SUCEEDED
SUCEE'DED, participle passive Followed in order; prospered; attended with success.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SUCH
SUCH, adjective1. Of that kind; of the like kind. We never saw such a day; we have never had such a time as the present.It has as before the thing to which it relates. Give your...
SUCK
SUCK, verb transitive [Latin sugo.]1. To draw with the mouth; to draw out, as a liquid from a cask, or milk from the breast; to draw into the mouth. To suck is to exhaust the ai...
SUCKED
SUCK'ED, participle passive Drawn with the mouth, or with an instrument that exhausts the air; imbibed; absorbed.
SUCKER
SUCK'ER, noun He or that which draws with the mouth.1. The embolus or piston of a pump.2. A pipe through which any thing is drawn.3. The shoot of a plant from the roots or lower...
SUCKET
SUCK'ET, noun A sweetmeat for the mouth.
SUCKING
SUCK'ING, participle present tense Drawing with the mouth or with an instrument; imbibing; absorbing.
SUCKING-BOTTLE
SUCK'ING-BOTTLE, noun A bottle to be filled with milk for infants to suck instead of the pap.
SUCKLE
SUCK'LE, noun A teat. [Not in use.]SUCK'LE, verb transitive To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Romulus and Remus are fabled to have been suckled by a wolf.
SUCKLED
SUCK'LED, participle passive Nursed at the breast.
SUCKLING
SUCK'LING, participle present tense Nursing at the breast.SUCK'LING, noun A young child or animal nursed at the breast. Psalms 8:2.1. A sort of white clover.
SUCTION
SUC'TION, noun The act of sucking or drawing into the mouth, as fluids.1. The act of drawing, as fluids into a pipe or other thing.
SUDAK
SU'DAK, noun A fish, a species of Perca.
SUDARY
SU'DARY, noun [Latin sudarium, from sudo, to sweat.] A napkin or handkerchief. [Not in use.]
SUDATION
SUDA'TION, noun [Latin sudatio.] A sweating.
SUDATORY
SU'DATORY, noun [Latin sudatorium, from sudo, to sweat.]A hot house; a sweating bath.SU'DATORY, adjective Sweating.
SUDDEN
SUD'DEN, adjective [Latin subitaneus.]1. Happening without previous notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparatives.And sudden fear troubleth thee. Job 22:10.For...
SUDDENLY
SUD'DENLY, adverb In an unexpected manner; unexpectedly; hastily; without preparation.Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly Proverbs 6:15.1. Without premeditation.
SUDDENNESS
SUD'DENNESS, noun State of being sudden; a coming or happening without previous notice. The suddenness of the event precluded preparation.
SUDORIFIC
SUDORIF'IC, adjective [Latin sudor, sweat, and facio, to make.]sweat; exciting perspiration; as sudorific herbs.SUDORIF'IC, noun A medicine that produces sweat or sensible persp...
SUDOROUS
SU'DOROUS, adjective [Latin sudor, sweat.] Consisting of sweat.
SUDS
SUDS, noun sing. Water impregnated with soap.To be in the suds to be in turmoil or difficulty; a familiar phrase.
SUE
SUE, verb transitive su. [Latin sequor. See Seek and Essay.]1. To seek justice or right from one by legal process; to institute process in law against one; to prosecute in a civ...
SUED
SU'ED, participle passive Prosecuted; sought in law.
SUET
SU'ET, noun The fat of an animal, particularly that about the kidneys; lard.
SUETY
SU'ETY, adjective Consisting of suet, or resembling it; as a suety substance.
SUFFER
SUF'FER, verb transitive [Latin suffero; sub, under, and fero, to bear; as we say, to undergo.]1. To feel or bear what is painful, disagreeable or distressing, either to the bod...