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107 words match “WEBSTER”

FOREDEEM v.
e; to forebode. [Obs.] Udall. Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you An idle meteor. J. Webster.
FOREMOSTLY adv.
In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster.
FORGETFUL a.
ing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine." J. Webster.
GIVE v. 2 definitions
tterbury. -- To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.] I fear our ears have given us the bag. J. Webster. -- To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. -- To give chase, to pursue. -- To give ear to. See under Ear. -- To give forth, to give out;…
GRANITE STATE n.
New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
HEARTLESS a.
Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.
HEAVEN n.
day. Shak. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven. D. Webster.
HEM v.
to tyranny." Daniel. -- To hem out, to shut out. "You can not hem me out of London." J. Webster.
IMPERTURBABILITY n.
The state or quality of being imperturbable. [1913 Webster]
IMPLY v.
aste arise If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. J. Webster.
IMPRESA n.
ese and impress.] My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster.
INSEPARABLE a.
e by whom it is spoken. Mure. Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. D. Webster.
LEAGUERER n.
A besieger. [R.] J. Webster.
LENA n.
A procuress. J. Webster.
LINGUIST n.
of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster.
MALEXECUTION n.
Bad execution. D. Webster.
MALODOROUS a.
Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling. -- Mal*o"dor*ous*ness. n. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
MAUGRE v.
To defy. [Obs.] J. Webster.
NOW adv.
Why, even now now, at holding up of this finger, and before the turning down of this." J. Webster (1607). -- Now . . . now, alternately; at one time . . . at another time. "Now high, now low, now master up, now miss." Pope.
OBJECT n.
ilton. Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. D. Webster.
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