Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AVER

AVER', verb intransitive [See Verify.]To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive or peremptory manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.

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AVERAGE

AV'ERAGE, noun1. In commerce, a contribution to a general loss. When for the safety of a ship in distress, any destruction of property is incurred, either by cutting away the ma...

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AVERAGED

AV'ERAGED, participle passive Reduced or formed into a mean proportion, or into shares proportioned to each man's property.

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AVERAGING

AV'ERAGING, participle present tense Forming a mean proportion out of unequal sums or quantities, or reducing to just shares according to each man's property.

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AVERMENT

AVER'MENT, noun [See Aver.]1. Affirmation; positive assertion; the act of averring.2. Verification; establishment by evidence.3. In pleading, an offer of either party to justify...

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AVERNAT

AVER'NAT, noun A sort of grape.

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AVERNIAN

AVER'NIAN, adjective Pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania in Italy, famous for its poisonous qualities, which the poets represent as so malignant, as to kill fowls flying o...

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AVERPENNY

AV'ERPENNY, noun Money paid towards the kings carriages by land, instead of service by the beasts in kind.

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AVERRED

AVER'RED, participle passive Affirmed; laid with an averment.

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AVERRING

AVER'RING, participle present tense Affirming; declaring positively; offering to justify or verify.

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AVERROIST

AVERROIST, noun One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who were so demoninated from Averroes, a celebrated Arabian author. They held the soul to be mortal, though they prete...

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AVERRUNCATE

AVERRUNC'ATE, verb intransitive [Latin averrunco, of ab and erunco, from runco, to weed, or rake away.]To root up; to scrape or tear away by the roots.

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AVERRUNCATION

AVERRUNCA'TION, noun The act of tearing up or raking away by the roots.

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AVERSATION

AVERSA'TION, noun [Latin aversor. See Avert.]A turning from with disgust or dislike; aversion; hatred; disinclination.It is nearly superseded by aversion.

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AVERSE

AVERSE, adjective avers'. [See Avert.] The literal sense of this word is, turned from, in manifestation of dislike. Hence the real sense is,1. Disliking; unwilling; having a rep...

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AVERSELY

AVERSELY, adverb avers'ly. With repugnance; unwillingly.

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AVERSENESS

AVERSENESS, noun avers'ness. Opposition of mind; dislike; unwillingness; backwardness.

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AVERSION

AVER'SION, noun [Latin averto.]1. Opposition or repugnance of mind; dislike; disinclination; reluctance; hatred. Usually this word expresses moderate hatred, or opposition of mi...

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AVERT

AVERT', verb transitive [Latin averto, a, from, and verto, to turn, anciently, vorto; hence vertex, vortex, averto; probably allied to Latin vario; Eng. veer.]1. To turn from; t...

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AVERTER

AVERT'ER, noun One that turns away; that which turns away.

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AVERTING

AVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning from; turning away.

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AVIARY

A'VIARY, noun [Latin aviarium, from avis, a fowl.]A bird cage; an inclosure for keeping birds confined.

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AVIDIOUSLY

AVID'IOUSLY, adverb [See Avidity.] Eagerly; with greediness.

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AVIDITY

AVID'ITY, noun [Latin aviditas, from avidus, and this from aveo, to desire, to have appetite; Heb. to desire, or covet.]1. Greediness; strong appetite; applied to the senses:2. ...

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AVIGATO

AVIGA'TO,AVI'LE, verb transitive [See Vile.] To depreciate. [Not in use.]

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AVILE

AVI'LE, v.t. [See Vile.] To depreciate. [Not in use.]

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AVISE

AVI'SE,AVI'SEMENT, noun Advisement. [See Advice and Advise.]