Helen Fenton

Admire: Definition and part of speech

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Admire

  1. v. i. To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; — sometimes with at.
  2. v. t. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
  3. v. t. To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

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.

Admissibility: Definition and part of speech

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Admissibility

  1. n. The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence.

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.

Adlegation: Definition and part of speech

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Adlegation

  1. n. A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.

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.

Admeasure: Definition and part of speech

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Admeasure

  1. v. t. Formerly, the adjustment of proportion, or ascertainment of shares, as of dower or pasture held in common. This was by writ of admeasurement, directed to the sheriff.
  2. v. t. To measure.
  3. v. t. To determine the proper share of, or the proper apportionment; as, to admeasure dower; to admeasure common of pasture.
  4. v. t. The measure of a thing; dimensions; size.

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.