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n. [ Cf. F. achèvement, E. Hatchment. ] 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The exploits ] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The highest achievements of the human intellect. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who achieves; a winner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
Syn. -- puttyroot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggrieved p. pr. & vb. n. Aggrieving ] [ OE. agreven, OF. agrever; a (L. ad) + grever to burden, injure, L. gravare to weigh down, fr. gravis heavy. See Grieve, and cf. Aggravate. ] To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aggrieved by oppression and extortion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grieve; to lament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 subjected to an injustice. the aggrieved mother.
Syn. -- injured, wronged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Spirit level. See Level. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It., according to the breve. ] (Old Church Music) With one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by &unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. ante- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] (Med.) A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. antevertere; ante + vertere to turn. ] 1. To prevent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To displace by anteversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. asseverer, fr. L. asseverare. ] See Asseverate. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Asseverated p. pr. & vb. n. Asseverating ] [ L. asseveratus, p. p. of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus. See Severe. ] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asseveratio. ] The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asseverative. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. aswebban; a + swebban. See Sweven. ] To stupefy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed from beeves, pl. of beef. ] A beef; a beef creature. [ 1913 Webster ]

They would knock down the first beeve they met with. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. plural of Beef, the animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Believed p. pr. & vb. n. Believing. ] [ OE. bileven (with pref. be- for AS. ge-), fr. AS. gel&unr_;fan, gel&unr_;fan; akin to D. gelooven, OHG. gilouban, G. glauben, OS. gil&unr_;bian, Goth. galaubjan, and Goth. liubs dear. See Lief, a., Leave, n. ] To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our conqueror (whom I now
Of force believe almighty). Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets ? Acts xxvi. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Often followed by a dependent clause.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Expect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. Mark ix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the heart man believeth unto righteousness. Rom. x. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To think; to suppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not believe so meanly of you. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

To believe in. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. “She does not believe in Jupiter.” J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John xiv. 1. (c) To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. --
To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) One who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; -- in a more restricted sense, one who receives Christ as his Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Book of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who was admitted to all the rights of divine worship and instructed in all the mysteries of the Christian religion, in distinction from a catechumen, or one yet under instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beveled (&unr_;) or Bevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Beveling or Bevelling. ] To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ C. F. biveau, earlier buveau, Sp. baivel; of unknown origin. Cf. Bevile. ] 1. Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bevel angle, any angle other than one of 90°. --
Bevel wheel, a cogwheel whose working face is oblique to the axis. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deviate or incline from an angle of 90°, as a surface; to slant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevel. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bever a drink, drinking time, OF. beivre, boivre, to drink, fr. L. bibere. ] A light repast between meals; a lunch. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bevered (&unr_;). ] To take a light repast between meals. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison, Potable. ] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He knew no beverage but the flowing stream. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treat, or drink money. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide sleeve, once worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow. ] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) See Dengue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. & (in sense 2) LL. breve, fr. L. brevis short. See Brief. ] 1. (Mus.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: &unr_; ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) A curved mark [ ˘ ] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brevet, LL. brevetum, fr. L. brevis short. See Brief. ] 1. A warrant from the government, granting a privilege, title, or dignity. [ French usage ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States army, rank by brevet is conferred, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for “gallant actions or meritorious services.” A brevet rank gives no right of command in the particular corps to which the officer brevetted belongs, and can be exercised only by special assignment of the President, or on court martial, and detachments composed of different corps, with pay of the brevet rank when on such duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brevetted p. pr. & vb. n. Brevetting. ] (Mil.) To confer rank upon by brevet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Mil.) Taking or conferring rank by brevet; as, a brevet colonel; a brevet commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brevetcies (Mil.) The rank or condition of a brevet officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house. ] [ Written also cantaliver and cantilever. ] 1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engin.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cantalever. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar. ] (Art) Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. -- n. A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ OF. chevir. See Chievance. ] To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise. [ Prov. or Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chevanne. Cf. Chavender. ] (Zool.) A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]