Definition of word

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Word (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

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Anagrammatize :: Anagrammatize (v. t.) To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram..
Suffixion :: Suffix (v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append..
Fluent :: Fluent (a.) Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech..
Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?.
Rankle :: Rankle (a.) To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom..
Dit :: Dit (n.) A word; a decree.
Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..
Tautologist :: Tautologist (n.) One who uses tautological words or phrases.
Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn..
Sum :: Sum (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
Pro- :: Pro- () A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts..
Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Backsword :: Backsword (n.) In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick..
Resent :: Resent (v. t.) To express or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Hem :: Hem (interj.) An onomatopoetic word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It is often a sort of voluntary half cough, loud or subdued, and would perhaps be better expressed by hm..
On :: On (prep.) By virtue of; with the pledge of; -- denoting a pledge or engagement, and put before the thing pledged; as, he affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honor..
Breath :: Breath (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
Heterography :: Heterography (n.) That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger..
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