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1,566 words match “WHERE”

ALGATE; ALGATES adv.
Always; wholly; everywhere. [Obs.] Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser.
ALIENATE v.
To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him…
ALIUNDE adv.
From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
ALLEGHENY; ALLEGHANY a.
Of or pertaining to the Allegheny Mountains, or the region where they are situated. Also Al"le*gha`ny.
ALMA MATER n.
A college or seminary where one is educated.
ALMONRY n.
The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed.
ALSO adv.
tion; besides; as well; further; too. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.
AMBIGENOUS a.
Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
AMBUSH n.
A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise. Bold in close ambush, base in open field. Dryden.
AMPHIBOLY n.
t oracle contrary to our interest or humor, we will create an amphiboly, a double meaning where there is none. Whitlock.
ANARCHY n.
Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.
ANCHORAGE n.
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
ANGER n.
so, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. Temple.
ANGLE n. 2 definitions
The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.
ANGRY a.
a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice Eccles. v. 6.
ANHARMONIC a.
function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.
ANNUNCIATOR n.
An indicator (as in a hotel) which designates the room where attendance is wanted.
ANTECHOIR n.
Where a choir is divided, as in some Spanish churches, that division of it which is the farther from the sanctuary.
APART adv.
Aside; away. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness." Jas. i. 21. Let Pleasure go, put Care apart. Keble.
APASTRON n.
That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
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