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Participle :: Participle (n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles..

Date :: Date (v. t.) To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter..

Tetragrammaton :: Tetragrammaton (n.) The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc..

Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Telestich :: Telestich (n.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic..

Numerical :: Numerical (n.) Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as, numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical statement..

Type :: Type (n.) A raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing..

Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another..

K :: K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the Latin, which used the letter but little except in the early period of the language. It came into the Latin from the Greek, which received it from a Phoenician source, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically K is most nearly related to c, g, h (which see)..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter..

Credential :: Credential (n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate..

Literalist :: Literalist (n.) One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.

Lipogram :: Lipogram (n.) A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on..

Cachet :: Cachet (n.) A seal, as of a letter..

Citatory :: Citatory (a.) Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory..

Whur :: Whur (v. i.) To make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr..

Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A character in general, as a figure or letter..

W :: 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

Syncopate :: Syncopate (v. t.) To contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; as, Gloster is a syncopated form of Gloucester..

Date :: Date (n.) That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc..

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