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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Finish

Finish (finish)
v. t.(?)
Fin"ish
[imp. *** p. p. Finished (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Finishing.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.
  1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

    And heroically hath finished
    A life heroic.     Milton.

  2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

    Syn. -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.

Finish

Finish (finish)
v. i.
Fin"ish
  1. To come to an end; to terminate.

    His days may finish ere that hapless time. Shak.

  2. To end; to die.
    [R.] Shak.

Finish

Finish (finish)
n.
Fin"ish
  1. That which finishes, puts an end to(?) or perfects.
  2. The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
  3. The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
    (b)
  4. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
  5. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.












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