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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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36,747 words match “RA”

ABRANCHIATE a.
Without gills.
ABRASE a.
Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." B. Jonson.
ABRASION n. 3 definitions
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
ABRASIVE a.
Producing abrasion. Ure.
ABRAUM; ABRAUM SALTS n.
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
ABRAXAS n.
A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
ABRAY v.
See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
ABSTRACT a. 16 definitions
Withdraw; separate. [Obs.] The more abstract . . . we are from the body. Norris.
ABSTRACTED a. 4 definitions
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. The evil abstracted stood from his own evil. Milton.
ABSTRACTEDLY adv.
In an abstracted manner; separately; with absence of mind.
ABSTRACTEDNESS n.
The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
ABSTRACTER n.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
ABSTRACTION n. 7 definitions
The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community. J. S. Mill.
ABSTRACTIONAL a.
Pertaining to abstraction.
ABSTRACTIONIST n.
An idealist. Emerson.
ABSTRACTITIOUS a.
Obtained from plants by distillation. [Obs.] Crabb.
ABSTRACTIVE a.
Having the power of abstracting; of an abstracting nature. "The abstractive faculty." I. Taylor.
ABSTRACTIVELY adv.
In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.
ABSTRACTIVENESS n.
The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property.
ABSTRACTLY adv.
In an abstract state or manner; separately; absolutely; by itself; as, matter abstractly considered.
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