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6201 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBMITTING.1 (Noah Webster)
SUBMITTING, ppr. Surrendering; resigning; yielding; referring to another for decision.
6202 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.4 (Noah Webster)
It is to be noted that the definitive adjective a, never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as such a man; such an honor.
6203 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.9 (Noah Webster)
4. Referring to what has been specified. I have commanded my servant to be at such a place.
6204 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUCH.10 (Noah Webster)
5. Such and such, is used in reference to a person or place of a certain kind.
6205 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUPERSTITION.3 (Noah Webster)
Superstition has reference to god, to religion, or to beings superior to man.
6206 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SURVEY.6 (Noah Webster)
3. To examine with reference to condition, situation and value; as, to survey a building to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.
6207 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TABLATURE.2 (Noah Webster)
… alphabet, referring to the frets on the neck of the instrument, each letter directing how some note is to be sounded.
6208 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TABLE.18 (Noah Webster)
13. In literature, an index; a collection of heads or principal matters contained in a book, with references to the pages where each may be found; as a table of contents.
6209 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TALL.2 (Noah Webster)
… always refers to something erect, and of which the diameter is small in proportion to the highth. We say, a tall man or woman, a tall boy for his age; a tall tree, a …
6210 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEGUMENT.2 (Noah Webster)
A cover or covering; seldom used except in reference to the covering of a living body. [See Integument .]
6211 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.7 (Noah Webster)
… it refers to persons, it is equivalent to who, and when it refers to a thing, it is equivalent to which. In this use, it represents either the singular number or …
6212 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.17 (Noah Webster)
That sometimes in this use, precedes the sentence or clause to which it refers.
6213 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.21 (Noah Webster)
… here refers to the latter clause of the sentence, as a kind of demonstrative.
6214 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.25 (Noah Webster)
9. When this and that refer to foregoing words, this, like the Latin hie, and French ceci, refers to the latter, and that to the former. It is the same with these and those.
6215 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.30 (Noah Webster)
10. That sometimes introduces an explanation of something going before. “Religion consists in living up to those principles; that is, in acting in conformity to them.” Here that refers to the whole first clause of the sentence.
6216 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.31 (Noah Webster)
11. “Things are preached, not in that they are taught, but in that they are published.” Here that refers to the words which follow it.
6217 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.32 (Noah Webster)
… ;” that referring to the last member.
6218 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THAT.33 (Noah Webster)
In that, a phrase denoting consequence, cause or reason; that referring to the following sentence.
6219 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEIR.3 (Noah Webster)
… it refers, and in this case, it may be the nominative to a verb. “Our land is the most extensive, but theirs is the best cultivated.” Here theirs stands as the representative …
6220 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THEN.2 (Noah Webster)
1. At that time, referring to a time specified, either past or future.