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adict [-d dictionary] [pattern] adict with no arguments opens a window that displays all the currently available dictionaries. To select a dictionary, click the right mouse button on its name. -d dictionary Opens a window that interfaces to the specified dictionary. To look up a word, enter it in the window, and click the right mouse button on it. [pattern] If no dictionary is specified, adict looks up the pattern in "oed" (Oxford English Dictionary). If more than one entry is found, adict opens a window displaying the headers of the matching entries. To display a particular entry click the right mouse button on the number to its left. Quit Exit and remove all windows associated with this one. Nmatch Display the next matching entry. Next Display the next entry in the dictionary. Prev Display the previous entry in the dictionary. Nmatch works independently of Prev and Next. Any word in the window displaying an entry can be looked up in the selected dictionary by clicking the right mouse button on that word.