Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ARGOSY

'ARGOSY, noun A large merchantman; a carrac.

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ARGUE

'ARGUE, verb intransitive [Latin arguo, to show, argue accuse or convict.]1. To reason; to invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion or measure; as...

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ARGUED

'ARGUED, participle passive Debated; discussed; evinced; accused.

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ARGUER

'ARGUER, noun One who argues; a reasoner; a disputer; a controvertist.

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ARGUING

'ARGUING, participle present tense Inventing and offering reasons; disputing; discussing; evincing; accusing.'ARGUING, noun Reasoning; argumentation.What doth your arguing repro...

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ARGUMENT

'ARGUMENT, noun [Latin argumentum.]1. A reason offered for or against a proposition, opinion, or measure; a reason offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; foll...

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ARGUMENTAL

ARGUMENT'AL, adjective Belonging to argument; consisting in argument.

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ARGUMENTATION

ARGUMENTA'TION, noun Reasoning; the act of reasoning; the act of inventing or forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussio...

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ARGUMENTATIVE

ARGUMENT'ATIVE, adjective1. Consisting of argument; containing a process of reasoning; as an argumentative discourse.2. Showing reasons for; as, the adaptation of things to thei...

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ARGUMENTATIVELY

ARGUMENT'ATIVELY, adverb In an argumentative manner.

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ARGUS

'ARGUS, noun A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, placed by Juno to guard Io. The origin of this being may perhaps be found in the Teutonic word arg, ...

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ARGUS-SHELL

ARGUS-SHELL, noun A species of porcelain-shell, beautifully variegated with spots, resembling, in some measure, a peacock's tail.

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ARGUTE

ARGU'TE, adjective [Latin argutus.] Sharp; shrill; witty. [Little used.]

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ARGUTENESS

ARGU'TENESS, noun Acuteness; wittiness. [Little used.]

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ARIAN

A'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century; or to his doctrines.A'RIAN, noun One who adheres to the doctrines of Arius...

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ARIANISM

A'RIANISM, noun The doctrines of the Arians.

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ARIANIZE

A'RIANIZE, verb intransitive To admit the tenets of the Arians.

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ARID

AR'ID, adjective [Latin aridus, dry, from areo, to be dry.]Dry; exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; as an arid waste.

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ARIDAS

AR'IDAS, noun A kind of taffeta, from the East Indies, made of thread, from certain plants.

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ARIDITY

ARID'ITY,AR'IDNESS, noun1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.2. A dry state of the body; emaciation; the withering of a limb.

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ARIDNESS

AR'IDNESS, n.1. Dryness; a state of being without moisture.2. A dry state of the body; emaciation; the withering of a limb.

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ARIES

A'RIES, noun [Latin from the Celtic.The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the figure of a ram. It is the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which...

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ARIETATE

AR'IETATE, verb intransitive [Latin arieto, from aries.]To butt, as a ram. [Not used.]

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ARIETATION

ARIETA'TION, noun1. The act of battering with the aries or battering ram.2. The act of striking or conflicting. [Rarely used.]

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ARIETTA

ARIET'TA, noun A short song; an air, or little air.

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ARIGHT

ARI'GHT, adverb [a and right.]Rightly; in a right form; without mistake or crime.

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ARIL

AR'IL,AR'ILLATED,AR'ILLED, adjective Having an exterior covering or aril as coffee.