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• Wan — Wan, v. i. To grow wan; to become pale or sickly in looks. All his visage wanned. Shak. [1913 Webster] And ever he mutter d and madden d, and ever wann d with despair. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wan´ness — wan1 «won», adjective, wan|ner, wan|nest, verb, wanned, wan|ning. –adj. 1. lacking natural or normal color; pale: » …   Useful english dictionary

• wan´ly — wan1 «won», adjective, wan|ner, wan|nest, verb, wanned, wan|ning. –adj. 1. lacking natural or normal color; pale: » …   Useful english dictionary

• wan´ton|ness — wan|ton «WON tuhn», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. reckless, heartless, or malicious: »That boy hurts animals from wanton cruelty. 2. without reason or excuse: »a wanton attack, wanton mischief. SYNONYM(S): unjustified. 3. a) not moral; not… …   Useful english dictionary

• wan´ton|ly — wan|ton «WON tuhn», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. reckless, heartless, or malicious: »That boy hurts animals from wanton cruelty. 2. without reason or excuse: »a wanton attack, wanton mischief. SYNONYM(S): unjustified. 3. a) not moral; not… …   Useful english dictionary

• wan´ton|er — wan|ton «WON tuhn», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. reckless, heartless, or malicious: »That boy hurts animals from wanton cruelty. 2. without reason or excuse: »a wanton attack, wanton mischief. SYNONYM(S): unjustified. 3. a) not moral; not… …   Useful english dictionary

• wan|ton — «WON tuhn», adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. reckless, heartless, or malicious: »That boy hurts animals from wanton cruelty. 2. without reason or excuse: »a wanton attack, wanton mischief. SYNONYM(S): unjustified. 3. a) not moral; not chaste: »a… …   Useful english dictionary

• Grow — (gr[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Grew} (gr[udd]); p. p. {Grown (gr[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growing}.] [AS. gr[=o]wan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr[=o]a, Dan. groe, Sw. gro. Cf. {Green}, {Grass}.] 1. To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wan Li — Infobox Officeholder name = Wan Li 万里 萬里 imagesize = 200px small caption = order = office = 5th Chairman of the NPCSC term start = April 13, 1988 term end = March 27, 1993 predecessor = Peng Zhen successor = Qiao Shi order1 = 4th Executive Vice… …   Wikipedia

• wan — I. adjective (wanner; wannest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wann dark, livid Date: 14th century 1. a. suggestive of poor health ; sickly, pallid b. lacking vitality ; feeble 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Wan|der|ing-jew — Wandering Jew, a Jew in medieval legend who insulted Christ and was condemned to wander on earth till Christ s second coming. wandering Jew or Wan|der|ing jew «WON duhr ihng JOO», noun. one of two trailing plants of the spiderwort family that… …   Useful english dictionary