GEOMETRIZE
GEOM'ETRIZE, verb transitive To act according to the laws of geometry; to perform geometrically.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GEOMETRY
GEOM'ETRY, noun [Gr. the earth, and measure.] Originally and properly, the art of measuring the earth, or any distances or dimensions on it. But geometry now denotes the science...
GEOPONIC
GEOPON'IC, adjective [Gr. the earth, and labor.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. [Not little used.]
GEOPONICS
GEOPON'ICS, noun The art or science of cultivating the earth.
GEORAMA
GE'ORAMA, noun [Gr. the earth, and view.] An instrument or machine which exhibits a very complete view of the earth, lately invented in Paris. It is a hollow sphere of forty fee...
GEORGE
GEORGE, noun A figure of St. george on horseback, worn by knights of the garter.1. A brown loaf.
GEORGE-NOBLE
GEORGE-NOBLE, noun A gold coin in the time of Henry VIII of the value of 6s.8d. sterling.
GEORGIC
GEOR'GIC, noun [Gr. rustic; and labor.] A rural poem; a poetical composition on the subject of husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, in a poetical dress; as the Geo...
GEOSCOPY
GEOS'COPY, noun [Gr.] Knowledge of the earth, ground or soil, obtained by inspection.
GERANIUM
GERA'NIUM, noun [Latin from Gr. a crane.] Crane's-bill, a genus of plants, of numerous species, some of which are cultivated for their fragrance or the beauty of their flowers.
GERENT
GE'RENT, adjective [Latin gerens.] Bearing; used in Vicegerent.
GERFALCON
GERFALCON. [See Gyrfalcon.]
GERM
GERM, noun [Latin germen.] In botany, the ovary or seed-bud of a plant, the rudiment of fruit yet in embryo. It is the base or lower part of the pistil, which, in the progress o...
GERMAN
GER'MAN, adjective [Latin germanus, a brother.]1. Cousins german are the sons or daughters of brothers or sisters; first cousins.2. Related.GER'MAN, adjective Belonging to Germa...
GERMANDER
GERMAN'DER, noun A plant, or rather the name of several plants, as the rock germander of the genus Veronica, and the common and water germander of the genus Teucrium.
GERMANIC
GERMAN'IC, adjective Pertaining to Germany; as the germanic body or confederacy.
GERMANISM
GER'MANISM, noun An idiom of the German language.
GERMEN
GERM'EN, nounplural germens. Now contracted to germ, which see.
GERMINAL
GERM'INAL, adjective [from germen. See Germ.] Pertaining to a germ or seed-bud.
GERMINANT
GERM'INANT, adjective Sprouting.
GERMINATE
GERM'INATE, verb intransitive [Latin germino, from germen.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed.GERM'INATE, verb transitive To cause to spr...
GERMINATION
GERMINA'TION, noun The act of sprouting; the first beginning of vegetation in a seed or plant.1. The time in which seeds vegetate, after being planted or sown.
GEROCOMICAL
GEROCOM'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to gerocomy. [Little used.]
GEROCOMY
GEROC'OMY, noun [Gr.] That part of medicine which treats of the proper regimen for old people.
GERUND
GER'UND, noun [Latin gerundium, from gero, to bear.] In the Latin grammar, a kind of verbal noun, partaking of the nature of a participle.
GESLING
GESLING, for gosling. [Not in use.]
GEST
GEST, noun [Latin gestum, from gero, to carry, to do.]1. A deed, action or achievement.2. Show; representation.3. A state in travelling; so much of a journey as is made without ...