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6081 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTEMPLATE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To consider or have in view, in reference to a future act or event; to intend.
6082 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTINUAL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Proceeding without interruption or cessation; unceasing; not intermitting; used in reference to time.
6083 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTRARY.5 (Noah Webster)
… adjective referring to a sentence or affirmation; as, this happened contrary to my expectations. The word here really belongs to the affirmation or fact …
6084 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COPTIC.1 (Noah Webster)
… now refers to the people called Copts, who are Christians, and to their language.
6085 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAGGER.4 (Noah Webster)
3. With printers, and obelisk, or obelus, a mark of reference in the form of a dagger.
6086 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAY.4 (Noah Webster)
… , in reference to civil transactions, is called the civil day. Thus with us the day when a legal instrument is dated, begins and ends at midnight.
6087 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAY.7 (Noah Webster)
4. Time specified; any period of time distinguished from other time; age; time with reference to the existence of a person or thing.
6088 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DECENCY.2 (Noah Webster)
… special reference to behavior; as decency of conduct; decency of worship. But it is used also in reference to speech; as, he discoursed with decency.
6089 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEFER.5 (Noah Webster)
2. To refer; to leave to anothers judgment and determination.
6090 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEFER.6 (Noah Webster)
[In this sense, refer is now used.]
6091 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPOSE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To set; to place or distribute; to arrange; used with reference to order. The ships were disposed in the form of a crescent. The general disposed his troops in three lines. The trees are disposed in the form of a quincunx.
6092 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DWARF.2 (Noah Webster)
… usually refers to the human species, but sometimes to other animals. When it is applied to plants, it is more generally used in composition; as a dwarf-tree; dwarf …
6093 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EITHER.11 (Noah Webster)
In this sentence, either refers to each of the succeeding clauses of the sentence.
6094 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ENOUGH.5 (Noah Webster)
[Note. This word, in vulgar language, is sometimes placed before its noun, like most other adjectives. But in elegant discourse or composition, it always follows the noun, to which it refers; as, bread enough; money enough.]
6095 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ERRATUM.1 (Noah Webster)
ERRATUM, n. plu. errata. [See Err .] An error or mistake in writing or printing. A list of the errata of a book is usually printed at the beginning or end, with references to the pages and lines in which they occur.
6096 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ESPECIALLY.1 (Noah Webster)
ESPECIALLY, adv. Principally; chiefly; particularly; in an uncommon degree; in reference to one person or thing in particular.
6097 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXCEPTING.2 (Noah Webster)
… be referred to a pronoun. Excepted would be better: three excepted; three being excepted.
6098 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXPECT.8 (Noah Webster)
Expect, in its legitimate sense, always refers to a future event. The common phrase, I expect it was, is a vulgar as it is improper.
6099 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EXTERIOR.3 (Noah Webster)
2. External; on the outside, with reference to a person; extrinsic. We speak of an object exterior to a man, as opposed to that which is within or in his mind.
6100 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FOIBLE.2 (Noah Webster)
… , we refer to a predominant failing. We use also the plural, foibles, to denote moral failings or defects. It is wise in every man to know his own foibles.