ADVISEMENT
ADVI'SEMENT, noun1. Counsel; information; circumspection.2. Consultation.The action standing continued nisi for advisement
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ADVISER
ADVI'SER, noun One who gives advice or admonition; also, in a bad sense, one who instigates or persuades.
ADVISING
ADVI'SING, participle present tense Giving counsel.ADVI'SING, noun Advice; counsel.
ADVISORY
ADVI'SORY, adjective1. Having power to advise.The general association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches.2. Containing advice; as, their ...
ADVOCACY
AD'VOCACY, noun1. The act of pleading for; intercession.2. Judicial pleading; law-suit.
ADVOCATE
AD'VOCATE, noun [Latin advocatus, from advoco, to call for, to plead for; of ad and voco, to call. See Vocal.]1.advocate in its primary sense, signifies, one who pleads the caus...
ADVOCATED
AD'VOCATED, participle passive Defended by argument; vindicated.
ADVOCATESS
AD'VOCATESS, noun A female advocate.
ADVOCATING
AD'VOCATING, participle present tense Supporting by reasons; defending; maintaining.
ADVOCATION
ADVOCA'TION, noun A pleading for: plea; apology.A bill of advocation in Scotland, is a written application to a superior court, to call an action before them from an inferior co...
ADVOUTRESS
ADVOU'TRESS, noun An adulteress.
ADVOUTRY
ADVOU'TRY, noun Adultery. [Little used.]
ADVOWEE
ADVOWEE', noun1. He that has the right of advowson.2. The advocate of a church or religious house.
ADVOWSON
ADVOW'SON, noun s as z. [The word was latinized, advocatio, from advoco, and avow is from advoco.]In English law, a right of presentation to a vacant benefice; or in other words...
ADVOYER
ADVOY'ER, or Avoy'er, A chief magistrate of a town or canton in Switzerland.
ADY
A'DY, noun The abanga, or Thernel's restorative; a species of Palm tree, in the West Indies, tall, upright, without branches, with a thick branching head, which furnishes a juic...
ADZ
ADZ, noun An iron instrument with an arching edge, across the line of the handle, and ground from a base on its inside to the outer edge; used for chipping a horizontal surface ...
AE
AE, a diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. In derivatives from the learned languages, it is mostly superseded by e, and convenience seems to require ...
AED
AED, ed, ead, syllables found in names from the Saxon, signify happy; as, Eadric, happy kingdom; Eadrig, happy victory; Edward prosperous watch; Edgar, successful weapon.
AEDILE
AE'DILE, noun [Lat.] In ancient Rome, an officer or magistrate, who had the care of the public buildings, [ades,] streets, highways, public spectacles, etc.
AEGILOPS
AE'GILOPS, noun [Gr. a goat and the eye.]A tumor in the corner of the eye, and a plant so called.
AEGIS
AE'GIS, noun [Gr. a goat skin, and shield; from a goat.]A shield, or defensive armor.
AEL
AEL, Eng. all, are seen in many names; as, in AElfred, Alfred, all peace; AElwin, all conqueror.
AELF
AELF, seems to be one form of help, but more generally written elph or ulph; as, in AElfwin, victorious aid; AEthelwulph, illustrious help.
AEOLIST
AE'OLIST, noun [Latin AEolus.]A pretender to inspiration.
AERATE
A'ERATE, verb transitive [See Air.] To combine with carbonic acid, formerly called fixed air. [The word has been discarded from modern chimistry.]
AERATED
A'ERATED, participle passive Combined with carbonic acid.