Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FAMINE

FAM'INE, noun [Latin fames.]1. Scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions sufficient for the inhabitants of a country or besieged place.There was a famine in the lan...

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FAMISH

FAM'ISH, verb transitive [Latin fames.]1. To starve; to kill or destroy with hunger.2. To exhaust the strength of, by hunger or thirst; to distress with hunger.The pains of fami...

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FAMISHED

FAM'ISHED, participle passive Starved; exhausted by want of sustenance.

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FAMISHING

FAM'ISHING, participle present tense Starving; killing; perishing by want of food.

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FAMISHMENT

FAM'ISHMENT, noun The pain of extreme hunger or thirst; extreme want of sustenance.

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FAMOUS

FA'MOUS, adjective [Latin famosus. See Fame.]1. Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; much talked of and praised; distinguished in story.Two hundred and fifty princes o...

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FAMOUSED

FA'MOUSED, adjective Renowned. [An ill formed word.]

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FAMOUSLY

FA'MOUSLY, adverb With great renown or celebration.Then this land was famously enriched with politic grave counsel.

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FAMOUSNESS

FA'MOUSNESS, noun Renown; great fame; celebrity.

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FAN

FAN, noun [Latin vannus.]1. An instrument used by ladies to agitate the air and cool the face in warm weather. It is made of feathers, or of thin skin, paper or taffety mounted ...

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FAN-LIGHT

FAN-LIGHT, noun A window in form of an open fan.FAN, verb transitive1. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face with a fan.2. To ventilate;...

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FANATIC

FANAT'IC,FANAT'ICAL, adjective [Latin fanaticus, phanaticus.]Wild and extravagant in opinions, particularly in religious opinions; excessively enthusiastic; possessed by a kind ...

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FANATICAL

FANAT'ICAL, a. [L. fanaticus, phanaticus.]Wild and extravagant in opinions, particularly in religious opinions; excessively enthusiastic; possessed by a kind of frenzy. Hence we...

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FANATICALLY

FANAT'ICALLY, adverb With wild enthusiasm.

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FANATICALNESS

FANAT'ICALNESS, noun Fanaticism.

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FANATICISM

FANAT'ICISM, noun Excessive enthusiasm; wild and extravagant notions of religion; religious frenzy.

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FANATICIZE

FANAT'ICIZE, verb transitive To make fanatic.

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FANCIED

FAN'CIED, participle passive [See Fancy.] Imagined; conceived; liked.

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FANCIFUL

FAN'CIFUL, adjective [See Fancy.]1. Guided by the imagination, rather than by reason and experience; subject to the influence of fancy; whimsical; applied to persons. A fanciful...

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FANCIFULLY

FAN'CIFULLY, adverb1. In a fanciful manner; wildly; whimsically.2. According to fancy.

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FANCIFULNESS

FAN'CIFULNESS, noun1. The quality of being fanciful, or influenced by the imagination, rather than by reason and experience; the habit of following fancy; applied to persons.2. ...

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FANCY

FAN'CY, noun [contracted from fantasy, Latin phantasia. Gr. from to cause to appear, to seem, to imagine, from to show, to appear, to shine. The primary sense seems to be to ope...

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FANCYFRAMED

FAN'CYFRAMED, adjective Created by the fancy.

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FANCYFREE

FAN'CYFREE, adjective Free from the power of love.

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FANCYING

FAN'CYING, participle present tense Imagining; conceiving; liking.

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FANCYMONGER

FAN'CYMONGER, noun One who deals in tricks of imagination.

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FANCYSICK

FAN'CYSICK, adjective One whose imagination is unsound, or whose distemper is in his own mind.