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As
adv. & conj.
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Because; since; it being the case that.
As
adv. & conj.
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Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
As
adv. & conj.
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That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
As
adv. & conj.
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As if; as though.
As
adv. & conj.
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For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.
As
adv. & conj.
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Than.
As
adv. & conj.
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Expressing a wish.
As
n.
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An ace.
Asses
pl.
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of As
As
n.
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A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
As
n.
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A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
Asa
n.
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An ancient name of a gum.
Asafetida
n.
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Alt. of Asafoetida
Asafoetida
n.
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The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Asaphus
n.
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A genus of trilobites found in the Lower Silurian formation. See Illust. in Append.
Asarabacca
n.
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An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
Asarone
n.
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A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europaeum; -- called also camphor of asarum.
Asbestic
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.
Asbestiform
a.
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Having the form or structure of asbestus.
Asbestine
a.
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Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.
Asbestous
a.
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Asbestic.
Asbestus
n.
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Alt. of Asbestos
Asbestos
n.
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A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
Asbolin
n.
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A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.
Ascarides
pl.
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of Ascarid
Ascarid
n.
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A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.
Ascended
imp. & p. p.
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of Ascend
Ascending
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Ascend
Ascend
v. i.
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To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.
Ascend
v. i.
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To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; as, our inquiries ascend to the remotest antiquity; to ascend to our first progenitor.