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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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50,475 words match “ING”

A-MORNINGS adv.

In the morning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. J. Fletcher.

Behavior. [Obs.] Sir. T. More.

ABHORRING n. 2 definitions

Detestation. Milton.

Continuing; lasting.

Permanently. Carlyle.

A foreboding. [Obs.]

Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv.

To unbind. [Obs.] Bailey.

ACCOMMODATING a.

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.

ACCORDING p. 2 definitions

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." Burke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.

ACCORDINGLY adv. 2 definitions

Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak.

ACCUSINGLY adv.

In an accusing manner.

That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow.

ACTING a. 2 definitions

Operating in any way.

Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Same as Atheling.

Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. "The adjoining fane." Dryden. Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak.

ADJUSTING PLANE; ADJUSTING SURFACE n.

small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

Expressing admiration; as, an admiring glance. -- Ad*mir"ing*ly, adv. Shak.

With adoration.