Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VOIDING

VOID'ING, participle present tense1. Ejecting; evacuating.2. Making or declaring void, or of no force.3. Quitting; leaving.4.adjective Receiving what is ejected; as a voiding lo...

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VOIDNESS

VOID'NESS, noun1. Emptiness; vacuity; destitution.2. Nullify; inefficacy; want of binding force.3. Want of substantiality.

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VOITURE

VOI'TURE, noun [Latin vectus, veho.] Carriage. [Not English.]

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VOLALKALI

VOLAL'KALI, noun Volatile alkali; by contraction.

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VOLANT

VO'LANT, adjective [Latin volo, to fly.]1. Flying; passing through the air; as volant automata.2. Nimble; active; as volant touch.3. In heraldry, represented as flying or having...

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VOLATILE

VOL'ATILE, adjective [Latin volatilis, from volo, to fly.]1. Flying; passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere.2. Having the power to fly; as b...

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VOLATILENESS

VOL'ATILENESS,VOLATIL'ITY, noun1. Disposition to exhale or evaporate; the quality of being capable of evaporation; that property of a substance which disposes it to rise and flo...

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VOLATILIZATION

VOLATILIZA'TION, noun [from volatilize.] The act or process of rendering volatile, or rather of causing to rise and float in the air.

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VOLATILIZE

VOL'ATILIZE, verb transitive To render volatile; to cause to exhale or evaporate; to cause to pass off in vapor or invisible effluvia, and to rise and float in the air.The water...

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VOLATILIZED

VOL'ATILIZED, participle passive Rendered volatile; caused to rise and float in air.

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VOLATILIZING

VOL'ATILIZING, participle present tense Rendering volatile; causing to rise and float in air.

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VOLCANIC

VOLCAN'IC, adjective [from volcano.]1. Pertaining to volcanoes; as volcanic heat.2. Produced by a volcano; as volcanic tufa.3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.

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VOLCANIST

VOL'CANIST, noun [from volcano.]1. One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes.2. One who believes in the effects of eruptions of fire in the formation of mountains.

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VOLCANITE

VOL'CANITE, noun A mineral, otherwise called augite.

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VOLCANITY

VOLCAN'ITY, noun The state of being volcanic or of volcanic origin.

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VOLCANIZATION

VOLCANIZA'TION, noun [from volcanize.] The process of undergoing volcanic heat and being affected by it.

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VOLCANIZE

VOL'CANIZE, verb transitive To subject to or cause to undergo volcanic heat and to be affected by its action.

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VOLCANIZED

VOL'CANIZED, participle passive Affected by volcanic heat.

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VOLCANO

VOLCA'NO, noun1. In geology, an opening in the surface of the earth or in a mountain, from which smoke, flames, stones, lava or other substances are ejected. Such are seen in Et...

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VOLE

VOLE, noun A deal at cards that draws all the tricks.

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VOLERY

VO'LERY, noun1. A flight of birds.2. A large bird-cage, in which the birds have room to fly.

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VOLITATION

VOLITA'TION, noun [Latin volito, dim. of volo, to fly.] The act of flying; flight.

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VOLITION

VOLI'TION, noun [Latin volitio, from volo, to will. See Will.]1. The act of willing the act of determining choice, or forming a purpose. There is a great difference between actu...

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VOLITIVE

VOL'ITIVE, adjective Having the power to will.They not only perfect the intellectual faculty, but the volitive

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VOLLEY

VOL'LEY, nounplural volleys. [Latin volo.]1. A flight of shot; the discharge of many small arms at once.2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as a volley of words.But r...

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VOLLEYED

VOL'LEYED, adjective [from volley.] disploded; discharged with a sudden burst; as volleyed thunder.

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VOLT

VOLT, noun [Latin volutus, volvo.]1. a round or circular tread; a gait of two treads, made by a horse going sideways round a center.2. In fencing, a sudden movement or leap to a...