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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,429 words match “VERT”

INVERTEBRATED a.
Having no backbone; invertebrate.
INVERTED a. 2 definitions
ed apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.
INVERTEDLY adv.
In an inverted order. Derham.
INVERTIBLE a. 3 definitions
Capable of being inverted or turned.
INVERTIN n.
An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
MISADVERTENCE n.
Inadvertence.
NEVERTHELATER adv.
Nevertheless. [Obs.]
NEVERTHELESS adv.
n spite of that; yet. No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness. Heb. xii. 11.
OBVERT v.
To turn toward. If its base be obverted towards us. I. Watts.
OVERT a. 2 definitions
Open to view; public; apparent; manifest. Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise. Bacon.
OVERTAKE v. 3 definitions
pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. Spenser.
OVERTALK v.
To talk to excess. Milton.
OVERTASK v.
To task too heavily.
OVERTAX v.
To tax or to task too heavily.
OVERTEDIOUS a.
Too tedious.
OVERTEMPT v.
To tempt exceedingly, or beyond the power of resistance. Milton.
OVERTHROW v. 3 definitions
To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down. His wife overthrew the table. Jer. Taylor.
OVERTHWART a. 6 definitions
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden.
OVERTHWARTLY adv.
In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.
OVERTHWARTNESS n.
The state of being overthwart; perverseness. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.
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