adj. Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
adj. Of noble birth.
v. To make ripe
v. To bring to realisation
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
n. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Inspiring reverence and admiration; majestic; solemnly grand or stately; sublime; magnificent; imposing.
Venerable; worshipful; eminent. =
n. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days, reckoned the first month of autumn in Great Britain, but the last of summer in the United States. See month.
To make brown or sunburnt. Evelyn.
To ripen; bring to fruition.
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adj. of or befitting a lord
n. the month following July and preceding September
adj. profoundly honored
Word Usage
"I picked up a fawn in august that had died much earlier."