Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SIMULTY

SIMULTY, noun [Latin simultas.] Private grudge or quarrel. [Not in use.]

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SIN

SIN, noun1. The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a ...

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SIN-OFFERING

SIN'-OFFERING, noun [sin and offering.] A sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Exodus 29:1.

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SINAPISM

SIN'APISM, noun [Latin sinapis, sinape, mustard.] In Pharmacy, a cataplasm composed of mustard seed pulverized, with some other ingredients, and used as an external application....

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SINCE

SINCE, prep or adverb1. After; from the time that. The proper signification of since is after, and its appropriate sense includes the whole period between an event and the prese...

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SINCERE

SINCE'RE, adjective [Latin sincerus, which is said to be composed of sine, without, and cera, wax; as if applied originally to pure honey.]1. Pure; unmixed. As new-born babes, d...

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SINCERELY

SINCE'RELY, adverb Honestly; with real purity of heart; without simulation or disguise; to love virtue sincerely

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SINCERENESS

SINCE'RENESS, noun Sincerity.

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SINCERITY

SINCER'ITY, noun [Latin sinceritas.]1. Honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation or hypocrisy. We may question a man's prudence, when we cannot question his sincerit...

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SINCIPUT

SIN'CIPUT, noun [Latin] The fore part of the head from the forehead to the coronal suture.

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SINDON

SIN'DON, noun [Latin fine linen.] A wrapper. [Not in use.]

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SINE

SINE, noun [Latin sinus.] In geometry, the right sine of an arch or arc, is a line drawn from one end of that arch perpendicular to the radius drawn through the other end, and i...

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SINECURE

SI'NECURE, noun [Latin sine, without, and cura, cure, care.] An office which has revenue without employment; in church affairs, a benefice without cure of souls. [This is the or...

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SINEPITE

SIN'EPITE, noun [Latin sinage, mustard.] Something resembling mustard seed.

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SINEW

SIN'EW, noun1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.2. In the plural, strength; or rather that which supplies strength. Money is the sinews of war.3. Muscl...

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SINEW-SHRUNK

SIN'EW-SHRUNK, adjective Gaunt-bellied; having the sinews under belly shrunk by excess of fatigue, as a horse.

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SINEWED

SIN'EWED, adjective1. Furnished with sinews; as a strong-sinewed youth.2. Strong; firm; vigorous. When he sees ourselves well sinewed to our defense.

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SINEWLESS

SIN'EWLESS, adjective Having no strength or vigor.

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SINEWY

SIN'EWY, adjective1. Consisting of a sinew or nerve. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall.2. Nervous; strong well braced with sinews; vigorous; firm; as the sinewy Ajax. The nor...

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SINFUL

SIN'FUL, adjective [from sin.]1. Tainted with sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as sinful men. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity! Isaiah 1:4.2. Containing...

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SINFULLY

SIN'FULLY, adverb In a manner which the laws of God do not permit; wickedly; iniquitously; criminally.

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SINFULNESS

SIN'FULNESS, noun1. The quality of being sinful or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; iniquity; criminality; as the sinfulness of an action; the sinfulness of thoughts or ...

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SING

SING, verb intransitivepreterit tense sung, sang; participle passive sung.1. To utter sounds with various inflections of melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or...

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SINGE

SINGE, verb transitive sinj. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of a thing as the nap of cloth, or the hair of the skin; as, to singe off the beard. Thus rid...

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SINGED

SING'ED, participle passive Burnt superficially.

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SINGEING

SING'EING, participle present tense Burning the surface.

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SINGER

SING'ER, noun [from sing.]1. One that sings.2. One versed in music, or one whose occupation is to sing; as a chorus of singers.3. A bird that sings.