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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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920 words match “TENE”

INANIMATENESS n.
The quality or state of being inanimate. The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu.
INARTICULATENESS n.
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
INCOMPLETENESS n.
The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle.
INCONSIDERATENESS n.
The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson.
INDEFINITENESS n.
The quality of being indefinite.
INFINITENESS n.
The state or quality of being infinite; infinity; greatness; immensity. Jer. Taylor.
INNATENESS n.
The quality of being innate.
INSATIATENESS n.
The state of being insatiate.
INTEMERATENESS n.
The state of being unpolluted; purity. [Obs.] Donne.
INTEMPERATENESS n. 2 definitions
state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.
INTENERATE a. 2 definitions
Made tender or soft; softened. [Obs.]
INTENERATION n.
The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening. [R.] Bacon.
INTRICATENESS n.
The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
INVETERATENESS n.
Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne.
INVIOLATENESS n.
The state of being inviolate.
LATENESS n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
LEGITIMATENESS n.
The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
LISTENER n.
One who listens; a hearkener.
LOCUM TENENS n.
A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
MANUTENENCY n.
Maintenance. [Obs.] Abp. Sancroft.
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