Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SIMOOM

SIMOOM', noun A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows in Arabia.

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SIMOUS

SI'MOUS, adjective [Latin simo, one with a flat nose, Gr. simoV.]1. Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.2. Concave; as the simous part of the liver.

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SIMPER

SIM'PER, verb intransitive To smile in a silly manner.SIM'PER, noun To smile with an air of silliness.

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SIMPERING

SIM'PERING, participle present tense Smiling foolishly.SIM'PERING, noun The act of smiling with an air of silliness.

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SIMPERINGLY

SIM'PERINGLY, adverb With a silly smile.

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SIMPLE

SIM'PLE, adjective [Latin simplex; sine, without and plex, plica, doubling, fold;]1. Single; consisting of one thing; uncompounded; unmingled; uncombined with any thing else; as...

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SIMPLE-MINDED

SIMPLE-MINDED, adjective Artless; undesigning; unsuspecting.

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SIMPLENESS

SIM'PLENESS, noun1. The state or quality of being simple, single or uncompounded; as the simpleness of the elements.2. Artlessness; simplicity;3. Weakness of intellect.

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SIMPLER

SIM'PLER, noun One that collects simples; as herbalist; asimplist.

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SIMPLESS

SIMPLESS, for simplicity or silliness, is not in use.

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SIMPLETON

SIM'PLETON, noun A silly person; a person of weak intellect; a trifler; a foolish person.SIMPLI'CAIN, noun An artless, unskilled or undesigning person. [Not in use.]

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SIMPLICITY

SIMPLIC'ITY, noun [Latin simplicitas.]1. Singleness; the state of being unmixed or uncompounded; as the simplicity of metals or of earths.2. The state of being not complex, or o...

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SIMPLIFICATION

SIMPLIFICA'TION, noun [See Simplify.] The act of making simple; the act of reducing to simplicity, or to a state not complex.

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SIMPLIFIED

SIM'PLIFIED, participle passive Made simple or not complex.

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SIMPLIFY

SIM'PLIFY, verb transitive [Latin simplex, simple, and facio, to make.] To make simple; to reduce what is complex to greater simplicity; to make plain or easy. The collection of...

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SIMPLIFYING

SIM'PLIFYING, participle present tense Making simple; rendering less complex.

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SIMPLIST

SIM'PLIST, noun One skilled in simples or medical plants.

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SIMPLOCE

SIMPLOCE, [See Symploce.]

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SIMPLY

SIM'PLY, adverb1. Without art; without subtilty; artlessly; plainly. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek.2. Of itself; without addition; alone. They make t...

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SIMULACHER

SIM'ULACHER, noun [Latin simulacrum.] An image. [Not in use.]

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SIMULAR

SIM'ULAR, noun [See Simulate.] One who simulates or counterfeits something.

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SIMULATE

SIM'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin simulo, from similis, like.] To feign; to counterfeits; to assume the mere appearance of something, without the reality. The wicked often simul...

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SIMULATING

SIM'ULATING, participle present tense Feigning; pretending; assuming the appearance of what is not real.

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SIMULATION

SIMULA'TION, noun [Latin simulation] The act of feigning to be that which is not; the assumption of a deceitful appearance or character. simulation differs from dissimulation. T...

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SIMULTAMEOUSLY

SIMULTA'MEOUSLY, adverb At the same time.

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SIMULTANEOUS

SIMULTA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin simul, at the same time.] Existing or happening at the same time; as simultaneous events. The exchange of ramifications may be simultaneous

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SIMULTANEOUSNESS

SIMULTA'NEOUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being or happening at the same time; as the simultaneousness of transactions in two different places.