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98 words match “SPENCE”

INEXECUTION n.
Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty. Spence.
INEXPLICABILITY n.
The quality or state of being inexplicable. H. Spencer.
INFERABLE a.
Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises. [Written also inferrible.] H. Spencer. A sufficient argument . . . is inferable from these premises. Burke.
INTENSELY adv.
Intently. [Obs.] J. Spencer.
INTERFUSE v.
To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.
KITTEN v.
To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens. Shak. H. Spencer.
KNOCKING n.
ps. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.
KNOWLEDGE n.
con's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges. H. Spencer.
LEVANTINE a.
Of or pertaining to the Levant. J. Spencer.
LOCALIZE v.
To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. H. Spencer. Wordsworth.
LOCATE v.
nted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.
MILITANCY n.
A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer.
MILITARISM n.
The spirit and traditions of military life. H. Spencer.
MUTUALISM n.
e of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock.
OBJECT v.
to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. He gave to him to object his heinous crime. Spencer. Others object the poverty of the nation. Addison. The book ... giveth liberty to object any crime against such as are to be ordered. Whitgift.
OBSEQUY n.
is death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Spencer. I will...fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. Milton I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his…
OBVERSE n.
] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.
PALE n.
s of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.
PANZOISM n.
ed to denote all of the elements or factors which constitute vitality or vital energy. H. Spencer.
PARTAKE v.
To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. [Obs.] Spencer.
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