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. | |
outlaw |
1. n. A fugitive from the law. | |
2. n. (history) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty. | |
3. n. A person who operates outside established norms. | |
The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you. | |
4. n. A wild horse. | |
5. n. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage. | |
6. n. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp. | |
7. v. To declare illegal. | |
8. v. To place a ban upon. | |
9. v. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement. | |
to outlaw a debt or claim | |
10. v. To deprive of legal force. | |
Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
bandit |
1. n. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group. | |
2. n. An outlaw. | |
3. n. One who cheats others. | |
4. n. (military) An enemy aircraft. | |
5. n. (sports) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant. | |
6. v. To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit. | |