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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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11,647 words match “TAIN”

Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.

Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

One who, or that which, sustains. Waterland.

The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. Milton. Lowell.

TAGLIACOTAIN a.

Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian.]

TRAVEL-TAINTED a.

Harassed; fatigued with travel. [Obs.] Shak.

UNCERTAIN a. 5 definitions

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.

UNCERTAINLY adv.

In an uncertain manner.

UNCERTAINTY n. 2 definitions

The quality or state of being uncertain.

To remove a curtain from; to reveal. Moore.

WATER CHEVROTAIN n.

A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

WATER PLANTAIN n.

A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.

AARONIC; AARONICAL a.

Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

x and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

ABECEDARIAN; ABECEDARY a.

Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.

To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]. Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted. Jer. Taylor.

ABIDE v. 2 definitions

calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.