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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15,837 words match “HER”

HEREAFTER adv. 2 definitions

In time to come; in some future time or state. Hereafter he from war shall come. Dryden.

HEREAFTERWARD adv.

Hereafter. [Obs.] Thou shalt hereafterward . . . come. Chaucer.

HEREBY adv. 2 definitions

By means of this. And hereby we do know that we know him. 1 John ii. 3.

HEREDITABILITY n.

State of being hereditable. Brydges.

HEREDITABLE a. 2 definitions

Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke.

HEREDITABLY adv.

By inheritance. W. Tooke.

HEREDITAMENT n.

Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone.

HEREDITARILY adv.

By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope.

HEREDITARY a. 2 definitions

d, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

One of a breed of cattle originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

From hence. [Obs.]

In this. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. John xv. 8.

HEREINAFTER adv.

In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like).

HEREINBEFORE adv.

In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).

Into this. Hooker.

HEREMIT; HEREMITE n.

A hermit. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to a hermit; solitary; secluded from society. Pope.

Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of this; concerning this; from this; hence. Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant. Shak.