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ACCOMPLISH v.
fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise. This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke xxii. 37.
ACCOUNT v. 2 definitions
To render or receive an account or relation of particulars; as, an officer must account with or to the treasurer for money received.
ACQUAINT v.
a friend with the particulars of an act. Acquaint her here of my son Paris' love. Shak. I must acquaint you that I have received New dated letters from Northumberland. Shak.
ADVENTURE n.
ap; hence, chance of danger or loss. Nay, a far less good to man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.
ALGATE; ALGATES adv.
Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.
ALLOWANCE n.
Acknowledgment. The censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theater of others. Shak.
ALLYL n.
An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
ALTERNATIVE n.
be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke.
AMERICAN n.
s born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.
AMISS adv.
impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.
AMPLIFY v.
in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.
ANDROGYNOUS; ANDROGYNAL a.
h; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.
ANECDOTAGE n.
. All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.
ANSWER v. 3 definitions
accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. Swift.
ANTECEDENT n. 2 definitions
rst or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
ANYHOW adv.
In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman.
APPEAR v.
present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. We must all appear before the judgment seat. * Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. Macaulay.
APPELLATION n.
by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. Hume.
APPETITE n.
Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle.
APPREHEND v.
or learn with certainty. [Obs.] G. You are too much distrustful of my truth. E. Then you must give me leave to apprehend The means and manner how. Beau. & Fl.
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