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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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44,112 words match “NE”

NEUROTOMY n. 2 definitions

The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

NEUTER a. 8 definitions

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

NEUTRAL a. 5 definitions

either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent. The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other. Shaftesbury.

A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman.

NEUTRALITY n. 5 definitions

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Addison.

NEUTRALIZATION n. 2 definitions

The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

NEUTRALIZE v. 3 definitions

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott.

One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.

In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

NEUTROPHILE; NEUTROPHIL n.

One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- Neu"tro*phil"ic (#), a., Neu*troph"i*lous (#), a.

Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

A grantitoid variety of rhyolite, common in Nevada.

The upper part of a glacier, above the limit or perpetual snow. See Galcier.

To name; to mention; to utter. [Obs.] As oft I heard my lord them neven. Chaucer.

NEVER adv. 2 definitions

r; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. Shak. Death still draws nearer, never seeming near. Pope.

Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale. Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow.

NEVERTHELATER adv.

Nevertheless. [Obs.]

NEVERTHELESS adv.

in spite of that; yet. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11.

Nephew. [Obs.] haucer.