Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Plunder

Plun″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plundering.] [G. plündern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.] 1. To take the goods of by force, or without rig...

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Plunder (2)

Plun″der (?), n. 1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. Sir T. North.2. That which is taken by open force from...

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Plunderage

Plun″der‐age (?), n.(Mar. Law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.

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Plunderer

Plun″der‐er (?), n. One who plunders or pillages.

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Plunge

Plunge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plunged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plunging (?).] [OE. ploungen, OF. plongier, F. plonger, fr. (assumed) LL. plumbicare, fr. L. plumbum lead. See Plumb.]...

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Plunge (2)

Plunge, v. i. 1. To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; a...

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Plunge (3)

Plunge, n. 1. The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.2. Hence, a desperate hazard or ...

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Plunger

Plun″ger (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, plunges; a diver.2. A long solid cylinder, used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.3. One who bets heavily and reck...

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Plunk

Plunk (?), v. t. 1. To pluck and release quickly (a musical string); to twang.2. To throw, push, drive heavily, plumply, or suddenly; as, to plunk down a dollar; also, to hit or...

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Plunk (2)

Plunk, v. i. 1. To make a quick, hollow, metallic, or harsh sound, as by pulling hard on a taut string and quickly releasing it; of a raven, to croak.2. To drop or sink down sud...

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Plunk (3)

Plunk, n. 1. Act or sound of plunking.2. (a) A large sum of money. (b) A dollar.

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Plunket

Plun″ket (?), n. A kind of blue color; also, anciently, a kind of cloth, generally blue.

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Pluperfect

Plu″per′fect (?), a. [L. plus more + perfectus perfect; cf. F. plus-que-parfait, L. plusquamperfectum.] More than perfect; past perfect; — said of the tense which denotes that a...

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Plural

Plu″ral (?), a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See Plus.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural wo...

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Plural (2)

Plu″ral, n.(Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

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Pluralism

Plu″ral‐ism (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.2. (Eccl.) The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a...

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Pluralist

Plu″ral‐ist, n.(Eccl.) A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were pluralists. Macaulay.

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Plurality

Plu‐ral″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.pluralities (#). [L. pluralitas: cf. F. pluralité.] 1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of ...

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Pluralization

Plu′ral‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.

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Pluralize

Plu″ral‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pluralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pluralizing (?).] 1. To make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in ...

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Pluralize (2)

Plu″ral‐ize, v. i. 1. To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes. Earle.2. (Eccl.) To hold more than one benefice at the same time.

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Pluralizer

Plu″ral‐i′zer (?), n.(Eccl.) A pluralist.

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Plurally

Plu″ral‐ly, adv. In a plural manner or sense.

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Pluri-

Plu″ri– (?). [See Plus.] A combining form from L. plus, pluris, more, many; as pluriliteral.

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Pluries

‖Plu″ri‐es (?), n. [So called from L. pluries many times, often, which occurs in the first clause.] (Law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disr...

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Plurifarious

Plu′ri‐fa″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. plurifarius, fr. L. plus, pluris, many. Cf. Bifarious.] Of many kinds or fashions; multifarious.

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Plurifoliolate

Plu′ri‐fo″li‐o‐late (?), a. [Pluri- + foliolate.] (Bot.) Having several or many leaflets.