A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language [&c.].1768 |
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... Bentley . ABSTRICTED . p.a. [ abstrictus , Lat . ] unbound . To ABSTRINGE . v . « . [ abftringe , Lat . ] To unbind . To ABSTRU'DE . v . a . [ abftrudo , Lat . ] To thruft off , or pull away . ABSTRU ́SE . a . [ abftrufus , Lat . thrust ...
... Bentley . ABSTRICTED . p.a. [ abstrictus , Lat . ] unbound . To ABSTRINGE . v . « . [ abftringe , Lat . ] To unbind . To ABSTRU'DE . v . a . [ abftrudo , Lat . ] To thruft off , or pull away . ABSTRU ́SE . a . [ abftrufus , Lat . thrust ...
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... Bentley . ADOLESCENCY . S. The fame with adolef cence . Brown . To ADOPT . v . a . [ adopto , Lat . ] 1. To take a fon by choice , to make him a fon , who was not fo by birth . 2. To place any perfon or thing in a nearer relation , to ...
... Bentley . ADOLESCENCY . S. The fame with adolef cence . Brown . To ADOPT . v . a . [ adopto , Lat . ] 1. To take a fon by choice , to make him a fon , who was not fo by birth . 2. To place any perfon or thing in a nearer relation , to ...
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... Bentley . 2. Without company ; folitary . Sidney , Dryden . ALO NE . ado . To let alone ; to forbear ; to leave unfinished . Addison . ALONG . adv . [ au longue , Fr. ] 1. At length . Dryden . 2. Through any ipace meafured lengthwife ...
... Bentley . 2. Without company ; folitary . Sidney , Dryden . ALO NE . ado . To let alone ; to forbear ; to leave unfinished . Addison . ALONG . adv . [ au longue , Fr. ] 1. At length . Dryden . 2. Through any ipace meafured lengthwife ...
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... Bentley . To A PO'STEMATE . v . x . [ from aposteme . ] To fwell and corrupt into matter . Wiseman . APOSTEMATION . f . [ from apoftemate . ] The gathering of a hollow purulent tumour . Grew . APOSTEME . } J. [ ' axória . ] A hollow ...
... Bentley . To A PO'STEMATE . v . x . [ from aposteme . ] To fwell and corrupt into matter . Wiseman . APOSTEMATION . f . [ from apoftemate . ] The gathering of a hollow purulent tumour . Grew . APOSTEME . } J. [ ' axória . ] A hollow ...
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... Bentley . Appointment of one thing with regard to another thing or perfon . Locke . ASSIMILABLE . a [ from affimilate . ] That which may be converted to the fame nature with fomething else . Brown . To ASSIMILATE . v . a . [ affimilo ...
... Bentley . Appointment of one thing with regard to another thing or perfon . Locke . ASSIMILABLE . a [ from affimilate . ] That which may be converted to the fame nature with fomething else . Brown . To ASSIMILATE . v . a . [ affimilo ...
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