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An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them.
A contraction of Against.
See Amongst.
An abbreviation of Beneath.
A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.
An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.
An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God'...
An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
A common contraction of it is.
A contraction of it was.
An abbreviation of Betwixt, used in poetry, or in colloquial language.
The thalamen/cephalon.
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2 defs
() Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metr...
An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to b...
A suffix composed of -able and the adverbial suffix -ly; as, favorably.
A suffix to names of persons or places, used to denote a collection of notable sayings, literary gossip, anecdotes, etc. Thus, Scaligerana is a book containing the sayings of Scali...
A suffix signifying action; also, quality or state; as, assistance, resistance, appearance, elegance. See -ancy.
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A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
Alt. of -art
The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as Englis...
-ate
4 defs
As a noun suffix, it marks the agent; as, curate, delegate. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; as, tribunate.
A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Ma...
Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
of Hierotheca
of Inadvertence
-cies
2 defs
of Inadvertency
A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
-dom
3 defs
A suffix denoting
The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.
A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is con...
-en
5 defs
A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See ...
A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.
An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
-er
3 defs
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A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
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A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.
A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.
A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.
A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.
A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
of Crayfish
of Crayfish