Webster's Dictionary 1828

1864

ALLOWED

ALLOW'ED, participle passive Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.

1865

ALLOWING

ALLOW'ING, participle present tense Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.

1866

ALLOY

ALLOY', verb transitive [Latin alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr.]1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable; as, to alloy gold with sil...

1867

ALLOYAGE

ALLOY'AGE, noun1. The act of alloying metals or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; the act of mixing metals.2. The mixture of different metals.

1868

ALLOYED

ALLOY'ED, participle passive Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture.

1869

ALLOYING

ALLOY'ING, participle present tense Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign mixture.

1870

ALLSPICE

ALL'SPICE, [See under the compounds of all.]

1871

ALLUDE

ALLU'DE, verb intransitive [Latin alludo, to smile upon or make sport with of ad and ludo, to play.]To refer to something not directly mentioned; to have reference; to hint at b...

1872

ALLUDING

ALLU'DING, participle present tense Having reference; hinting at.

1873

ALLUMINOR

ALLU'MINOR, nounOne who colors or paints upon paper or parchment, giving light and ornament to letters and figures.This is now written limner.

1874

ALLURE

ALLU'RE, verb transitiveTo attempt to draw to; to tempt by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; as, rewards allure men to b...

1875

ALLURED

ALLU'RED, participle passive Tempted; drawn, or invited, by something that appears desirable.

1876

ALLUREMENT

ALLU'REMENT, noun That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating; as a motive to action; temptation; enticement; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of h...

1877

ALLURER

ALLU'RER, noun He, or that, which allures.

1878

ALLURING

ALLU'RING, participle present tense1. Drawing; tempting; inviting by some real or apparent good.2.adjective Inviting; having the quality of attracting or tempting.

1879

ALLURINGLY

ALLU'RINGLY, adverb In an alluring manner; enticingly.

1880

ALLURINGNESS

ALLU'RINGNESS, noun The quality of alluring or tempting by the prospect of some good. [Rarely used.]

1881

ALLUSION

ALLU'SION, noun alluzhun. [Latin See Allude.]A reference to something not explicitly mentioned; a hint; a suggestion, by which something is applied or understood to belong to th...

1882

ALLUSIVE

ALLU'SIVE, adjective Having reference to something not fully expressed.

1883

ALLUSIVELY

ALLU'SIVELY, adverb By way of allusion; by implication, remote suggestion or insinuation.

1884

ALLUSIVENESS

ALLU'SIVENESS, noun The quality of being allusive. [Rarely used.]

1885

ALLUVIAL

ALLU'VIAL, adjective [See alluvion.]1. Pertaining to alluvion; added to land by the wash of water.2. Washed ashore or down a stream; formed by a current of water; as, alluval or...

1886

ALLUVION

ALLU'VION,ALLU'VIOUS, adjective The same as alluvial, and less frequently used.

1887

ALLUVIOUS

ALLU'VIOUS, a. The same as alluvial, and less frequently used.

1888

ALLUVIUM

ALLU'VIUM, noun [Latin alluvio, of ad and lavo or luo, alluo, to wash. See Lave.]1. The insensible increase of earth on a shore, or bank of a river, by the force of water, as by...

1889

ALLY

ALLY', verb transitive [Latin ligo.]1. To unite, or form a relation, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league or confederacy.2. To form a...

1890

ALLYING

ALLY'ING, participle present tense Uniting by marriage or treaty.