Helen Fenton

Avercorn: Definition and part of speech

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Avercorn

  1. n. A reserved rent in corn, formerly paid to religious houses by their tenants or farmers.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Averment: Definition and part of speech

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Averment

  1. v. t. A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
  2. v. t. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.
  3. v. t. Verification; establishment by evidence.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Avatar: Definition and part of speech

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Avatar

  1. n. Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.
  2. n. The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; — chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Avaunt: Definition and part of speech

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Avaunt

  1. n. A vaunt; to boast.
  2. interj. Begone; depart; — a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase “Get thee gone.”
  3. v. t. & i. To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
  4. v. t. & i. To depart; to move away.
  5. v. t. & i. To vaunt; to boast.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.