| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| impassioned |
| 1. adj. Filled with intense emotion or passion; fervent. | |
| impassion |
| 1. v. make passionate, instill passion in | |
| disputatious |
| 1. adj. Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent. | |
| 2. adj. Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate. | |
| public |
| 1. adj. Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment. | |
| 2. adj. Pertaining to the people as a whole (as opposed to a private group); concerning the whole country, community etc. | |
| 3. adj. Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the state on behalf of the community. | |
| 4. adj. Open to all members of a community; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. | |
| 5. adj. (of a company) Traded publicly via a stock market. | |
| 6. n. The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. | |
| Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point. | |
| 7. n. (archaic) A public house; an inn. | |
| speech |
| 1. n. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate. | |
| It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise. He had a bad speech impediment. | |
| 2. n. A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person. | |
| The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech. | |
| 3. n. A style of speaking. | |
| Her speech was soft and lilting. | |
| 4. n. (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech | |
| 5. n. A dialect or language. | |
| 6. n. Talk; mention; rumour. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue. | |
