Webster's Dictionary 1828

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RAMIFICATION

RAMIFICA'TION, noun [Latin ramus, a branch.]1. The process of branching or shooting branches from a stem.2. A branch; a small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; a...

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RAMIFIED

RAM'IFIED, participle passive divided into branches.

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RAMIFY

RAM'IFY, verb transitive [Latin ramus, a branch, and facio, to make.]To divide into branches or parts; as, to ramify an art, a subject or scheme.RAM'IFY, verb intransitive1. To ...

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RAMIFYING

RAM'IFYING, participle present tense shooting into branches or divisions.

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RAMISH

RAM'ISH, adjectiveRank; strong scented.

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RAMISHNESS

RAM'ISHNESS, noun [from ram.] Rankness; a strong scent.

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RAMMED

RAM'MED, participle passive [See Ram.] Driven forcibly.

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RAMMER

RAM'MER, noun1. One that rams or drives.2. An instrument for driving any thing with force; as a rammer for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to more solidity.3. ...

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RAMMING

RAM'MING, participle present tense Driving with force.

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RAMOON

RAMOON', noun A tree of America.

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RAMOUS

RA'MOUS, adjective [Latin ramosus, from ramus, a branch.]1. In botany, branched, as a stem or root; having lateral divisions.2. Branchy; consisting of branches; full of branches.

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RAMP

RAMP, verb intransitive [See Ramble and Romance.]1. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.Plants furnished with tendrils catch hold, and so ramping on trees, they mount to a great h...

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RAMPALLIAN

RAMPAL'LIAN, noun A mean wretch. [Not in use.]

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RAMPANCY

RAMP'ANCY, noun [from rampant.] Excessive growth or practice; excessive prevalence; exuberance; extravagance; as the rampancy of vice.

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RAMPANT

RAMP'ANT, adjective [See Ramp and Ramble.]1. Overgrowing the usual bounds; rank in growth; exuberant; as rampant weeds.2. Overleaping restraint; as rampant vice.3. In heraldry, ...

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RAMPART

RAM'PART, noun [Hence we see rampart is from Latin reparo; re and paro. See Parry and Repair.]1. In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resis...

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RAMPION

RAM'PION, noun [from ramp.] The name of several plants; as the common esculent rampion a species of Campanula; the crested rampion a species of Lobelia; the horned rampion a spe...

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RAMPIRE

RAMP'IRE, noun The same as rampart; but obsolete.

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RAMSONS

RAM'SONS, noun A plant, a species of Allium.

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RAN

RAN, the preterit tense of run. In old writers, open robbery.

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RANCESCENT

RANCES'CENT, adjective [Latin ranceo, to be rank.] Becoming rancid or sour.

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RANCH

RANCH, verb transitive [corrupted from wrench.] To sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion. [Not used.]

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RANCID

RAN'CID, adjective [Latin rancidus, from ranceo, to be rank. This is the Eng. rank, luxuriant in growth.]Having a rank smell; strong scented; sour; musty; as rancid oil.

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RANCIDITY

RANCID'ITY,RAN'CIDNESS, noun The quality of being rancid; a strong, sour scent, as of old oil.The rancidity of oils may be analogous to the oxidation of metals.

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RANCIDNESS

RAN'CIDNESS, n. The quality of being rancid; a strong, sour scent, as of old oil.The rancidity of oils may be analogous to the oxidation of metals.

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RANCOR

RAN'COR, noun [Latin from ranceo, to be rank.]1. The deepest malignity or spite; deep seated and implacable malice; inveterate enmity. [This is the strongest term for enmity whi...

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RANCOROUS

RAN'COROUS, adjective Deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.So flam'd his eyes with rage and ranc'rous ire.Rancorous opposition to the gospel of...