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6061 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHILDISHNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
CHILDISHNESS, n. Triflingness, puerility, the state or qualities of a child, in reference to manners. But in reference to the mind, simplicity, harmlessness, weakness of intellect.
6062 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CHURLISHNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
CHURLISHNESS, n. Rudeness of manners or temper, but generally the word refers to the temper or disposition of mind; sullenness; austerity; indisposition to kindness or courtesy.
6063 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CIRCLE.5 (Noah Webster)
… however reference to a primary association.
6064 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMIT.18 (Noah Webster)
9. To refer or entrust to a committee, or select number of persons, for their consideration and report; a term of legislation; as, the petition or the bill is committed. Is it the pleasure of the house to commit the bill?
6065 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMITMENT.4 (Noah Webster)
3. The act of referring or entrusting to a committee for consideration; a term in legislation; as the commitment of a petition or a bill to a select number of persons for consideration and report.
6066 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMITTED.1 (Noah Webster)
COMMITTED, pp. Delivered in trust; given in charge; deposited; imprisoned; done; perpetrated; engaged; exposed; referred to a committee.
6067 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMITTEE.1 (Noah Webster)
… is referred, either by a legislative body or either branch of it, or by a court, or by an corporation, or by any society, or collective body of men acting together …
6068 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMITTING.1 (Noah Webster)
COMMITTING, ppr. Giving in trust; depositing; imprisoning; perpetrating; engaging; referring to a committee; exposing.
6069 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPARATIVE.5 (Noah Webster)
… with reference to a more perfect knowledge of the functions of several parts of the human body.
6070 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPARISON.12 (Noah Webster)
… has reference to the quality; the latter, to the quantity. Comparison is between more and less; similitude is between good and gad. Hannibal--hung like a tempest …
6071 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPARISON.13 (Noah Webster)
But comparison has reference to quality as well as quantity.
6072 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPROMISE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A mutual promise or contract of two parties in controversy, to refer their differences to the decision of arbitrators.
6073 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCEPTION.8 (Noah Webster)
5. Purpose conceived; conception with reference to the performance of an act.
6074 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCERNING.4 (Noah Webster)
… called, refers to a verb, sentence or proposition; as in the first example, the word applies to the preceding afirmation. The Lord hath spoken good, which speaking …
6075 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCLUDE.21 (Noah Webster)
But this verb is really transitive. The world will conclude that I ahd a guilty conscience--that is here the object, referring to the subsequent clause of the sentence. [See Verb Transitive, No. 3.]
6076 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCRETE.5 (Noah Webster)
Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to a subject to which they belong.
6077 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCRETE.6 (Noah Webster)
A concrete number expresses or denotes a particular subject, as three men; but when we use a number without reference to a subject, as three, or five, we use the term in the abstract.
6078 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONDITION.2 (Noah Webster)
… reference to wealth and poverty; in reference to health and sickness; in reference to a cheerful or depressed disposition of mind; and with reference to …
6079 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSIDERING.2 (Noah Webster)
… here refer to us, or the sentence cannot be resolved by any rule of English syntax. It should be correct to say, It is not possible for us to act otherwise, the weakness …
6080 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSULT.11 (Noah Webster)
… have reference or respect to, in judging or acting; to decide or to act in favor of. We are to consult the necessities, rather than the pleasures of life. We are …