Webster's Dictionary 1828

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MANDATARY

MAN'DATARYMAN'DATE, noun [Latin mando, to command.]1. A command; an order, precept or injunction; a commission.This dream all powerful Juno sends; I bearHer mighty mandates, and...

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MANDATE

MAN'DATE, n. [L. mando, to command.]1. A command; an order, precept or injunction; a commission. This dream all powerful Juno sends; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words yo...

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MANDATOR

MANDA'TOR, adjective [Latin] A director.MAN'DATORY, adjective Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

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MANDATORY

MAN'DATORY, noun [Latin mando, to command.]1. A person to whom the pope has by his prerogative given a mandate or order for his benefice.2. One to whom a command or charge is gi...

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MANDIBLE

MAN'DIBLE, noun [Latin mando, to chew.] The jaw, the instrument of chewing; applied particularly to fowls.

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MANDIBULAR

MANDIB'ULAR, adjective Belonging to the jaw.

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MANDIL

MAN'DIL, noun A sort of mantle. [Not in use.]

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MANDILION

MANDIL'ION, noun [supra.] A soldier's coat; a loose garment.

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MANDLESTONE

MAN'DLESTONE, noun Kernel-stone; almond-stone, called also amygdaloid; a name given to stones or rocks which have kernels enveloped in paste.

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MANDMENT

MANDMENT, for commandment, is not in use.

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MANDOLIN

MAN'DOLIN, noun A cithern or harp. [Not in use.]

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MANDRAKE

MAN'DRAKE, noun [Latin mandragoras.] A plant of the genus Atropa, growing naturally in Spain, Italy and the Levant. It is a narcotic, and its fresh roots are a violent cathartic...

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MANDREL

MAN'DREL, noun An instrument for confining in the lathe the substance to be turned.

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MANDRILL

MAN'DRILL, noun A species of monkey.

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MANDUCABLE

MAN'DUCABLE, adjective That can be chewed; fit to be eaten.

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MANDUCATE

MAN'DUCATE, verb transitive [Latin mando.] To chew.

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MANDUCATED

MAN'DUCATED, participle passive Chewed.

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MANDUCATING

MAN'DUCATING, participle present tense Chewing; grinding with the teeth.

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MANDUCATION

MANDUCA'TION, noun The act of chewing or eating.

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MANE

MANE, noun The hair growing on the upper side of the neck of a horse or other animal, usually hanging down on one side.

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MANEATER

MAN'EATER, noun A human being that feeds on human flesh; a cannibal; an anthropophagite.

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MANED

MA'NED, adjective Having a mane.

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MANEGE

MAN'EGE, noun A school for teaching horsemanship, and for traininghorses.

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MANERIAL

MANERIAL. [See Manorial.]

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MANES

MA'NES, nounplural [Latin] The ghost, shade or soul of a deceased person; and among the ancient pagans, the infernal deities.1. The remains of the dead.Hail, O ye holy manes!

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MANEUVER

MANEU'VER, noun [Latin manus, the hand, and oeuvre, work, Latin opera.]1. Management; dexterous movement, particularly in an army or navy; any evolution, movement or change of p...

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MANEUVERED

MANEU'VERED, participle passive Moved in position.