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Adversaria: Definition and part of speech

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Adversaria

  1. n. pl. A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

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.

Advantage: Definition and part of speech

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Advantage

  1. n. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker’s dozen).
  2. n. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
  3. n. Superiority; mastery; — with of or over.
  4. n. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.

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.