Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Avulse

A‐vulse″ (�), v. t. [L. avulsus, p. p. of avellere to tear off; a (ab) + vellere to pluck.] To pluck or pull off. Shenstone.

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Avulsion

A‐vul″sion (�), n. [L. avulsio.] 1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.The avulsion of two polished superficies.Locke.2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.3. (Law) The sudden...

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Avuncular

A‐vun″cu‐lar (�), a. [L. avunculus uncle.] Of or pertaining to an uncle.In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way.I. Taylor.

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Await

A‐wait″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n.Awaiting.] [OF. awaitier, agaitier; � (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait.] 1. To watch for; to loo...

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Await (2)

A‐wait″, v. i. 1. To watch. Chaucer.2. To wait (on or upon).3. To wait; to stay in waiting. Darwin.

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Await (3)

A‐wait″, n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. Chaucer.

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Awake

A‐wake″ (�), v. t. [imp.Awoke (�), Awaked (�); p. p.Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n.Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p.] [AS. āwæcnan, v. i. (imp....

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Awake (2)

A‐wake″ (�), v. i. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.The national spirit again...

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Awake (3)

A‐wake″, a. [From awaken, old p. p. of awake.] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.Before whom awake I stood.Milton.She still beheld,...

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Awaken

A‐wak″en (�), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Awakened (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Awakening.] [OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. āwæcnan, āwæcnian, v. i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t....

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Awakener

A‐wak″en‐er (�), n. One who, or that which, awakens.

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Awakening

A‐wak″en‐ing, a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. — A...

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Awakening (2)

A‐wak″en‐ing, n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.

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Awakenment

A‐wak″en‐ment (�), n. An awakening.

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Awanting

A‐want″ing (�), a. [Pref. a- + wanting.] Missing; wanting. Sir W. Hamilton.

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Award

A‐ward″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n.Awarding.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, f...

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Award (2)

A‐ward″, v. i. To determine; to make an award.

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Award (3)

A‐ward″, n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t.] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.“Impatient...

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Awarder

A‐ward″er (�), n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

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Aware

A‐ware″ (�), a. [OE. iwar, AS. gewær, fr. wær wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. �. See Wary.] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or diffi...

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Awarn

A‐warn″ (�), v. t. [Pref. a- + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t.] To warn. Spenser.

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Awash

A‐wash″ (�), a. [Pref. a- + wash.] Washed by the waves or tide; — said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so t...

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Away

A‐way″ (�), adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence.The sound is going away.Shak.Have me away, for I am sore wounded.2 Chron. xxxv. 23.2. Absent; ...

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Away-going

A‐way″–go″ing (ȧ‐wā″go″ĭng), a.(Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of crops. Wharton.

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Awayward

A‐way″ward (ȧ‐wā″wẽrd), adv. Turned away; away. Chaucer.

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Awe

Awe (a̤), n. [OE. a”e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ōga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. ἄχοσ pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. √3. Cf. Ugly.] ...

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Awe (2)

Awe (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Awed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Awing.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.That same eye whose bend doth ...