INFUSORY

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Infusorial.

2.
n.

One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.

3.
n.

A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

4.
n.

A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.

5.
n.

A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.

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