Helen Fenton

Annals: Definition and part of speech

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Annals

  1. n. pl. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as “Annals of Science.”
  2. n. pl. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
  3. n. pl. Historical records; chronicles; history.
  4. n. pl. The record of a single event or item.

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.

Annates: Definition and part of speech

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Annates

  1. n. pl. The first year’s profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.

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.

Animosity: Definition and part of speech

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Animosity

  1. v. t. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
  2. v. t. Mere spiritedness or courage.

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.

Anion: Definition and part of speech

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Anion

  1. n. An electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; — opposed to cation.

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.

Anise: Definition and part of speech

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Anise

  1. n. The fruit or seeds of this plant.
  2. n. An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

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.