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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,603 words match “AGAIN”

ANTISIALAGOGUE n.
A remedy against excessive salivation.
ANTISPASMODIC a.
Good against spasms. -- n.
ANTISPLENETIC a.
Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen. -- n.
ANTISTROPHE n.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
ANTISTRUMOUS a.
Good against scrofulous disorders. Johnson. Wiseman.
ANTISYPHILITIC a.
Efficacious against syphilis. -- n.
ANTITROCHANTER n.
An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
ANTIVENEREAL a.
Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic.
APOSEMATIC a.
nating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.
APPEACH v.
To impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach. [Obs.] And oft of error did himself appeach. Spenser.
APPEAL v. 2 definitions
To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.
APPEALABLE a.
Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.
APPEARANCE n. 3 definitions
dgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him. There was upon the tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire. Num. ix. 15. For man looketh on the outward appearance. 1 Sam. xvi. 7. Judge not according to the appearance. John. vii. 24.
APPELLANT n.
One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus.
APPELLEE n.
The person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor. Blackstone.
APPLAUD v.
on, or other significant sign. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.
APPRESSED; APPREST a.
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.
APPROVEMENT n.
th treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.…
APPULSE n.
A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.
APPULSION n.
A driving or striking against; an appulse.
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