PRONOUNCING AND EXPLANATORY DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE VOWEL-SOUNDS EXEMPLIFIED IN SENTENCES.. The NAME-SOUNDS.... Make these times more pure. A pronounced & as a letter, but a as a word: Abalienate, ab-a'lyen-ât, v. to make over one's the indefinite article, which, for the sake of euphony, is often changed into an. It is placed before nouns of the singular number, and signifies one or any. It appears to be sometimes used as a preposition; as, To go a-fishing once own property to another [to forsake Abandon, a-ban'dun, v. to give up; to desert; Abandoned, a-ban'dund, part. given up; corrupted in the highest degree Abandonment, a-ban'dun-ment, n. the act of abandoning; a forsaking Abase, a-bas, v. to depress; to bring low Abash, a-bash', v. to make ashamed [grow less A Abatement, a-bāt'ment,n.the act of abating; the || Abide, a-bid', v. to dwell in a place; not to sumor quantity taken away by the act of abating Abb, abb, n. the yarn on a weaver's warp Abba, ab'ba, n. a scriptural word signifying|| father Abbacy, ab'ba-se, n. the possessions or privileges of an abbot Abbess, ab'bess, n. the superior of a nunnery Abbot, ab'but, n. the chief of a convent of men Abbreviator,ab-brė-vė-ă’tur,n.one who abridges Abdomen, ab-do'men, n. the lower part of the remove; to bear or support Abiding, a-bīd'ing, n. continuance Abject, ab'jekt, a. mean; wretched; worthlessn. a person without hope Abjectedness, ab-jekt ́ed-ness, n. the state of abject [servility Abjection, ab-jek'shun, n. meanness of mind; Abjectly, ab'jekt-lė, ad. in an abject manner Abjectness, ab'jekt-ness, n. servility; meannes Ability, a-bil'è-te, n. power; capacity; skill Abintestate, ab-in-tes'tåt, a. relating to the heir of an intestate person Abjure, ab-jûr', v. to swear not to do something to recant a position upon oath [oath Abjuration, ab-ju-ra'shun, n. a renouncing by Ablaqueation, ab-lå-kwė-ā'shun, n. an opening of the ground about the roots of trees Ablation, ab-la'shun, n. the act of taking away Ablative, ab'la-tiv, a. that takes away-n. the name of the sixth case of Latin nouns Able, a'bl, a. having a sufficient power Able-bodied, a-bl-bod'id, a. strong of body Ableness, a'bl-ness, n. ability of body; force Ablepsy, ab'lep-sė, n. want of sight [sing Abluent,ab'lu-ent, a. having the power of clea Ablution, ab-lu'shun, n. the act of cleansing Abnegate, ab'nė-gāt, v. to deny Aboard, a-bōrd', ad. in a ship Abode, a-bōd', n. a habitation; dwelling-the pret. and part. of Abide Abodement, a-bōd'ment, n. a secret anticipatios of something future Aberrance, ab-er'rans, n. a deviation from the right way; an error; a mistake Aberrant, ab-er'rant, a. wandering from the right way [from the common track Aberration,ab-er-ra'shun, n. the act of deviating Aberring, ab-er'ring, part. going astray Abet, a-bet', v. to encourage; to set on Abetter or Abettor, a-bet'ter, n. an accomplice Abeyance, a-bā'ans, n. in law, goods in expectation, but not in possession; a reversion [loathe 7 n. the act of & Abhor, ab-hâr', v. to hate with acrimony; to Abolishment, a-bol'ish-ment, bolishing Abhorrence, ab-hâr'rens, n. the act of ab- Abominable,a-bom'é-na-bl,a.hateful,detestable Abhorrency, ab-harrens-e horring; hatred Abominableness, a-bom'e-na-bl-ness,n. the quaAbhorrent, ab-hâr'rent, a. struck with abhor- lity of being abominable Abolish, a-bol'ish, v. to annul; to destroy Abolishable, a-bol'ish-a-bl, a. that may be abo lished Abolition, ab-ó-lish'un, rence; contrary to; foreign; inconsistent with || Abominably, a-bom'è-na-blė, ad. most hatefully Abominate, a-bom ́ė-nāt, v. to abhor; to detest || Absent, ab-sent', v. to withdraw testation Aborigines, ab-o-rij'é-néz, n. the earliest inhabitants of a country Abortion, a-bar'shun, n. an untimely birth Above, a-buv', pr. higher in place, rank, power, Abrade, ab-rād', v. to rub off; to waste Abrogate, ab'ro-gāt, v. to repeal; to abolish Absentee, ab-sen-të', n. a person who is absent Abstain, ab-stān', v. to forbear; to refrain from Absterge, ab-sterj', v. to cleanse by wiping Abrogation, ab-rò-ga'shun, n. the act of repeal-Abstinence, ab'stè-nens, n. great temperance ing or abolishing Abrupt, ab-rupt', a. broken; craggy; sudden Abruptly,ab-rupt'lė,ad.suddenly; unseasonably Abscission, ab-sizl'un, n. the act of cutting off Abstruseness,ab-strûs'ness,n.difficulty;obscurity || Accent, ak'sent, n. a mark on a word to show Absume, ab-sum', v. to destroy; to waste Absurd, ab-surd', a. contrary to reason Absurdity, ab-surd'é-tè, n. the quality of being absurd; unreasonableness; folly Absurdly, ab-surd'lė, ad. improperly, unreasonably Abundance, a-bun'dans, n. great plenty; great numbers; great quantity; exuberance; more than enough Abundant, a-bun'dant, a. plentiful; exuberant Abundantly, a-bun'dant-lė, ad. plentifully; perfectly Abuse, a-būz', v. to revile; impose on Abutment, a-but'ment, n. that which borders upon another Abysm, a-bizm', } Abyss, a-biss', n. a great depth; a gulf Acacia, a-ka'she-a, n. an Egyptian drug Academial, ak-a-dē'mė-al, a. relating to an Academical, ak-a-dem'ik-al, S academy Academian, ak-a-dē'mè-an, 2 n. a student of an Academic, ak-a-dem'ik, academy Academician, ak-a-de-mish ́an, 2 n.a member of Academist, a-kad'é-mist, San academy Academy, a-kad ́é-mè, n. a school wherein the liberal arts and sciences are taught Acanthus, a-kan'thus, n. the herb bear's-foot Acatalectic, a-kat-a-lek'tik, n. a verse which has the complete number of syllables Accede, ak-sed', v. to be added to; to come to Accelerate, ak-sel'er-āt, v. to make quick; to hasten Acceleration, ak-sel-er-a'shun, n. the act of quickening motion Accend, ak-send', v. to kindle; to set on fire Accension, ak-sen'shun, n, the act of kindling its pronunciation Accent, ak-sent', v. to note the accent Accentual, ak-sent'u-al, a. relating to accent Accentuate, ak-sent'u-at, v. to place the proper accents on the vowels or syllables of words in reading, speaking, or writing Accentuation, ak-sent-u-ā'shun, n. due placing of the accent Accept, ak-sept', v. to take; to receive Acceptable, ak'sep-ta-bl, a. grateful; pleasing Acceptably, ak'sep-ta-blė, ad. in an acceptable manner Acceptance, ak-sept'ans, n. reception with ap probation [meaning of a word or phrase Acceptation, ak-sep-tā'shun, n. reception, the Access, ak-sess', n. admittance to a person or place; the return of a periodical disease Accessary, ak'ses-sa-rè, n. he who, not being the chief agent in a crime, contributes to it -a. joined to; additional Accessible, ak-ses'sė-bl, a. that may be approached [to Accession, ak-sesh'un, n. an increase; a coming Accessory, ak'ses-sur-ė, a. joining to; helping in the commission of a crime Accidence, ak'se-dens, n. the first rudiments or general principles of grammar Accident, ak'sé-dent, n. the property of a thing; that which happens unforeseen Accidental, ak-sè-den'tal, n. a property nonessential-a. having the quality of an accident; casual; happening by chance Accidentally, ak-sé-den'tal-lė, ad. fortuitously; by chance (ing Accipient, ak-sip'è-ent, n. a receiver-a. receiv- Acclamation, ak-kla-mā'shun, n. shouts of praise |