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1,118 words match “RANT”

IGNORANTLY adv.
In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts xvii. 23.
IMMIGRANT n.
one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant.
IMPERANT a.
Commanding. [R.] Baxter.
IMPERSEVERANT a.
Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]
INFRAGRANT a.
Not fragrant.
INSURANT n.
The person insured. Champness.
INTEGRANT a.
of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. Boyle. All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical division.
INTEMPERANT a.
Intemperate. [Obs.] Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts. Udall.
INTERFERANT n.
One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office. [U.S.]
INTOLERANT a. 3 definitions
Not enduring; not able to endure. The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. Arbuthnot.
INTOLERANTLY adv.
In an intolerant manner.
INTRANT a. 2 definitions
Entering; penetrating.
ITERANT a.
Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon.
ITINERANT a. 2 definitions
ing about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler. The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made. Blackstone.
ITINERANTLY adv.
In an itinerant manner.
JAZERANT n.
sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.
KNIGHT-ERRANT n.
A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
KNIGHT-ERRANTRY n.
The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.
LABORANT n.
A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle.
LATRANT a.
Barking. [Obs.] Tickell.
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