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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.

2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.

3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.

4. The fight of a hawk.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To move or run rapidly. areering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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