| 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. | |
| inveterate |
| 1. adj. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing | |
| an inveterate disease | |
| an inveterate habit | |
| 2. adj. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time | |
| an inveterate idler | |
| an inveterate smoker | |
| an inveterate traveller | |
| 3. adj. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench. | |
| disease |
| 1. n. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. | |
| The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered. | |
| 2. n. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc. | |
| 3. n. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate. | |
| 5. v. To infect with a disease. | |
