February
['febrʊərɪ;'febjʊərɪ] or ['fɛbrʊ'ɛri]
Definition
(n.) The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.
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Definition
n. the second month of the year.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of February, denotes continued ill health and gloom, generally. If you happen to see a bright sunshiny day in this month, you will be unexpectedly and happily surprised with some good fortune.
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Examples
- None of the reinforcements from Buell's army arrived until the 24th of February. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- THOMAS ALVA EDISON was born at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Under date of February 12, he writes: This day has been memorable in the annals of Valdivia for the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldes t inhabitant. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Sherman may be looked for in the neighborhood of Goldsboro' any time from the 22d to the 28th of February; this limits your time very materially. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 4th of February I visited General McPherson, and remained with him several days. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In February of 1897 the receiver sold the three Field patents to their original owner, and he in turn sold them to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I thought I had seen you first in February. Jane Austen. Emma.
- One afternoon, late in the month of February, I came ashore at the wharf at dusk. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In the February of the new year our first child was born--a son. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- May was better for every thing than February. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As soon as he saw me he showed an order he had just received from Buell in these words: NASHVILLE, February 25, 1862. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This employed anhydrous sulphurous acid as the volatile agent, and is described in United States patent No. 187,413, February 13, 1877; French patent No. 109,003, of 1875. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This was ratified by the Republic of Panama on December 2, 1903, and by the United States on February 23, 1904. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I am content, last words of John Quincy Adams, uttered February 21, 1848. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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