Your ShelfYour Projects
Library

Dictionary

An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

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

Entries
95,912
Pages
1,538
Illustrations
2,133

Look up a word as the writers of the time used it.

Read it page by page The scan at the Internet Archive
  1. Om-nĭp'o-tent, a.p. 911Possessing unlimited power; all-powerful; as, the Being that can create worlds must be omnipotent. 2. Having unlimited power of a particular kind; as, omnipotent love. Shak. The Omnipotent, the…
  2. Om-nĭp'o-tent-ly, adv.p. 911In an omnipotent manner; with almighty power.
  3. Ōm'ni-prēz'ence, n.p. 911Presence in every place at the same time; unbounded or universal presence; ubiquity; — an attribute peculiar to God.
  4. Ōm'ni-prē'sen-cy, n.p. 911Omnipresence. [Obs.]
  5. Ōm'ni-prēz'ent, a.p. 911Present in all places at the same time; ubiquitary; as, the omnipresent Jehovah.
  6. Ōm'ni-pre-sen'tial, a.p. 911Implying universal presence. [Rare.] South.
  7. Ōm'ni-prēv'a-lent, a.p. 911Prevalent every where or entirely; all-prevalent. “The Earl of Warwick, omniprevalent at court in the declining of his co-rival, the Duke of Somerset.” Fuller.
  8. Om-nīs'cience, n.p. 911The quality of being omniscient;— an attribute peculiar to God.
  9. Om-nīs'ci-en-cy, n.p. 911Omniscience. [Obs.]
  10. Om-nīs'cient, a.p. 911Having universal knowledge, or knowledge of all things; infinitely knowing; all-seeing; as, the omniscient God.
  11. Om-nīs'cient-ly, adv.p. 911By omniscience.
  12. Om-nīs'ciōus, a.p. 911All-knowing. [Obs.] Hakewill.
  13. Ōm'ni-spĕc'tive, a.p. 911Beholding every thing; capable of seeing all things. [Rare.] “Great, omniscient, omnispective Power!” Boyce.
  14. Ōm'ni-ūm, n.p. 911(Finance.) The value taken as an average of the different stocks in which a loan to government is funded. [Eng.] Eng. Cyc.
  15. Ōm'ni-ūm-gāth'er-ūm, n.p. 911A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. [Colloq.]
  16. Om-nĭv'a-gant, a.p. 911Wandering any where and every where.
  17. Om-nĭv'o-rōus, a.p. 911All-devouring; eating every thing indiscriminately.
  18. O-mōg'ra-phy, n.p. 911A method of representing objects, intended to be a substitute for engraving, lithography, and painting.
  19. Ōm'o-plāte, n.p. 911(Anat.) The shoulder-blade or scapula.
  20. ŏm'phā-cīne, a.p. 911Pertaining to, or expressed from, unripe fruit. Omphacine oil, or omphacine, a viscous brown juice extracted from green olives, with which the wrestlers in the ancient gymnastic exercises used to…
  21. Om-phāl'ic, a.p. 912Pertaining to the navel.
  22. Ŏm'pha-lo-çēle', n.p. 912(Med.) A rupture at the navel. Coxe.
  23. Ōm'pha-lōde, n.p. 912(Anat.) The navel. [Rare.] 2. (Bot.) The central part of the hilum of a seed, through which the nutrient vessels pass to the endosperm. Ogilvie.
  24. Ōm'pha-lo-mān'cy, n.p. 912Divination by means of the navel of a child, to learn how many more children its mother may have. Crabb.
  25. Ōm'pha-lōp'sy-chīte, n.p. 912(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect which pretended to derive pleasure from sitting with their eyes fixed on the navel. Bib. Repos. ii. 249.
  26. Ŏm'pha-lōp'ter or Ŏm'pha-lōp'tie, n.p. 912An optical glass that is convex on both sides; a double-convex lens. [Obs.] Hutton.
  27. Ŏm'pha-lŏt'o-my, n.p. 912(Surg.) The operation of dividing the navel-string.
  28. Ōm'pha-zīte, n.p. 912(Min.) A foliated, leek-green variety of pyroxene. Dana.
  29. Ō'my, a.p. 912Mellow, as land. [Obs.] Ray.
  30. Ōn, prep.p. 912At, or in contact with, the surface or upper part of a thing, and supported by it; placed or lying in contact with the surface; as, my book is on the table; the table stands on the floor; the house…
  31. Ōn, adv.p. 912Forward, in progression; onward; as, move on; go on. 2. Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on. 3. In continuance; without interruption or ceasing…
  32. Ŏn'a-ger, n.p. 912(Zoöl.) The wild ass (Equus asinus), a soliped, pachydermatous mammal, originally inhabiting the great deserts of Central Asia, and still found there in its wild state. 2. (Antiq.) A military engine…
  33. Ō'nan-ism, n.p. 912The crime of self-pollution; masturbation.
  34. Once (wŭns), adv.p. 912At one time; on one occasion, and one only. Trees that bear mast are fruitful but once in two years. Bacon. 2. At one former time; formerly. My soul had once some foolish fondness for thee; But hence…
  35. Ŏnçe, n.p. 912(Zoöl.) A digitigrade, carnivorous mammal, of the cat kind; the ounce. See OUNCE.
  36. On-cĭd'i-ŭm, n.p. 912(Bot.) A genus of orchideous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. papilio) resembles a butterfly. Baird.
  37. On-cŏt'o-my, n.p. 912(Surg.) The opening of an abscess with a cutting instrument, or the removal of a tumor. [Written also onkotomy.] Dunglison.
  38. On ditp. 912They say, or it is said; hence, as a noun, a flying report; as, it is a mere on dit.
  39. One (wŭn), a.p. 912Being but a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more; not multifold; single; individual;—used as a cardinal number. “The dream of Pharaoh is one.” Gen. xli. 25. In this use, it often takes…
  40. One, v. t.p. 912To cause to become one; to gather into one. [Obs.]
  41. One'-bĕr'ry, n.p. 912(Bot.) An herb of the genus Paris; true-love.
  42. One'-hōrse, a.p. 912Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
  43. O-nei'ro-cri'tic, n.p. 912An interpreter of dreams; one who judges what is signified by dreams. Warburton. Addison.
  44. O-nei′ro-crit′ic or O-nei′ro-crit′ic-al, a.p. 912Pertaining to the interpretation of dreams, or pretending to judge of future events signified by dreams. “My oneirocritical correspondent.” Addison.
  45. O-nei′ro-crit′i-cism, n.p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. “No commendable phantasm in old oneirocriticism.” Browne.
  46. O-nei'/ro-erit'ics, n. sing.p. 912The art of interpreting dreams. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  47. O-nei'ro-dȳnĭ-a, n.p. 912(Med.) Painful dreams, or disturbed sleep, including nightmare and somnambulism. Dunglison.
  48. O-nei'ro-măn'cy, n.p. 912Divination by dreams. “Oneiromancy or prophecy by means of dreams.” De Quincey.
  49. Ō'nei-rŏs'co-pist, n.p. 912One who interprets dreams.
  50. Ō/neir-ōs'eo-py, n.p. 912The interpretation of dreams.
  51. One'li-ness, n.p. 912The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Oneliness, or singularity, is essential to it. Cudworth.
  52. Ōne'ly, a.p. 912The same as ONLY. [Obs.] Spencer.
  53. One'ment, n.p. 912State of being one, at one, united, or reconciled. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  54. One'ness, n.p. 912The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity. Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker.
  55. Ŏn'er-a-ry, a.p. 912Fitted or intended for the carriage of burdens; comprising a burden.
  56. Ōn'er-ate, v. t.p. 912To load; to burden. [Obs.]
  57. Ŏn'er-ā'tion, n.p. 912The act of loading. [Obs.]
  58. Ŏn'er-ōŭs, a.p. 912Burdensome; oppressive. “Too onerous a solicitude.” J. Taylor. Onerous cause (Scots Law), a good and legal consideration;—opposed to gratuitous.
  59. ŏn'er-ōŭs-ly, adv.p. 912In an onerous manner; oppressively.
  60. One'-sīd'ed, a.p. 912Having one side only; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. “Such unguarded and one-sided language.” T. Arnold. 2. (Bot.) Growing on one side of a…