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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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13,702 words match “ERS”

OVERSTROW v.
See Overstrew.
OVERSTUDIOUS a.
Too studious.
OVERSUBTILE a.
Excessively subtile.
OVERSUM n.
A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.
OVERSUPPLY n. 2 definitions
An excessive supply. A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill.
OVERSURE a.
Excessively sure.
OVERSWAY v.
To bear sway over.
OVERSWELL v.
To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak.
OWNERSHIP n.
The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
PACK HERSE n.
See under 2d Pack.
PAINTERSHIP n.
The state or position of being a painter. [R.] Br. Gardiner.
PARTNERSHIP n. 5 definitions
The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.
PERS a. 2 definitions
A cloth of sky-blue color. [Obs.] "A long surcoat of pers." Chaucer.
PERSALT n.
A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by neutralizing acids with certain peroxides. [Obsoles.]
PERSANT a.
Piercing. [Obs.] Spenser.
PERSCRUTATION n.
A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle
PERSECOT n.
See Persicot.
PERSECUTE v. 2 definitions
orship. Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matt. v. 44.
PERSECUTION n. 3 definitions
The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley.
PERSECUTOR n.
One who persecutes, or harasses. Shak.
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