Webster's Dictionary 1828

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VOLTAIC

VOLTA'IC, adjective Pertaining to Volta, the discoverer of voltaism; as the voltaic pile.Volatic apparatus, the apparatus used for accumulating galvanic electricity. the agent i...

893

VOLTAISM

VOL'TAISM, noun That branch of electrical science which has its source in the chimical action between metals and different liquids. it is more properly called galvanism, from Ga...

894

VOLUBILATE

VOLU'BILATE,VOL'UBILE, adjective In gardening, a volubilate stem is one that climbs by winding or twining round another body.

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VOLUBILE

VOL'UBILE, a. In gardening, a volubilate stem is one that climbs by winding or twining round another body.

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VOLUBILITY

VOLUBIL'ITY, noun [Latin volubilitas, from volvo, to roll.]1. The capacity of being rolled; aptness to roll; as the volubility of a bowl.2. The act of rolling.By irregular volut...

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VOLUBLE

VOL'UBLE, adjective [Latin volubilis.]1. Formed so as to roll with ease, or to be easily set in motion; apt to roll; as voluble particles of matter.2. Rolling; having quick moti...

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VOLUBLY

VOL'UBLY, adverb In a rolling or fluent manner.

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VOLUME

VOL'UME, noun [Latin volumen, a roll; volvo, to roll. to make u long, in this word, is palpably wrong.]1. Primarily a roll, as the ancients wrote on long strips of bark, parchme...

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VOLUMED

VOL'UMED, adjective Having the form of a volume or roll; as volumed mist.

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VOLUMINOUS

VOLU'MINOUS, adjective1. Consisting of many coils or complications.The serpent roll'd voluminous and vast.2. Consisting of many volumes or books.The collections of Muratori and ...

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VOLUMINOUSLY

VOLU'MINOUSLY, adverb In many volumes; very copiously.

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VOLUMINOUSNESS

VOLU'MINOUSNESS, noun State of being bulky or in many volumes.

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VOLUMIST

VOL'UMIST, noun One who writes a volume; an author. [Not in use.]

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VOLUNTARILY

VOL'UNTARILY, adverb [from voluntary.] Spontaneously; of one's own will; without being moved, influenced or impelled by others.To be agents voluntarily in our own destruction, i...

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VOLUNTARINESS

VOL'UNTARINESS, noun The state of being voluntary or optional.

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VOLUNTARY

VOL'UNTARY, adjective [Latin voluntarius, from voluntas, will, from volo.]1. Acting by choice or spontaneously; acting without being influenced or impelled by another.2. Free, o...

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VOLUNTEER

VOLUNTEE'R, noun A person who enters into military or other service of his own free will. In military affairs, volunteers enter into service voluntarily, but when in service the...

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VOLUPTUARY

VOLUP'TUARY, noun [Latin volupturius, from voluptas, pleasure.]A man addicted to luxury or the gratification of the appetite, and to other sensual pleasures.

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VOLUPTUOUS

VOLUP'TUOUS, adjective [Latin voluptuoosus.]Given to the enjoyments of luxury and pleasure; indulging to excess in sensual gratifications.Soften'd with pleasure and voluptuous l...

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VOLUPTUOUSLY

VOLUP'TUOUSLY, adverb Luxuriously; with free indulgence of sensual pleasures; as, to live voluptuously

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VOLUPTUOUSNESS

VOLUP'TUOUSNESS, noun Luxuriousness; addictedness to pleasure or sensual gratification.Where no voluptuousness yet all delight.

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VOLUTATION

VOLUTA'TION, noun [Latin volutatio, from voluto, from volvo, Eng. to wallow.]A wallowing; a rolling of the body on the earth. [See Wallow.]

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VOLUTE

VOLU'TE, noun [Latin volutus, volvo.]1. In architecture, a kind of spiral scroll, used in the Ionic and composite capitals, of which it is a principal ornament. The number of vo...

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VOLUTION

VOLU'TION, noun A spiral turn.

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VOLUTITE

VOL'UTITE, noun A petrified shell of the genus Voluta.

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VOLVIC

VOL'VIC, adjective Denoting a species of stone or lava.

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VOMIC

VOM'IC, adjective The vomic nut, nux vomica, is the seed of the Strychnos nux vomica, a native of the East Indies. It is a very active poison.