ABOUND
ABOUND', verb intransitive. [Latin abundo. If this word is from Latin unda, a wave, the latter has probably lost its first consonant. abound may naturally be deduced from the Ce...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ABOUNDING
ABOUND'ING, participle present tense Having in great plenty; being in great plenty, being very prevalent; generally prevailing.ABOUND'ING, noun Increase.
ABOUT
ABOUT', preposition [Gr. butan, without, [see but,] literally, around, on the outside.]1. Around; on the exterior part or surface.Bind them about thy neck. Proverbs 3:3. Isa. La...
ABOVE
ABOVE', preposition1. Literally, higher in place.The fowls that fly above the earth. Genesis 1:20.2. Figuratively, superior in any respect.I saw a light above the brightness of ...
ABOVE-CITED
ABOVE-CITED, Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing.
ABOVE-GROUND
ABOVE-GROUND, Alive, not buried.
ABOVE-MENTIONED
ABOVE-MENTIONED, Mentioned before. adjective Bp. Abbrev. for Archbishop.
ABRACADABRA
ABRACADAB'RA, The name of a deity worshipped by the Syrians: a cabalistic word. The letters of his name, written on paper, in the form of an inverted cone, were recommended by S...
ABRADE
ABRA'DE, verb transitive [Latin abrado, to scrape, from rado.]To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used especially to express the action of sharp, corrosive medicines, in w...
ABRADED
ABRA'DED, participle passive Rubbed or worn off; worn; scraped.
ABRADING
ABRA'DING, participle present tense Rubbing off; wearing.
ABRAHAMIC
ABRAHAM'IC, adjective Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch, as abrahamic Covenant.
ABRASION
ABRA'SION, noun abra'zhun. The act of wearing or rubbing off; also substance worn off by attrition.
ABREAST
ABREAST', adverb abrest', [from a and breast.]1. Side by side; with the breasts in a line.Two men rode abreast2. In marine language, ships are abreast when their heads are equal...
ABRIDGE
ABRIDGE', verb transitive abridj', [G. short, or its root, from the root of break or a verb of that family.]1. To make shorter; to epitomize; to contract by using fewer words, y...
ABRIDGED
ABRIDG'ED, participle passive Made shorter; epitomized; reduced to a smaller compass; lessened; deprived.
ABRIDGER
ABRIDG'ER, noun One who abridges; one who makes a compend.
ABRIDGING
ABRIDG'ING, participle present tense shortening; lessening; depriving; debarring.
ABRIDGMENT
ABRIDG'MENT, noun1. An epitome; a compend, or summary of a book.2. Diminution; contraction; reduction - as an abridgment of expenses.3. Deprivation; a debarring or restraint - a...
ABROACH
ABROACH, adverb [See Broach.]Broached; letter out or yielding liquor, or in a posture for letting out; as a cask is abroach Figuratively used by Shakespeare for setting loose, o...
ABROAD
ABROAD, adverb abrawd'. [See Broad]In a general sense, at large; widely; not confined to narrow limits. Hence,1. In the open air.2. Beyond or out of the walls of a house, as to ...
ABROGATE
AB'ROGATE, verb transitive [L abrago, to repeal. from ab and rogo, to ask or propose. See the English reach. Class Rg.]To repeal; to annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by...
ABROGATED
AB'ROGATED, participle passive Repealed; annulled by an act of authority.
ABROGATING
AB'ROGATING, participle present tense Repealing by authority; making void.
ABROGATION
ABROGA'TION, noun the act of abrogating; a repeal of authority of the legislative power.
ABROOD
ABROOD', adverb [See Brood.] In the action of brooding. [Not in use.]
ABROODING
ABROOD'ING, noun A sitting abrood. [Not in use.]