English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Avarous (a.)

Avaricious.

Avast (a.)

Cease; stop; stay.

Avatar (n.)

The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

Avatar (n.)

Incarnation; manifestation as an object of worship or admiration.

Avaunce (v. t. & i.)

To advance; to profit.

Avaunt (interj.)

Begone; depart; -- a word of contempt or abhorrence, equivalent to the phrase "Get thee gone."

Avaunt (v. t. & i.)

To advance; to move forward; to elevate.

Avaunt (v. t. & i.)

To depart; to move away.

Avaunt (v. t. & i.)

To vaunt; to boast.

Avaunt (n.)

A vaunt; to boast.

Avauntour (n.)

A boaster.

Ave (n.)

A reverential salutation.

Ave (n.)

An ave Maria.

Ave Maria

Alt. of Ave Mary

Ave Mary

A particular time (as in Italy, at the ringing of the bells about half an hour after sunset, and also at early dawn), when the people repeat the Ave Maria.

Ave Mary

A salutation and prayer to the Virgin Mary, as mother of God; -- used in the Roman Catholic church.

Avel (v. t.)

To pull away.

Avellane (a.)

In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross.

Avena (n.)

A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Avenaceous (a.)

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.