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(), n.[AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or, Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. ward, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh°twr an orator. Cf. Verb.] 1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. "A glutton of words." Piers Plowman. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. Shak. Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. Locke. 2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page. 3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language. Why should calamity be full of words? Shak. Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. Dryden. 4. Ac Word v. i.To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.] Word v. t.[imp. & p. p.Worded; p. pr. & vb. n.Wording.] 1. To express in words; to phrase. The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. Addison. 2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] Howell. 3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] Shak. To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it with a shrew." L'Estrange. スポンサード リンク
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