V
V is the twenty second letter of the English Alphabet, and a labial articulation, formed by the junction of the upper teeth with the lower lip, as in pronouncing av, ev, ov, vai...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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VACANCY
VA'CANCY, noun [Latin vacans, from vaco, to be empty; Heb. to empty.]1. Empty space; vacuity. [In this sense, vacuity is now generally used.]2. Chasm; void space between bodies ...
VACANT
VA'CANT, adjective [Latin vacans.]1. Empty; not filled; void of every substance except air; as a vacant space between houses; vacant room.2. Empty; exhausted of air; as a vacant...
VACATE
VA'CATE, verb transitive1. To annul; to made void; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a charter.The necessity of observing the Jewish sabbath was vacated by the ...
VACATED
VA'CATED, participle passive Annulled; made void; made vacant.
VACATING
VA'CATING, participle present tense Making void; making vacant.
VACATION
VACA'TION, noun [Latin vacatio.]1. The act of making void, vacant, or of no validity; as the vacation of a charter.2. Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time bet...
VACCARY
VAC'CARY, noun [Latin vacca, a cow.] An old word signifying a cow house, dairy house, or a cow pasture.
VACCINATE
VAC'CINATE, verb transitive [Latin vacca, a cow.] To inoculate with the cow-pox, or a virus originally taken from cows, called vaccine matter.
VACCINATED
VAC'CINATED, participle passive Inoculated with the cow-pox.
VACCINATING
VAC'CINATING, participle present tense Inoculating with the cow-pox.
VACCINATION
VACCINA'TION, noun The act, art or practice of inoculating persons with the cow-pox.
VACCINE
VAC'CINE, adjective [Latin vaccinus, from vacca, a cow.]Pertaining to cows; originating with or derived from cows; as the vaccine disease or cow-pox.
VACILLANCY
VAC'ILLANCY, noun [Latin vacillans, from vacillo, to waver, Eng. to waggle, from the root of wag, which see.]A state of wavering; fluctuation; inconstancy.
VACILLANT
VAC'ILLANT, adjective [supra.] Wavering; fluctuating; unsteady.
VACILLATE
VAC'ILLATE, verb intransitive [Latin vacillo; Eng. to waggle, a diminutive of wag. See Wag.]1. To waver; to move one way and the other; to reel or stagger.2. To fluctuate in min...
VACILLATING
VAC'ILLATING, participle present tense1. Wavering; reeling; fluctuating.2.adjective Unsteady; inclined to fluctuate.
VACILLATION
VACILLA'TION, noun [Latin vacillatio.]1. A wavering; a moving one way and the other; a reeling or staggering.2. Fluctuation of mind; unsteadiness; change from one object to anot...
VACUATION
VACUA'TION, noun [Latin vacuo.] The act of emptying. [Little used.] [See Evacuation.]
VACUIST
VAC'UIST, noun [from vacuum.] One who holds to the doctrine of a vacuum in nature; opposed to a plenist.
VACUITY
VACU'ITY, noun [Latin vacuitas, from vacuus.]1. Emptiness; a state of being unfilled.Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply.2. Space unfilled or unoccupi...
VACUOUS
VAC'UOUS, adjective Empty; unfilled; void.
VACUOUSNESS
VAC'UOUSNESS, noun The state of being empty.
VACUUM
VAC'UUM, noun [Latin] Space empty or devoid of all matter or body. Whether there is such a thing as an absolute vacuum in nature, is a question which has been much controverted....
VADE
VADE, verb intransitive [Latin vado.] To vanish; to pass away. [Not in use.]
VADE-MECUM
VADE-ME'CUM, noun [Latin go with me.] A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual.
VAGABOND
VAG'ABOND, adjective [Latin vagabundus, from vagor, to wander; from the root of wag.]1. Wandering; moving from place to place without any settled habitation; as a vagabond exile...