Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of art.
  • An obsolete form of art.

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  • verb transitive To incite; urge on; encourage.
  • verb transitive To irritate; grill; provoke.
  • verb intransitive To be eager, prone; hurry.
  • verb transitive To make as if to strike; argue (with); strive after; try to obtain.
  • verb intransitive To strive onward and upward.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the coordinated universal time when an event is received on Earth

Etymologies

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From Middle English erten, ertin, from Old Norse erta ("to provoke, incite, tease"), from Proto-Germanic *artijanan (“to excite, tease”), from Proto-Indo-European *ardi-, *ard- (“sharp point, stinger”). Cognate with Icelandic erta ("to irritate"), Norwegian erta ("to taunt"), Swedish ärta ("to tease, jibe"), Old Irish aird ("point, ord, end point"), Ancient Greek άρδις (árdis, "arrowhead").

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