Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ORIEL

O'RIEL,O'RIENCY, noun [See Orient.] Brightness or strength of color. [Little used.]

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ORIENT

O'RIENT, adjective [Latin oriens, from orior, to arise.]1. Rising, as the sun.- Moon, that now meet'st the orient sun.The orient morn.2. Eastern; oriental.3. Bright; shining; gl...

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ORIENTAL

ORIENT'AL, adjective1. Eastern; situated in the east; as oriental seas or countries.2. Proceeding from the east; as the oriental radiations of the sun.ORIENT'AL, noun A native o...

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ORIENTALISM

ORIENT'ALISM, noun An eastern mode of speech; an idiom of the eastern languages.

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ORIENTALIST

ORIENT'ALIST, noun1. An inhabitant of the eastern parts of the world.2. One versed in the eastern languages and literature.

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ORIENTALITY

ORIENTAL'ITY, noun The state of being oriental or eastern. [Not used.]

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ORIFICE

OR'IFICE, noun [Latin orificium; os, oris, mouth, and facio, to make.]The mouth or aperture of a tube, pipe or other cavity; as the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of ...

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ORIFLAMB

OR'IFLAMB, noun The ancient royal standard of France.

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ORIGAN

OR'IGAN,ORIGA'NUM, noun [Latin from Gr.] Marjoram, a genus of plants. One species of this genus is a rich aromatic, excellent for culinary purposes.

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ORIGENISM

OR'IGENISM, noun The doctrines or tenets of Origen, who united Platonism with christianity.

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ORIGENIST

OR'IGENIST, noun A follower of Origen of Alexandria, a celebrated christian father. The Origenists held that the souls of men have a pre-existent state; that they are holy intel...

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ORIGIN

OR'IGIN, noun [Latin origo.]1. The first existence or beginning of any thing; as the origin of Rome. In history it is necessary, if practicable, to trace all events to their ori...

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ORIGINAL

ORIG'INAL, noun1. Origin. [See Origin, with which it accords in signification.]2. Fountain; source; cause; that from which any thing primarily proceeds; that which gives existen...

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ORIGINALITY

ORIGINAL'ITY, noun1. The quality or state of being original.2. The power of originating or producing new thoughts, or uncommon combinations of thought; as originality of genius.

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ORIGINALLY

ORIG'INALLY, adverb1. Primarily; from the beginning or origin.God is originally holy in himself.2. At first; at the origin.3. By the first author; as a book originally written b...

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ORIGINALNESS

ORIG'INALNESS, noun The quality or state of being original.

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ORIGINARY

ORIG'INARY, adjective1. Productive; causing existence.The production of animals in the originary way, requires a certain degree of warmth.2. Primitive; original.[This word is li...

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ORIGINATE

ORIG'INATE, verb transitive To cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce what is new.The change is to be effected without a decomposition of the whole civil and political...

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ORIGINATED

ORIG'INATED, participle passive Brought into existence.

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ORIGINATING

ORIG'INATING, participle present tense Bringing into existence.

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ORIGINATION

ORIGINA'TION, noun1 The act of bringing or coming into existence; first production.Descartes first introduced the fancy of making a world, and deducing the origination of the un...

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ORILLON

ORIL'LON, noun In fortification, a rounding of earth, faced with a wall, raised on the shoulder of those bastions that have casemates, to cover the cannon in the retired flank, ...

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ORIOL

O'RIOL, noun A small apartment next a hall, where particular persons dine; a sort of recess. obsolete

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ORIOLE

O'RIOLE, noun A genus of birds of the order of picae.

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ORION

ORI'ON, noun [Gr. unfortunately accented by the poets on the second syllable.]A constellation in the southern hemisphere, containing seventy eight stars.

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ORISON

OR'ISON, noun [Latin oratio, from, oro.]A prayer of supplication.Lowly they bowed adoring, and began their orisons, each morning duly paid.

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ORK

ORK, noun [Latin orca.] A fish.