Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ADULTERATE

ADUL'TERATE, verb transitive [Latin adultero, from adulter, mixed, or an adulterer; ad and alter, other.]To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of baser materials; a...

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ADULTERATED

ADUL'TERATED, participle passive Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value.

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ADULTERATENESS

ADUL'TERATENESS, noun The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit.

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ADULTERATING

ADUL'TERATING, participle present tense Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting.

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ADULTERATION

ADULTERA'TION, noun The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased by foreign mixture.The adulteration of liquors, of drugs, and even of bread ...

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ADULTERER

ADUL'TERER, noun [Latin adulter.]1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. [See Adultery.]2. In scripture, an idolator....

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ADULTERESS

ADUL'TERESS, noun A married woman guilty of incontinence.

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ADULTERINE

ADUL'TERINE, adjective Proceeding from adulterous commerce; spurious.ADUL'TERINE, noun In the civil law, a child issuing from an adulterous connection.

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ADULTEROUS

ADUL'TEROUS, adjective1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery.2. In scripture, idolatrous, very wicked. Matthew 12:39 and 16. Mark 8:38.

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ADULTERY

ADUL'TERY, noun [Latin adulterium. See Adulterate.]1. Violation of the marriage bed; a crime, or a civil injury, which introduces, or may introduce, into a family, a spurious of...

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ADULTNESS

ADULT'NESS, noun The state of being adult.

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ADUMBRANT

ADUM'BRANT, adjective [See Adumbrate.] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance.

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ADUMBRATE

ADUM'BRATE, verb transitive [Latin adumbro, to shade, from umbra, a shade.]To give a faint shadow, or slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like a shadow.

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ADUMBRATION

ADUMBRA'TION, noun1. The act of making a shadow or faint resemblance.2. A faint sketch; an imperfect representation of a thing.3. In heraldry, the shadow only of a figure, outli...

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ADUNATION

ADUNA'TION, noun [Latin ad and unus, unio,.]The state of being united; union. [Not used.]

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ADUNCITY

ADUN'CITY, noun [Latin aduncitas, hookedness, of ad and uncus, a hook.]Hookedness; a bending in form of a hook.

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ADUNCOUS

ADUN'COUS, adjective [Latin aduncus.]Hooked; bent or made in the form of a hook.

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ADUNQUE

ADUNQUE, adjective Adunk'. Hooked. [Not used.]

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ADURE

ADU'RE, verb transitive [Latin aduro, ad and uro, to burn.]To burn up. [Not used.]

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ADUST

ADUST', adjective [Latin adustus, burnt, the participle of aduro, to burn.]Burnt; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery.

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ADUSTED

ADUST'ED, adjective Become hot and dry; burnt; scorched.

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ADUSTION

ADUS'TION, noun The act of burning, scorching, or heating to dryness; a state of being thus heated or dried.

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ADVANCE

ADV'ANCE, verb transitive adv'ans. [Heb. surface, face; whence.]1. To bring forward; to move further in front. Hence,2. To promote; to raise to a higher rank; as, to advance one...

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ADVANCED

ADV'ANCED, participle passive Moved forward; promoted; improved; furnished beforehand; situated in front, or before the rest; also old, having reached the decline of life; as, a...

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ADVANCEMENT

ADV'ANCEMENT, noun1. The act of moving forward or proceeding.2. The state of being advanced; preferment; promotion, in rank or excellence; the act of promoting.3. Settlement on ...

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ADVANCER

ADV'ANCER, noun One who advances; a promoter.Among sportsmen, a start or branch of a buck's attire, between the back antler and the palm.

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ADVANCING

ADV'ANCING, participle present tense Moving forward; proceeding; promoting; raising to higher rank or excellence; improving; supplying beforehand, as on loan, or as stock in trade.