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a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]
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The most affecting music is generally the most simple. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drawling; affecting rouge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive;
adv. In an affronting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
a.
A thing at once ridiculous and aggravating. J. Ingelow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an aggravating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. (Physiol.) a state of readiness to respond.
. (Elec.) A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow, especially an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, as is used for most domestic and industrial power requirements. Contrasted with
The common household current is alternating.
adj. prenom. [ p. pr. of ameliorate. ] causing improvement in or reducing the bad effects of an unfavorable condition.
a. Causing animation; life-giving; inspiriting; rousing. “Animating cries.” Pope. --
adj. criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of;
n.
adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Striking; attracting attention; impressive. [ 1913 Webster ]
This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Giving or implying assent. --
adj. prenom.
adj. tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated).
v. t. [ L. attingere to touch. See Attain. ] To touch lightly. [ Obs. ] Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That attracts. --
a. [ Pref. a- + wanting. ] Missing; wanting. [ Prov. Scot. & Eng. ] Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the work of a baby sitter; caring for children when their parents are not home. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. Secret slander; detraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. harassment, especially of a tethered animal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
n. A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from
n. The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]
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prep. [ Strictly p. pr. of Bate to abate. ] With the exception of; excepting. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have little reason to think that they bring many ideas with them, bating some faint ideas of hunger and thirst. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Ceramics) A mode of printing on glazed ware. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. pl. See Biestings. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Same as Biestings. [ 1913 Webster ]
The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a befitting manner; suitably. [ 1913 Webster ]