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archaic
1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W
2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
person
1. n. An individual; usually a human being.
Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent
3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man.
affected
1. adj. Influenced or changed by something.
The affected products had to be recalled.
2. adj. Simulated in order to impress.
He spoke with an affected English accent.
3. adj. Emotionally moved; touched.
4. adj. (algebra, archaic) adfected.
an affected equation
5. adj. Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.
6. adj. artificial, stilted
7. n. Someone affected, as by a disease.
8. v. simple past tense and past participle of affect
The thunderstorm affected the compass, and we got lost.
affect
1. v. To influence or alter.
The experience affected me deeply.
The heat of the sunlight affected the speed of the chemical reaction.
2. v. To move to emotion.
He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play.
3. v. Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
Hepatitis affects the liver.
4. v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
5. v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
6. v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
7. v. To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of.
to affect ignorance
He managed to affect a smile despite feeling quite miserable.
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
9. v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
11. n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
12. n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
13. n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
spleen
1. n. (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the blood
2. n. (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
3. n. (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
4. n. (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
5. n. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
6. v. (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.

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