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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,148 words match “GAT”

DIVULGATION n.
The act of divulging or publishing. [R.] Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. Bp. Hall.
DOGATE n.
The office or dignity of a doge.
ELECTRO-NEGATIVE a. 3 definitions
Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
ELONGATE v. 4 definitions
To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.
ELONGATION n. 4 definitions
The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." Arbuthnot.
ENAVIGATE v.
To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.
EPILOGATION n.
A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.
ERGAT v.
To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] Hewyt.
EROGATE v.
To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [Obs.]
EROGATION n.
The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
ERUGATE a.
Freed from wrinkles; smooth.
ESCARGATOIRE n.
A nursery of snails. [Obs.] Addison.
EVAGATION n.
A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.
EVESTIGATE v.
To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey.
EVULGATE v.
To publish abroad. [Obs.]
EVULGATION n.
A divulging. [Obs.]
EXPURGATE v.
o clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
EXPURGATION n.
The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton.
EXPURGATOR n.
One who expurgates or purifies.
EXPURGATORIAL a.
Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman.
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