Webster's Dictionary 1828

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LEMMING

LEM'MING,LEM'NISCATE, noun [Latin lemniscus, a ribbon; lemniscatus, adorned with ribbons.] A curve in the form of the figure 8.

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LEMON

LEM'ON, noun1. The fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, which grows in warm climates. This fruit furnishes a cooling acid juice, which forms an ingredient in some of o...

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LEMONADE

LEMONA'DE, nounA liquor consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.

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LEMUR

LE'MUR, noun [Latin] A genus of quadrupeds, the Makis, natives of Africa and the East Indies.

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LEMURES

LE'MURES, noun [Latin] Hobgoblins; evil spirits. [Not English.]

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LEND

LEND, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive lent.1. To grant to another for temporary use, on the express or implied condition that the thing shall be returned; a...

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LENDABLE

LEND'ABLE, adjective That may be lent.

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LENDER

LEND'ER, noun1. One who lends.The borrower is servant to the lender Proverbs 22:7.2. One who makes a trade of putting money to interest.

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LENDING

LEND'ING, participle present tense Granting for temporary use. [See Lend.]LEND'ING, noun1. The act of loaning.2. That which is lent or furnished.

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LENDS

LENDS, noun Loins. [Not in use.]

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LENGTH

LENGTH, noun1. The extent of anything material from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as the length of a church or of a ship...

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LENGTHEN

LENGTH'EN, verb transitive length'n.1. To extend in length; to make longer; to elongate; as, to lengthen a line.2. To draw out or extend in time; to protract; to continue in dur...

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LENGTHENED

LENGTH'ENED, participle passive Made longer; drawn out in length; continued in duration.

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LENGTHENING

LENGTH'ENING, participle present tense Making longer; extending in length or in duration.LENGTH'ENING, noun Continuation; protraction. Daniel 4:27.

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LENGTHFUL

LENGTH'FUL, adjective Of great length in measure.

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LENGTHWISE

LENGTH'WISE, adverb In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

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LENGTHY

LENGTH'Y, adjective Being long or moderately long; not short; not brief; applied mostly to moral subjects, as to discourses, writings, arguments, proceedings, etc.; as a lengthy...

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LENIENT

LE'NIENT, adjective [Latin leniens, from lenio, lenis, soft, mild.1. Softening; mitigating; assuasive.Time, that on all things lays his lenient hand, yet tames not this.Sometime...

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LENIFY

LEN'IFY, verb transitive To assuage; to soften; to mitigate. [Little used.]

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LENIMENT

LEN'IMENT, noun An assuasive. [Not used.]

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LENITIVE

LEN'ITIVE, adjective [Latin lenio, to soften.]Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.LEN'ITIVE, noun1. A medicine or applicatio...

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LENITY

LEN'ITY, noun [Latin lenitas, from lenis, mild, soft.]Mildness of temper; softness; tenderness; mercy. Young offenders may be treated with lenity It is opposed to severity and r...

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LENS

LENS, nounplural lenses. [Latin lens a lentil.] A transparent substance, usually glass, so formed that rays of light passing through it are made to change their direction, and t...

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LENT

LENT, participle passive of lend.LENT, nounThe quadragesimal fast, or fast of forty days observed by the christian church before Easter, the festival of our Savior's resurrectio...

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LENTEN

LENT'EN, adjective Pertaining to lent; used in lent; sparing; as a lenten entertainment; a lenten salad.

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LENTICULAR

LENTIC'ULAR, adjective [Latin lenticularis, from lens, supra.]1. Resembling a lentil.2. Having the form of a lens; lentiform.

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LENTICULARLY

LENTIC'ULARLY, adverb In the manner of a lens; with a curve.