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1,832 words match “TORY”

ALLEVIATORY a.
Alleviative. Carlyle.
AMATORY a.
Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions.
AMBAGITORY a.
Ambagious. [R.]
AMBULATORY a. 5 definitions
ing to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
AMENDATORY a.
Supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory. Bancroft.
AMPLIFICATORY a.
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative. Morell.
ANNIHILATORY a.
Annihilative.
ANNOTATORY a.
Pertaining to an annotator; containing annotations. [R.]
ANNUNCIATORY a.
Pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known. [R.]
ANTICIPATORY a.
Forecasting; of the nature of anticipation. Owen. Here is an anticipatory glance of what was to be. J. C. Shairp.
APPELLATORY a.
Containing an appeal. An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the party appellant. Ayliffe.
APPLICATORY a. 2 definitions
Having the property of applying; applicative; practical. -- n.
APPRECATORY a.
Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.
APPRECIATORY a.
Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly, adv.
APPROBATORY a.
Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.
ARATORY a.
Contributing to tillage.
ASPIRATORY a.
Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air
ASSENTATORY a.
Flattering; obsequious. [Obs.] -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. [Obs.]
ASSERTORY a.
Affirming; maintaining. Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.
ASSEVERATORY a.
Asseverative.
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