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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,148 words match “GAT”

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

AGGREGATIVE a. 2 definitions

Taken together; collective.

One who aggregates.

ALGATE; ALGATES adv. 3 definitions

Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.

ALLEGATION n. 3 definitions

s alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

To tie; to unite by some tie. Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale.

ALLIGATION n. 2 definitions

The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]

ALLIGATOR n. 3 definitions

Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator; as, (a) (Metal Working)

ALLIGATOR WRENCH n.

A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.

ANOTHER-GATES a.

Of another sort. [Obs.] "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras.

APOSTOLIC DELEGATE n.

The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

ARROGATION n. 2 definitions

The act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to. Hall.

Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

To bring into subjection. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [R.] De Quincey.

BAGATELLE n. 2 definitions

A trifle; a thing of no importance. Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior.

The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom.

Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.