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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

ARTLESSNESS n.
The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
AS adv.
Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. His…
ASCRIBE v.
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
ASININITY n.
The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.
ASPERITY n.
Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
ASSIGNABILITY n.
The quality of being assignable.
ASSIMILABILITY n.
The quality of being assimilable. [R.] Coleridge.
ASSIZE n.
Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize. Glanvill. Spelman. Cowell. Blackstone. Tomlins. Burrill.
ASSOCIABILITY n.
The quality of being associable, or capable of association; associableness. "The associability of feelings." H. Spencer.
ASSOCIATE n.
A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow.
ASSOCIATIVE a.
Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller.
ASSORT v.
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
ASTRINGENCY n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
ATHANASIA; ATHANASY n.
The quality of being deathless; immortality.
ATTAINABILITY n.
The quality of being attainable; attainbleness.
ATTAINABLENESS n.
The quality of being attainable; attainability.
ATTENDANCY n.
The quality of attending or accompanying; attendance; an attendant. [Obs.]
ATTRACTABILITY n.
The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
ATTRACTION n.
The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence.
ATTRACTIVE a.
Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton.
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