GRATINGLY
GRA'TINGLY, adverb Harshly; offensively; in a manner to irritate.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GRATINGS
GRA'TINGS, noun [See Grate.] A partition of bars; an open cover for the hatches of a ship, resembling lattice-work.
GRATIS
GRA'TIS, adverb [Latin] For nothing; freely; without recompense; as, to give a thing gratis; to perform service gratis
GRATITUDE
GRAT'ITUDE, noun [Latin gratitudo, from gratus, pleasing. See Grace.]An emotion of the heart, excited by a favor or benefit received; a sentiment of kindness or good will toward...
GRATUITOUS
GRATU'ITOUS, adjective [Latin gratuitus, from gratus.]1. Free; voluntary; not required by justice; granted without claim or merit.We mistake the gratuitous blessings of heaven f...
GRATUITOUSLY
GRATU'ITOUSLY, adverb Freely; voluntarily; without claim or merit; without an equivalent or compensation; as labor or services gratuitously bestowed.1. Without proof; as a princ...
GRATUITY
GRATU'ITY, noun1. A free gift; a present; a donation; that which is given without a compensation or equivalent.2. Something given in return for a favor; an acknowledgment.
GRATULATE
GRAT'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin gratulor, from gratus, pleasing, grateful.]1. To express joy or pleasure to a person, on account of his success, or the reception of some good...
GRATULATED
GRAT'ULATED, participle passive Addressed with expressions of joy.
GRATULATING
GRAT'ULATING, participle present tense Addressing with expressions of joy, on account of some good received.
GRATULATION
GRATULA'TION, noun [Latin gratulatio.] An address or expression ofjoy to a person, on account of some good received by him; congratulation.I shall turn my wishes into gratulations.
GRATULATORY
GRAT'ULATORY, adjective Expressing gratulation; congratulatory.
GRAVE
GRAVE, a final syllable, is a grove.GRAVE, verb transitivepreterit tense graved; participle passive graven or graved. [Gr. to write; originally all writing was graving; Eng. to ...
GRAVE-CLOTHES
GRA'VE-CLOTHES, noun The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
GRAVE-DIGGER
GRA'VE-DIGGER, noun One whose occupation is to dig graves.
GRAVE-MAKER
GRA'VE-MAKER, noun A grave-digger.
GRAVE-STONE
GRA'VE-STONE, noun A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the memory of the dead.GRAVE, adjective [Latin gravis, heavy, whence Latin gravo, and...
GRAVED
GRA'VED, participle passive [See the Verb.] Carved; engraved; cleaned, as a ship.
GRAVEL
GRAV'EL, noun1. Small stones or fragments of stone, or very small pebbles, larger than the particles of sand, but often intermixed with them.2. In medicine, small calculous conc...
GRAVEL-WALK
GRAV'EL-WALK, noun A walk or alley covered with gravel, which makes a hard and dry bottom; used in gardens and malls.
GRAVELED
GRAV'ELED, participle passive Covered with gravel; stopped; embarrassed; injured by gravel.
GRAVELESS
GRA'VELESS, adjective [from grave.] Without a grave or tomb; unburied.
GRAVELLY
GRAV'ELLY, adjective [from gravel.] Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as a gravelly soil or land.
GRAVELY
GRA'VELY, adverb [from grave.] In a grave, solemn manner; soberly; seriously.The queen of learning gravely smiles.1. Without gaudiness or show; as, to be dressed gravely
GRAVENESS
GRA'VENESS, noun Seriousness; solemnity; sobriety of behavior; gravity of manners or discourse.
GRAVER
GRA'VER, noun [See Grave.] One who carves or engraves; one whose profession is to cut letters or figures in stone, etc.; a sculptor.1. An engraving tool; an instrument for gravi...
GRAVID
GRAV'ID, adjective [Latin gravidus, from gravis, heavy.]Pregnant; being with child.