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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,912 words match “VAT”

OBJECTIVATION n.

Converting into an object.

OBLONG-OVATE a.

Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.

Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward; as, an obovate leaf.

OBSERVATION n. 7 definitions

erving or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. My observation, which very seldom lies. Shak.

OBSERVATION CAR n.

A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.

OBSERVATIONAL a.

Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. Chalmers.

Observing; watchful.

OBSERVATOR n. 2 definitions

One who observes or takes notice. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

OBSERVATORY n. 4 definitions

A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. Evelyn.

OVATE a. 2 definitions

Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

OVATE-ACUMINATE a.

Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point.

OVATE-CYLINDRACEOUS a.

Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous.

OVATE-LANCEOLATE a.

Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate.

OVATE-OBLONG a.

Oblong. with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong.

OVATE-ROTUNDATE a.

Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate.

OVATE-SUBULATE a.

Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity.

OVATION n. 2 definitions

f popular homage; the tribute of the multitude to a public favorite. To rain an April of ovation round Their statues. Tennyson.

OVATO-ACUMINATE a.

Same as Ovate-acuminate.