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| a | (PREP.) | In; on; at; by. |  , | | a | (PREP.) | In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging. | , | | a | () | Of. | , | | a | () | A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they. | , | | a | () | An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter | , | | a | () | The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borr | , | | a | () | The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a mu | , | | a | () | An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically. | , | | a | () | In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc. | , |
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