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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,867 words match “DIT”

ADDITION n. 6 definitions

ing two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke.

ADDITIONAL a. 2 definitions

Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.

ADDITIONALLY adv.

By way of addition.

Additional. [R.] Herbert.

Additive. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot.

ADIT n. 2 definitions

Admission; approach; access. [R.] Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. Tennyson.

ALGIDITY n. 2 definitions

Chilliness; coldness; especially (Med.),

ANAPHRODITIC a.

Produced without concourse of sexes.

ANTAPHRODITIC n. 3 definitions

An antaphroditic medicine.

APHRODITE n. 3 definitions

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

Venereal. [R.] Dunglison.

ARIDITY n. 2 definitions

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

AUDIT n. 6 definitions

An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. Milton.

AUDITA QUERELA n.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

The act of hearing or listening; hearing. Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory. [R.] Cotgrave.

AUDITOR n. 3 definitions

A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.