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Adventurer: Definition and part of speech

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Adventurer

  1. n. A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
  2. n. One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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.

Adventure: Definition and part of speech

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Adventure

  1. n. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
  2. n. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
  3. n. Risk; danger; peril.
  4. n. The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
  5. n. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one’s life.

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.

Adventitious: Definition and part of speech

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Adventitious

  1. a. Acquired, as diseases; accidental.
  2. a. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
  3. a. Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
  4. a. Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; — applied to foreign plants.

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.

Adventist: Definition and part of speech

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Adventist

  1. n. One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; — called also Second Adventists.

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.