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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

44,112 words match “NE”

AFFECTIONED a. 2 definitions

Disposed. [Archaic] Be kindly affectioned one to another. Rom. xii. 10.

To refine. [Obs.] Holland.

Joined in affinity or by any tie. [Obs.] "All affined and kin." Shak.

AFFLICTEDNESS n.

The state of being afflicted; affliction. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

AFFLUENTNESS n.

Great plenty. [R.]

AFFRONTIVENESS n.

The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.

AFOREMENTIONED a.

Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. Addison.

AFTER-DINNER n. 2 definitions

The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. [Obs.] -- a.

AFTER-MENTIONED a.

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

AGAMOGENESIS n.

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

AGAMOGENETIC n.

Reproducing or produced without sexual union. -- Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. Huxley.

Pertaining to, or like, agate.

The quality of being aged; oldness. Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton.

Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Impotence; sterility.

AGGENERATION n.

The act of producing in addition. [Obs.] T. Stanley.

Agility; nimbleness. [R.]

AGONE a. 2 definitions

Ago. [Archaic. & Poet.] Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13.

AGREEABLENESS n. 3 definitions

atisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.