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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,188 words match “STATE”

UNDERSTATEMENT n.

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.

To deprive of state or dignity. [R.] High-battled Cæsar will unstate his happiness. Shak.

VOLUNTEER STATE n.

Tennessee; -- a nickname.

WOLVERENE STATE n.

Michigan; -- a nickname.

us sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-)…

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The abandonment of the independence of Europe. Burke.

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; toto cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. Deut. xxxiv. 7.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

The state or office of an abbot.

ABBREVIATION n.

ng for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.

ABBREVIATURE n.

An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form. [Obs.]

ABELIAN; ABELITE; ABELONIAN n.

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

ABERRANCE; ABERRANCY n.

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

e act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. "The aberration of youth." Hall. "Aberrations from theory." Burke.

ension; temporary suppression. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey.

Being in a state of abeyance.