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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,949 words match “QUALITY”

ATTRACTIVITY n.
The quality or degree of attractive power.
ATTRIBUTE n. 2 definitions
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak.
ATTRIBUTION n.
The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
AUDACIOUSNESS n.
The quality of being audacious; impudence; audacity.
AUDIBILITY n.
The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.
AUDIBLENESS n.
The quality of being audible.
AUGER n.
An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.
AUGMENTATIVE a.
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
AUGUST a.
Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." Pope. "August in visage." Dryden. "To shed that august blood." Macaulay. So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. To min…
AUGUSTNESS n.
The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence.
AUTHENTICALNESS n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Barrow.
AUTHENTICITY n. 2 definitions
The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
AUTHENTICNESS n.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [R.] Hammond.
AUTHORSHIP n.
The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
AUTOECISM n.
Quality of being autocious.
AUTOMATISM n.
The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.
AVAILABILITY n.
The quality of being available; availableness.
AVAILABLENESS n.
Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
AVERAGE n. 2 definitions
nt derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. "The average of sensations." Paley.
AVERSENESS n.
The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
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