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Amiable: Definition and part of speech

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Amiable

  1. a. Done out of love.
  2. a. Lovable; lovely; pleasing.
  3. a. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.
  4. a. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.

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.

Americanize: Definition and part of speech

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Americanize

  1. v. t. To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics.

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.

Amerce: Definition and part of speech

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Amerce

  1. v. t. To punish, in general; to mulct.
  2. v. t. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars.

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.