noun.
An erroneous form of ord.
To express in words; phrase.
To ply with or overpower by words; talk.
To flatter; cajole.
To make or unmake by a word or command.
To speak; talk; converse; discourse.
noun.
A sound, or combination of sounds, used in any language as the sign of a conception, or of a conception together with its grammatical relations; the smallest bit of human language forming a grammatical part of speech; a vocable; a term.
noun.
The letter or letters or other characters, written or printed, which represent such a vocable: as, a word misprinted.
noun.
Speech; talk; discourse; conversation: commonly in the plural.
noun.
Saying; remark; expression: as, a word of comfort or sympathy; a word of reproach.
noun.
A symbol of thought, as distinguished from thought itself; sound as opposed to sense.
noun.
Intelligence; information; tidings; report: without an article, and used only as a singular: as, to send word of one's arrival.
noun.
An expression of will or decision; an injunction; command; order.
noun.
A password; a watchword; a war-cry; a signal, or term of recognition, even when consisting of several words.
noun.
A brief or pithy remark or saying; a proverb; a motto.
noun.
Affirmation; promise; obligation; good faith; a term or phrase implying or containing an assertion, declaration, assurance, or the like, which involves the faith or honor of the utterer of it: with a possessive: as, I pledge you my word; on my word, sir.
noun.
Utterances or terms interchanged expressive of anger, contention, or reproach: in the plural, and often qualified by high, hot, hard, sharp, or the like.