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Cadi: Definition and part of speech

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Cadi

  1. n. An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

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.

Cadence: Definition and part of speech

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Cadence

  1. v. t. To regulate by musical measure.
  2. n. The act or state of declining or sinking.
  3. n. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
  4. n. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
  5. n. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
  6. n. See Cadency.
  7. n. Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
  8. n. A uniform time and place in marching.
  9. n. The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
  10. n. A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

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.

Cad: Definition and part of speech

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Cad

  1. n. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.
  2. n. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

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.

Cadency: Definition and part of speech

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Cadency

  1. n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.

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.

Cadaster: Definition and part of speech

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Cadaster

  1. n. An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.

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.