FACET
FAC'ET, nounA little face; a small surface; as the facets of a diamond.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FAC'ET, nounA little face; a small surface; as the facets of a diamond.
FACE'TE, adjective [Latin facetus.] Gay; cheerful. [Not in use.]
FACE'TENESS, noun Wit; pleasant representation. [Not used.]
FACE'TIOUS, adjective [Latin facetus; facetia, or plural]1. Merry; sportive; jocular; sprightly with wit and good humor; as a facetious companion.2. Witty; full of pleasantry pl...
FACE'TIOUSLY, adverb Merrily; gaily; wittily; with pleasantry.
FACE'TIOUSNESS, noun Sportive humor; pleasantry; the quality of exciting laughter or good humor.
FA'CIAL, adjective [Latin facies, face.] Pertaining to the face; as the facial artery, vein or nerve.Facial angle, in anatomy, is the angle contained by a line drawn horizontall...
FAC'ILE, adjective [Latin facilis, from facio, to make.]1. Properly, easy to be done or performed; easy; not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.Order - will ...
FAC'ILELY, adverb Easily. [Little used.]
FAC'ILENESS, noun Easiness to be persuaded.
FACIL'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin facilitas, from facilis, easy.]To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment, or to diminish it; to lessen the labor ...
FACIL'ITATED, participle passive Made easy or easier.
FACIL'ITATING, participle present tense Rendering easy or easier.
FACILITA'TION, noun The act of making easy.
FACIL'ITIES, nounplural The means by which the performance of anything is rendered easy; convenient opportunities or advantages.
FACIL'ITY, noun [Latin facilitas, from facilis, easy.]1. Easiness to be performed; freedom from difficulty; ease. He performed the work or operation with great facilityThough fa...
FA'CING, participle present tense [from face.]1. Fronting; having the face towards; opposite.2. Covering the fore part.3. Turning the face.FA'CING, noun A covering in front for ...
FACIN'OROUS, adjective [Latin facinus.] Atrociously wicked. [Little used.]
FACIN'OROUSNESS, noun Extreme or astrocious wickedness.
FACSIM'ILE, noun [Latin facio, to make, and similis, like. See Simile.]An exact copy or likeness, as of handwriting.
FACT, noun [Latin factum, from facio, to make or do.]1. Any thing done, or that comes to pass; an act; a deed; an effect produced or achieved; an event. Witnesses are introduced...
FAC'TION, noun [Latin factio, from facio, to make or do.]1. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the prince, government or state; usually...
FAC'TIONARY, noun A party man; one of a faction. [Little used.]
FAC'TIONER, noun One of a faction. [Not in use.]
FAC'TIONIST, noun One who promotes faction.
FAC'TIOUS, adjective [Latin factiosus.]1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government; turbulent; prone to clamor against publi...
FAC'TIOUSLY, adverb In a factious manner; by means of faction; in a turbulent or disorderly manner.