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of fellows are elected each year in July at the academy's annual general meeting. The following fellows of the British Academy were elected at the annual
List of fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1980s
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of fellows are elected each year in July at the academy's annual general meeting. The first woman was elected to the fellowship in 1932. "About the British
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UK national association of engineers
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering. The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship
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British economist and Nobel Laureate (1907–1995)
switching (in 1928) to the newly-established course in philosophy, politics, and economics. He was elected a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford in 1930, and
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director there of the Centre for Research Architecture at the department of Visual Cultures. In 2019 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy. Rosie Whitehouse
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Learned society in the United Kingdom
Oxford, as its current president. Seven council members are elected by the academy's fellows, 7 by its learned societies and seven are appointed. Since
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English historian
the Society of Antiquaries of London (1985) and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1980). He was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in
Nicholas_A._M._Rodger
Indian computer scientist (born 1963)
Science Academy. He is also a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. The Council of Scientific
Subhasis_Chaudhuri
Israeli computer scientist
of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He has been on the faculty of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel since 1980, and holds the
David_Harel
British historian of late antiquity (1940–2026)
Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of Fellows of the British Academy. 17. Leonard, Victoria (20 April 2026). "Dame Averil Cameron obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077
Averil_Cameron
English architect (born 1935)
transport project) List of works by Norman Foster "List of Fellows - Royal Academy of Engineering". Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on
Norman_Foster
Molecular biophysicist, structural biologist
of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
G._Marius_Clore
American myrmecologist (1908–2001)
elected in 1944 a fellow of the Entomological Society of America. He was elected in 1965 a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Neal_A._Weber
Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies
from the Policy Studies Organization for a book of enduring influence in public policy 2017 – Elected Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy 2018
Peter_A._Hall
British historian (born 1954)
Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain. He is an elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS). His partner
Julian_Jackson_(historian)
British professor (born 1952)
Brunsdon elected as a Fellow of the British Academy". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-05. "New Fellows 2019" (PDF). Davies, Fred. "Charlotte Brunsdon, The Feminist
Charlotte_Brunsdon
Nigerian-British pharmacist (born 1960)
Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Eminent Fellow 2013: Controlled Release Society College of Fellows 2016: Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Innovative Science
Ijeoma_Uchegbu
English classicist (born 1955)
She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. Beard is the classics editor of The Times Literary
Mary_Beard
Scottish scientist (born 1970)
Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2019 Elected a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) in 2020 Elected a Fellow of
Linda_Bauld
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
green diplomacy" in the UK, placing him twenty-third in their list of Britain's most powerful left-wing figures, above many elected politicians. Attenborough
David_Attenborough
German Medieval historian
in Paris (2001). In 2002 he was elected to the British Academy and in the same year he became a member of the Royal Historical Society in London. The
Hagen_Keller
British/Australian anthropologist
Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Thomas was elected to the British Academy in 2005, and became a Fellow of Trinity
Nicholas Thomas (anthropologist)
Nicholas_Thomas_(anthropologist)
Australian scientist, president of the Royal Society (1936–2020)
"Fellows of RSNSW". RSNSW. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012. "List of Fellows". raeng.org.uk. Royal Academy of Engineering
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
Robert_May,_Baron_May_of_Oxford
British archaeologist and academic
17 July 2015. "BROODBANK, Professor Cyprian". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015
Cyprian_Broodbank
a list of notable British Muslims. Haroon Ahmed – Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University
List_of_British_Muslims
English philosopher and ethicist (1900–1990)
president of the Aristotelian Society from 1946 to 1947, and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1957. He was married (secondly) to the computational
R._B._Braithwaite
Archaeologist (1931–2021)
retirement in 1989, balancing the requirements of work with those of motherhood. In 1984, she became the first Macquarie academic to be elected as a Fellow to
Audrey_Meaney
British politician (1934–2024)
rejoined the Labour Party and came out in full support of the then leader Ed Miliband. Marquand was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1998. He
David_Marquand
American actor and filmmaker (born 1930)
Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Eastwood's greatest
Clint_Eastwood
British organisation
Today, the RSA has fellows elected from 80 countries worldwide. Founded in 1754 by William Shipley as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
Royal_Society_of_Arts
British-American geneticist (1925–2017)
a British-American geneticist and physical biochemist. He is known for introducing starch as a medium for gel electrophoresis in 1955, and for the discovery
Oliver_Smithies
British historian (born 1956)
fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. In the same year, he was elected Fellow of
Paul_Gilroy
The following is a list of notable British Pakistanis, namely notable citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie in Pakistan:
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British economist (1944–2017)
elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1984, a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1974, Honorary Member of the American Economic Association in
Tony_Atkinson
Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate (1908–1995)
fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Member of European Physical Society Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of
Hannes_Alfvén
English mathematician and game theorist (born 1940)
Caltech, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the British Academy. He was appointed
Kenneth_Binmore
British art historian
1994), was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, director of the British Museum between
John_Pope-Hennessy
British ecclesiastical historian and archaeologist (1916–2005)
candidate in Cambridge In the 1980s he worked at Carthage with a team from the University of Michigan In retirement was again elected Bye Fellow of Caius
W._H._C._Frend
English historian (1928–2025)
in English/British History". Making History. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 23 December 2013. "Fellows of the British Academy". British Academy
Barbara_Harvey
British video game developer, designer and CEO
the Development Legend Award at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards in Cambridge. In 2012, Braben was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
David_Braben
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1943)
where he has been a fellow since 1976. In 1983, Sargent was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and also the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thomas_J._Sargent
British astrophysicist (born 1942)
Rees of Ludlow, (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity
Martin_Rees
British historian and writer (born 1965)
the President's Medal of the British Academy, the academy's highest honour in its suite of prizes and medals awarded for "outstanding service to the cause
William_Dalrymple
Canadian-American philosopher
University. In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Educated at the University of British Columbia, the University of Pittsburgh
Patricia_Churchland
British businessman (1965–2024)
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng). In 2011, he was named as the most influential person in UK IT by Computer Weekly. In 2014
Mike_Lynch_(businessman)
British academic historian and Marxist historiographer (1917–2012)
in the 1960s. In 1970s, he was appointed professor and in 1976 he became a Fellow of the British Academy. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of
Eric_Hobsbawm
English philosopher (1910–1989)
of the British Academy, 94 (1996), pp. 255–282. Pace, Eric (29 June 1989). "A. J. Ayer Dead in Britain at 78; Philosopher of Logical Positivism". The
A._J._Ayer
American Nobel laureate in economics
American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-03-24. "Fellows | The Econometric Society". www.econometricsociety.org. Retrieved 2021-03-24. "Fellows |
Eric_Maskin
New Zealand cultural theorist (1950-)
the family’s discovery, decades after her death, of her artistic legacy. During was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2000
Simon_During
English political scientist (1924–2022)
Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1994. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British
David_Butler_(psephologist)
British historian (born 1933)
elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1970 (Vice-President 1980–84) and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1979 (President 1993–97). In
Keith_Thomas_(historian)
Indian space scientist (1932–2017)
an elected Fellow of many academies such as Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electronics
Udupi_Ramachandra_Rao
English sociologist and author (born 1949)
University, London. She was President of the British Sociological Association and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. A socialist feminist
Michèle_Barrett
Indian chemist (born 1935)
suit, by electing him as a Fellow in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Subsequently, the Third World Academy of Sciences also elected him as a Fellow in 1995.
A._V._Rama_Rao
English mathematician (born 1957)
of the Academia Europaea (MAE) in 1993. In 2010, Donaldson was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was knighted in the
Simon_Donaldson
British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)
of England priest. After playing in the 1980s band Bronski Beat, he came to prominence as the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in
Richard_Coles
British sociologist of religion and scholar of religious studies
Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to higher education. In 2022, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's
Linda_Woodhead
Indian oncologist (b. 1947)
in the United States. Padma Bhushan by the Government of India (2012) Padma Shri by the Government of India (2002) Elected Fellow, National Academy of
Suresh_H._Advani
schooling, kinship, religion and the psychology of economic life. In July 2018 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). Stafford’s first major
Charles Stafford (anthropologist)
Charles_Stafford_(anthropologist)
Indian theoretical physicist (1940–2017)
elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, and National Academy of
Narendra_Kumar_(physicist)
Sole college of the University of Dublin in Ireland
death or resignation of a Fellow.[citation needed] Originally all the teaching was carried out by the Fellows. Fellows are now elected from among current
Trinity_College_Dublin
English geneticist and Nobel laureate (born 1949)
was elected an EMBO Member in 1987 and a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1989 and a Founder Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998. In 1995
Paul_Nurse
list of notable British Bangladeshis (Bengali: উল্লেখযোগ্য বিলাতী বাংলাদেশীদের তালিকা). This includes Bangladeshi immigrants settled or residing in the
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from
Margaret_Thatcher
British biochemist
characterization of cyclin are major contributions to our knowledge of cell cycle regulation in eukaryotic cells. Hunt was elected a fellow of the UK's Academy of Medical
Tim_Hunt
English lawyer and judge
of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 New Year Honours and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) and a Fellow
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption
Jonathan_Sumption,_Lord_Sumption
English academic (born 1953)
specialising in early modern Britain, British calendar customs, pre-Christian religion, and modern paganism. A professor at the University of Bristol and
Ronald_Hutton
British people of sub-Saharan African descent
Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of either African or Afro-Caribbean origin and in some cases Indo-Caribbean descent. The term
Black_British_people
Spanish marquis, general, and geodesist (1825–1891)
early 1980s. A former President of the Geneva Bar Association, he also worked to promote the rights of the defense and was elected in 1995 to the presidency
Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero
Carlos_Ibáñez_e_Ibáñez_de_Ibero
English research professor
on the Editorial Board of Journal of Intelligence and Terrorism Studies. He was elected in 2001 Fellow of the British Academy, and was head of the History
Dominic_Lieven
English historian (1948–2010)
Review of Books. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2007
Tony_Judt
American mathematician (born 1942)
Uhlenbeck was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007. In 2023 she was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, listed with her affiliation
Karen_Uhlenbeck
British artist (born 1934)
and British decolonisation. He is the first black artist to be elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts. In 2019, Bowling was the subject of a hugely
Frank_Bowling
Canadian mathematician
April 3, 2018. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved January 27, 2013. "Robert Phelan Langlands". American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Robert_Langlands
Australian photography curator, historian, and writer
written on the life of Max Dupain (2024) and the career of Wolfgang Sievers (2025). A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (elected 2014) Ennis's
Helen_Ennis
British virologist (born 1944)
at the University of Cambridge. In the mid-1980s, he became head of the Division of Virology and, in 1991, was appointed professor of virology in the Department
Tony_Minson
Indian gynaecologist
International Business Times. Retrieved 21 August 2014. "List of Fellows – NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016. http://drkaminirao
Kamini_A._Rao
Welsh musician and composer (born 1944)
Academy of Music. "Cardiff University: Alumni". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016. "Four Honorary Fellows Elected to
Karl_Jenkins
English historian (born 1945)
Retrieved 16 June 2018. "British Academy Fellowship reaches 1,000 as 42 new UK Fellows are welcomed". The British Academy. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16
Simon_Schama
British psychiatrist and academic (1917–2006)
September 2006) was a British psychiatrist, academic, and researcher. He was a leading figure in British psychiatry, especially in the study of mental illness
Martin_Roth_(psychiatrist)
Pakistani organic chemist (1897–1994)
its first chairman in 1961. In the same year he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He later co-founded the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, and after
Salimuzzaman_Siddiqui
Indian chemical engineer (born 1967)
fellow by the Indian National Academy of Engineering and he became an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2010. Infosys Science Foundation
Ashish_Kishore_Lele
English cognitive psychologist (1935–2018)
Notable postdoctoral fellows she supervised included Nancy Kanwisher and Nilli Lavie. In 2013, Treisman received the National Medal of Science from President
Anne_Treisman
Indian particle physicist (1942-2026)
of Fundamental Research. He was also a senior scientist of the Indian National Science Academy at Bose Institute and a former Raja Ramanna fellow of Department
Probir_Roy
British epidemiologist
of the British Empire, as of the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List FMedSci: Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences elected in 2001 FRCP: Fellow of
Anne_Mandall_Johnson
Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Corresponding Fellow at the British Academy In 2010, he received the Tufts University, Leontief Prize In 2011, he became a Distinguished Fellow of The American
Daniel_Kahneman
English author (born 1949)
the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the
Peter_Ackroyd
Harrison serves on the research funding committee of Bloodwise. Her awards and honours include; 2013 Elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences 2025
Christine_Harrison
Scottish historian (born 1964)
April 1964) is a British and American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center
Niall_Ferguson
Indian biologist
an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, India. The Council of Scientific
L._S._Shashidhara
Australian research biologist (born 1931)
University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2008. "Elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Victoria". 22
Gustav_Nossal
Indian photochemist (1928–2019)
studies on the mechanism of organic reactions. He is a recipient of the 1992 TWAS Award and an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, the Indian
M._V._George
Indian materials physicist (1933–2021)
Indian Academy of Engineering. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2016. "List Of Honorary Fellows". Punjab Academy of Sciences
Kasturi_Lal_Chopra
Indian mycologist, taxonomist and plant pathologist
Medal in 1944 for academic excellence on his completion of the master's degree. The Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as their fellow in 1955 and
C._V._Subramanian
English philosopher of morality, education, and mind, and a writer (1924–2019)
Fellows Archived 29 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine – website of the British Academy Fellow Baroness Mary Warnock FMedSci – website of the Academy of
Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock
Mary_Warnock,_Baroness_Warnock
British ethnic group
British African-Caribbean people or British Afro-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. They are British citizens or residents of
British African-Caribbean people
British_African-Caribbean_people
Canadian physicist
Noorden prize 2002 Knight in the order of the Dutch Lion 2002 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 2003 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
George_Sawatzky
British historian (born 1940)
professor at the University of Chicago (2017). Skinner has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 1981, and is also a foreign member of a number of national
Quentin_Skinner
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of bellows. See Bellow.John Bellows emigrated from England to MA on the Hopewell in 1635. Benjamin Bellows was one of the founders of Walpole, VT, in the mid 18th century.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Swedish
Gift of God; Bold People; Courageous People; Form of Theodore; Divine Gift
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop.
Surname or Lastname
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English : variant of Galyon.
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Biblical
Ecclesiasticus or the Sirach = Joshua, Joshua, saviour, or whose help is Jehovah Jehovah, I am; the eternal living one Jehovah, self-subsisting
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Fellow, from Middle English felagh, felaw late Old English fēolaga ‘partner’, ‘shareholder’ (Old Norse félagi, from fé ‘fee’, ‘money’ + legja to lay down). In Middle English the term was used in the general sense of a companion or comrade, and the surname thus probably denoted a (fellow) member of a trade guild. Compare Fear 1.
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n.
An academy.
prep.
Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood.
prep.
Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.
prep.
Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven.
prep.
Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of Herod.
prep.
During; in the course of.
prep.
Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements.
n.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding academy; the Academy of Music.
n.
A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology.
prep.
In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as:
prep.
Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.
prep.
Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
n.
Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe of a skate.
prep.
Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
prep.
Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything is, or is done; by.
prep.
Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled; also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
v. t.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
n.
A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece.
v. i.
See Thee.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
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