Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VENEREAL

VENE'REAL, adjective [Latin venereus, from Venus. See Venus.]1. Pertaining to the pleasures of sexual commerce. A venereal person is one addicted to sexual pleasures or venery.2...

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VENEREAN

VENE'REAN, adjective Venereal. [Not used.]

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VENEREOUS

VENE'REOUS, adjective [Latin venereus.] Lustful; libidinous.

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VENEROUS

VEN'EROUS, for venereous. [Not used.]

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VENERY

VEN'ERY, noun [from Venus.] The pleasures of the bed.Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery is continence; of unlawful, chastity.VEN'ERY, noun [Latin venor, to hunt,...

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VENESECTION

VENESEC'TION, noun [Latin vena, vein, and sectio, a cutting.]The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; blood-letting; phlebotomy.

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VENEY

VEN'EY, noun A bout; a thrust; a hit; a turn at fencing.Three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes. obsolete

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VENGE

VENGE, verb transitive venj. To avenge; to punish. [Not in use.] [See Avenge and Revenge.]

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VENGEABLE

VENGEABLE, adjective venj'able. [from venge.] Revengeful; as vengeable despite. [Not in use.]

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VENGEANCE

VENGEANCE, noun venj'ance. [Latin vindico.]The infliction of pain on another, in return for an injury or offense. Such infliction, when it proceeds from malice or more resentmen...

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VENGEFUL

VENGEFUL, adjective venj'ful.1. Vindictive; retributive; as God's vengeful ire.2. Revengeful.

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VENGEMENT

VENGEMENT, noun venj'ment. Avengement; penal retribution. [Avengement is generally used.]

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VENGER

VENG'ER, noun An avenger. [Not in use.]

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VENIABLE

VE'NIABLE, adjective [See Venial.] Venial; pardonable. [Not in use.]

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VENIABLY

VE'NIABLY, adverb Pardonably; excusably. [Not in use.]

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VENIAL

VE'NIAL, adjective [Latin venia, pardon, leave to depart, from the root of venio, and signifying literally a going or passing.]1. That may be forgiven; pardonable; as a venial f...

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VENIALNESS

VE'NIALNESS, noun State of being excusable or pardonable.Venire facias, or venire, in law, a writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to summon twelve men, to try ...

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VENISON

VENISON, noun ven'izn, or ven'zn. [Latin venactio, a hunting, from venor, to hunt.]The flesh of beasts of game, or of such wild animals as are taken in the chase. It is however,...

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VENOM

VEN'OM, noun [Latin venenum, venor, to hunt, to drive or chase; venio, to come. See Venus, etc.]1. Poison; matter fatal or injurious to life. venom is generally used to express ...

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VENOMOUS

VEN'OMOUS, adjective1. Poisonous; noxious to animal life; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous The sack at the base of the rattlesnake's teeth, contains venomous matter.2. ...

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VENOMOUSLY

VEN'OMOUSLY, adverb Poisonously; malignantly; spitefully.

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VENOMOUSNESS

VEN'OMOUSNESS, noun1. Poisonousness; noxiousness to animal life.2. Malignity; spitefulness.

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VENOUS

VE'NOUS, adjective [Latin venosus, from vena, a vein.]1. Pertaining to a vein or to veins; contained in veins; as venous blood, which is distinguishable from arterial blood by i...

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VENT

VENT, noun [Latin venio, Eng. wind, etc.; properly a passage.]1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or other fluid to escape; as the vent of a cask.2. The opening in a ...

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VENTAGE

VENT'AGE, noun A small hole. [Not in use.]

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VENTAIL

VENT'AIL, noun That part of a helmet made to be lifted up; the part intended for the admission of air, or for breathing.

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VENTANA

VENTAN'A, noun A window. [Not English.]