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Amen: Definition and part of speech

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Amen

  1. v. t. To say Amen to; to sanction fully.
  2. interj., adv., & n. An expression used at the end of prayers, and meaning, So be it. At the end of a creed, it is a solemn asseveration of belief. When it introduces a declaration, it is equivalent to truly, verily.

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.

Ambulator: Definition and part of speech

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Ambulator

  1. n. An instrument for measuring distances; — called also perambulator.
  2. n. One who walks about; a walker.
  3. n. A beetle of the genus Lamia.
  4. n. A genus of birds, or one of this genus.

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.

Ambulatory: Definition and part of speech

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Ambulatory

  1. a. Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
  3. a. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
  4. a. Pertaining to a walk.

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.