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resolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. Milton.

To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly. E,Hall.

Ladyship, a style of address; -- with the personal pronoun. [Obs.] Massinger.

A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

A noun having only one case. Andrews.

The first part of the day; the morning; -- used chiefly in poetry. From morn To noun he fell, from noon to dewy eve. Milton.

date of which varies from year to year. Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.

phrase was taken up by the press, and the verb to muck"rake`, in the above sense, and the noun muck"rak`er, to designate one so engaged, were speedily coined and obtained wide currency. The original allusion was to a character in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" so intent on raking up muck that he could not see a celestia…

tain games, to score against, or take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying "muggins."

m several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.

Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.

ords, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death. Fuller. -- Neck yoke. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for…

A suffix used to form abstract nouns expressive of quality or state; as, goodness, greatness.

of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.

Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced. Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Sir J. Davies.

c print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public announcements, etc.

A verb formed from a noun.

To convert into a noun. [Obs.]

Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n.

Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunati