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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……

5. serven v.(1)

614 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) To be of service, be employed, work; labor (to do sth.); have a responsibility (to do sth.); serven at the barre, practice law; serven for, serve in order to get (sth., a wife); also, work (to do……

6. significāciǒun n.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A symbol; in significacioun, as a symbol, symbolizing; (b) symbolic meaning; also, interpretation [quots.: Lydg.Pilgr.]; (c) symbolization, representation; a gret significacioun, an important……

7. stāt n.

346 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A moral or spiritual state or condition; stat of dampnacioun (grace, right, etc.); stat of penaunce (teres), a state of repentance; (b) a mental state, frame of mind; (c) the physical state or……

8. substantī̆f n.

11 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. A word that refers to a person or thing, a noun or an adjective used substantively. …

9. sufferen v.

474 quotations in 15 senses
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(a) To undergo physical, mental, or spiritual distress or affliction, suffer; sufferen o (of), suffer from (care, an affliction); also, have death inflicted upon one by (sb.) [quot. c1400(?a1387)]; pp……

10. voice n.

270 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The voice of a human being, centaur, etc.; a voice; also, vocal sound; a vocal sound or a sound made in speaking; in (with) o voice, in unison; in voice, aloud; soun (of) voice (b) the voice of……

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