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AS

\ˈaz], \ˈaz], \ˈa_z]\

Definitions of AS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Because; since; it being the case that.
Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
As if; as though.
Than.
Expressing a wish.
An ace.
A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
In the idea, character, or condition of, - limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
For instance; by way of example; thus; - used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Because; since; it being the case that.
Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning).
That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such.
Than.
Expressing a wish.
An ace.
A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.
A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.); but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and afterwards to half an ounce.
In the idea, character, or condition of, - limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet.
if; as though.
For instance; by way of example; thus; - used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Equally; in like manner; for example; because; similar to.
While; when; because.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. Abbreviation for astigmatism or astigmatic, 2. Symbol of arsenum.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Similarly: for example: while: in like manner.
Rel. pro. from the Scand.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Like; for example; when.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Like; for instance; in the character of; when; because; since.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Like to; in the manner in which; when; for example; in the state of.
That. As if, as it would be if; as to. as for, with respect to. As though, as if. As well as, equally with. As yet, till now.
The Roman pound of 12 ounces; a Roman bronze coin; an integer; a whole.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Signifying agreement in manner in general; likeness of manner; for example; equally.
The anc. Roman pound, consisting of twelve parts or ounces.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Abbreviation for Astigmatism.
Symbol for Arsenic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Symbol of arsenic.
Abbreviation for astigmatism or astigmatic, as As. H. hyperopic astigmatism.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

adv. [Anglo-Saxon, Old English] Like; similar to; for example;â€“of the same kind with; in the manner in which; â€“while; during; â€“in the nature, or condition of.
n. A Roman weight of 12 oz.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

In the same manner with something else; like, of the same kind with; in the same degree with; as if, in the same manner; as it were, in some sort; while, at the same time that; equally; how, in what manner; with, answering to Like or Same; in a reciprocal sense, answering to As; answering to Such; having So to answer it, in the conditional sens; answering to So conditionally; As for, with respect to; As to, with respect to; As well as, equally with; As though, as if.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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