Word

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Verbal contention; dispute.

II. Word ·noun Signal; order; command; direction.

III. Word ·noun Talk; discourse; speech; language.

IV. Word ·vt To express in words; to Phrase.

V. Word ·vt To flatter with words; to Cajole.

VI. Word ·vt To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.

VII. Word ·noun A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.

VIII. Word ·noun Account; tidings; message; communication; information;

— used only in the singular.

IX. Word ·vi To use words, as in discussion; to Argue; to Dispute.

X. Word ·noun Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.

XI. Word ·noun Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

XII. Word ·noun The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.