Aggrandizement

n.

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.

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Hurt

v. t.

To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm.

Admiring

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Admire

Reclusive

a.

Affording retirement from society.

Geminate

a.

In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

Gimbal

n.

Alt. of Gimbals

Fibrinous

a.

Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

Machine

n.

A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.

Ural-Altaic

a.

Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.

Retrude

v. t.

To thrust back.

Rubric

v. t.

To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.

Vaginati

n. pl.

A tribe of birds comprising the sheathbills.

Gillhouse

n.

A shop where gill is sold.