NOTIFY
NO'TIFY, verb transitive [Latin known, and to make.]1. To make known; to declare; to publish. The laws of God notify to man his will and our duty.2. To make known by private com...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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NOTIFYING
NO'TIFYING, participle present tense Making known; giving notice to.
NOTION
NO'TION, noun [Latin known; to know.]1. Conception; mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined. We may have a just notion of power, or false notions respecting spi...
NOTIONAL
NO'TIONAL, adjective1. Imaginary; ideal; existing in idea only; visionary; fantastical.Notional good, by fancy only made. A notional and imaginary thing.2. Dealing in imaginary ...
NOTIONALITY
NOTIONAL'ITY, noun Empty ungrounded opinion. [Not used.]
NOTIONALLY
NO'TIONALLY, adverb In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.Two faculties notionally or really distinct.
NOTIONIST
NO'TIONIST, noun One who holds to an ungrounded opinion.
NOTORIETY
NOTORI'ETY, noun [See Notorious.]1. Exposure to public knowledge; the state of being publicly or generally known; as the notoriety of a crime.2. Public knowledge.They were not s...
NOTORIOUS
NOTO'RIOUS, adjective [Latin known.]1. Publicly knwon; manifest to the world; evident; usually, knwon to disadvantage; hence almost always used in all ill sense; as a notorious ...
NOTORIOUSLY
NOTO'RIOUSLY, adverb Publicly; openly; in a manner to be known or manifest.
NOTORIOUSNESS
NOTO'RIOUSNESS, noun The state of being open or known; notoriety.
NOTT
NOTT, adjective Shorn.
NOTUS
NO'TUS, noun [Latin] The south wind.
NOTWHEAT
NOT'WHEAT, noun [smooth, shorn.] Wheat not bearded.
NOTWITHSTANDING
NOTWITHSTAND'ING, the participle of withstand, with not prefixed, and signifying not opposing; nevertheless. It retains in all cases its participial signification. For example, ...
NOUGHT
NOUGHT. See Naught.
NOUL
NOUL, noun The top of the head. [Not in use.]
NOULD
NOULD, ne would, would not.
NOUN
NOUN, noun [altered from Latin name.] In grammar, a name; that sound or combination of sounds by which a thing is called, whether material or immaterial. [See Name.]
NOURISH
NOURISH, verb transitive [G. to nourish cannot be the same word unless they have lost a dental, which may perhaps be the fact.]1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply a living o...
NOURISHABLE
NOURISHABLE, adjective Susceptible of nourishment; as the nourishable parts of the body.
NOURISHED
NOURISHED, participle passive Fed; supplied with nutriment; caused to grow.
NOURISHER
NOURISHER, noun The person or thing that nourishes.
NOURISHING
NOURISHING, participle present tense1. Feeding; supplying with aliment; supporting with food.2. Promoting growth; nutritious; as a nourishing diet.
NOURISHMENT
NOURISHMENT, noun1. That which serves to promote the growth of animals or plants, or to repair the waste of animal bodies; food; sustenance; nutriment.2. Nutrition; support of a...
NOURITURE
NOURITURE. [See Nurture.]
NOURSLING
NOURSLING. [See Nursling.]