Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Familism

Fam″i‐lism (?), n. The tenets of the Familists. Milton.

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Familist

Fam″i‐list (?), n. [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held...

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Familistery

Fam″i‐lis‐ter‐y (?), n.; pl.Familisteries (�). [F. familistère.] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and cust...

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Familistic

{ Fam′i‐listic (?), Fam′i‐lis″tic‐al (?), } a. Pertaining to Familists. Baxter.

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Family

Fam″i‐ly (?), n.; pl.Families (#). [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dhāman house, fr. dhāto set, make, do: cf. F. famill...

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Famine

Fam″ine (?), n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. ����� want, need, Skr. hāni loss, lack, hā to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitutio...

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Famish

Fam″ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Famished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish.] 1. To starve, kill, or destroy with...

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Famish (2)

Fam″ish, v. i. 1. To die of hunger; to starve.2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.You are all resolved rather to ...

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Famishment

Fam″ish‐ment (?), n. State of being famished.

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Famosity

Fa‐mos″i‐ty (?), n. [L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosité. See Famous.] The state or quality of being famous. Johnson.

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Famous

Fa″mous (?), a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; — used in either a g...

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Famoused

Fa″moused (?), a. Renowned. Shak.

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Famously

Fa″mous‐ly (?), adv. In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.Then this land was famously enrichedWith politic grave counsel. Shak.

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Famousness

Fa″mous‐ness, n. The state of being famous.

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Famular

Fam″u‐lar (?), n. [Cf. L. famularis of servants.] Domestic; familiar. Chaucer.

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Famulate

Fam″u‐late (?), v. i. [L. famulatus, p. p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant.] To serve.

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Famulist

Fam″u‐list (?), n. [L. famulus servant.] A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge.

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Fan

Fan (?), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine, Winnow.] 1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of a...

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Fan (2)

Fan (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fanned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fanning (?).] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van a winnowing machine.] 1. To move as with a fan.The air... fann...

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Fan palm

Fan″ palm′ (?). (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamærops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Flori...

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Fan-nerved

Fan″–nerved′ (?), a.(Bot. & Zoöl.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; — said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.

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Fan-tailed

Fan″–tailed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

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Fan-tan

Fan″–tan′ (făn″tăn′), n. [Chinese (of Canton) in an-tan-kun gambling house.] 1. A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually un...

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Fanal

‖Fa′nal″ (?), n. A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

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Fanatic

Fa‐nat″ic (?), a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See Fane.] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant i...

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Fanatic (2)

Fa‐nat″ic, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.There is a new word, coine...

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Fanatical

Fa‐nat″ic‐al (?), a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa‐nat″ic‐al‐ly, adv. — Fa‐nat″ic‐al‐ness, n.