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8,285 words match “KIN”

AFFECTIONED a.
Disposed. [Archaic] Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10.
AFFINED a.
Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." Shak.
AFFINITY n. 2 definitions
ship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh. 1 Kings iii. 1.
AFFIRMANT n.
One who affirms of taking an oath.
AFFIRMATION n.
declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath. Bouvier.
AFFLUENT a.
expression. H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.
AFFRANCHISEMENT n.
The act of making free; enfranchisement. [R.]
AFGHAN n.
A kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
AFTER prep. 3 definitions
arch 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.
AFTER-NOTE n.
One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
AFTERINGS n.
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. [Obs.] Grose.
AFTERTASTE n.
A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
AGAIN adv.
On the other hand. "The one is my sovereign . . . the other again is my kinsman." Shak.
AGAIN; AGAINS prep.
Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
AGAINST prep.
o 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.
AGALACTOUS a.
Lacking milk to suckle with.
AGATE n.
A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
AGE n.
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. Mine age is as nothing before thee. Ps. xxxix. 5.
AGGLUTINATIVE a.
o mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.…
AGGRAVATING a. 2 definitions
Making worse or more heinous; as, aggravating circumstances.
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