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3,852 words match “MILT”

ACHIEVE v.
o win. Some are born great, some achieve greatness. Shak. Thou hast achieved our liberty. Milton.
ACKNOWLEDGE v.
n; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton.
ACQUIST n.
Acquisition; gain. Milton.
ACQUITMENT n.
Acquittal. [Obs.] Milton.
ACUMINATE v.
To end in, or come to, a sharp point. "Acuminating in a cone of prelacy." Milton.
ADAMANT n.
ent of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton.
ADAMANTEAN a.
Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.
ADD v.
; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. Locke.
ADHERENT n.
That which adheres; an appendage. [R.] Milton.
ADJUDGE v.
to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. Milton.
ADMONISH v.
l. iii. 16. I warned thee, I admonished thee, foretold The danger, and the lurking enemy. Milton.
ADORN a.
Adorned; decorated. [Obs.] Milton.
ADULTERATE v.
To defile by adultery. [Obs.] Milton.
ADULTERIZE v.
To commit adultery. Milton.
ADUST a.
Inflamed or scorched; fiery. "The Libyan air adust." Milton.
ADVENTURE n.
man it will be found, if she must, at all adventures, be fastened upon him individually. Milton.
ADVENTUROUS a.
ise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.
ADVISE v. 2 definitions
s worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn. "I shall no more advise thee." Milton.
AERIAL a.
found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.
AFER n.
The southwest wind. Milton.
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