A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations, by Examples from the Best Writers, to which are Prefixed a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805 - English language |
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... misdiet daily greater grew . F. Queen . TO MISDISTINGUISH . v . a . [ mis and dis- tinguish . ] To make wrong distinctions . If we imagine a difference where there is none , because we distinguish where we should not , it may MIS MIS.
... misdiet daily greater grew . F. Queen . TO MISDISTINGUISH . v . a . [ mis and dis- tinguish . ] To make wrong distinctions . If we imagine a difference where there is none , because we distinguish where we should not , it may MIS MIS.
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... MISESTEEM . n . s . ( mis and esteem . ] Dis- regard ; slight . TO MISFASHION . v.a. [ mis and fashion . ] To form wrong . A thing in reason impossible thorough their misfashioned preconceit , appeared unto them no less certain , than ...
... MISESTEEM . n . s . ( mis and esteem . ] Dis- regard ; slight . TO MISFASHION . v.a. [ mis and fashion . ] To form wrong . A thing in reason impossible thorough their misfashioned preconceit , appeared unto them no less certain , than ...
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... v.a. [ open , Sax . op , Island- To O'PEN . ick ; οπη , Greek ; a hole . Ope is used only in poetry , when one ... mis- fortunes , leaves part of them behind him . Coll . 5. To begin ; to make the initial exhibi- tion . You ...
... v.a. [ open , Sax . op , Island- To O'PEN . ick ; οπη , Greek ; a hole . Ope is used only in poetry , when one ... mis- fortunes , leaves part of them behind him . Coll . 5. To begin ; to make the initial exhibi- tion . You ...
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... Miss Liddy can dance a jig , and raise paste . Spectater . them with thunders , and Neptune his tempests . Pope . 10. To excite ... va lue suitable to its extra.t . 2. To clear with a rake . South . o Here i ' th ' sands ee I ' RAI RAK.
... Miss Liddy can dance a jig , and raise paste . Spectater . them with thunders , and Neptune his tempests . Pope . 10. To excite ... va lue suitable to its extra.t . 2. To clear with a rake . South . o Here i ' th ' sands ee I ' RAI RAK.
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... miss ; to be not rigorous . If in some regards she chose To curb poor Paulo in too close ; In others she relax'd ... v.a. [ releguer , French ; relego , Lat . ] To banish ; to exile . RELEGATION . n . s . [ relegation , Fr. rele ...
... miss ; to be not rigorous . If in some regards she chose To curb poor Paulo in too close ; In others she relax'd ... v.a. [ releguer , French ; relego , Lat . ] To banish ; to exile . RELEGATION . n . s . [ relegation , Fr. rele ...
Common terms and phrases
Addison Æneid Ainsworth Arbuthnot Atterbury Bacon Ben Jonson Bentley bird blood body Boyle Brown called cause church chyle Clarendon colour death Dict doth Dryd Dryden Dutch earth Ecclesiasticus eyes fair Fairy Queen father fire French give Glanville hand hast hath heart heav'n honour Hooker Hudibras kind king L'Estrange labour laid land Latin leave light live Locke look loose lord low Latin Maccabees matter means Milt Milton mind Mortimer motion mouth nature ness never night noun o'er optick pain pass passion peace person plant Pope pow'r prince Prior publick Saxon sense Shaks Shaksp Shakspeare shew Sidney soul South Spenser spirit stone sweet Swift Tatler thee thing thou thought Tillotson tion tongue tree unto v. a. mis verb Waller Watts word Wotton young