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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

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A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

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The act of responding.

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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and u…

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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

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One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to…

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The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

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The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

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The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.

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To join again; to unite after separation.

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To join again; to unite after separation.

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To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

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To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

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Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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One who, or that which, draws

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A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

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Alt. of Antagonistical

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To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

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To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow.

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To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

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An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

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An answer; a reply.

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To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

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To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

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To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

Present an opposing argument or evidence.