English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Audient
(a.)
Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls.
Audient
(n.)
A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church.
Audiometer
(n.)
An instrument by which the power of hearing can be
gauged and recorded on a scale.
Audiphone
(n.)
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys
sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less
distinctly; a dentiphone.
Audit
(a.)
An audience; a hearing.
Audit
(a.)
An examination in general; a judicial examination.
Audit
(a.)
The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted
by auditors; final account.
Audit
(a.)
A general receptacle or receiver.
Audit
(v. t.)
To examine and adjust, as an account or accounts; as, to
audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit
depending in court.
Audit
(v. i.)
To settle or adjust an account.
A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment
is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently
accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
Audited
(imp. & p. p.)
of Audit
Auditing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Audit
Audition
(n.)
The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
Auditive
(a.)
Of or pertaining to hearing; auditory.
Auditor
(a.)
One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.
Auditor
(a.)
A hearer or listener.
Auditor
(a.)
A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an
account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the
parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance.
Auditorial
(a.)
Auditory.
Auditorium
(n.)
The part of a church, theater, or other public
building, assigned to the audience.