Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The letter r.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
arr . - noun The name of the letter R. Also formerly spelled
arre . - noun Obsolete forms of
are , ere, or, ore, etc. - A simplified spelling of
are . - etc. Points of flexure in the curves of cooling of iron and steel.
- noun The assimilated form, in Latin, etc., of ad-before r; in older English words a restored form of Middle English and Old French a-, the regular reduced form of Latin
ar- , as in array, arrange, etc. - noun A suffix of Latin origin, occurring in some nouns, as in bursar, medlar, mortar, vicar, etc.
- noun A suffix, of Latin origin, of adjectives (and of nouns thence derived), being equivalent to -al, for which it is used when l precedes, as in alar, polar, regular, singular, etc. (see -al, and compare -ar); of nouns, as in altar, collar, pillar, scholar, etc.
- noun In heraldry, a common abbreviation of
argent . - noun A suffix of nouns denoting an agent; a variant of -er, as in beggar, liar, formerly and properly begger, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction obsolete Ere; before.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The name of the
Latin script letterR /r .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
- noun a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- noun a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Verbs that end in - ar have their own set of rules, and verbs that end in - er and - ir have another set.
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All Spanish verbs end in - ar, - er, or - ir in the infinitive form.
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However if one spends time among people for whom 'chi***ar' is a way of life, not to get 'caught' will take due diligence and constant net-working.
Salaries in Mexico?? 2006
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I think it is PERFECTLY acceptible you calling her ar her grandparents, good luck with the last remaining tadpole-less days….
missing 2005
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ANsin ar an mbealach abhaile fuair mise ballra�ocht sa gym gar d�inn.
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~Villcm;; lrlry wvs proua of her, and therefors angiaus to sct. tla lrur tn~sincss while he was in the humoar to lose her. lle lu, hcot to iinish it by shooting a word ar two at Vernon bol'ore ~linncr.
The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 Jim Tinsley
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'Yes, he's my oldest, and a likely lad he ar tu -- He's twenty-one, and his name ar JOHN CALHOUN MILLS.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Ingredients higher on the label are present in greater quantities, so look for named meats high on the list - not meals or broths, and not generic words like "poultry" "meat" or "fish", but named species and types.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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In Marocco Za’ar is applied to a man with fair skin, red hair and blue eyes (Gothic blood?) and the term is not complimentary as “Sultan Yazid Za’ar.”
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This is the case with every verb that ends in - ar.
chained_bear commented on the word ar
This is my Dad-Speak for "hour."
October 10, 2007
oroboros commented on the word ar
Ar. Chemical element symbol for Argon.
December 16, 2007