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431 words match “FEST”

FESTUE n.
A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.
ALDER-LIEFEST a.
Most beloved. [Obs.] Shak.
CHIEFEST a.
First or foremost; chief; principal. [Archaic] "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
CONFESTLY adv.
See Cofessedly.
ENFESTER v.
To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).
IMMANIFEST a.
Not manifest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
INFEST v. 2 definitions
requency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. To poison vermin that infest his plants. Cowper. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. Addison. And…
INFESTATION n.
The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance. Bacon. Free from the infestation of enemies. Donne.
INFESTER n.
One who, or that which, infests.
INFESTIVE a.
Having no mirth; not festive or merry; dull; cheerless; gloomy; forlorn. [R.]
INFESTIVITY n.
Want of festivity, cheerfulness, or mirth; dullness; cheerlessness. [R.]
INFESTUOUS a.
Mischievous; harmful; dangerous. [Obs.] "Infestuous as serpents." Bacon.
LIFESTRING n.
A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life. Daniel.
MANIFEST a. 6 definitions
pprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight. Heb. iv. 13. That which may be known of God is manifest in them. Rom. i. 19. Thus manifest to sight the god appeared. Dryden.
MANIFESTABLE a.
Such as can be manifested.
MANIFESTATION n.
The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exhibition; display; revelation; as, the manifestation of God's power in creation. The secret manner in which acts of mercy ought to be performed, requires this public manife…
MANIFESTIBLE a.
Manifestable.
MANIFESTLY adv.
In a manifest manner.
MANIFESTNESS n.
The quality or state of being manifest; obviousness.
MANIFESTO n.
his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him; as, a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war, and explaining his motives. Bouvier. it was proposed to draw up a manifesto, setting forth the grounds and motives of our taking arms. Addison . Frederick, in a public manifest…
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