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1. nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: noune
30 quotations in 2 senses
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Gram. (a) A noun; noun abstract, an abstract noun (as opposed to concrete); noun appellatif, a common noun; noun collectif, a collective noun; noun concret, a concrete noun; noun distributif, a…

2. pǒuē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pouere
353 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The ability of a person, an animal, a soul, an angel, a spirit, etc., to act; ability (to do sth.); pouer of, capacity for or power of (doing sth.); pouer of harm, means or capacity for doing…

3. prēterit adj.

8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Before the present, past; preterit time; (b) having to do with the past; (c) gram. of tense in Latin: denoting action in the past; preterit imparfit tens, the imperfect tense.

4. rē̆sǒun n.(2)

416 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The intellectual faculty, intellectual power or capacity, reason; -- also pl.; light of resoun; (b) the exercise of the intellectual faculty, act or process of reasoning; mental processes…