Helen Fenton

Abode: Definition and part of speech

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Abode

  1. imp. & p. p. of Abide
  2. pret. of Abide.
  3. n. Act of waiting; delay.
  4. n. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
  5. n. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
  6. v. t. An omen.
  7. v. t. To bode; to foreshow.

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.

Abelonian: Definition and part of speech

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Abelonian

  1. n. One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

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.

Abelmosk: Definition and part of speech

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Abelmosk

  1. n. An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus — formerly Abelmoschus — moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; — sometimes called musk mallow.

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.

Aber-de-vine: Definition and part of speech

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Aber-de-vine

  1. n. The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

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.

Aberrancy: Definition and part of speech

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Aberrancy

  1. n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc.

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.

Aberrant: Definition and part of speech

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Aberrant

  1. a. Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
  2. a. Wandering; straying from the right 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.