SPECIFY
SPEC'IFY, verb transitive To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish a thing from every other; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SPECIFYING
SPEC'IFYING, participle present tense Naming of designating particularly.
SPECIMEN
SPEC'IMEN, noun [Latin from species, with the termination men, which corresponds in sense to the English hood or ness.] A sample; a part or small portion of any thing, intended ...
SPECIOUS
SPE'CIOUS, adjective [Latin speciosus.]1. Showy; pleasing to the view. The rest, far greater part will deem in outward rites and specious form religion satisfied.2. Apparently r...
SPECIOUSLY
SPE'CIOUSLY, adverb With a fair appearance; with show of right; as, to reason speciously
SPECK
SPECK, noun [This word may be formed from peck, for peckled has been used for speckled, spotted as though pecked.]1. A spot; a stain; a small place in any thing that is discolor...
SPECKLE
SPECK'LE, noun A little spot in any thing, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.SPECK'LE, verb transitive To mark with small spots of a different colo...
SPECKLED
SPECK'LED, participle passive or adjective Marked with specks; variegated with spots of a different color from the ground or surface of the object; as the speckled breast of a b...
SPECKLEDNESS
SPECK'LEDNESS, noun The state of being speckled.
SPECKLING
SPECK'LING, participle present tense Marking with small spots.
SPECKTACLE
SPECK'TACLE, noun [Latin spectaculum, from specto, to behold; specio, to see.]1. A show; something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or s...
SPECTACLED
SPEC'TACLED, adjective Furnished with spectacles.
SPECTACULAR
SPECTAC'ULAR, adjective Pertaining to shows.
SPECTATION
SPECTA'TION, noun [Latin spectatio.] Regard; respect. [Little used.]
SPECTATOR
SPECTA'TOR, noun [Latin whence]1. One that looks on; one that sees or beholds; a beholder; as the spectators of the show.2. One personally present. The spectators were numerous.
SPECTATORIAL
SPECTATO'RIAL, adjective Pertaining to the Spectator.
SPECTATORSHIP
SPECTA'TORSHIP, noun1. The act of beholding.2. The office or quality of a spectator.
SPECTATRESS
SPECTA'TRESS, SPECTA'TRIX, noun [Latin spectatrix.] A female beholder or looker on.
SPECTATRIX
SPECTA'TRESS, SPECTA'TRIX, noun [Latin SPECTATRIX] A female beholder or looker on.
SPECTER
SPEC'TER, noun [Latin spectrum, from specto, to behold.]1. An apparition; the appearance of a person who is dead; a ghost. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With b...
SPECTRUM
SPEC'TRUM, noun [Latin] A visible form; an image of something seen, continuing after image of something seen, continuing after the eyes are closed, covered or turned away. This ...
SPECUATION
SPECUA'TION, noun1. Examination by the eye; view [Little used.]2. Mental view of any thing in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination. The eve...
SPECULAR
SPEC'ULAR, adjective [Latin specularis, from speculum, a mirror, from specio, to see.]1. Having the qualities of a mirror or looking glass; having a smooth reflecting surface; a...
SPECULATE
SPEC'ULATE, verb intransitive [Latin speculor, to view, to contemplate, from specio, to see.]1. To meditate; to contemplate; to consider a subject by turning it in the mind and ...
SPECULATIST
SPEC'ULATIST, noun One who speculates or forms theories; a speculator.
SPECULATIVE
SPEC'ULATIVE, adjective1. Given to speculation; contemplative; applied to persons. The min of man being by nature speculative-2. Formed by speculation; theoretical; ideal; not v...
SPECULATIVELY
SPEC'ULATIVELY, adverb1. In contemplation; with meditation.2. Ideally; theoretically; in theory only, not in practice. Propositions seem often to be speculatively true, which ex...