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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ăs'sue-tūde, n.p. 85Custom; habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. Bacon.
  2. As-sūme’, v. t.p. 85To receive or adopt. [Rare.] The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. W. Scott. 2. To take, or take upon one’s self. The god assumed his…
  3. As-sūme',, v. i.p. 85To be arrogant; to claim more than is due. Burnet. 2. (Law.) To undertake. Burrill.
  4. As-sūm'ent, n.p. 85A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] Lewis.
  5. As-sūm'er, n.p. 85One who assumes.
  6. As-süm'p'sit, n.p. 85(Law.) (a.) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b.) An action to recover damages for a breach…
  7. As-sūmpt′, v. t.p. 85To take up; to raise. [Obs. and rare.] Sheldon.
  8. As-sŭmpt', n.p. 85That which is assumed; an assumption. [Obs.] The sum of all your assumpts is this. Chillingworth.
  9. As-sŭmp'tion, n.p. 85The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self. “The assumption of authority.” Whewell. 2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition. This gives no sanction…
  10. As-sūmp'tive, a.p. 85Assumed, or capable of being assumed; or pertaining to assumption. Assumptive arms (Hér.), such as a person has a right, with the approbation of his sovereign and of the heralds, to assume, in…
  11. As-sūmpt'ive-ly, adv.p. 85By way of assumption.
  12. As-sur'ance, n.p. 85The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire credit; a pledge furnishing any ground of full confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.…
  13. As-sure', v. t.p. 85To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past.…
  14. As-sūred′, a.p. 85Certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess; insured. Bacon. Shak.
  15. As-sur'ed-ly, adv.p. 85Certainly; indubitably. “The siege assuredly I'll raise.” Shak.
  16. As-sur'ed-ness, n.p. 85The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
  17. As-sŭr'er, n.p. 85One who assures; specifically, one who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
  18. As-sūr'gen-cy, n.p. 85The act of rising upward. The continual assurgency of the spirit through the body. (Coleridge.)
  19. As-sūr'gent, a.p. 85(Bot.) Rising upward obliquely; ascending. Gray.
  20. As-sur'ing-ly, adv.p. 85So as to create assurance.
  21. As-swāge', v.p. 85See ASSUAGE.
  22. As-syr'i-an, a.p. 85(Geog.) Pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
  23. As-syr'i-an, n.p. 86(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Assyria.
  24. As-tæ'o-līte, n.p. 86(Palæon.) The fossil remains of a long-tailed or lobster-like crustacean. Eng. Cyc.
  25. Ăs'ta-cŭs, n.p. 86(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crayfish or fresh-water lobster.
  26. A-stärt', v. t.p. 86Same as ASTERT. [Obs.] Spenser.
  27. A-stăt'ic, a.p. 86(Electro-Magnetism.) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point…
  28. A-stät'ic al-ly, adv.p. 86In an astatic manner.
  29. A-stāy', adv.p. 86(Naut.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
  30. Ăs'te-ĭsm, n.p. 86(Rhet.) Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
  31. Ăs'ter, n.p. 86(Bot.) A genus of plants, with compound flowers; star-wort. The species are very numerous, and many of them are cultivated for their beauty, particularly the China aster. Loudon.
  32. As-tē'ri-as, n.p. 86(Zoöl.) A radiate animal, called star-fish, in the form usually of a five-rayed star, with a mouth below at the center. See ANIMAL KINGDOM and ECHINODERM. Dana.
  33. As-tē'ri-ā'ted, a.p. 86Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as, asteriated sapphire. Cleaveland.
  34. Ăs'ter-īd'i-an, n.p. 86(Zoöl.) An animal of the asterias or star-fish tribe. Dana.
  35. Ăs'ter-isk, n.p. 86The figure of a star, thus, , used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, or to supply the omission of one or more letters or words.
  36. Ăs’ter-ism, n.p. 86(Astron.) (a.) A constellation. [Obs.] (b.) A small cluster of stars, whether included in a constellation or not. 2. (Printing.) (a.) An asterisk, or mark of reference. [Obs.] (b.) Three asterisks…
  37. A-stĕrn', adv.p. 86(Naut.) 1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; or toward the hinder part, or backward; as, to go astern. 2. Behind a ship, at any indefinite distance. “Having left this strait astern.” Drake. To go…
  38. As'ter-oid, n.p. 86(Astron.) One of the numerous small planets whose orbits are situated between those of Mars and Jupiter; — called also planetoids. [For their names and symbols, see p. 1255.]
  39. Ăs'ter-oid'al, a.p. 86Pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.
  40. Ăs'tĕ-rŏl'ĕ-pis, n.p. 86(Paleon.) A genus of fishes eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the old red sandstone. Hugh Miller.
  41. Ăs'te-rŏph'yl-līte or Ăs'te-ro-phȳl'īte, n.p. 86(Paleon.) A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America. Eng. Cyc.
  42. A-stĕrt', v. t.p. 86To startle. [Obs.] Spenser.
  43. Ăs'the-nē'ă or Ăs'the-ny, n.p. 86(Med.) Infirmity; debility, or diminution of the vital forces.
  44. As-thēn'ie, a.p. 86(Med.) Characterized by debility; relating to asthenia. Dunglison.
  45. Ăs’then-ōl’o-gy, n.p. 86(Med.) The doctrine of diseases connected with debility.
  46. Ăsth'mă, n.p. 86(Med.) A disease of respiration, characterized by difficulty of breathing, recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound and sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
  47. Asth-măt'ic or Asth-măt'ic-al, a.p. 86Pertaining to, or affected by, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
  48. Asth-măt'ic, n.p. 86A person troubled or affected with asthma. Arbuthnot.
  49. Asth-măt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 86In an asthmatic manner.
  50. As-tip'ū-lāte, v. i.p. 86To stipulate; to agree. [Obs.]
  51. As-tip'ū-lā'tion, n.p. 86Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.]
  52. As-tōn’ or As-tōne’, v. t.p. 86To astonish. [Obs.] “Astouned he stood.” Spencer. By the astounding terror of swart night. Marston.
  53. As-tōn'ied, p. p.p. 86See ASTONY.
  54. As-tŏn'ish, v. t.p. 86To stun; to render senseless. [Obs.] Thus, in Shakespeare’s “King Henry V.,” Gower says to Fluellen, who has struck Pistol, “Enough, captain; you have astonished him.” The very cramp-fish [i. e.…
  55. As-tŏn'ish-ed-ly, adv.p. 86In an astonished manner. [Rare.] Bp. Hall.
  56. As-tŏn’ish-ing, a.p. 86Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment, great admiration or amazement; as, an astonishing event. Syn. — Amazing; surprising; wonderful; admirable; marvelous.
  57. As-tōn'ish-ing-ly, adv.p. 86In a manner or degree to excite amazement. “Something astonishingly great and wild.” Spect.
  58. As-tŏn'ish-ing-ness, n.p. 86The quality of exciting astonishment.
  59. As-tōn’ish-ment, n.p. 86The condition of one who is stunned; hence, numbness. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland. 2. Confusion of mind from fear, surprise, or admiration, at an…
  60. As-tŏn'y, v. t.p. 86To stun; to amaze; to astonish. [Obs. or poet.] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladias upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sidney. And I astonied fell and could not pray.…