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1828 Websters Dictionary

1828 Websters Dictionary

Noah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state".

Webster's name has become synonymous with "dictionary" in the United States, especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the nation.
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1828 Websters Dictionary

a-posteriori

Arguments a posteriori, are drawn from effect, consequences or facts; in opposition to reasoning a priori, or from causes previously known.... Read More
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abaddon

ABAD'DON, n. [Heb. Ch. Syr. Sam. to be lost, or destroyed, to perish.] 1. The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit. Rev. ix. 2. The bottomless pit.... Read More
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abasement

ABA'SEMENT, n. The act of humbling or bringing low; also a state of depression, degradation, or humiliation.... Read More
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abdicate

AB'DICATE, v.t. [L. abdica; ab and dico, to dedicate, to bestow, but the literal primary sense of dico is to send or thrust.] 1. In a general sense, to relinquish, renounce, or abandon. 2. To abandon an office or trust, without a formal resignation to those who conferred it, or without their consent... Read More
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abelonians

ABE'LIANS, ABELO'NIANS or A'BELITES, in Church history, a sect in Africa which arose in the reign of Areadius; they married, but lived in continence after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel, and attempted to maintain the sect by adopting the children of others.... Read More
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abhor

ABHOR', v.t. [L abhorreo, of ab and horreo, to set up bristles, shiver or shake; to look terrible.] 1. To hate extremely, or with contempt; to lothe, detest or abominate. 2. To despise or neglect. Ps. xxii. 24. Amos vi. 8. 3. To cast off or reject. Ps. lxxix. 38.... Read More
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abide

ABI'DE, v. i. pert. and part. abode. abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, rest, continue, stand firm, or be stationary for anytime indefinitely. Class Bd. No 7.] 1. To rest, or dwell. Gen. xxix 19. 2. To tarry or stay for a short time. Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. To continue permanent... Read More
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abolish

ABOL'ISH, v.t. [L. abolco; from ab and oleo, olesco, to grow.] 1. To make void; to annul; to abrogate; applied chiefly and appropriately to established laws, contracts, rites, customs and institutions - as to abolish laws by a repeal, actual or virtual. 2. To destroy, or put an end to; as to abolish... Read More
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abominable

ABOM'INABLE, a. [See Abominate.] 1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome. 2. This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses. 3. Unclean. Levit. vli.... Read More
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atonement

ATO'NEMENT, n. 1. Agreement; concord; reconciliation, after enmity or controversy. Rom. 5. Between the Duke of Glo'ster and your brothers. 2. Expiation; satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing or suffering that which is received in satisfaction for an offen... Read More

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