Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BEATIFICATION

BEATIFICA'TION, noun In the Romish church, an act of the Pope by which he declares a person beatifies or blessed after death. This is the first step towards canonization, or the...

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BEATIFY

BEAT'IFY, verb transitive [Latin beatus, happy, from beo, to bless, and facio, to make.]1. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.2. In the Romish ch...

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BEATING

BE'ATING, participle present tense Laying on blows; striking; dashing against; conquering; pounding; sailing against the direction of the wind; etc.BE'ATING, noun The act of str...

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BEATITUDE

BEAT'ITUDE, noun [Latin beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify.]1. Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven.2. The declaration o...

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BEAU

BEAU, noun bo. plural beaux, boze.[Latin bellus.]A man of dress; a fine, gay man; one whose great care is to deck his person. In familiar language, a man who attends a lady.

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BEAU-MONDE

BEAU-MONDE, noun bomond'. The fashionable world; people of fashion and gaiety.

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BEAUISH

BEAUISH, adjective bo'ish. Like a beau; foppish; fine.

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BEAUTEOUS

BEAU'TEOUS, adjective bu'teous. [See Beauty.] Very fair; elegant in form; pleasing to the sight; beautiful; very handsome. It expresses a greater degree of beauty than handsome,...

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BEAUTEOUSLY

BEAU'TEOUSLY, adverb bu'teously. In a beauteous manner; in a manner pleasing to the sight; beautifully.

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BEAUTEOUSNESS

BEAU'TEOUSNESS, noun bu'teousness. The state or quality of being beauteous; beauty.

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BEAUTIFIER

BEAU'TIFIER, noun bu'tifier. He or that which makes beautiful.

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BEAUTIFUL

BEAU'TIFUL, adjective bu'tiful. [beauty and full.]1. Elegant in form, fair, having the form that pleases the eye. It expresses more than handsome.A beautiful woman is one of the...

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BEAUTIFULLY

BEAU'TIFULLY, adverb bu'tifully. In a beautiful manner.

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BEAUTIFULNESS

BEAU'TIFULNESS, noun bu'tifulness. Elegance of form; beauty; the quality of being beautiful.

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BEAUTIFY

BEAU'TIFY, verb transitive bu'tify. [beauty and Latin facio.]To make or render beautiful; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to add beauty to; to embellish.BEAU'TIFY, verb intransitiv...

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BEAUTY

BEAU'TY, noun bu'ty.1. An assemblage of graces, or an assemblage of properties in the form of the person or any other object, which pleases the eye. In the person, due proportio...

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BEAUTY-SPOT

BEAU'TY-SPOT, noun bu'ty-spot. A patch; a foil, a spot placed on the face to heighten beauty.

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BEAUTY-WANING

BEAU'TY-WANING, adjective Declining in beauty.

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BEAVER

BE'AVER, noun [Latin fiber.]1. An amphibious quadruped, of the genus Castor. It has short ears, a blunt nose, small fore feet, large hind feet, with a flat ovate tail. It is rem...

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BEAVERED

BE'AVERED, adjective Covered with or wearing a beaver.

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BEBLEED

BEBLEE'D, verb intransitive [be and bleed.] To make bloody. obsolete

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BEBLOOD

BEBLOOD'BEBLOOD'Y, verb transitive [be and blood.] To make bloody. obsolete

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BEBLOODY

BEBLOOD'Y, v.t. [be and blood.] To make bloody. Obs.

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BEBLOT

BEBLOT', verb transitive [be and blot.] To blot; to stain. obsolete

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BEBLUBBERED

BEBLUB'BERED, adjective [be and blubber.] Foul or swelled with weeping.

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BECABUNGA

BECABUN'GA, noun Brooklime speedwell; veronica becabunga; a plant common in ditches and shallow streams.

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BECAFI-CO

BECAFI-CO, noun [See Beak.] A fig-pecker; a bird like a nightingale which feeds on figs and grapes.