Webster's Dictionary 1828

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TEMPORALNESS

TEM'PORALNESS, noun Worldliness. [Not used.]

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TEMPORALS

TEM'PORALS, noun Secular possessions; revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay-fees, tithes and the like. It is opposed to spiritualities.

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TEMPORALTY

TEM'PORALTY, noun The laity; secular people. [Little used.]1. Secular possessions. [See Temporalities.]

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TEMPORANEOUS

TEMPORA'NEOUS, adjective Temporary. [Little used.]

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TEMPORARILY

TEM'PORARILY, adverb For a time only; not perpetually.

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TEMPORARINESS

TEM'PORARINESS, noun [from temporary.] The state of being temporary; opposed to perpetuity.

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TEMPORARY

TEM'PORARY, adjective [Latin temporarius.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief. There is a temporar...

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TEMPORIZATION

TEMPORIZA'TION, noun The act of temporizing.

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TEMPORIZE

TEM'PORIZE, verb intransitive [Latin tempus, time.]1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor or yield to the current of opinion or to circumstances; a conduct that often ...

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TEMPORIZER

TEM'PORIZER, noun One who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions or occasions; a trimmer.

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TEMPORIZING

TEM'PORIZING, participle present tense Complying with the time, or with the prevailing humors and opinions of men; time-serving.

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TEMPT

TEMPT, verb transitive [Latin tento; teneo; Gr. the primary sense is to strain, urge, press.]1. To incite or solicit to an evil act; to entice to something wrong by presenting a...

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TEMPTABLE

TEMPT'ABLE, adjective Liable to be tempted.

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TEMPTATION

TEMPTA'TION, noun The act of tempting; enticement to evil by arguments, by flattery, or by the offer of some real or apparent good.When the devil had ended all the temptation he...

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TEMPTED

TEMPT'ED, participle passive Enticed to evil; provoked; tried.

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TEMPTER

TEMPT'ER, noun One that solicits or entices to evil.Those who are bent to do wickedly, will never want tempters to urge them on.1. The great adversary of man; the devil. Matthew...

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TEMPTING

TEMPT'ING, participle present tense Enticing to evil; trying.1.adjective Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; as tempting pleasures.

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TEMPTINGLY

TEMPT'INGLY, adverb In a manner to entice to evil; so as to allure.

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TEMPTRESS

TEMPT'RESS, noun A female who entices.

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TEMSEBREAD

TEMSEBREADTEM'SED-BREAD, noun Bread made of flour better sifted than common flour. [I know not where this word is used.]

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TEMULENCE

TEM'ULENCETEM'ULENCY, noun [Latin temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [Not used.]

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TEMULENCY

TEM'ULENCY, n. [L. temulentia.] Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [Not used.]

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TEMULENT

TEM'ULENT, adjective [Latin temulentus.] Intoxicated. [Not in use.]

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TEMULENTIVE

TEM'ULENTIVE, adjective Drunken; in a state of inebriation. [Not in use.]

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TEN

TEN, adjective [Latin decem.]1. Twice five; nine and one.With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea.2. It is a kind of proverbial number.There's a proud modesty in merit,Ave...

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TENABLE

TEN'ABLE, adjective [Latin teneo, to hold. See Tenant.]That may be held, maintained or defended against an assailant, or against attempts to take it; as a tenable fortress. The ...

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TENACIOUS

TENA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin tenax, from teneo, to hold.]1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as men tenacious of their just righ...