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Definition of w

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W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

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Devest :: Devest (v. i.) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate..

Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To produce, or cause, by proximity without contact or transmission, as a particular electric or magnetic condition in a body, by the approach of another body in an opposite electric or magnetic state..

Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..

Weep :: Weep (v. t.) To lament; to bewail; to bemoan.

Father :: Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.)..

Bass Drum :: Bass drum () The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a..

Ascent :: Ascent () The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees..

Wit :: Wit (v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

Morin :: Morin (n.) A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); -- called also moric acid..

Abrogative :: Abrogative (a.) Tending or designed to abrogate; as, an abrogative law..

Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.

Jaconet :: "Jaconet (n.) A thin cotton fabric, between and muslin, used for dresses, neckcloths, etc..

Pane :: Pane (n.) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes..

Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.

Fluter :: Fluter (n.) One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.

Sylvine :: Sylviculturist (n.) One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business..

Spirulate :: Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact..

Shittim Wood :: Shittim wood (n.) The wood of the shittah tree.

Gynaecophore :: Gynaecophore (n.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some di/cious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Haematozoa..

Rivel :: Rivel (v. t.) To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers..