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Define - A Dictionary Lookup

Description

The define command allows you to query a dictionary for the meaning of words. Be warned that the dictionary we use is, of a neccessity, in the public domain and thus quite old - just because a word isn't there doesn't mean it definitely doesn't exist.

Syntax Forms

define define <word> 

Define the indicated word in the web1913 dictionary.

define define <word> [in] all 

Define the indicated word in all supported dictionaries.

define define <word> [in] <dictionary> 

Define the indicated word in a specific dictionary.

define define <word> [in] <database> [with] <strategy> 

Define the indicated word in a specific dictionary using the indicated strategy.

define show databases 

Show all supported dictionaries.

define show strategies 

Show all word matching strategies.

define <word> 

Give the definition of a specific word.

define <word> all 

Give the definition of a specific word in all dictionaries.

Examples

Example one
> define epitaph
You look up a word.
Definitions for epitaph:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Epitaph Ep"i*taph, n. [F. ['e]pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral   oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi`   upon + ? tomb. Cf. {Cenotaph}.]   1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or   commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral   inscription.
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. --Shak.
2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a   monument, as that concerning Alexander: ``Sufficit huic   tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis.''