Helen Fenton

Amplify: Definition and part of speech

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Amplify

  1. v. i. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; — often with on or upon.
  2. v. t. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; — used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  3. v. t. To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  4. v. i. To become larger.

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.

Amphiprostyle: Definition and part of speech

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Amphiprostyle

  1. n. An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
  2. a. Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.

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.

Amphisbaena: Definition and part of speech

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Amphisbaena

  1. n. A genus of harmless lizards, serpentlike in form, without legs, and with both ends so much alike that they appear to have a head at each, and ability to move either way. See Illustration in Appendix.
  2. n. A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.

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.

Amphiscians: Definition and part of speech

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Amphiscians

  1. n. pl. The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.

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.

Amphistomous: Definition and part of speech

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Amphistomous

  1. a. Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

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.