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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5,233 words match “EME”

REQUITEMENT n.
Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.
RESETTLEMENT n.
Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees. The resettlement of my discomposed soul. Norris.
RESTOREMENT n.
Restoration. [Obs.]
RETIREMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, blest Retirement, friend of life's decline. Goldsmith. Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books. Thomson.
RETRIEVEMENT n.
Retrieval.
REVENGEMENT n.
Revenge. [Obs.] He 'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. Shak.
REVILEMENT n.
The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. Spenser.
REVIVEMENT n.
Revival. [R.]
REVOKEMENT n.
Revocation. [R.] Shak.
REVOLVEMENT n.
Act of revolving. [R.]
RUFFLEMENT n.
The act of ruffling. [R.]
SAVEMENT n.
The act of saving. [Obs.]
SCAPEMENT n.
Same as Escapement, 3.
SCARCEMENT n.
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
SCHEME n. 6 definitions
ation of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. J. Edwards. The Revolution came and cha…
SCHEMEFUL a.
Full of schemes or plans.
SCHEMER n.
One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer. Schemers and confederates in guilt. Paley.
SCHIZONEMERTEA n.
A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
SCRIBBLEMENT n.
A scribble. [R.] oster.
SECUREMENT n.
The act of securing; protection. [R.] Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
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