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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,650 words match “TANT”

Making exception.

EXCITANT a. 2 definitions

Tending to excite; exciting.

One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument. Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.

EXORBITANT a. 2 definitions

hed limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims. Foul exorbitant desires. Milton.

EXORBITANTLY adv.

In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.

EXPECTANT a. 3 definitions

waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

EXTANT a. 3 definitions

Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.

ult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly. Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or.

Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.

Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." Mrs. Browning.

HABITANT n. 2 definitions

An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

HESITANT a. 2 definitions

Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating.

HESITANTLY adv.

With hesitancy or doubt.

HUMECTANT a. 2 definitions

IMPORTANT a. 4 definitions

estless; anxious. [Obs.] Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman.

IMPORTANTLY adv.

In an important manner.

INCITANT a. 2 definitions

Inciting; stimulating.

Toughtless; inconsiderate. [R.] Milton. Men are careless and incogitant. J. Goodman.

INCOGITANTLY adv.

In an incogitant manner.

Ignorant. [Obs.]