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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,818 words match “ARC”

Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.

AFFRIGHTMENT n.

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [Archaic] Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.

to confront; as, to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]

Before (in all its senses). [Archaic]

AFOREHAND adv. 2 definitions

Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.] She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.

AFTER prep. 2 definitions

Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of. Ye shall not go after other gods. Deut. vi. 14. After whom is the king of Israel come out 1 Sam. xxiv. 14.

A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.

By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. [Archaic or Dial.] Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus. 2 Kings xvi. 11. Against the sun, in a direction contrary to that in which the sun appears to move.

spirit of the age." Prescott. Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness. Milton. Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic and neolithic), the Bronze age, and the Iron age. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for…

Actingpatient, or sustaining, action. [Archaic] "The body agent." Bacon.

Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance. [Archaic]

Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. [R.]

To recognize; to acknowledge. [Archaic] I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak.

Ago. [Archaic. & Poet.] Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13.

AGREEABLENESS n.

ness or conformity; consistency. The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce.

Helpful. [Archaic.] Bp. Hall.

Charcoal prepared for making powder.

Conjecture; guess. [Obs.] What you would work me to, I have some aim. Shak. To cry aim (Archery), to encourage. [Obs.] Shak.

An exclamation expressive of sorrow. [Archaic. or Poet.] Shak.