Webster's Dictionary 1828

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AVOWEDLY

AVOW'EDLY, adverb In an open manner; with frank acknowledgment.

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AVOWEE

AVOW'EE, noun Sometimes used for advowee, the person who has a right to present to a benefice, the patron. [See Advowson.]

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AVOWER

AVOW'ER, noun One who avows, owns, or asserts.

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AVOWING

AVOW'ING, participle present tense Openly declaring; frankly acknowledging; justifying.

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AVOWRY

AVOW'RY, noun In law, the act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking; the act of maintaining the right to distrain, by the dis...

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AVOWTRY

AVOW'TRY, [See Advoutry.]

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AVULSED

AVULS'ED, adjective [See Avulsion.] Plucked or pulled off.

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AVULSION

AVUL'SION, noun [Latin avulsio, from avello, a and vello, to pull coinciding with Heb. to separate; Eng. pull.]A pulling or tearing asunder; a rending or violent separation.

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AWAIT

AWA'IT, verb transitive [a and wait. See Wait.]Literally, to remain, hold or stay.1. To wait for; to look for, or expect.Betwixt the rocky pillars, Gabriel sat,Chief of the Ange...

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AWAITING

AWA'ITING, participle present tense Waiting for; looking for; expecting; being ready or in store for.

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AWAKE

AWA'KE, verb transitivepreterit tense awoke, awaked; participle passive awaked. [The Latin vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]1. To rouse from asleep.I go that I ...

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AWAKEN

AWA'KEN, verb transitive awa'kn. This is the word awake, with its Saxon infinitive. It is transitive or intransitive; but more frequently transitive, as awake is more frequently...

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AWAKENED

AWA'KENED, participle passive Roused from sleep, in a natural or moral sense.

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AWAKENER

AWA'KENER, noun He or that which awakens.

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AWAKENING

AWA'KENING, noun A revival of religion, or more general attention to religion, than usual.

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AWARD

AWARD', verb transitive [See Guard and Regard.]To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign by sentence. This word is appropriately used to express the a...

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AWARDED

AWARD'ED, participle passive Adjudged, or given by judicial sentence, or by the decision of arbitrators.

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AWARDER

AWARD'ER, noun One that awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge.

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AWARDING

AWARD'ING, participle present tense Adjudging; assigning by judicial sentence; determining.

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AWARE

AWA'RE, adjective [See Ware and Wary.]Watchful; vigilant; guarded; but more strictly in modern usage, apprised; expecting an event from information, or probability; as, the gene...

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AWARN

AWARN', verb transitive To warn, which see.

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AWATCHA

AWAT'CHA, noun A bird of Kamtchatka, enumerated by Pennant, among the warblers. The upper parts of the body are of a deep brown color; the throat and breast white, with black sp...

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AWAY

AWA'Y, adverb [See Way.]1. Absent; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.Have me away for I am wounded. 2 Chronicles 35:23.2. It is much used with words signifying mov...

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AWE

AWE, noun aw. [Gr. to be astonished.]1. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear.Stand in awe and sin not. Psalms 4:4.2. Fear; dread inspired by something gre...

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AWE-COMMANDING

AWE-COMMAND'ING, adjective Striking or influencing by awe.

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AWE-INSPIRING

AWE-INSPI'RING, adjective Impressing with awe.

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AWEARY

AWE'ARY, adjective Weary, which see.