Helen Fenton

Alimony: Definition and part of speech

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Alimony

  1. n. An allowance made to a wife out of her husband’s estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
  2. n. Maintenance; means of living.

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.

Alimentation: Definition and part of speech

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Alimentation

  1. n. State or mode of being nourished.
  2. n. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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.

Alimentary: Definition and part of speech

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Alimentary

  1. a. Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.

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.

Alimental: Definition and part of speech

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Alimental

  1. a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.

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.

Aliment: Definition and part of speech

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Aliment

  1. v. t. To provide for the maintenance of.
  2. n. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.
  3. n. An allowance for maintenance.
  4. v. t. To nourish; to support.

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.