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Bribe: Definition and part of speech

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Bribe

  1. n. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
  2. n. A gift begged; a present.
  3. n. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
  4. v. t. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
  5. v. i. To commit robbery or theft.

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.

Brevity: Definition and part of speech

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Brevity

  1. n. Contraction into few words; conciseness.
  2. n. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human 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.

Brewing: Definition and part of speech

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Brewing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Brew
  2. n. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
  3. n. The quantity brewed at once.
  4. n. A mixing together.

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.

Brew: Definition and part of speech

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Brew

  1. n. The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed.
  2. v. t. To boil or seethe; to cook.
  3. v. t. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
  4. v. t. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
  5. v. t. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief.
  6. v. i. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer.
  7. v. i. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west.

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.