Helen Fenton

Auspicate: Definition and part of speech

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Auspicate

  1. v. t. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; — a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
  2. a. Auspicious.
  3. v. t. To foreshow; to foretoken.

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.

Auricular: Definition and part of speech

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Auricular

  1. a. Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the ear, or to the sense of hearing; as, auricular nerves.
  3. a. Told in the ear, i. e., told privately; as, auricular confession to the priest.
  4. a. Recognized by the ear; known by the sense of hearing; as, auricular evidence.
  5. a. Received by the ear; known by report.

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.

Auricularia: Definition and part of speech

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Auricularia

  1. n. pl. A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

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.

Auriculated: Definition and part of speech

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Auriculated

  1. a. Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.

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.