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Clairvoyant: Definition and part of speech

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Clairvoyant

  1. n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
  2. a. Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

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.

Clam: Definition and part of speech

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Clam

  1. v. t. A kind of vise, usually of wood.
  2. v. t. A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
  3. v. t. Strong pinchers or forceps.
  4. n. Claminess; moisture.
  5. n. A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

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.

Clamatores: Definition and part of speech

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Clamatores

  1. n. pl. A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

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.

Claim: Definition and part of speech

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Claim

  1. n. A loud call.
  2. v./. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
  3. v./. To proclaim.
  4. v./. To call or name.
  5. v./. To assert; to maintain.
  6. v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  7. n. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
  8. n. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
  9. n. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler’s claim; a miner’s claim.
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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.