VEDET
VEDET',VEDETTE, noun [Latin video, to see.] a sentinel on horseback.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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VEDETTE
VEDETTE, n. [L. video, to see.] a sentinel on horseback.
VEER
VEER, verb intransitive [Latin vario and verto. See Ware.]To turn; to change direction; as, the wind veers to the west or north.And as he leads, the following navy veers.And tur...
VEERABLE
VEE'RABLE, adjective Changeable; shifting. [Not in use.]
VEERED
VEE'RED, participle passive turned; changed in direction; let out.
VEERING
VEE'RING, participle present tense turning; letting out to a greater length.
VEGETABILITY
VEGETABIL'ITY, noun [from vegetable.] Vegetable nature; the quality of growth without sensation.
VEGETABLE
VEG'ETABLE, noun [Latin vigeo, to grow.]1. A plant; an organized body destitute of sense and voluntary motion, deriving its nourishment through pores or vessels on its outer sur...
VEGETATE
VEG'ETATE, verb intransitive [Latin vegeto, vigeo, to flourish.]To sprout; to germinate; to grow; as plants; to grow and be enlarged by nutriment imbibed from the earth, air or ...
VEGETATING
VEG'ETATING, participle present tense germinating; sprouting; growing; as plants.
VEGETATION
VEGETA'TION, noun1. The process of growing; as plants, by means of nourishment derived from the earth, or from water and air, and received through roots and leaves. We observe t...
VEGETATIVE
VEG'ETATIVE, adjective1. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants.2. Having the power to produce growth in plants; as the vegetative properties of soil.
VEGETATIVENESS
VEG'ETATIVENESS, noun the quality of producing growth.
VEGETE
VEGE'TE, adjective [Latin vegetus.] Vigorous; active. [Little used.]
VEGETIVE
VEG'ETIVE, adjective [Latin vegeto, vigeo.] Vegetable; having the nature of plants; as vegetive life. [Little used.]VEG'ETIVE, noun a vegetable. [Not in use.]
VEGETO-ANIMAL
VEG'ETO-ANIMAL, adjectivevegeto-animal matter, is a term formerly applied to vegetable gluten, which is found in the seeds of certain plants, in a state of union with farina or ...
VEGETOUS
VEGE'TOUS, adjective Vigorous; lively; vegete. [Not in use.]
VEHEMENCE
VE'HEMENCE,VE'HEMENCY, noun [Latin vehemens, from veho, to carry, that is, to rush or drive.]1. Violence; great force; properly, force derived from velocity; as the vehemence of...
VEHEMENCY
VE'HEMENCY, n. [L. vehemens, from veho, to carry, that is, to rush or drive.]1. Violence; great force; properly, force derived from velocity; as the vehemence of wind. But it is...
VEHEMENT
VE'HEMENT, adjective [Latin vehemens.]1. Violent; acting with great force; furious; very forcible; as a vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.2. Very ardent...
VEHEMENTLY
VE'HEMENTLY, adverb1. With great force and violence.2. Urgently; forcibly; with great zeal or pathos.
VEHICLE
VE'HICLE, noun [Latin vehiculum, from veho, to carry.]1. That in which any thing is or may be carried; any kind of carriage moving on land, either on wheels or runners. This wor...
VEHICLED
VE'HICLED, adjective Conveyed in a vehicle.
VEIL
VEIL, noun [Latin velum.1. A cover; a curtain; something to intercept the view and lude an object.2. A cover; a disguise. [See Vail. The latter orthography gives the Latin pronu...
VEIN
VEIN, noun [Latin vena, from the root of venio, to come, to pass. The sense is a passage, a conduit.]1. A vessel in animal bodies, which receives the blood from the extreme arte...
VEINED
VEINED, adjective [from vein.]1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as veined marble.2. In botany, having vessels branching over the surface, as a leaf.
VEINLESS
VEINLESS, adjective In botany, having no veins; as a veinless leaf.