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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8,579 words match “ORT”

A female porter. Milton.

Public or open sale; auction. [Obs.] Holland.

A breviary. [Eng.]

PORTUGUESE a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.

PORTULACACEOUS a.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceæ), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.

After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.

PRAISEWORTHILY adv.

In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.

PRAISEWORTHINESS n.

The quality or state of being praiseworthy.

PRAISEWORTHY a.

Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.

In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.

PRESENT VALUE; PRESENT WORTH n.

The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106 due one year hence is $100.

To torture beforehand. Fuller.

PROPORTION n. 9 definitions

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. Sir W. Scot…

PROPORTIONABLE a.

Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. -- Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom. Burke. Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e., English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall.…

PROPORTIONABLY adv.

Proportionally. Locke.

PROPORTIONAL a. 4 definitions

Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. Milton.

PROPORTIONALITY n.

The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.

PROPORTIONALLY adv.

In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. Sir I. Newton.

PROPORTIONATE a. 2 definitions

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.