n. [ Pref. ab- + reaction, after G. Abreagirung. ] (Psychotherapy) the purging of emotional tensions. See Catharsis, below.
Syn. -- catharsis, katharsis [ Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + breast. ] 1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, “Two men could hardly walk abreast.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [ or with ] the present state of science. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. At the same time; simultaneously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Abreast therewith began a convocation. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of an acre; per acre; as, the acreable produce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread. ] To dread. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
Syn. -- slipstream, race, backwash, wash [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ All (OE. al) + ready. ] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. “Joseph was in Egypt already.” Exod. i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ambergris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
Syn. -- genus Andreaea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of mosses which comprises a single genus: Andreaea.
Syn. -- order Andreaeales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Good against venereal poison; antisyphilitic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + treasurer. ] A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Areas [ L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. Are, n. ] 1. Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The inclosed space on which a building stands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Geom.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Biol.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

The largest area of human history and man's common nature. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dry area. See under Dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. arealis, fr. area. ] Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. ār&aemacr_;ran. See Rear. ] To raise; to set up; to stir up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Arrear, adv. ] Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr_;dan to interpret. See Read. ] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To read. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To decree; to adjudge. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. arere, OF. arere, ariere, F. arrière, fr. L. ad + retro backward. See Rear. ] To or in the rear; behind; backwards. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

For much I dread due payment by the Greeks
Of yesterday's arrear. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have a large arrear of letters to write. J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

In arrear or
In arrears, behind; backward; behindhand; in debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arrérage, fr. arrière, OF. arere. See Arrear. ] That which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old arrearages . . . being defrayed. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aureatus, fr. aureus golden, fr. aurum gold. ] Golden; gilded. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the dawn. a dim aurorean glow
Syn. -- auroral. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. t. & i. To avenge. [ Obs. ] See Wreak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. baccalaureatus, fr. LL. baccalaureus a bachelor of arts, fr. baccalarius, but as if fr. L. bacca lauri bayberry, from the practice of the bachelor's wearing a garland of bayberries. See Bachelor. ] 1. The degree of bachelor of arts (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A baccalaureate sermon. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a bachelor of arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baccalaureate sermon, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress.
Syn. -- genus Barbarea.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. wearing no covering for the breasts or featuring such nudity. bare-breasted beauties parading along the beach"
Syn. -- braless, topless. [WordNet 1.5]

{ } n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To soil or daub with grease or other oily matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bereaved Bereft p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving. ] [ OE. bireven, AS. bereáfian. See Be-, and Reave. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All your interest in those territories
Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take away. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall move you to bereave my life. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To dispossess; to divest. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. mourning due to the death of a loved one.
Syn. -- bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(prenominal), sorrowing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bereaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespreading. ] To spread or cover over. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To streak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bigarreau, fr. bigarré variegated. ] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an apparatus in which a suspension of microorganisms in a liquid are used to perform chemical reactions, as in synthesis of pharmaceutical agents or the conversion of harmful waste to less harmful substances. The reactor consists of a vessel to contain the suspension of microorganisms, plus a variety of attached devices used to control the reaction. [ PJC ]

. A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bordereaux /plu>. [ F. ] A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. borealis: cf. F. boréal. See Boreas. ] 1. Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast. [ 1913 Webster ]

So from their own clear north in radiant streams,
Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biogeography) Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and
Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. boreas, Gr. &unr_;. ] The north wind; -- usually a personification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. bræk, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See Break, and cf. Brake (the instrument), Brack a break ] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. 2 Sam. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clear breach implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. --
A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept away. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

There's fallen between him and my lord
An unkind breach. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A bruise; a wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breach for breach, eye for eye. Lev. xxiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A breaking out upon; an assault. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. 1. Chron. xiii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breach of falth, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. --
Breach of peace, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. --
Breach of privilege, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. Mozley. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. --
Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Breached p. pr. & vb. n. Breaching. ] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. [ 1913 Webster ]