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“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.”

“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master –that’s all.” 

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Through the Looking Glass

SHAKESPEARIAN DEFINITION  MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S TENTH

ABUSE – v. to deceive

ABUSE – n. deception

v. to use so as to injure or damage

n. improper or excessive treatment

ADDRESS – v. to prepare oneself

v. to speak or write directly to

ADVERTISING – adj. attentive

adj. promotional, especially paid

ADVICE – n. consideration, discretion

ADVISE – v. to consider, reflect

ADVISED – adj. considerate

n. recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct

v. to give information or notice to

adj. thought out, considered

AGNISE – v. to acknowledge, confess

AGNIZE – v. to know

ALLOW – v. to approve

v. to assign, admit, concede, permit

APPEAL – n. accusation

APPEAL – v.   to accuse

n. an earnest entreaty

v. to make an earnest request

APPREHENSION – n. opinion

APPREHENSIVE – adj. apt to apprehend or understand

 

n. the act of comprehending; suspicion or fear, especially of future evil

adj. discerning; viewing the future with anxiety or alarm

ASSURED – adj. betrothed

adj. secure, certain, satisfied

ATONE – v. to put people at one, to reconcile, to agree

v. to make amends, to supply satisfaction for, to expiate

ATTACH – v. to seize, lay hold on

v. to bind oneself or objects

AUTHENTIC – adj. clothed with authority

adj. worthy of acceptance or belief; real, actual, conforming to an original

AWFUL – adj. worshipful

adj. exceedingly great; extremely disagreeable or objectionable

AWKWARD – adj. contrary

adj. lacking dexterity, ease, or grace

Thank you to Fernando Lamigueiro Ramírez