English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Avowtry
(v. t.)
Adultery. See Advoutry.
Avoyer
(n.)
A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of
Switzerland.
Avulse
(v. t.)
To pluck or pull off.
Avulsion
(n.)
A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
Avulsion
(n.)
A fragment torn off.
Avulsion
(n.)
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of
one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a
sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of
one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in
the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.
Avuncular
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an uncle.
Await
(v. i.)
To watch.
Await
(n.)
A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed.
Await
(v. i.)
To wait; to stay in waiting.
Await
(v. i.)
To wait (on or upon).
Await
(v. t.)
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a
glorious reward awaits the good.
Await
(v. t.)
To wait on, serve, or attend.
Await
(v. t.)
To watch for; to look out for.
Await
(v. t.)
To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.
Awaited
(imp. & p. p.)
of Await
Awaiting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Await
Awake
(v. i.)
To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural
sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction
or death.
Awake
(v. t.)
To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death,
stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to
stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
Awake
(v. t.)
To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.