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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-nip'o-tent, a.p. 999Possessing full power. Milton.
  2. 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.
  3. Plēn'i-po-tēn'ti-a-ry, a.p. 999Containing full power; as, plenipotentiary license or authority.
  4. Plēn'ish, v. t.p. 999To replenish. [Obs.] 2. To supply, as a house, with furniture; to provide furniture for; to furnish. [Scot.]
  5. Plēn'ish-ing, n.p. 999The furnishing or furniture of a house. [Scot.] W. Scott.
  6. Plē'nist, n.p. 999One who maintains that all space is full of matter.
  7. 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.
  8. Plēn'i-tū-di-nā'ri-an, n.p. 999A plenist. See PLENIST.
  9. Plēn'i-tū'di-na-ry, a.p. 999Having plenitude; full; complete; entire; thorough.
  10. 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…
  11. Plēn'te-oŭs-ly, adv.p. 999In a plenteous manner.
  12. Plēn'te-oŭs-ness, n.p. 999The state of being plenteous; abundance.
  13. 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…
  14. Plĕn’ti-ful-ly, adv.p. 999In a plentiful manner; abundantly; copiously.
  15. Plēn'ti-ful-ness, n.p. 999The state or quality of being plentiful; abundance; copiousness.
  16. 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…
  17. 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…
  18. Plē'num, n.p. 999Fullness of matter in space;—opposed to vacuum.
  19. Plē'ny-tīde, n.p. 999A full tide. [Obs.] Greene.
  20. Plē'o-chrō'ic, a.p. 999Having the property of pleochroism. Dana.
  21. 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.
  22. Ple-ŏch'ro-măt'ic, a.p. 999Having pleochroism.
  23. Plē'o-chrō'ma-tism, n.p. 999Pleochroism.
  24. Ple-ŏch'ro-oŭs, a.p. 999Having the property of pleochroism; pleochroic.
  25. 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…
  26. Plē'o-môr'phoŭs, a.p. 999Having the property of pleomorphism.
  27. Plē'o-năsm, n.p. 999Redundancy of words in speaking or writing; the use of more words, to express ideas, than are necessary.
  28. Plē'o-năste, n.p. 999(Min.) A black variety of spinel. Dana.
  29. Plē'o-năs'tic or Plē'o-năs'tic-al, a.p. 999Pertaining to pleonasm; partaking of pleonasm; redundant.
  30. Plē'o-năs'tic-al-ly, adv.p. 999In a pleonastic manner.
  31. Ple-rŏph'o-ry, n.p. 999Full persuasion or confidence. [Obs.] Hall.
  32. Plĕsh, n.p. 999The same as PLASH. [Obs.] Spenser.
  33. Plē'si-o-môr'phĭsm, n.p. 999The state of crystallized substances which nearly resemble each other in form, but still are different.
  34. Plē'si-o-môr'phoŭs, a.p. 999Nearly alike in form.
  35. Plē'si-o-sa̤ur, n.p. 999(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Plesiosaurus.
  36. Plē'si-o-sa̤u'rus, n.p. 999(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having the neck very long, and the body and tail short.
  37. Plĕth'o-rȧ, n.p. 999Over-fullness; especially, fullness or excess of blood; repletion; the state of the vessels of the human body when they are too full, or overloaded with fluids. Coxe. 2. The state of being over-full…
  38. Plĕth'o-rĕt'ic, a.p. 999Having, or characterized by, plethora; plethoric. [Obs.] Johnson.
  39. Ple-thŏr'ic or Plĕth'o-ric, a.p. 999Evincing plethora either in a physical or a metaphorical sense. “Plethoric fullness of thought.” De Quincey. Its former strength was but plethoric ill. Goldsmith. We have some dozen of plethoric…
  40. Ple-thŏr'ic-al, a.p. 999Plethoric. [Obs.]
  41. Ple-thŏr'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 999In a plethoric manner.
  42. Plĕth'o-ry, n.p. 999The same as PLETHORA. Burke.
  43. Plĕth'ron or Plĕth'rump. 999Plĕth'rum, n. [Gr. πλέθρον.] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 feet; also a square measure of 10,000 feet.
  44. Pleū'rȧ, n.p. 999(Anat.) The serous membrane which covers the inside of the thorax, and also invests the lungs.
  45. Pleū'ral, a.p. 999Pertaining to the ribs, or the side of the body where they lie. Dunglison.
  46. Pleū-răl'ġi-ȧ, n.p. 999(Med.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.
  47. Pleū'ri-sy, n.p. 999(Med.) An inflammation of the pleura, or membrane that covers the inside of the thorax, accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough.
  48. Pleū'ri-sy-ro͞ot, n.p. 999(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asclepias (A. tuberosa). Gray.
  49. Pleū-rĭt'ic or Pleū-rĭt'ic-al, a.p. 999Pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms or affections. 2. Diseased with pleurisy.
  50. Pleū-rī'tis, n.p. 999(Med.) Inflammation of the pleura; pleurisy. Dunglison.
  51. Pleū'ro-pĕr'ip-neū'mo-ny, n.p. 999(Med.) The same as PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
  52. Pleū'ro-pneū-mō'ni-ȧ, n.p. 999(Med.) Inflammatory disease of the pleura and lungs.
  53. Plĕv'in, n.p. 999A warrant of assurance. [Obs.]
  54. Plĕx'i-fôrm, a.p. 1000In the form of net-work; complicated. Quincy.
  55. Plex-im'e-ter, n.p. 1000(Med.) The plate which is placed in contact with the body to receive the percussion in examination by auscultation. [Written also plex-ometer.] Dunglison.
  56. Plĕx′ūre, n.p. 1000The act or process of weaving together; that which is woven together.
  57. Plĕx'us, n.p. 1000(Physiol.) Any network of vessels, nerves, or fibers. Coxe.
  58. Pleyt, n.p. 1000(Naut.) A kind of ship. Simmonds.
  59. Pli'a-bil'i-ty, n.p. 1000The quality of being pliable; flexibility. The mountaineers seemed to possess the pliability of movement fitted to execute military maneuvers. W. Scott.
  60. Pli'a-ble, a.p. 1000Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; readily yielding to pressure without rupture; flexible; as, willow is a pliable plant. 2. Hence, flexible in disposition; readily yielding to…