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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. Ple-bē'iançe, n.p. 998The common people. [Obs.]
  2. Plē-bē'ian-ism, n.p. 998The conduct of plebeians.
  3. Ple-bē'ian-ize, v. t.p. 998To make common or vulgar.
  4. Plē-biĕ'o-lĭst, n.p. 998One who flatters the common people. [Rare.]
  5. Plēb'i-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 998The act of rendering common; deterioration by vulgarity. [Rare.] You begin with the attempt to popularize learning and philosophy; but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge.
  6. Ple-bīs'cit, n.p. 998A plebiscitum. See PLEBISCITUM.
  7. Plē' bis-cī'tum, n.p. 998(Rom. Antiq.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of the tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate. Brande.
  8. Plēe'tog-nāthes or Plee-tōg'na-thī, n. pl.p. 998(Ichth.) An order of fishes having the maxillary bones stiffly adhering to the sides of the intermaxillaries, which alone form the jaws, as the file-fish. [Written also plectognaths.]
  9. Plēe'tog-nāth'ic or Plee-tōg'na-thōus, a.p. 998(Ichth.) Of, or pertaining to, the plectognathi.
  10. Plēc'trum, n.p. 999A small instrument, commonly of ivory, used by the ancients in playing upon the lyre. 2. (Anat.) (a.) The styloid process of the temporal bone. (b.) The uvula. (c.) The tongue.
  11. Plēd, imp. & p. p.p. 999of plead;— sometimes erroneously used instead of pleaded. See PLEAD.
  12. Plĕdge, n.p. 999Something put in pawn; personal property delivered to, or deposited with, another as a security for a debt or engagement; the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so…
  13. Plĕdge, v. t.p. 999To deposit in pawn; to deposit or leave as security; to give as a warrant. 2. To secure by a pledge. [Obs.] I accept her, And here, to pledge my vow, I give my hand. Shak. 3. To engage for by promise…
  14. Pledg-ee', n.p. 999The person to whom any thing is pledged.
  15. Pledge'less, a.p. 999Having or receiving no pledge.
  16. Pledge-ôr', n.p. 999(Law.) One who pledges; a pledger;—opposed to pledgee.
  17. Pledg'er, n.p. 999One who pledges.
  18. Pledg'er-y, n.p. 999A pledging; suretyship. [Obs.]
  19. Pledg'et, n.p. 999(Surg.) A compress, or small, flat tent of lint, laid over a wound to imbibe the matter discharged and keep it clean.
  20. Plē'iad, n.p. 999One of the Pleiades.
  21. Plē'ia-dēz, n. pl.p. 999(Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made, by Jupiter a constellation in the sky. 2. (Astron.) A group of seven small stars situated in the neck…
  22. Plē'ō-cēne, a.p. 999The same as PLIOCENE, q. v.
  23. Plei'o-sau'rus, n.p. 999The same as PLIOSAURUS, q. v.
  24. Pleis'to-cēne, a.p. 999(Geol.) Pertaining to the epoch or to the deposits following the tertiary, and immediately preceding man; quaternary;—often used as a noun.
  25. Plē'nal, a.p. 999Full. [Obs.] Beaumont.
  26. Plē'na-ri-ly, adv.p. 999In a plenary manner fully; completely. Ayliffe.
  27. Plē'ma-ri-ness, n.p. 999The state of being plenary.
  28. Plēn'ar-ty, n.p. 999The state of a benefice when occupied. Blackstone.
  29. Plē'na-ry, a.p. 999Full; entire; complete; as, a plenary license; plenary consent; plenary indulgence. Plenary indulgence (Rom. Cath. Church), an entire remission of penalties due to all sins.—Plenary inspiration…
  30. Plē'na-ry, n.p. 999Decisive procedure. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
  31. Plēne, a.p. 999Full; complete; — plenary. [Obs.]
  32. Plē'ni-cōrn, n.p. 999(Zōöl.) A ruminant quadruped, having solid horns, as the deer. Brande.
  33. Plēn'i-lū'na-ry, a.p. 999Relating to the full moon. [Obs.] Browne.
  34. Plēn'i-lūne, n.p. 999The full moon. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  35. Ple-nip'o-tençe or Ple-nip'o-ten-çy, n.p. 999The state of being plenipotent.
  36. Ple-nip'o-tent, a.p. 999Possessing full power. Milton.
  37. Plēn'i-po-tĕn'ti-a-ry, n.p. 999A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially an embassador or envoy to a foreign court furnished with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
  38. Plēn'i-po-tēn'ti-a-ry, a.p. 999Containing full power; as, plenipotentiary license or authority.
  39. Plēn'ish, v. t.p. 999To replenish. [Obs.] 2. To supply, as a house, with furniture; to provide furniture for; to furnish. [Scot.]
  40. Plēn'ish-ing, n.p. 999The furnishing or furniture of a house. [Scot.] W. Scott.
  41. Plē'nist, n.p. 999One who maintains that all space is full of matter.
  42. Plēn'i-tūde, n.p. 999The state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; greatness; as, the plenitude of space. 2. Redundancy of blood and humors in the animal bodies; animal fullness; repletion.
  43. Plēn'i-tū-di-nā'ri-an, n.p. 999A plenist. See PLENIST.
  44. Plēn'i-tū'di-na-ry, a.p. 999Having plenitude; full; complete; entire; thorough.
  45. Plēn'te-oŭs, a.p. 999Containing plenty; abundant; copious; plentiful; sufficient for every purpose; as, a plenteous supply of provisions; a plenteous crop. 2. Having plenty; well provided for; rich. Syn.—Ample…
  46. Plēn'te-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 999In a plenteous manner.
  47. Plēn'te-oŭs-ness, n.p. 999The state of being plenteous; abundance.
  48. Plēn'ti-ful, a.p. 999Containing plenty; copious; abundant; adequate to every purpose; as, a plentiful crop of grain; a plentiful harvest; a plentiful supply of water; a plentiful fortune. 2. Yielding abundant crops…
  49. Plĕn’ti-ful-ly, adv.p. 999In a plentiful manner; abundantly; copiously.
  50. Plēn'ti-ful-ness, n.p. 999The state or quality of being plentiful; abundance; copiousness.
  51. Plĕn’ty, n.p. 999Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; abundance; copiousness; as, we have a plenty of corn for bread. “Promising Britain peace and plenty.” Shak. 2. Fruitfulness. [Poet.] The seeming clouds…
  52. Plĕn’ty, a.p. 999Plentiful; abundant; copious. “If reasons were as plenty as blackberries.” Shak. They seem formed for those countries where shrubs are plenty and water scarce. Goldsmith. This word is found in…
  53. Plē'num, n.p. 999Fullness of matter in space;—opposed to vacuum.
  54. Plē'ny-tīde, n.p. 999A full tide. [Obs.] Greene.
  55. Plē'o-chrō'ic, a.p. 999Having the property of pleochroism. Dana.
  56. Ple-ŏch'ro-ism, n.p. 999The property possessed by some bodies, especially crystals, of presenting different colors, when viewed in the direction of different axes. Haidinger.
  57. Ple-ŏch'ro-măt'ic, a.p. 999Having pleochroism.
  58. Plē'o-chrō'ma-tism, n.p. 999Pleochroism.
  59. Ple-ŏch'ro-oŭs, a.p. 999Having the property of pleochroism; pleochroic.
  60. Plē'o-môr'phism, n.p. 999The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, called dimorphism when there are two forms, and trimorphism when there are three forms;—said of various substances, as…