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ABSENT

ABSENT, See PRESENT.

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ABSOLUTELY

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTE, in Philosophy and Theology. See ABSOLUTE.
In Grammar, we say, A Word is taken absolutely, Absolute sumptus, when it has no Regimen, or Government. Thus, in the Phrase "We shou'd pray without ceasing" ; the Word pray is taken absolutely, as it governs nothing.


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ACCUSATIVE

ACCUSATIVE, in Grammar, the fourth Case of Nouns that are declined. See CASE, and NOUN.

Its Use may be conceived from this, That all Verbs which express Actions that pass from the Agent, as, to beat, to break, &c., must have Subjects to receive those Actions: for, if I beat, I must beat something; so that a Verb evidently requires after it a Noun, or Name, to be the Subject or Object of the Action expressed. See VERB.


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ADJECTIVE

ADJECTIVE, Noun Adjective, or ADNOUN, in Grammar, a kind of noun joined with a noun substantive, either expressed or understood, to show its manner of being, that is, its qualities or accidents. See NOUN, etc.

The word is formed from the Latin "adjicere," meaning "to add to"; as it is meant to be added to a substantive, without which it has no precise signification at all.

Father Bouvier defines adjective in a new manner and sets it in a light different from that of other grammarians.Nouns, according to him, are substantives when the objects which they represent are considered simply and in themselves, without any regard to their qualities: On the contrary, they are adjectives when they express the quality of an object. See QUALITY.


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ADMIRATION

ADMIRATION, in Grammar, a Point or Character, intimating something worthy to be admired or wondered at.—It is expressed thus (!). See CHARACTER.


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  2. ADVERSATIVE
  3. AMPHIBOLOGY
  4. ANTEPENULTIMA

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