ASCRIBED
ASCRI'BED, participle passive Attributed or imputed; considered or alleged, as belonging.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ASCRIBING
ASCRI'BING, participle present tense Attributing; imputing; alleging to belong.
ASCRIPTION
ASCRIP'TION, noun The act of ascribing, imputing or affirming to belong.
ASCRIPTITIOUS
ASCRIPTI'TIOUS, adjective That is ascribed. This word is applied to villains under the feudal system, who are annexed to the freehold and transferable with it.
ASH
ASH, noun1. A well known tree, of which there are many species. There is no hermaphrodite calyx, or it is quadripartite; and no corol, or it is tetrapetalous. There are two stam...
ASH-COLORED
ASH-COLORED, adjective Of a color between brown and gray.
ASHAME
ASHA'ME, verb transitive To shame. [Not used.]
ASHAMED
ASHA'MED, adjective1. Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt or a conviction of some criminal action or indecorous conduct, or by the exposure of some gross errors or m...
ASHAMEDLY
ASHA'MEDLY, adverb Bashfully. [Not used.]
ASHEN
ASH'EN, adjective [See Ash.] Pertaining to ash; made of ash.
ASHES
ASH'ES, nounplural Without the singular number.1. The earthy particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion; as of wood or coal.2. The remains of the human body ...
ASHLERING
ASH'LERING, noun Quartering for lathing to, in garrets, two or three feet high, perpendicular to the floor, and reaching to the under side of the rafters.
ASHORE
ASHO'RE, adverb [a, at or on, and shore. See shore.]1. On shore; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; as, bring the goods ashore2. On land, opposed to aboard; as, the ca...
ASHWEDNESDAY
ASHWEDNESDAY, noun The first day of Lent; supposed to be so called from a custom in the Romish Church of sprinkling ashes, that day, on the heads of penitents, then admitted to ...
ASHY
ASH'Y, adjective Belonging to ashes; ash-colored; pale; inclining to a whitish gray.
ASHYPALE
ASHY'PALE, adjective Pale as ashes.
ASIAN
A'SIAN, adjective [from Asia, a name originally given to Asia Minor or some part of it; perhaps from the Asses, Ases or Osses, about Mount Taurus.Pertaining to Asia.
ASIARCH
A'SIARCH, noun [Asia and chief.]A chief or pontiff of Asia; one who had the superintendence of the public games. Acts 19:1.
ASIATIC
ASIAT'IC, adjective Belonging to Asia, a quarter of the globe which extends from the strait of Constantinople and Arabian gulf, to the Pacific ocean on the east. It is probable,...
ASIATICISM
ASIAT'ICISM, noun Imitation of the Asiatic manner.
ASIDE
ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.]1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight direction.2. At a little distance from the main part or body.Thou shalt set aside tha...
ASINEGO
ASINE'GO, noun A foolish fellow.
ASININE
AS'ININE, rarely. AS'INARY, adjective [Latin asinus.]Belonging to the ass; having the qualities of the ass.
ASK
'ASK, verb transitive [Gr. In former times, the English word was pronounced ax, as in the royal style of assenting to bills in Parliament. 'Be it as it is axed.']1. To request; ...
ASKANCE
ASK'ANCE,ASK'ANT, adverb sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye.
ASKANT
ASK'ANT, adv. sideways; obliquely; towards one corner of the eye.
ASKED
'ASKED, participle passive Requested; petitioned; questioned; interrogated.