FEDERATE
FED'ERATE, adjective [Latin faederatus.] Leagued; united by compact, as sovereignties, states or nations; joined in confederacy; as federate nations or powers.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FEDERATION
FEDERA'TION, noun1. The act of uniting in a league.2. A league; a confederacy.
FEDERATIVE
FED'ERATIVE, adjective uniting; joining in a league; forming a confederacy.
FEDITY
FE'DITY, noun [Latin faditas.] Turpitude; vileness. [Not in use.]
FEE
FEE, noun [Latin pecu, pecus. From the use of cattle in transferring property, or from barter and payments in cattle, the word came to signify money; it signified also goods, su...
FEE-TAIL
FEE'-TAIL, noun An estate entailed; a conditional fee.FEE, verb transitive1. To pay a fee to; to reward. Hence,2. To engage in one's service by advancing a fee or sum of money t...
FEEBLE
FEE'BLE, adjective [I know not the origin of the first syllable.]1. Weak; destitute of much physical strength; as, infants are feeble at their birth.2. Infirm; sickly; debilitat...
FEEBLE-MINDED
FEE'BLE-MINDED, adjective Weak in mind; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute.Comfort the feeble-minded 1 Thessalonians 5:1.
FEEBLENESS
FEE'BLENESS, noun1. Weakness of body or mind, from any cause; imbecility; infirmity; want of strength, physical or intellectual; as feebleness of the body or limbs; feebleness o...
FEEBLY
FEE'BLY, adverb Weakly; without strength; as, to move feeblyThy gentle numbers feebly creep.
FEED
FEED, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive [See Father.]1. To give food to; as, to feed an infant; to feed horses and oxen.2. To supply with provisions. We have ...
FEEDER
FEE'DER, noun1. One that gives food, or supplies nourishment.2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.The feeder of my riots.3. One that eats or subsists; as, small birds ...
FEEDING
FEE'DING, participle present tense Giving food or nutriment; furnishing provisions; eating; taking food or nourishment; grazing; supplying water or that which is constantly cons...
FEEL
FEEL, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive felt. [Latin palpo. the primary sense is to touch, to pat, to strike gently, or to press, as is evident from the Latin...
FEELER
FEE'LER, noun1. One who feels.2. One of the palpi of insects. The feelers of insects are usually four or six, and situated near the mouth. They are filiform and resemble articul...
FEELING
FEE'LING, participle present tense1. Perceiving by the touch; having perception.2.adjective Expressive of great sensibility; affecting; tending to excite the passions. He made a...
FEELINGLY
FEE'LINGLY, adverb1. With expression of great sensibility; tenderly; as, to speak feelingly2. So as to be sensibly felt.These are counselors, that feelingly persuade me what I am.
FEESE
FEESE, noun A race. [Not in use.]
FEET
FEET, noun plu of foot. [See Foot.]
FEETLESS
FEE'TLESS, adjective Destitute of feet; as feetless birds.
FEIGN
FEIGN, verb transitive fane. [Latin fingo. The Latin forms fictum, fictus, whence figura, figure, also fucus.]1. To invent or imagine; to form an idea or conception of something...
FEIGNED
FEIGNED, participle passive Invented; devised; imagined; assumed.
FEIGNEDLY
FEIGNEDLY, adverb In fiction; in pretense; not really.
FEIGNEDNESS
FEIGNEDNESS, noun Fiction; pretense; deceit.
FEIGNER
FEIGNER, noun One who feigns; an inventor; a deviser of fiction.
FEIGNING
FEIGNING, participle present tense Imagining; inventing; pretending; making a false show.FEIGNING, noun A false appearance; artful contrivance.
FEIGNINGLY
FEIGNINGLY, adverb With false appearance.