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Garlic \Gar"lic\, n. [OE. garlek, AS. g[be]rle[a0]c; gar spear, lance + le[a0]c leek. See {Gar}, n., and {Leek}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. sativum} is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. 2. A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] --Taylor (1630). {Garlic mustard}, a European plant of the Mustard family ({Alliaria officinalis}) which has a strong smell of garlic. {Garlic pear tree}, a tree in Jamaica ({Crat[91]va gynandra}), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. | |
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Acetable \Ac"e*ta*ble\, n. An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Acetabular \Ac`e*tab"u*lar\, a. Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform. | |
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Acetabuliferous \Ac`e*tab`u*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. acetablum a little cup + -ferous.] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. | |
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Acetabuliform \Ac`e*tab"u*li*form\, a. [L. acetabulum + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx. --Gray. | |
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Acetification \A*cet`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar. | |
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Acetify \A*cet"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acetified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acetifying}.] [L. acetum vinegar + -fly.] To convert into acid or vinegar. | |
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Acetifier \A*cet"i*fi`er\, n. An apparatus for hastening acetification. --Knight. | |
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Acetify \A*cet"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acetified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acetifying}.] [L. acetum vinegar + -fly.] To convert into acid or vinegar. | |
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Acetify \A*cet"i*fy\, v. i. To turn acid. --Encyc. Dom. Econ. | |
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Acetify \A*cet"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acetified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acetifying}.] [L. acetum vinegar + -fly.] To convert into acid or vinegar. | |
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Acetophenone \Ac`e*to*phe"none\, n. [Acetic + phenyl + one.] (Chem.) A crystalline ketone, {CH3COC6H5}, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of {hypnone}. | |
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Cream \Cream\ (kr[emac]m), n. [F. cr[ecir]me, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained. 2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.] 3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream. 4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith. 5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. --Shelton. {Bavarian cream}, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. {Cold cream}, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. {Cream cheese}, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. {Cream gauge}, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. {Cream nut}, the Brazil nut. {Cream of lime}. (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. {Cream of tartar} (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium bitartrate}, {acid potassium tartrate}, etc. | |
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Acid process \Ac"id proc"ess\ (Iron Metal.) That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to {basic process}. | |
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Acidiferous \Ac`id*if"er*ous\, a. [L. acidus sour + -ferous.] Containing or yielding an acid. | |
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Acidifiable \A*cid"i*fi`a*ble\, a. Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid. | |
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Acidific \Ac`id*if"ic\, a. Producing acidity; converting into an acid. --Dana. | |
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Acidification \A*cid`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. acidification.] The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid. | |
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Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidifying}.] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. 2. To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. --Carlyle. | |
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Acidifier \A*cid"i*fi`er\, n. (Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. | |
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Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidifying}.] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. 2. To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. --Carlyle. | |
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Acidify \A*cid"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidifying}.] [L. acidus sour, acid + -fy: cf. F. acidifier.] 1. To make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar. 2. To sour; to imbitter. His thin existence all acidified into rage. --Carlyle. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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Faith \Faith\, n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See {Bid}, {Bide}, and cf. {Confide}, {Defy}, {Fealty}.] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. 2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. --Coleridge. 3. (Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith. Without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. --Heb. xi. 6. The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called [bd]trust[b8] or [bd]confidence[b8] exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. --Dr. T. Dwight. Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. --J. Hawes. 4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. Which to believe of her, Must be a faith that reason without miracle Could never plant in me. --Shak. Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. --Gal. i. 23. 5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. Children in whom is no faith. --Deut. xxvii. 20. Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, I should conceal. --Milton. 6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. For you alone I broke me faith with injured Palamon. --Dryden. 7. Credibility or truth. [R.] The faith of the foregoing narrative. --Mitford. {Act of faith}. See {Auto-da-f[82]}. {Breach of faith}, {Confession of faith}, etc. See under {Breach}, {Confession}, etc. {Faith cure}, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. {In good faith}, with perfect sincerity. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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God \God\ (g[ocr]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[edh], go[edh], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[umac], p. p. h[umac]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. {Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.] 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. --Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. --Milton. 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. --John iv. 24. 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. --Phil. iii. 19. 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. {Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}. {Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] {God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard. See under {Acre}. {God's house}. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {God's Sunday}, Easter. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. --Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. --Longfellow. 7. pl. (Myth.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. --Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. --Prior. 8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! --Shak. 9. (Commonly pl.) Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. --Chaucer. 10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal. 11. pl. (Mus.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc. 12. (Eng. Universities) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. --Walton. 13. pl. A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also {grace hoop} or {hoops}. {Act of grace}. See under {Act}. {Day of grace} (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. That day of grace fleets fast away. --I. Watts. {Days of grace} (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. {Good graces}, favor; friendship. {Grace cup}. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. --Hing. {Grace drink}, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. --Encyc. Brit. {Grace hoop}, a hoop used in playing graces. See {Grace}, n., 13. {Grace note} (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See {Appoggiatura}, and def. 11 above. {Grace stroke}, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. {Means of grace}, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. {To do grace}, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. --Shak. {To say grace}, to render thanks before or after a meal. {With a good grace}, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. {With a bad grace}, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. --Macaulay. Syn: Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. Usage: {Grace}, {Mercy}. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy is kindness or compassion to the suffering or condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way for the exercise of mercy toward men. See {Elegance}. | |
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Indemnity \In*dem"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Indemnities}. [L. indemnitas, fr. indemnis uninjured: cf. F. indemnit[82]. See {Indemnify}.] 1. Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty. Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained. They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs. --Ld. Mahon. Note: Insurance is a contract of indemnity. --Arnould. The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity. --Kent. {Act of indemnity} (Law), an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure. | |
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Act \Act\ ([acr]kt), n. [L. actus, fr. agere to drive, do: cf. F. acte. See {Agent}.] 1. That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed. That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. --Wordsworth. Hence, in specific uses: (a) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress. (b) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done. --Abbott. (c) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. (d) A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student. 2. A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence. [Obs.] The seeds of plants are not at first in act, but in possibility, what they afterward grow to be. --Hooker. 3. Process of doing; action. In act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing). [bd]In act to shoot.[b8] --Dryden. This woman was taken . . . in the very act. --John viii. 4. {Act of attainder}. (Law) See {Attainder}. {Act of bankruptcy} (Law), an act of a debtor which renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt. {Act of faith}. (Ch. Hist.) See {Auto-da-F[82]}. {Act of God} (Law), an inevitable accident; such extraordinary interruption of the usual course of events as is not to be looked for in advance, and against which ordinary prudence could not guard. {Act of grace}, an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign. {Act of indemnity}, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. --Abbott. {Act in pais}, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record. Syn: See {Action}. | |
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Insolvency \In*sol"ven*cy\, n.; pl. {Insolvencies}. (Law) (a) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business; as, a merchant's insolvency. (b) Insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner; as, the insolvency of an estate. {Act of insolvency}. See {Insolvent law} under {Insolvent}, a. | |
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Insolvent \In*sol"vent\, a. [Pref. in- not + solvent: cf. OF. insolvent.] (Law) (a) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor. (b) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate. (c) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts. {Insolvent law}, [or] {Act of insolvency}, a law affording relief, -- subject to various modifications in different States, -- to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors. See {Bankrupt law}, under {Bankrupt}, a. | |
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(c) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc. (d) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner. My flocks, my fields, my woods, my pastures take, With settlement as good as law can make. --Dryden. (e) (Law) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed. Specifically: (a) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs. [Obs.] Fuller's earth left a thick settlement. --Mortimer. (b) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West. (c) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary. 3. (Arch.) (a) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material. (b) pl. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. 4. (Law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support. --Blackstone. Bouvier. {Act of settlement} (Eng. Hist.), the statute of 12 and 13 William III, by which the crown was limited to the present reigning house (the house of Hanover). --Blackstone. | |
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Uniformity \U`ni*form"i*ty\, n. [L. uniformitas: cf. F. uniformit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being uniform; freedom from variation or difference; resemblance to itself at all times; sameness of action, effect, etc., under like conditions; even tenor; as, the uniformity of design in a poem; the uniformity of nature. 2. Consistency; sameness; as, the uniformity of a man's opinions. 3. Similitude between the parts of a whole; as, the uniformity of sides in a regular figure; beauty is said to consist in uniformity with variety. 4. Continued or unvaried sameness or likeness. 5. Conformity to a pattern or rule; resemblance, consonance, or agreement; as, the uniformity of different churches in ceremonies or rites. {Act of Uniformity} (Eng. Hist.), an act of Parliament, passed in 1661, prescribing the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. Its provisions were modified by the [bd]Act of Uniformity Amendment Act,[b8] of 1872. | |
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7. (Mach.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection. 8. (Brewing) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on. {Hypostatic union} (Theol.) See under {Hypostatic}. {Latin union}. See under {Latin}. {Legislative Union} (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801. {Union}, [or] {Act of Union} (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707. {Union by the first}, [or] {second}, {intention}. (Surg.) See {To heal by the first, [or] second, intention}, under {Intention}. {Union down} (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by reversing the flag, or turning its union downward. {Union jack}. (Naut.) See {Jack}, n., 10. {Union joint}. (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T. Syn: Unity; junction; connection; concord; alliance; coalition; combination; confederacy. Usage: {Union}, {Unity}. Union is the act of bringing two or more things together so as to make but one, or the state of being united into one. Unity is a state of simple oneness, either of essence, as the unity of God, or of action, feeling, etc., as unity of design, of affection, etc. Thus, we may speak of effecting a union of interests which shall result in a unity of labor and interest in securing a given object. One kingdom, joy, and union without end. --Milton. [Man] is to . . . beget Like of his like, his image multiplied. In unity defective; which requires Collateral love, and dearest amity. --Milton. | |
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Actable \Act"a*ble\, a. Capable of being acted. --Tennyson. | |
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Activate \Ac"ti*vate\, v. t. To make active. [Obs.] | |
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Active \Ac"tive\, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth. 3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to {quiescent}, {dormant}, or {extinct}; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano. 4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to {dull}, {sluggish}, {indolent}, or {inert}; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal. 5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to {sedentary} or to {tranquil}; as, active employment or service; active scenes. 6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to {speculative} or {theoretical}; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman. 7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn. 8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy. 9. (Gram.) (a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to {passive}. See {Active voice}, under {Voice}. (b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive. (c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state. {Active capital}, {Active wealth}, money, or property that may readily be converted into money. Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick; sprightly; prompt; energetic. | |
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Active \Ac"tive\, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth. 3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to {quiescent}, {dormant}, or {extinct}; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano. 4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to {dull}, {sluggish}, {indolent}, or {inert}; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal. 5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to {sedentary} or to {tranquil}; as, active employment or service; active scenes. 6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to {speculative} or {theoretical}; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman. 7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn. 8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy. 9. (Gram.) (a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to {passive}. See {Active voice}, under {Voice}. (b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive. (c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state. {Active capital}, {Active wealth}, money, or property that may readily be converted into money. Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick; sprightly; prompt; energetic. | |
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Capital \Cap"i*tal\, n. [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See {Chief}, and cf. {Cattle}, {Chattel}, {Chapiter}, {Chapter}.] 1. (Arch.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and {Column}. 2. [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. [bd]A busy and splendid capital[b8] --Macauly. 3. [Cf. F. capital.] Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See {Capital stock}, under {Capital}, a. 4. (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. --M'Culloch. Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). --T. Raleigh. 5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. --London Times. 6. (Fort.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts. 7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. --Sir W. Scott. 8. (Print.) See {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a. {Active capital}. See under {Active}, {Small capital} (Print.), a small capital letter. See under {Capital}, a. {To live on one's capital}, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it. | |
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d8Hyper91mia \[d8]Hy`per*[91]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body. {Active hyper[91]mia}, congestion due to increased flow of blood to a part. {Passive hyper[91]mia}, interchange due to obstruction in the return of blood from a part. -- {Hy`per*[91]"mic}, a. | |
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Valeric \Va*ler"ic\, a. (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also {inactive valeric acid}), {C4H9CO2H}, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. {Active valeric acid}, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol. | |
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Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See {Word}.] 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South. 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle. {Active verb}, {Auxiliary verb}, {Neuter verb}, etc. See {Active}, {Auxiliary}, {Neuter}, etc. | |
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Voice \Voice\, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L. vox, vocis, akin to Gr. [?] a word, [?] a voice, Skr. vac to say, to speak, G. erw[84]hnen to mention. Cf. {Advocate}, {Advowson}, {Avouch}, {Convoke}, {Epic}, {Vocal}, {Vouch}, {Vowel}.] 1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice. He with a manly voice saith his message. --Chaucer. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Thy voice is music. --Shak. Join thy voice unto the angel choir. --Milton. 2. (Phon.) Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper. Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the so-called vocal cords in the larynx (see Illust. of {Larynx}) which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power, or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome. Its pitch depends on the number of a[89]rial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 146, 155. 3. The tone or sound emitted by anything. After the fire a still small voice. --1 Kings xix. 12. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl. 9. The floods have lifted up their voice. --Ps. xciii. 3. O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart Leaps at the trumpet's voice. --Addison. 4. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice. 5. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion. I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. --Gal. iv. 20. My voice is in my sword. --Shak. Let us call on God in the voice of his church. --Bp. Fell. 6. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote. Sic. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? 1 Cit. He has our voices, sir. --Shak. Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice Of holy senates, and elect by voice. --Dryden. 7. Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language. So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. --Deut. viii. 20. 8. One who speaks; a speaker. [bd]A potent voice of Parliament.[b8] --Tennyson. 9. (Gram.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. {Active voice} (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it. {Chest voice} (Phon.), a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other. {Head voice} (Phon.), a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other. {Middle voice} (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage. {Passive voice}. (Gram.) See under {Passive}, a. {Voice glide} (Pron.), the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able (a"b'l). See {Glide}, n., 2. {Voice stop}. See {Voiced stop}, under {Voiced}, a. {With one voice}, unanimously. [bd]All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.[b8] --Acts xix. 34. | |
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Wealth \Wealth\, n. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See {Weal} prosperity.] 1. Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [Obs.] [bd]Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.[b8] --1 Cor. x. 24. 2. Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. I have little wealth to lose. --Shak. Each day new wealth, without their care, provides. --Dryden. Wealth comprises all articles of value and nothing else. --F. A. Walker. {Active wealth}. See under {Active}. Syn: Riches; affluence; opulence; abundance. | |
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Active \Ac"tive\, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind. 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. Active and nervous was his gait. --Wordsworth. 3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to {quiescent}, {dormant}, or {extinct}; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano. 4. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to {dull}, {sluggish}, {indolent}, or {inert}; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal. 5. Requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to {sedentary} or to {tranquil}; as, active employment or service; active scenes. 6. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to {speculative} or {theoretical}; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman. 7. Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn. 8. Implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy. 9. (Gram.) (a) Applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to {passive}. See {Active voice}, under {Voice}. (b) Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive. (c) Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state. {Active capital}, {Active wealth}, money, or property that may readily be converted into money. Syn: Agile; alert; brisk; vigorous; nimble; lively; quick; sprightly; prompt; energetic. | |
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Actively \Ac"tive*ly\, adv. 1. In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively. 2. (Gram.) In an active signification; as, a word used actively. | |
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Activeness \Ac"tive*ness\, n. The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity. | |
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Activity \Ac*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Activities}. [Cf. F. activit[82], LL. activitas.] The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. [bd]The activity of toil.[b8] --Palfrey. Syn: Liveliness; briskness; quickness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Activity \Ac*tiv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Activities}. [Cf. F. activit[82], LL. activitas.] The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. [bd]The activity of toil.[b8] --Palfrey. Syn: Liveliness; briskness; quickness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Acutifoliate \A*cu`ti*fo"li*ate\, a. [L. acutus sharp + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having sharp-pointed leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agatiferous \Ag`a*tif"er*ous\, a. [Agate + -ferous.] Containing or producing agates. --Craig. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Agitable \Ag"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. agitabilis: cf. F. agitable.] Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Aqua \[d8]A"qua\, n. [L. See {Ewer}.] Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed. {Aqua ammoni[91]}, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called {aqua ammonia}. {Aqua marine}, or {Aqua marina}. Same as {Aquamarine}. {Aqua regia}. [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the [bd]royal[b8] metal. {Aqua Tofana}, a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. --Francis. {Aqua vit[91]}[L., water of life. Cf. {Eau de vie}, {Usquebaugh}], a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ascidiform \As*cid"i*form\, a. [Gr. [?] a pouch + -form.] (Zo[94]l.) Shaped like an ascidian. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Astipulate \As*tip"u*late\, v. i. [L. astipulari; ad + stipulari to stipulate.] To assent. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Astipulation \As*tip`u*la"tion\, n. [L. astipulatio.] Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Astoop \A*stoop"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stoop.] In a stooping or inclined position. --Gay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Auxetophone \Aux*e"to*phone\, n. [Gr. [?] that may be increased + [?] sound, voice.] A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary vibrating disk reproducer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nigrosine \Ni"gro*sine\ (? [or] ?), n. [From L. niger black.] (Chem.) A dark blue dyestuff, of the induline group; -- called also {azodiphenyl blue}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Acadia Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 1) Location: 30.29131 N, 92.41083 W Population (1990): 55882 (21441 housing units) Area: 1697.3 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ashtabula, OH (city, FIPS 2638) Location: 41.87949 N, 80.79822 W Population (1990): 21633 (9209 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ashtabula County, OH (county, FIPS 7) Location: 41.89007 N, 80.75593 W Population (1990): 99821 (41214 housing units) Area: 1820.0 sq km (land), 1725.1 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
activation record containing the variables belonging to one particular {scope} (e.g. a procedure body), as well as links to other activation records. Activation records are usually created (on the {stack}) on entry to a block and destroyed on exit. If a procedure or function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and used in an outer scope then its activation record must be stored in a {heap} so that its variables still exist when it is used. Variables in the current {scope} are accessed via the {frame pointer} which points to the current activation record. Variables in an outer scope are accessed by following chains of links between activation records. There are two kinds of link - the {static link} and the {dynamic link}. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
active DBMS means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an {expert system}. (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Active Directory Corporation}, similar in concept to {Novell} {Netware Directory Services (NDS)}, that also integrates with the user organisation's {DNS} structure and is interoperable with {LDAP}. Active Directory is included in {Windows 2000}. (2000-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Active Language I for the {XDS 930} at the {University of California at Berkeley}. ["Active Language I", R. de Vogelaere in Interactive Systems for Experimental Applied Mathematics, A-P 1968]. (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
active matrix display display element (each {pixel}) includes an active component such as a {transistor} to maintain its state between scans. Contrast {passive matrix display}. (1995-12-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Active Monitor ensures a token is present on the ring, removes circulating frames with unknown or invalid destinations, and performs introductions between machines on the ring. (1996-06-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
active object {thread} running as well as its own copies of the object's {instance variables}. (1998-03-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Active Reconfiguring Message reconfiguration of the hardware logic of a system according to the particular data received or transmitted. In ARM each message contains extra information in a Reconfiguring {Header} in addition to the data to be transferred. Upon arrival of the message the Reconfiguring Header is extracted, decoded and used to perform on-the-fly hardware reconfiguration. As soon as the hardware has been reconfigured the data information of the message can be processed. [In what contect is this term used?] (1997-06-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Active Server Pages for {Microsoft Internet Information Server} in which you can combine {HTML}, scripts and reusable {ActiveX} {server} components to create dynamic {web pages}. IIS 4.0 includes scripting engines for {Microsoft Visual Basic} Scripting Edition ({VBScript}) and {Microsoft JScript}. {ActiveX} scripting engines for {Perl} and {REXX} are available through third-party developers. [URL?] (1999-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ActiveX self-register, also known as an "ActiveX control". All COM objects implement the "IUnknown" interface but an ActiveX control usually also implements some of the standard interfaces for embedding, user interface, methods, properties, events, and persistence. ActiveX controls were originally called "{OLE} Controls", and were required to provide all of these interfaces but that requirement was dropped, and the name changed, to make ActiveX controls lean enough to be downloaded as part of a web page. Because ActiveX components can support the OLE embedding interfaces, they can be included in web pages. Because they are COM objects, they can be used from languages such as {Visual Basic}, {Visual C++}, {Java}, {VBScript}. ["Understanding ActiveX and OLE", David Chappell, MS Press, 1996]. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/com/tech/activex.asp)}. (2002-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ActiveX Data Objects {library} for accessing data sources through {OLE DB}. Typically it is used to query or modify data stored in a relational database. {Home (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ado270/htm/adostartpage1.asp)}. (2003-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ASTAP {Advanced STatistical Analysis Program} |