Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Baccalaureate

Bac″ca‐lau″re‐ate (�), n. [NL. baccalaureatus, fr. LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor...

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Baccalaureate (2)

Bac′ca‐lau″re‐ate, a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts.Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.

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Baccara

{ ‖Bac′ca‐ra″, Bac′ca‐rat″ } (�), n. A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

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Baccare

{ Bac‐ca″re, Bac‐ka″re } (�), interj. Stand back! give place! — a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin...

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Baccate

Bac″cate (�), a. [L. baccatus, fr. L. bacca berry.] (Bot.) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; — said of fruits. Gray.

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Baccated

Bac″ca‐ted (�), a. 1. Having many berries.2. Set or adorned with pearls.

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Bacchanal

Bac″cha‐nal (băk″kȧ‐nal), a. [L. Bacchanalis. See Bacchanalia.] 1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

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Bacchanal (2)

Bac″cha‐nal (�), n. 1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser. “Tipsy bacchanals.” Shak.2. pl. The f...

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Bacchanalia

‖Bac′cha‐na″li‐a (–nā″lĭ‐ȧ), n. pl. [L. Bacchanal a place devoted to Bacchus; in the pl. Bacchanalia a feast of Bacchus, fr. Bacchus the god of wine, Gr. Βάκχοσ.]1. (Myth.) A fe...

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Bacchanalian

Bac′cha‐na″li‐an (–nā″lĭ‐an; 106), a. Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.Even bacchanalian madness has its charms.Cowper.

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Bacchanalian (2)

Bac′cha‐na″li‐an, n. A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

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Bacchanalianism

Bac′cha‐na″li‐an‐ism (�), n. The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

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Bacchant

Bac″chant (�), n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes. [L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus.] 1. A priest of Bacchus.2. A bacchanal; a reve...

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Bacchant (2)

Bac″chant, a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron.

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Bacchante

Bac″chante (�), n.; L. pl. Bacchantes. 1. A priestess of Bacchus.2. A female bacchanal.

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Bacchantic

Bac‐chan″tic (�), a. Bacchanalian.

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Bacchic

{ Bac″chic (�), Bac″chic‐al (�) }, a. [L. Bacchicus, Gr. Βακχικόσ.] Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication.

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Bacchius

‖Bac‐chi″us (�), n.; pl.Bacchii (�). [L. Bacchius pes, Gr. ὁ Βακχει̑οσ (sc. πούσ foot).] (Pros.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to som...

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Bacchus

Bac″chus (�), n. [L., fr. Gr. Βάκχοσ.] (Myth.) The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

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Bacciferous

Bac‐cif″er‐ous (�), a. [L. baccifer; bacca berry + ferre to bear.] Producing berries. “ Bacciferous trees.” Ray.

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Bacciform

Bac″ci‐form (�), a. [L. bacca berry + -form.] Having the form of a berry.

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Baccivorous

Bac‐civ″o‐rous (�), a. [L. bacca berry + vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

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Bace

Bace (�), n., a., & v. See Base. Spenser.

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Bacharach

{Bach″a‐rach, Back″a‐rack } (�), n. A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.

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Bachelor

Bach″e‐lor (băch″ē̍‐lẽr), n. [OF. bacheler young man, F. bachelier (cf. Pr. bacalar, Sp. bachiller, Pg. bacharel, It. baccalare), LL. baccalarius the tenant of a kind of farm ca...

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Bachelor's button

Bach″e‐lor's but″ton (�), (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and globe amaranth (G...

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Bachelordom

Bach″e‐lor‐dom (băch″ē̍‐lẽr‐dŭm), n. The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.