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1. accidence n.

8 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Phil. A non-essential or incidental characteristic, a temporary and variable property of a thing; bi accidence, through a secondary means, indirectly; of accidence, without affecting or involving…

2. ac(c)ūsatīf adj. & n.

Additional spellings: accusatif
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Accusing, self-accusing [note the play on the word cas in GRom.]; (b) gram. accustif (cas).

3. adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: adjective
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. (a) Adjectival; noun adjectif, an adjective; verb adjectif, a verbal noun or adjective; (b) as noun: adjective.

4. appōsiciǒun n.

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(a) Addition; (b) application; (c) gram. apposition.

5. article n.

66 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A separate item (in a set of rules, doctrines, provisions, etc.); one of the statements of the Apostles' Creed; article of the feith (beleve, crede, creaunce, trouthe); (b) a specific religious…

6. cā̆s n.

263 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)…

7. collecciǒun n.

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The action or process of gathering: (a) the collecting (of things); (b) the collection (of taxes); a tax collector's district; (c) the accumulation (of morbid matter); a swelling or boil; maken

8. composiciǒun n.

45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something…

9. conjuncciǒun n.

31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.

10. declināciǒun n.

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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.

11. demonstrātīf adj. & n.

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(a) Characterized by logical reasoning, logical; proceding from true premises, demonstrable, certain; -- as noun, personified; demonstratif conning, the science of logic; also, knowledge based on…

12. dī̆minūtī̆f adj. & n.

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Gram. A derivative word denoting a small kind of the primitive, a diminutive; also noun diminutif.

13. distribūciǒun n.

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(a) Apportioning or allotment (of goods, alms, etc.); administering (of sacraments); spending (of money); (b) an allotment, a share; a gift.

14. feminīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: feminine
28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of sex: female; sex feminin; as noun: a female being, a woman; (b) fig. feminin fader, Father-Creator.

15. figūre n.

127 quotations in 12 senses
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Shape, form, appearance: (a) visible or tangible shape or form; general appearance; bodili figure, figure of this world; of the face: expression; (b) of a living being: bodily form, appearance (often…

16. ǧenetī̆f adj. & n.

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(a) Gram. The genitive case; genetif case; (b) with punning reference to 'procreation' or 'genealogy'.

17. interjecciǒun n.

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(a) An exclamation, outcry; (b) gram. one of the parts of speech, an interjection.

18. masculīn(e adj. & n.

Additional spellings: masculine
23 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of sex: male; masculin gendre, male sex; of the male class or kind; as noun: a male; also, the male portion of a congregation; (b) of things thought to possess male functions or qualities: male…

19. participle n.

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Gram. A participle; also fig. something intermediate sharing qualities of two contrasting entities.

20. persǒun(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: persoune
202 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) An individual, a person; -- also with reference to Christ; coll. persons, people; (b) a persoun, per person; persoun or persounes, no persoun ne persounes; a persoun of eighte-tene, eighteen…

21. prēposiciǒun n.

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(a) A pre-eminent position; (b) gram. a preposition.

22. prō̆nǒun(e n.

Additional spellings: pronoune
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Gram. A pronoun.

23. quā̆litẹ̄ n.

114 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Character, nature, state, or condition; an inherent attribute; innere qualite, ?inner state; [quot.: Barth., last, may belong with sense 3.(a)]; outre qualite, outer state; qualite of the colour

24. quantitẹ̄ n.

147 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Size in three dimensions, magnitude, volume, capacity; open quantite, capacity of something when empty; (b) size in length; stature; also fig.; (c) circumference; (d) size of a surface area; also…

25. sentence n.

192 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A personal opinion, way of thinking; sentence yevere, one who expresses a personal opinion; in o sentence, of one mind, with one intent; of sentence, according to one's opinion; differren sentence

26. 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…

27. 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…

28. substantī̆f n.

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Gram. A word that refers to a person or thing, a noun or an adjective used substantively.

29. supīn n.

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Gram. The supine of a Latin verb; first supin, the accusative supine; latere (laste) supin, the ablative supine.

30. tīme n.(2)

847 quotations in 22 senses
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(a) Temporal duration; the duration of the world;—also pl.; worldes time; fulnesse (ful-filling, plente) of time, the full measure of time, appointed time; thinges of time, temporal things; under the

31. transiciọ̄̆n n.

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Gram. The transitive relation between verb and object, transitivity.

32. ūnitẹ̄ n.

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(a) Insusceptibility to differentiation, indivisibility, lack of diversity; also, purity, freedom from adulteration (b) theol. the essential unity among the persons of the Trinity; the oneness or…

33. verbe n.

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Gram. (a) A verb; verbe plurel (nombre, verbe of plurel nombre, a verb form declined with a plural ending; principal verbe, the finite verb of the main clause, main verb (b) in phrases designating…

34. vocātī̆f n.

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Gram. The vocative case; vocatif plurel, the plural of the vocative case.

35. 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…