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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. Rom. xii. 4.

2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as:

3. A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.

4. Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

5. One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. Compression member, Tension member (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

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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