oath. [.] 2. To deny upon oath. [.] Like innocence, and as serenely bold as truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold. [.] To forswear one's self, is to swear ...
23057	forswearer	[.] FORSWEARER, n. One who rejects on oath; one who is perjured; one that swears a false oath.
23058	forswearing	[.] FORSWEARING, ppr. Denying on oath; swearing falsely.
23059	forswonk	[.] FORSWONK', a. Overlabored. Obs.
23060	forswore	[.] FORSWORE, pret. of forswear.
23061	forsworn	[.] FORSWORN, pp. of forswear. Renounced on oath; perjured.
23062	forswornness	[.] FORSWORNNESS, n. The state of being forsworn.
23063	fort	[.] FORT, n. [L. fortis, strong.] [.] 1. A fortified place; usually, a small fortified place; a place surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; also, any building or place fortified for security against an ...
23064	forte	[.] FORTE, adv. A direction to sign with strength of voice.
23065	forted	[.] FORTED, a. Furnished with forts; guarded by forts.
23066	forth	[.] FORTH, adv. [.] 1. Forward; onward in time; in advance; as from that day forth; from that time forth. [.] 2. Forward in place or order; as one, two, three, and so forth. [.] 3. Out; aboard; noting progression or advance from a state of confinement; as, the ...
23067	forth-coming	[.] FORTH-COM'ING, a. [See Come.] Ready to appear; making appearance. Let the prisoner be forth-coming.
23068	forth-issuing	[.] FORTH-IS'SUING, a. [See Issue.] Issuing; coming out; coming forward as from a covert.
23069	forthink	[.] FORTHINK', v.t. To repent of. [Not in use.]
23070	forthright	[.] FORTHRIGHT, adv. [See Right.] Straight forward; in a straight direction. Obs. [.] FORTHRIGHT, n. A straight path. Obs.
23071	forthward	[.] FORTHWARD, adv. Forward.
23072	forthwith	[.] FORTHWITH', adv. [forth and with.] Immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received his sight forthwith. Acts. 9.
23073	forthy	[.] FO'RTHY, adv. Therefore. [Not used.]
23074	fortieth	[.] FOR'TIETH, a. [See Forty.] The fourth tenth; noting the number next after the thirty ninth.
23075	fortifiable	[.] FOR'TIFIABLE, a. That may be fortified. [Little used.]
23076	fortification	[.] FORTIFICA'TION, n. [See Fortify.] [.] 1. The act of fortifying. [.] 2. The art or science of fortifying places to defend them against an enemy, by means of moats, ramparts, parapets and other bulwarks. [.] 3. The works erected to defend a place against attack. [.] 4. ...
23077	fortifier	[.] FOR'TIFIER, n. [.] 1. One who erects works for defense. [.] 2. One who strengthens, supports and upholds; that which strengthens.
23078	fortify	[.] FOR'TIFY, v.t. [.] 1. To surround with a wall, ditch, palisades or other works, with a view to defend against the attacks of an enemy; to strengthen and secure by forts, batteries and other works of art; as, to fortify a city, town or harbor. [.] 2. To strengthen ...
23079	fortilage	[.] FORTILAGE, n. A little fort; a blockhouse. [Not used.]
23080	fortin	[.] FORTIN, n. A little fort; a field fort; a sconce.
23081	fortitude	[.] FOR'TITUDE, n. [L. fortitudo, from fortis, strong.] [.] That strength or firmness of mind or soul which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression or despondency. Fortitude is the basis ...
23082	fortlet	[.] FORTLET, n. A little fort.
23083	fortnight	[.] FORT'NIGHT, n. fort'nit. The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
23084	fortress	[.] FOR'TRESS, n. [.] 1. Any fortified place; a fort; a castle; a strong hold; a place of defense or security. The English have a strong fortress on the rock of Gibraltar, or that rock is a fortress. [.] 2. Defense; safety; security; [.] The Lord is my rock, and ...
23085	fortressed	[.] FOR'TRESSED, a. Defended by a fortress; protected; secured.
23086	fortuitous	[.] FORTU'ITOUS, a. [L. fortuitus, from the root of fors, forte, fortuna. The primary sense is to come, to fall, to happen. See Fare.] [.] Accidental; casual; happening by chance; coming or occurring unexpectedly, or without any known cause. We speak of fortuitous ...
23087	fortuitously	[.] FORTU'ITOUSLY, adv. Accidentally; casually; by chance.
23088	fortuitousness	[.] FORTU'ITOUSNESS, n. The quality of being accidental; accident; chance.
23089	fortunate	[.] FOR'TUNATE, a. [L. fortunatus. See Fortune. [.] 1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some unexpected good; as a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate ticket in a lottery. [.] 2. Lucky; successful; receiving some ...
23090	fortunately	[.] FOR'TUNATELY, adv. Luckily; successfully; happily; by good fortune, or favorable chance or issue.
23091	fortunateness	[.] FOR'TUNATENESS, n. Good luck; success; happiness.
23092	fortune	[.] FOR'TUNE, n. [L. fortuna, fero or porto, tempestivus. See Hour and Time.] [.] 1. Properly, chance; accident; luck; the arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner. Hence the heathens deified chance, and consecrated temples and altars to the goddess. ...
23093	fortune-hunter	[.] FOR'TUNE-HUNTER, n. A man who seeks to marry a woman with a large portion, with a view to enrich himself.
23094	fortunebook	[.] FOR'TUNEBOOK, n. A book to be consulted to discover future events.
23095	fortuned	[.] FOR'TUNED, a. Supplied by fortune.
23096	fortuneless	[.] FOR'TUNELESS, a. Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion.
23097	fortunetell	[.] FOR'TUNETELL, v.t. To tell or pretend to tell the future events of one's life; to reveal futurity.
23098	fortuneteller	[.] FOR'TUNETELLER, n. One who tells or pretends to foretell the events of one's life; an impostor who deceives people by pretending to a knowledge of future events.
23099	fortunetelling	[.] FOR'TUNETELLING, ppr. Telling the future events of one's life. [.] FOR'TUNETELLING, n. The act or practice of foretelling the future fortune or events of one's life, which is a punishable crime.
23100	fortunize	[.] FOR'TUNIZE, v.t. To regulate the fortune of. [Not in use.]
23101	forty	[.] FOR'TY, a. [See Four.] [.] 1. Four times ten. [.] 2. An indefinite number; a colloquial use. A, B and C, and forty more.
23102	forum	...
23103	forwander	[.] FORWANDER, v.i. To wander away; to rove wildly. [Not used.]
23104	forward	[.] FOR'WARD, adv. [ L. versus; directed to the forepart. Forwards is also used, but it is a corruption.] [.] Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; progressively; opposed to backward. Go forward; move forward. He ran backward and forward. [.] In a ...
23105	forwarded	[.] FOR'WARDED, pp. Advanced; promoted; aided in progress; quickened; sent onward; transmitted.
23106	forwarder	[.] FOR'WARDER, n. He that promotes, or advanced in progress.
23107	forwarding	[.] FOR'WARDING, ppr. Advancing; promoting; aiding in progress; accelerating in growth; sending onwards; transmitting.
23108	forwardly	[.] FOR'WARDLY, adv. Eagerly; hastily; quickly.
23109	forwardness	[.] FOR'WARDNESS, n. [.] 1. Cheerful readiness; promptness. It expresses more than willingness. We admire the forwardness of christians in propagating the gospel. [.] 2. Eagerness; ardor. It is sometimes difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth. [.] 3. ...
23110	forwaste	[.] FORWA'STE, v.t. To waste; to desolate. [Not in use.]
23111	forweary	[.] FORWE'ARY, v.t. To dispirit. [Not in use.]
23112	forweep	[.] FORWEE'P, v.i. To weep much.
23113	forword	[.] FOR'WORD, n. [fore and word.] A promise. [Not in use.]
23700	fungiform	[.] FUN'GIFORM a. [fungus and form.] In mineralogy, having a termination similar to the head of a fungus.
23709	funnelform	[.] FUN'NELFORM,
23769	fusiform	[.] FU'SIFORM, a. [L. fusus, a spindle,and form.] [.] Shaped like a spindle.
24499	glandiform	[.] GLAND'IFORM, a. [L. glans and forma, form.] [.] In the shape of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
25915	harengiform	[.] HAREN'GIFORM, a. [See Herring.] Shaped like a herring.
26484	henceforth	[.] HENCEFORTH, adv. hens'forth. From this time forward. [.] [.] I never from thy side henceforth will stray.
26485	henceforward	[.] HENCEFORWARD, adv. hensfor'ward. From this time forward; henceforth.
26586	heretofore	[.] HERETOFO'RE, adv. In times before the present; formerly.
26990	holderforth	[.] HOLDERFORTH, n. A haranguer; a preacher.
27718	hyperboliform	[.] HYPERBOL'IFORM, a. [hyperbola and form.] Having the form, or nearly the form of a hyperbola.
27753	hypocrateriform	[.] HYPOCRATER'IFORM, a. [Gr. under, a cup, and form.] [.] Salver-shaped; tubular, but suddenly expanding into a flat border at top; applied to a monopetalous corol.
28367	imperforate	[.] IMPER'FORATE, a. [L. in and perforatus, perforo.] [.] Not perforated or pierced; having no opening.
28368	imperforated	[.] IMPER'FORATED, a. Not perforated. [.] 1. Having no pores.
28369	imperforation	[.] IMPERFORA'TION, n. The state of being not perforated, or without any aperture.
28370	imperforble	[.] IMPER'FORBLE, a. [infra.] That cannot be perforated or bored through.
28999	inconformity	[.] INCONFORM'ITY, n. [in and conformity.] Want of conformity; incompliance with the practice of others, or with the requisitions of law, rule or custom; non-conformity. [The latter word is more commonly used, especially to express dissent in religion.]
29694	inform	[.] INFORM', v.t. [L. informo, to shape; in and formo, forma, form.] [.] Properly, to give form or shape to, but in this sense not used. [.] 1. To animate; to give life to; to actuate by vital powers. [.] [.] Let others better mold the running mass [.] [.] Of metals, ...
29695	informal	[.] INFORM'AL, a. [in and formal.] Not in the regular or usual form; as an informal writing; informal proceedings. [.] 1. Not in the usual manner; not according to custom; as an informal visit. [.] 2. Not with the official forms; as the secretary made to the envoy ...
29696	informality	[.] INFORMAL'ITY, n. [from informal.] Want of regular or customary form. The informality of legal proceedings may render them void.
29697	informally	[.] INFORM'ALLY, adv. In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms.
29698	informant	[.] INFORM'ANT, n. One who informs, or gives intelligence. [.] 1. One who offers an accusation. [See Informer, which is generally used.]
29699	informative	[.] INFORM'ATIVE, a. Having power to animate.
29700	informed	[.] INFORM'ED, pp. Told; instructed; made acquainted.
29701	informer	[.] INFORM'ER, n. One who animates, informs or gives intelligence. [.] 1. One who communicates, or whose duty it is to communicate to a magistrate a knowledge of the violations of law, and bring the offenders to trial.
29702	informidable	[.] INFORM'IDABLE, a. [in and formidable.] Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [.] [.] Foe not informidable.
29703	informing	[.] INFORM'ING, ppr. Giving notice or intelligence; telling. [.] 1. Communicating facts by way of accusation. [.] Informing officer, is an officer whose duty it is to inform against persons for breaches of law, as an attorney-general, a sheriff, constable, or grand juror. [.] A ...
29704	informity	[.] INFORM'ITY, n. [L. informis.] Want of regular form; shapelessness.
29705	informous	[.] INFORM'OUS, a. [L. informis.] Of no regular form or figure; shapeless.
29706	informtion	[.] INFORM'TION, n. [L. informatio.] [.] 1. Intelligence; notice, news or advice communicated by word or writing. We received information of the capture of the ship by an arrival at Boston. The information by the messenger is confirmed by letters. [.] 2. Knowledge ...
29707	infortunate	[.] INFOR'TUNATE, a. [L. infortunatus.] Unlucky; unfortunate. [The latter is commonly used.]
29708	infortunately	[.] INFOR'TUNATELY, adv. Unfortunately. [Not used.]
29709	infortune	[.] INFOR'TUNE, n. Misfortune. [Not used.]
29727	infundibuliform	[.] INFUNDIB'ULIFORM, a. [L. infundibulum, a funnel, and form.] [.] In botany, having the shape of a funnel,as the corol of a flower; monopetalous, having a conical border rising from a tube.
31744	kidney-form	[.] KID'NEY-FORM
32079	lamelliform	[.] LAM'ELLIFORM, a. [L. lamella, a plate, and form.] Having the form of a plate.
32602	lentiform	[.] LENT'IFORM, a. [L. lens and forma, form.] Of the form of a lens.
32854	ligniform	[.] LIG'NIFORM a. [L. lignum, wood, and form.] Like wood; resembling wood.
32959	linguaform	[.] LIN'GUAFORM a. [lingua and form.] Having the form or shape of the tongue.
33492	luciform	[.] LU'CIFORM, a. [L. lux, light, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form of light; resembling light. [.] The water prepares us, and purifies our luciform spirit to receive the divinity.
33539	lumbriciform	[.] LUMBRIC'IFORM, n. [L. lumbricus, a worm, and form.] Resembling a worm in shape.
33572	luniform	[.] LU'NIFORM a. [L. luna, the moon, and form.] Resembling the moon.
33898	malconformation	[.] MALCONFORMA'TION, n. Ill form; disproportion of parts.
33921	malformation	[.] MALFORMA'TION, n. [mal and formation.] Ill or wrong formation; irregular or anomalous formation or structure of parts.
33973	mammiform	[.] MAM'MIFORM, a. [L.mamma and form.] [.] Having the shape or form of paps.
34746	membraniform	[.] MEMBRA'NIFORM, a. Having the form of a membrane or of parchment.
34921	metalliform	[.] METAL'LIFORM, a. Having the form of metals; like metal.
35426	misform	[.] MISFORM', v.t. To make of an ill form; to put in an ill shape.
35427	misfortune	[.] MISFOR'TUNE, n. Ill fortune; ill luck; calamity; an evil or cross accident; as loss of property at sea or by fire. [.] [.] Consider why the change was wrought, [.] [.] You'll find it his misfortune, not his fault.
35428	misfortuned	[.] MISFOR'TUNED, a. Unfortunate.
35453	misinform	[.] MISINFORM', v.t. To give erroneous information to; to communicate an incorrect statement of facts.
35454	misinformation	[.] MISINFORMA'TION, n. Wrong informations; false account or intelligence received.
35455	misinformed	[.] MISINFORM'ED, pp. Wrongly informed.
35456	misinformer	[.] MISINFORM'ER, n. One that gives wrong information.
35457	misinforming	[.] MISINFORM'ING, ppr. Communicating erroneous information to.
35914	moniliform	[.] MONIL'IFORM, a. [L. monile, a necklace, and form.] [.] Like a necklace.
36096	morilliform	[.] MORIL'LIFORM, a. Having the form of the moril, a mushroom.
36353	multiform	[.] MUL'TIFORM, a. [L. multiformis; multus, many, and forma, form.] [.] Having many forms, shapes or appearances; as the multiform operations of the air-pump.
36354	multiformity	[.] MULTIFORM'ITY, n. Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing.
36589	myrtiform	[.] MYR'TIFORM, a. [L. myrtus, myrtle, and form.] [.] Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries.
37270	non-conformist	[.] NON-CONFORMIST, n. One who neglects or refuses to conform to the rites and mode of worship of an established church.
37271	non-conformity	[.] NON-CONFORMITY, n. [.] 1. Neglect or failure of conformity. [.] 2. The neglect or refusal to unite with an established church in its rites and mode of worship.
37875	oculiform	[.] OC'ULIFORM, a. [L. oculus, eye, and forma, form.] [.] In the form of an eye; resembling the eye in form; as an oculiform pebble.
38041	omniform	[.] OM'NIFORM, a. [L. omnis, all, and forma, form.] Having every form or shape.
38042	omniformity	[.] OMNIFORM'ITY, n. The quality of having every form.
38144	operculiform	[.] OPER'CULIFORM, a. [L. operculum, a lid, and form.] Having the form of a lid or cover.
38605	outform	[.] OUT'FORM, n. External appearance.
38831	overforward	[.] OVERFOR'WARD, a. Forward to excess.
38832	overforwardness	[.] OVERFOR'WARDNESS, a. Too great forwardness or readiness; officiousness.
39040	oviform	[.] O'VIFORM, a. [L. ovum, egg, and forma, form.] Having the form or figure of an egg.
39418	paraboliform	[.] PARABOL'IFORM, a. Having the form of a parabola.
39764	patelliform	[.] PATEL'LIFORM, a. [L. patella, a dish, and form.] Of the form of a dish or saucer.
40126	penniform	[.] PEN'NIFORM, a. [L.penna, a feather or quill, and form.] [.] Having the form of a quill or feather.
40301	perforate	[.] PER'FORATE, v.t. [L. perforo; per and foro; Eng. to bore.] [.] 1. To bore through. [.] 2. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through any thing by boring or driving; as, to perforate the bottom of a vessel.
40302	perforated	[.] PER'FORATED, pp. Bored or pierced through; pierced.
40303	perforating	[.] PER'FORATING, ppr. Boring or piercing through; piercing.
40304	perforation	[.] PERFORA'TION, n. The act of boring or piercing through. [.] 1. A hole or aperture passing through any thing, or into the interior of a substance, whether natural or made by an instrument.
40305	perforative	[.] PER'FORATIVE, a. Having power to pierce; as an instrument.
40306	perforator	[.] PER'FORATOR, n. An instrument that bores or perforates.
40307	perforce	[.] PERFORCE, adv. [per and force.] By force or violence.
40308	perform	[.] PERFORM', v.t. [L. per and formo, to make.] [.] 1. To do; to execute; to accomplish; as, to perform two days' labor in one day; to perform a noble deed or achievement. [.] 2. To execute; to discharge; as, to perform a duty or office. [.] 3. To fulfill; as, ...
40309	performable	[.] PERFORM'ABLE, a. That may be done, executed or fulfilled; practicable.
40310	performance	[.] PERFORM'ANCE, n. Execution or completion of any thing; a doing; as the performance of work or of an undertaking; the performance of duty. [.] 1. Action; deed; thing done. [.] 2. The acting or exhibition of character on the state. Garrick was celebrated for his ...
40311	performed	[.] PERFORM'ED, pp. Done; executed; discharged.
40312	performer	[.] PERFORM'ER, n. One that performs any thing,particularly in an art; as a good performer on the violin or organ; a celebrated performer in comedy or tragedy, or in the circus.
40313	performing	[.] PERFORM'ING, ppr. Doing; executing; accomplishing. [.] PERFORM'ING, n. Act done; deed; act of executing.
40871	piano-forte	[.] PIANO-FORTE, n. [L. planus,plain, smooth; L. fortis, strong.] [.] A keyed musical instrument of German origin and of the harpsichord kind, but smaller; so called from its softer notes or expressions. Its tones are produced by hammers instead of quills, like the virginal ...
41119	pisiform	[.] PIS'IFORM, a. [L. pisum, a pea, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form of a pea. [.] [.] Masses of pisiform argillaceous iron ore.
41151	pitchfork	[.] PITCH'FORK, n. A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grain, in loading or unloading carts and wagons.
41300	platform	[.] PLAT'FORM, n. [plat, flat, form.] The sketch of any thing horizontally delineated; the ichnography. [.] 1. A place laid out after any model. [.] 2. In the military art, an elevation of earth or a floor of wood or stone, on which cannons are mounted to fire on ...
41421	plexiform	[.] PLEX'IFORM, n. [L. plexus, a fold, and form.] [.] In the form of net-work; complicated.
41435	pliform	[.] PLI'FORM, a. In the form of a fold or doubling.
42442	preform	[.] PREFORM', v.t. [pre and form.] To form beforehand.
42443	preformative	[.] PREFORM'ATIVE, n. [L. proe, before, and formative.] [.] A formative letter at the beginning of a word.
43726	punctiform	[.] PUNC'TIFORM, a. [L. punctum, point, and form.] Having the form of a point.
43817	puriform	[.] PU'RIFORM, a. [L. pus, puris and form.] [.] Like pus; in the form of pus.
43955	pyriform	[.] PYRIFORM, a. [L., a pear, and form.] Having the form of a pear.
44536	ranforce	[.] RAN'FORCE, n. The ring of a gun next to the vent. [.] [I do not find this word in modern books.]
44740	re-enforce	[.] RE-ENFORCE, v.t. [re and enforce.] To strengthen with new force, assistance or support, as to re-enforce an argument; but particularly, to strengthen an army or a fort with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships.
44741	re-enforced	[.] RE-ENFORCED, pp. Strengthened by additional force, troops or ships.
44742	re-enforcement	[.] RE-ENFORCEMENT, n. [.] 1. The act of re-enforcing. [.] 2. Additional force; fresh assistance; particularly, additional troops or force to augment the strength of an army or of ships. [.] 3. Any augmentation of strength or force by something added.
44743	re-enforcing	[.] RE-ENFORCING, ppr. Strengthening by additional force.
44777	re-formation	[.] RE-FORMA'TION, n. The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as the re-formation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
45100	recomfort	[.] RECOMFORT, v.t. [re and comfort.] [.] 1. To comfort again; to console anew. [.] 2. To give new strength.
45101	recomforted	[.] RECOMFORTED, pp. Comforted again.
45102	recomforting	[.] RECOMFORTING, ppr. Comforting again.
45103	recomfortless	[.] RECOMFORTLESS, a. Without comfort. [Not used.]
45471	reform	[.] REFORM', v.t. [L. reformo; re and formo, to form.] [.] 1. To change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; to restore to a former good state, or to bring from a bad to a good state; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. [.] The ...
45472	reformation	[.] REF'ORMATION, n. [.] 1. The act of reforming; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of any thing vicious or corrupt; as the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses. [.] Satire lashes vice into reformation. [.] 2. By way of ...
45473	reformed	[.] REFORM'ED, pp. Corrected; amended; restored to a good state; as a reformed profligate; the reformed church.
45474	reformer	[.] REFORM'ER, n. [.] 1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; as a reformer of manners or of abuses. [.] 2. One of those who commenced the reformation of religion from popish corruption; as Luther, Melancthon, Zuinglius and Calvin.
45475	reforming	[.] REFORM'ING, ppr. Correcting what is wrong; amending; restoring to a good state.
45476	reformist	[.] REFORM'IST, n. [.] 1. One who is of the reformed religion. [.] 2. One who proposes or favors a political reform.
45477	refortification	[.] REFORTIFICA'TION, n. A fortifying a second time.
45478	refortify	[.] REFOR'TIFY, v.t. [re and fortify.] To fortify anew.
45678	reinforce	[.] REINFORCE, v.t. [re and enforce.] To give new force to; to strengthen by new assistance or support. [It is written also re-enforce; but reinforce seems now to be the most common.]
45679	reinforced	[.] REINFORCED, pp. Strengthened by additional force.
45680	reinforcement	[.] REINFORCEMENT, n. New force added; fresh supplies of strength; particularly, additional troops or ships.
45681	reinforcing	[.] REINFORCING, ppr. Adding fresh force to.
46007	reniform	[.] REN'IFORM, a. [L. renes, the kidneys, and form.] [.] Having the form or shape of the kidneys.
46401	resiniform	[.] RES'INIFORM, a. Having the form of resin.
46613	retiform	[.] RET'IFORM, a. [L. retiformis; rete, a net, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form of a net in texture; composed of crossing lines and interstices; as the retiform coat of the eye.
47409	rubiform	[.] RU'BIFORM, n. [L. ruber, red, and form.] Having the form of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun are least refrangible.
47469	ruiniform	[.] RU'INIFORM a. [L. ruina and form.] Having the appearance of ruins, or the ruins of houses. Certain minerals are said to be ruiniform.
47774	saliniform	[.] SALIN'IFORM, a. [L. sal, salinum, and form.] Having the form of salt.
48370	scobiform	[.] SCOB'IFORM, a. [L. scobs, saw dust, and form.] [.] Having the form of saw dust or raspings.
48389	scopiform	[.] SCO'PIFORM, a. [L. scopa, a broom, and form.] Having the form of a broom or besom. [.] Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform.
48409	scoriform	[.] SCO'RIFORM, a. [L. scoria and form.] Like scoria; in the form of dross.
48605	scutiform	[.] SCU'TIFORM, a. [L. scutum, a buckler, and form.] Having a form of a buckler or shield.
48859	securiform	[.] SECU'RIFORM, a. [L. securis, an ax or hatchet, and form.] In botany, having the form of an ax or hatchet.
49140	semi-formed	[.] SEM'I-FORMED, a. [semi and formed.] Half formed; imperfectly formed; as semi-formed crystals.
49432	setiform	[.] SE'TIFORM, a. [L. seta, a bristle, and form.] Having the form of a bristle.
51317	spathiform	[.] SPATH'IFORM, a. [spath and form.] Resembling spar in form. The ocherous, spathiform and mineralized forms of urinate-
51744	spungiform	[.] SPUNGIFORM, a. [spunge and form.] Resembling a spunge; soft and porous; porous.
51805	squamiform	[.] SQUAMIFORM, a. [L., a scale, and form.] Having the form or shape of scales.
51925	stalactiform	[.] STALACTIFORM, STALACTITIFORM, a. Like stalactite; resembling an icicle.
51928	stalactitiform	[.] STALACTIFORM, STALACTITIFORM, a. Like stalactite; resembling an icicle.
52190	stelliform	[.] STELLIFORM, a. [L., a star; to produce.] Like a star; radiated.
52707	strobiliform	[.] STROBILIFORM, a. [L., supra.] Shaped like a strobil, as a spike.
52846	styliform	[.] STYLIFORM, a. [style and form.] Like a style, pin or pen.
54525	tauriform	[.] TAUR'IFORM, a. [L. taurus, a bull, and form.] [.] Having the form of a bull.
55026	thenceforth	[.] THENCEFORTH, adv. thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time. [.] [.] If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt 5. [.] This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity. [.] [.] And from thenceforth Pilate sought ...
55027	thenceforward	[.] THENCEFOR'WARD, adv. [thence and forward.] From that time onward.
55072	therefor	[.] THEREFOR', adv. [there and for.] For that or this, or it.
55073	therefore	[.] THEREFORE, adv. ther'fore. [there and for.] [.] 1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated. [.] [.] I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. [.] Luke 14. [.] 2. Consequently. [.] [.] He blushes; therefore he ...
55405	tifore	[.] TIFO'RE, prep. or adv. Before; formerly.
56044	transform	[.] TRANSFORM', v.t. [L. trans and forma.] [.] 1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. [.] 2. To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchimists sought to transform ...
56045	transformation	[.] TRANSFORMA'TION, n. The act or operation of changing the form or external appearance. [.] 1. Metamorphosis; change of form in insects; as from a caterpillar to a butterfly. [.] 2. Transmutation; the change of one metal into another, as of copper or tin into gold. [.] 3. ...
56046	transformed	[.] TRANSFORM'ED, pp. Changed in form or external appearance; metamorphosed; transmuted; renewed.
56047	transforming	[.] TRANSFORM'ING, ppr. Changing the form or external appearance; metamorphosing; transmuting; renewing. [.] 1. a. Effecting or able to effect a change of form or state; as the transforming power of true religion.
56183	trapeziform	[.] TRAPE'ZIFORM, a. Having the form of a trapezium.
56392	triform	[.] TRI'FORM, a. [L. triformis; tres and forma.] Having a triple form or shape; as the triform countenance of the moon.
56705	tubuliform	[.] TU'BULIFORM, a. Having the form of a tube.
56783	tuning-fork	[.] TU'NING-FORK, n. A steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle; used for tuning instruments.
56970	two-forked	[.] TWO-FORKED, a. Dichotomous.
57634	uncomfortable	[.] UNCOMFORTABLE, a. [.] 1. Affording no comfort; gloomy. [.] Christmas - the most uncomfortable time of the year. [.] 2. Giving uneasiness; as an uncomfortable seat or condition.
57635	uncomfortableness	[.] UNCOMFORTABLENESS, n. [.] 1. Want of comfort or cheerfulness. [.] 2. Uneasiness.
57636	uncomfortably	[.] UNCOMFORTABLY, adv. In an uncomfortable manner; without comfort or cheerfulness; in an uneasy state.
57695	unconform	[.] UNCONFORM', a. Unlike; dissimilar; not analogous. [Not in use.]
57696	unconformable	[.] UNCONFORM'ABLE, a. Not consistent; not agreeable; not conforming. [.] Moral evil is an action unconformable to the rule of our duty.
57697	unconformity	[.] UNCONFORM'ITY, n. Incongruity; inconsistency; want of conformity.
57881	undeformed	[.] UNDEFORM'ED, a. Not deformed; not disfigured.
58388	unforbearing	[.] UNFORBEARING, a. Not forbearing.
58389	unforbid	[.] UNFORBID',
58390	unforbidden	[.] UNFORBID'DEN, a. [.] 1. Not forbid; not prohibited; applied to persons. [.] 2. Allowed; permitted; legal; applied to things.
58391	unforbiddenness	[.] UNFORBID'DENNESS, n. The state of being unforbidden. [Not in use.]
58392	unforced	[.] UNFORCED, a. [.] 1. Not forced; not compelled; not constrained. [.] 2. Not urged or impelled. [.] 3. Not feigned; not heightened; natural as unforced passions; unforced expressions of joy. [.] [.] 4. Not violent; easy; gradual; as an easy and unforced ascent. [.] 5. ...
58393	unforcible	[.] UNFORCIBLE, a. Wanting force or strength; as an unforcible expression.
58394	unfordable	[.] UNFORDABLE, a. Not fordable; that cannot be forded, or passed by wading; as an unfordable river.
58395	unforeboding	[.] UNFOREBO'DING, a. Giving no omens.
58396	unforeknown	[.] UNFOREKNOWN, a. Not previously known or foreseen.
58397	unforeseeable	[.] UNFORESEE'ABLE, a. That cannot be foreseen. [A bad word and not in use.]
58398	unforeseen	[.] UNFORESEE'N, a. Not foreseen; not foreknown.
58399	unforeskinned	[.] UNFO'RESKINNED, a. Circumcised. [Bad.]
58400	unforetold	[.] UNFORETOLD, a. Not predicted.
58401	unforewarned	[.] UNFOREWARN'ED, a. a. [See Warn.] Not previously warned or admonished.
58402	unforfeited	[.] UNFOR'FEITED, a. Not forfeited.
58403	unforgiven	[.] UNFORGIV'EN, a. Not forgiven; not pardoned.
58404	unforgiving	[.] UNFORGIV'ING, a. Not forgiving; not disposed to overlook or pardon offenses; implacable.
58405	unforgot	[.] UNFORGOT'
58406	unforgotten	[.] UNFORGOT'TEN, a. [.] 1. Not forgot; not lost to memory. [.] 2. Not overlooked; not neglected.
58407	unform	[.] UNFORM', v.t. To destroy; to unmake; to decompose or resolve into parts.
58408	unformed	[.] UNFORM'ED, a. Not molded into regular shape; as unformed matter.
58409	unforsaken	[.] UNFORSA'KEN, a. Not forsaken; not deserted; not entirely neglected.
58410	unfortified	[.] UNFOR'TIFIED, a. [.] 1. Not fortified; not secured from attack by walls or mounds. [.] 2. Not guarded; not strengthened against temptations or trials; weak; exposed; defenseless; as an unfortified mind. [.] 3. Wanting securities or means of defense.
58411	unfortunate	[.] UNFOR'TUNATE, a. Not successful; not prosperous; as an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate voyage; unfortunate attempts; an unfortunate man; an unfortunate commander; unfortunate business.
58412	unfortunately	[.] UNFOR'TUNATELY, adv. Without success; unsuccessfully; unhappily. the scheme unfortunately miscarried.
58413	unfortunateness	[.] UNFOR'TUNATENESS, n. Ill luck; ill fortune; fortune; failure of success.
58625	uniform	[.] U'NIFORM a. [L. uniformis; unus, one, and forma, form.] [.] 1. Having always the same form or manner; not variable. Thus we say, the dress of the Asiatics is uniform, or has been uniform from early ages. so we say, it is the uty of a christian to observe a uniform ...
58626	uniformity	[.] UNIFORM'ITY, n. [.] 1. resemblance to itself at all times; even tenor; as the uniformity of design in a poem. [.] 2. consistency; sameness; as the uniformity of a man's opinions. [.] 3. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance or agreement; ...
58627	uniformly	[.] U'NIFORMLY, adv. [.] 1. With even tenor; without variation; as a temper uniformly mild. [.] 2. Without diversity of one from another.
58673	uninformed	[.] UNINFORM'ED, a. [.] 1. Not informed; not instructed; untaught. [.] 2. unanimated; not enlivened.
58674	uninforming	[.] UNINFORM'ING, a. Not furnishing information; uninstructive.
59101	unperforated	[.] UNPER'FORATED, a. Not perforated; not penetrated by openings.
59102	unperformed	[.] UNPERFORM'ED, a. [.] 1. Not performed; not done; not executed; as, the business remains unperformed. [.] 2. Not fulfilled; as an unperformed promise.
59103	unperforming	[.] UNPERFORM'ING, a. Not performing; not discharging its office.
59333	unreformable	[.] UNREFORM'ABLE, a. [.] 1. Not capable of being put into a new form. [.] 2. That cannot be reformed or amended.
59334	unreformed	[.] UNREFORM'ED, a. [.] 1. Not reformed; not reclaimed from vice; as an unreformed youth. [.] 2. Not amended; not corrected; as unreformed manners; unreformed vices. [.] 3. Not reduced to truth and regularity; not freed from error; as an unreformed calendar.
59916	ununiform	[.] UNU'NIFORM, a. Not uniform; wanting uniformity. [Little used.]
60155	ursiform	[.] UR'SIFORM a. [L. ursa, bear, and form.] In the shape of a bear.
60637	vermiform	[.] VERM'IFORM, a. [L. vermis, a worm, and forma, form.] [.] Having the form or shape of a worm; as the vermiform process of the cerebellum.
61026	vitriform	[.] VIT'RIFORM, a. [L. vitrum, glass, and form.] [.] Having the form or resemblance of glass.
61735	weeding-forceps	[.] WEEDING-FORCEPS, WEEDING-TONGS, n. An instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding.
61736	weeding-fork	[.] WEEDING-FORK, n. A strong three-pronged fork, used in cleaning ground of weeds.
61917	wherefore	[.] WHEREFORE, adv. [where and for.] [.] 1. For which reason. [.] [.] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7. [.] 2. Why; for what reason. [.] [.] Wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14.
62919	zeolitiform	[.] ZEOLITIFORM, a. Having the form of zeolite.

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