Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FEINT

FEINT, noun1. An assumed or false appearance; a pretense of doing something not intended to be done.Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.2. A mock attack; an appearance o...

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FELANDERS

FE'LANDERS, noun [See Filanders.]

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FELDSPAR

FELD'SPAR,FELD'SPATH,FELDSPATH'IC, adjective Pertaining to feldspar or consisting of it.

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FELDSPATH

FELD'SPATH,

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FELDSPATHIC

FELDSPATH'IC, a. Pertaining to feldspar, or consisting of it.

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FELICITATE

FELIC'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin felicito, from felix, happy.]1. To make very happy.What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit, if he cou...

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FELICITATED

FELIC'ITATED, participle passive Made very happy; congratulated.

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FELICITATING

FELIC'ITATING, participle present tense Making very happy; congratulating.

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FELICITATION

FELICITA'TION, noun Congratulation.

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FELICITOUS

FELIC'ITOUS, adjective Very happy; prosperous; delightful.

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FELICITOUSLY

FELIC'ITOUSLY, adverb Happily.

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FELICITY

FELIC'ITY, noun [Latin felicitas, from felix, happy.]1. Happiness, or rather great happiness; blessedness; blissfulness; appropriately, the joys of heaven.2. Prosperity; blessin...

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FELINE

FE'LINE, adjective [Latin felinus, from felis, a cat.]Pertaining to cats, or to their species; like a cat; noting the cat kind or the genus Felis. We say, the feline race; felin...

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FELL

FELL, preterit tense of fall.FELL, adjective1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman.It seemed fury, discord, madness fell2. Fierce; savage; ravenous; bloody.More fell than tigers on the Li...

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FELLED

FELL'ED, participle passive Knocked or cut down.

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FELLER

FELL'ER, noun One who hews or knocks down. Isaiah 14:8.

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FELLIFLUOUS

FELLIF'LUOUS, adjective [Latin fel, gall, and fluo, to flow.] Flowing with gall.

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FELLING

FELL'ING, participle present tense Cutting or beating to the ground.

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FELLMONGER

FELL'MONGER, noun [fell and monger.] A dealer in hides.

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FELLNESS

FELL'NESS, noun [See Fell, cruel.] Cruelty; fierce barbarity; rage.

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FELLOE

FELL'OE, [See Felly.]

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FELLOW

FEL'LOW, noun [Heb. to tie or connect, to be joined or associated.]1. A companion; an associate.In youth I had twelve fellows, like myself.Each on his fellow for assistance call...

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FELLOW-CITIZEN

FELLOW-CIT'IZEN, noun A citizen of the same state or nation.Ephesians 2:19.

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FELLOW-COMMONER

FELLOW-COM'MONER, noun1. One who has the same right of common.2. In Cambridge, England, one who dines with the fellows.

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FELLOW-COUNSELOR

FELLOW-COUN'SELOR, noun An associate in council.

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FELLOW-CREATURE

FELLOW-CRE'ATURE, noun One of the same race or kind. Thus men are all called fellow-creatures. Watts uses the word for one made by the same creator. 'Reason by which we are rais...

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FELLOW-FEELING

FELLOW-FEE'LING, noun1. Sympathy; a like feeling.2. Joint interest. [Not in use.]