Definition of year

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Year (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn..

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Regent :: Regent (a.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools..
Term :: Term (n.) The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life..
Ago :: Ago (a. & adv.) Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago..
Octennial :: Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
Saving :: Saving (n.) Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy..
Yearly :: Yearly (adv.) Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed..
Steer :: Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox..
Sexagenary :: Sexagenary (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old..
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
During :: During (prep.) In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year..
Millennium :: Millennium (n.) A thousand years; especially, the thousand years mentioned in the twentieth chapter in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, during which holiness is to be triumphant throughout the world. Some believe that, during this period, Christ will reign on earth in person with his saints..
Carvist :: Carvist (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
Biennially :: Biennially (adv.) Once in two years.
Entermewer :: Entermewer (n.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year..
December :: December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life..
Semi- :: Semi- () A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent..
Elul :: Elul (n.) The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September..
Seceder :: Seceder (n.) One of a numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so called..
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