Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AUDITRESS

AUD'ITRESS, noun A female hearer.

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AUF

AUF, noun A fool; a simpleton. [See Oaf.]

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AUGEAN

AUGE'AN, adjective The augean stable, in Grecian mythology, is represented as belonging to Augeas or Augias, one of the Argonauts, and afterwards king of Elis. This prince kept ...

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AUGER

AUG'ER, nounAn instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights and shipwrights. It consists of an iron blade, ending in a st...

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AUGER-HOLE

AUG'ER-HOLE, noun A hole made by an auger.

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AUGHT

AUGHT, noun aut.[Latin qui, quae, quod, quid, what, to be the same word varied in orthography. This word should not be written ought.]1. Any thing, indefinitely.But go, my son, ...

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AUGITE

AU'GITE, noun [Gr. brightness.]A mineral called by Hauy, pyroxene; often found in distinct crystals. Its secondary forms are all six or eight-sided prisms. Sometimes it appears ...

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AUGITIC

AUGIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to augite; resembling augite, or partaking of its nature and characters.

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AUGMENT

AUGMENT', verb transitive [Latin augmento, augmentum, from augeo, auxi, to increase; Gr. It seems to be the Eng. to wax, or to eke.]1. To increase; to enlarge in size or extent;...

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AUGMENTABLE

AUGMENT'ABLE, adjective That may be increased; capable of augmentation.

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AUGMENTATION

AUGMENTA'TION, noun1. The act of increasing, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilatation.2. The state of being increased or enlarged.3. The thing added by which a th...

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AUGMENTATIVE

AUGMENT'ATIVE, adjective Having the quality or power of augmenting.

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AUGMENTER

AUGMENT'ER, noun He that augments.

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AUGMENTING

AUGMENT'ING, participle present tense Increasing; enlarging.

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AUGUR

AU'GUR, noun [Latin augur The first syllable is from avis, a fowl; but the meaning and origin of the last syllable are not obvious.]1. Among the Romans, an officer whose duty wa...

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AUGURAL

AU'GURAL, adjective [Latin auguralis.] Pertaining to an augur, or to prediction by the appearance of birds. The Romans had their augural staff and augural books.

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AUGURATE

AU'GURATE, verb intransitive To judge by augury; to predict. [Little used.]

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AUGURATION

AUGURA'TION, noun The practice of augury, or the foretelling of events by the chattering and flight of birds. It may be used for prediction by other signs and omens.

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AUGURED

AU'GURED, participle passive Conjectured by omens; prognosticated.

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AUGURER

AU'GURER, noun An augur. [Not legitimate.]

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AUGURIAL

AUGU'RIAL, adjective Relating to augurs.

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AUGURIZE

AU'GURIZE, verb transitive To augur. [Not in use.]

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AUGUROUS

AU'GUROUS, adjective Predicting; foretelling; foreboding.

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AUGURY

AU'GURY, noun [Latin augurium.]1. The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or chattering of birds.2. An omen; prediction; prognostication.

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AUGUST

AUGUST', adjective [Latin augustus. The first syllable of this word is probably from the root of augeo, or of awe.]Grand; magnificent; majestic; impressing awe; inspiring revere...

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AUGUSTAN

AUGUST'AN, adjective1. Pertaining to Augustus; as the augustan age.2. The augustan confession, drawn up at Augusta or Augsburg, by Luther and Melancthon, in 1530, contains the p...

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AUGUSTINIANS

AUGUSTIN'IANS, noun Those divines, who from St. Augustin, maintain that grace is effectual from its nature, absolutely and morally, not relatively and gradually.