n. A giver of alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The giving of alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Argivus, fr. Argos, Argi. ] Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n. A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forgave p. p. Forgiven p. pr. & vb. n. Forgiving ] [ OE. forgiven, foryiven, foryeven, AS. forgiefan, forgifan; perh. for- + giefan, gifan to give; cf. D. vergeven, G. vergeben, Icel. fyrirgefa, Sw. f&unr_;rgifva, Goth. fragiban to give, grant. See For-, and Give, v. t. ] 1. To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign. [ 1913 Webster ]

To them that list the world's gay shows I leave,
And to great ones such folly do forgive. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven. [ 1913 Webster ]

And their sins should be forgiven them. Mark iv. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

He forgive injures so readily that he might be said to invite them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; -- said of the person offending. [ 1913 Webster ]

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Luke xxiii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

I as free forgive you, as I would be fforgiven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes both the person and the offense follow as objects of the verb, sometimes one and sometimes the other being the indirect object. “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Matt. vi. 12. “Be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.” Matt. ix. 2.

Syn. -- See excuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. forgifnes. ] 1. The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses. Dan. ix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sin. Eph. i. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ps. cxxx. 3, 4.

Syn. -- Pardon, remission. -- Forgiveness, Pardon. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back. The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has, in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them, such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words. Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are, therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forgives. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper.

-- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tendency to be kind and forgiving.
Syn. -- kindness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Frugivorous. ] (Zool.) The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frux, frugis, fruit + vorare to devour.: cf. F. frugivore. ] Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fungus + vorare to eat greedily: cf. F. fongivore. ] (Zool.) Eating fungi; -- said of certain insects and snails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Again, and Give. ] A misgiving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gingiva the gum. ] Of or pertaining to the gums. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Gave p. p. Given p. pr. & vb. n. Giving. ] [ OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. geðan, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n. ] 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. [ 1913 Webster ]

For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. [ 1913 Webster ]

What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Matt. xvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is given me once again to behold my friend. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

I give not heaven for lost. Mlton. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. [ 1913 Webster ]

I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. Sheridan. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. To pledge; as, to give one's word. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

But there the duke was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

To give away, to make over to another; to transfer. [ 1913 Webster ] Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. Atterbury. --
To give back, to return; to restore. Atterbury. --
To give the bag, to cheat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I fear our ears have given us the bag. J. Webster. --
To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. --
To give chase, to pursue. --
To give ear to. See under Ear. --
To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward. --
To give ground. See under Ground, n. --
To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith. --
To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. --
To give the head. See under Head, n. --
To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party. --
To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies. --
To give line. See under Line. --
To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc. --
To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [ Colloq. ] --
To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. [ 1913 Webster ] One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Give out you are of Epidamnum. Shak. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors. --
To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). [ 1913 Webster ] The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. Grew. --
To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. --
To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [ Colloq. ] --
To give rein. See under Rein, n. --
To give the sack. Same as To give the bag. --
To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. --
To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott. --
To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as “good morning.” “good evening”, etc. --
To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs. --
To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. “Don't give up the ship.” [ 1913 Webster ] He has . . . given up
For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. [ 1913 Webster ] I'll not state them
By giving up their characters. Beau. & Fl. (c) (Used also reflexively.) --
To give up the ghost. See under Ghost. --
To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. --
To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent. --
To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.

Syn. -- To Give, Confer, Grant. To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become soft or moist. [ Obs. ] Bacon . [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To move; to recede. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To shed tears; to weep. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose eyes do never give
But through lust and laughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To have a misgiving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My mind gives ye're reserved
To rob poor market women. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To open; to lead. [ A Gallicism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat. [ 1913 Webster ] They gave back and came no farther. Bunyan. --
To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. [ 1913 Webster ] The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ] This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. Pope. --
To give off, to cease; to forbear. [ Obs. ] Locke. --
To give on or
To give upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [ Obs. ] (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [ A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Dickens. --
To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out. --
To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist. [ 1913 Webster ] It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. Addison. --
To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (basketball) A maneuver in which one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. & a. from Give, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Math. & Logic) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Stated; fixed; as, in a given time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Given name, the Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Give, n. ] Fetters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gift; a benefaction. [ R. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. “Upon the first giving of the weather.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. --
Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. [ 1913 Webster ]

His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enacting laws; legislative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating; as, life-giving love and praise.
Syn. -- vital, vitalizing. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

returning the life-giving humus to the land. Louis Bromfield. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. Misgave p. p. Misgiven p. pr. & vb. n. Misgiving. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To give or grant amiss. [ Obs. ] Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To suspect; to dread. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. “My mind misgives.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension; -- used commonly in the plural. “Suspicious and misgivings.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles. ] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in giving. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give over; to surrender; to yield. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give again; to give back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation. ] 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. [ 1913 Webster ]

The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give or dedicate in token of thanks. [ Obs. or R. ] Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives thanks, or acknowledges a kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. 1 Tim. iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the thanksgiving before meat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And taught by thee the Church prolongs
Her hymns of high thanksgiving still. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of God, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States it is now customary for the President by proclamation to appoint annually a day (usually the last Thursday in November) of thanksgiving and praise to God for the mercies of the past year. This is an extension of the custom long prevailing in several States in which an annual Thanksgiving day has been appointed by proclamation of the governor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ 1st pref. un- (intensive) + give. ] To yield; to relax; to give way. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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[ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give up or out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]