Webster's Dictionary 1828

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OPSONATION

OPSONA'TION, noun [Latin obsono, to cater.] A catering; a buying of provisions. [Not used.]

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OPTABLE

OP'TABLE, adjective [Latin optabilis, from opto, to desire.] Desirable. [Not used.]

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OPTATION

OPTA'TION, noun [Latin optatio.] A desiring; the expression of a wish.

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OPTATIVE

OP'TATIVE, adjective [Latin optativus, from opto, to desire or wish.]Expressing desire or wish. The optative mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb in which wish or desire i...

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OPTIC

OP'TIC, 'TICAL, adjective [Gr. from to see, the eye.]

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OPTICIAN

OPTI'CIAN, noun1. A person skilled in the science of optics.2. One who makes or sells optic glasses and instruments.

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OPTICS

OP'TICS, noun The science which treats of light and the phenomena of vision.

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OPTIMACY

OP'TIMACY, noun [Latin optimates, grandees, from optimus, best.] The body of nobles; the nobility.

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OPTIMISM

OP'TIMISM, noun [Latin optimus, best.] The opinion or doctrine that every thing in nature is ordered for the best; or the order of things in the universe that is adapted to prod...

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OPTIMITY

OPTIM'ITY, noun The state of being best.

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OPTION

OP'TION, noun [Latin optio, from opto, to wish or desire.]1. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; as the archbishop's option in collating to a vacant benefice...

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OPTIONAL

OP'TIONAL, adjective1. Left to one's wish or choice; depending on choice or preference. It is optional with you to go or stay.2. Leaving something to choice.Original writs are e...

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OPULENCE

OP'ULENCE, noun [Latin opulentia, from opes, wealth.] Wealth; riches; affluence. [Opulency is little used.]

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OPULENT

OP'ULENT, adjective [Latin opulentus.] Wealthy; rich; affluent; having a large estate or property.

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OPULENTLY

OP'ULENTLY, adverb Richly; with abundance or splendor.

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OPUSCULE

OPUS'CULE, noun [Latin opusculum.] A small work.

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OR

OR, a termination of Latin nouns, is a contraction of vir, a man, or from the same radix. The same word vir, is in our mother tongue, wer, and from this we have the English term...

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ORACH

OR'ACH,OR'ACLE, noun [Latin oraculum, from oro, to utter.]1. Among pagans, the answer of a god or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry made respecting some affair of i...

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ORACLE

OR'ACLE, n. [L. oraculum, from oro, to utter.]1. Among pagans, the answer of a god or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry made respecting some affair of importance, u...

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ORACULAR

ORAC'ULAR,ORAC'ULARLY,ORAC'ULOUS, adjective1. Uttering oracles; as an oracular tongue.The oraculous seer.2. Grace; venerable; like an oracle; as an oracular shade.They have some...

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ORACULARLY

ORAC'ULARLY,

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ORACULOUS

ORAC'ULOUS, a.1. Uttering oracles; as an oracular tongue.The oraculous seer.2. Grace; venerable; like an oracle; as an oracular shade.They have something venerable and oracular ...

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ORACULOUSLY

ORAC'ULOUSLY,adv.1. In the manner of an oracle.2. Authoritatively; positively.

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ORACULOUSNESS

ORAC'ULOUSNESS, noun The state of being oracular.

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ORAISON

OR'AISON, noun [Latin oratio.] Prayer; verbal supplication or oral worship; now written orison.

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ORAL

O'RAL, adjective [Latin os, oris, the mouth.] Uttered by the mouth or in words; spoken, not written; as oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.

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ORALLY

O'RALLY, adverb By mouth; in words, without writing; as traditions derived orally from ancestors.