Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ASSUMPTION

ASSUMP'TION, noun [Latin assumptio.]1. The act of taking to one's self.2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition.This gives no sanction t...

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ASSUMPTIVE

ASSUMP'TIVE, adjective That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has a right, with the approbation of his sovereign, and of the heralds, to as...

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ASSURANCE

ASSU'RANCE, noun ashu'rance. [Latin verus; or securus, contracted.]1. The act of assuring, or of making a declaration in terms that furnish ground of confidence; as, I trusted t...

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ASSURE

ASSU'RE, verb transitive ashu're. [See Assurance.]1. To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, declaration, or other evidence; as, he assured me of his sincerity.2. To c...

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ASSURED

ASSU'RED, participle passive Made certain or confident; made secure; insured.ASSU'RED, adjective Certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

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ASSUREDLY

ASSU'REDLY, adverb Certainly; indubitably.Assuredly thy son Solomon shall reign. 1 Kings 1:13.

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ASSUREDNESS

ASSU'REDNESS, noun The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.

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ASSURER

ASSU'RER, noun One who assumes; one who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

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ASSURGENT

ASSUR'GENT, adjective [Latin assurgens, assurgo.]Rising upwards in an arch; as an assurgent stem, in botany.

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ASSURING

ASSU'RING, participle present tense Making sure or confident; giving security; confirming.

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ASSWAGE

ASSWA'GE, [See Assuage.]

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ASTACITE

AS'TACITE,AS'TACOLITE, noun [Gr. a crawfish and a stone.]Petrified or fossil crawfish, and other crustaceous animals; called also cancrites, crabites, and gammarolites.

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ASTEISM

AS'TEISM, noun [Gr. beautiful, polite.]In rhetoric, genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

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ASTENIC

ASTEN'IC, adjective asten'ic. [Gr. priv. and strength.]Weak; characterized by extreme debility.

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ASTER

AS'TER, noun [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cultivated for their beauty, particularly the China aster The species are very numerous.

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ASTERIAS

ASTE'RIAS,AS'TER, noun [Gr. a star.] Stella marina, sea-star, or star fish, a genus of the order of Molluscas. It has a depressed body with a coriaceous coat; is composed of fiv...

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ASTERIATED

ASTE'RIATED, adjective [Supra.] Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as asteriated sapphire.

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ASTERIATITE

ASTE'RIATITE, noun Petrified asterias.

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ASTERISK

AS'TERISK, noun [Gr. a little star, from a star.]The figure of a star thus, *, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, or to fill the spa...

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ASTERISM

AS'TERISM, noun [Gr. a little star, from a star.]1. A constellation; a sign in the zodiac.The figures of the twelve asterisms.2. An asterisk, or mark of reference. [This is less...

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ASTERITE

AS'TERITE, or star stone. [See Astrite.]

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ASTERN

ASTERN', adverb [a or at, and stern. See stern.]1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or towards the hinder part, or backwards; as, to go astern2. Behind a ship, at any indefin...

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ASTEROID

AS'TEROID, noun [Gr. a star, and form.]A name given by Herschel to the newly discovered planets between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

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ASTEROIDAL

ASTEROID'AL, adjective Resembling a star; or pertaining to the asteroids.

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ASTEROPODE

AS'TEROPODE,ASTEROPO'DIUM, noun [Gr. a star, and a foot.]A kind of extraneous fossil, of the same substance with the astrite, to which it serves as the base.

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ASTEROPODIUM

ASTEROPO'DIUM,n. [Gr. a star, and a foot.]A kind of extraneous fossil, of the same substance with the astrite, to which it serves as the base.

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ASTERT

ASTERT', verb transitive To startle. [Not in use.]