English Dictionary: IV/16 | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
If \If\, conj. [OE. if, gif, AS. gif; akin to OFries. ief, gef, ef, OS. ef, of, D. of, or, whether, if, G. ob whether, if, OHG. oba, ibu, Icel. ef, Goth. iba, ibai, an interrogative particle; properly a case form of a noun meaning, doubt (cf. OHG. iba doubt, condition, Icel. if, ef, ifi, efi), and therefore orig. meaning, on condition that.] 1. In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition. Tisiphone, that oft hast heard my prayer, Assist, if [d1]dipus deserve thy care. --Pope. If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. --Matt. iv. 3. 2. Whether; -- in dependent questions. Uncertain if by augury or chance. --Dryden. She doubts if two and two make four. --Prior. {As if}, {But if}. See under {As}, {But}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
IHVH \IHVH\ [Written also {JHVH}, {YHVH}.] A transliteration of the four constants forming the Hebrew tetragrammaton or [bd]incommunicable name[b8] of the Supreme Being, which in latter Jewish tradition is not pronounced save with the vowels of adonai or elohim, so that the true pronunciation is lost. Note: Numerous attempts have been made to represent the supposed original form of the word, as Jahaveh, Jahvaj, Jahve, Jahveh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phatagin \Phat"a*gin\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?]; perhaps from native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The long-tailed pangolin ({Manis tetradactyla}); -- called also {ipi}. | |
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I've \I've\ Colloquial contraction of I have. | |
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-ive \-ive\ [L. -ivus.] An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive. | |
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I've \I've\ Colloquial contraction of I have. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
-ive \-ive\ [L. -ivus.] An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [c6]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. helix}), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. {American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}. {English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper ({Hedera helix}). {German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of {Senecio} ({S. scandens}). {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}). {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}. {Ivy owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson. {Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. {Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. {To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus {Marcgravia}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Iva, SC (town, FIPS 36160) Location: 34.30675 N, 82.66348 W Population (1990): 1174 (569 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29655 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ivey, GA (town, FIPS 41540) Location: 32.90785 N, 83.29869 W Population (1990): 1053 (492 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IAB {Internet Architecture Board} | |
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IAP {Internet Access Provider} | |
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IEF {Advantage Gen} | |
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IF1 for {dataflow} hardware. Used by the {OSC} {SISAL} compiler. ["The Manchester Prototype Dataflow Computer", J.R. Gurd et al, CACM 28(1):34-52, Jan 1985]. (1996-01-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IF2 compiler, a superset of {IF1}. ["IF2: An Applicative Language Intermediate Form with Explicit Memory Management", M. L. Welcome et al, UC-LLNL, Nov 1986]. (1996-01-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IFF 1. 2. Identify friend or foe (radar). | |
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iff sufficient. For example, two figures are {congruent} iff one can be placed over the other so that they coincide. (2002-12-28) | |
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IFF 1. 2. Identify friend or foe (radar). | |
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iff sufficient. For example, two figures are {congruent} iff one can be placed over the other so that they coincide. (2002-12-28) | |
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IFP Illinois FP. An {interpreter} written in portable {C} by Arch D. Robinson for a variant of Backus' {FP} with syntax like {ALGOL} or {Modula-2}. IFP Runs under {Unix}, {CTSS} ({Cray}) and {MS-DOS}. Version 0.5. {(ftp://a.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/ifp)}. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 10. ["The Illinois Functional Programming Interpreter", A.D. Robison, Proc 1987 SIGPLAN Conf on Interpreters and Interpretive Techniques (June 1987), pp. 64-73]. ["Illinois Functional Programming: A Tutorial", A.D. Robison, BYTE Feb 1987, pp. 115-125]. (1994-10-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IHV {Independent Hardware Vendor} | |
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IIOP {Internet Inter-ORB Protocol} | |
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IP {Internet Protocol} | |
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IPA {International Phonetic Alphabet} | |
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I-Pay [Reference?] (1998-04-28) | |
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IPE {Integrated Programming Environment} | |
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IPv4 {Internet Protocol version 4} | |
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IPv6 {Internet Protocol version 6} | |
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IV&V {Independent Verification and Validation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
IVY A language with a more pleasant syntax than {Perl}, {tcl} or {Lisp}. It has nice features like low punctuation count, blocks indicated by indentation, and similarity to normal procedural languages. This language started out as an idea for an extension language for the editor {JOE}. An experimental {interpreter} by Joseph H Allen 1993. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ivah overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ivah, iniquity |