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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beatified} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beatifying}.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. b[82]atifier. See {Bounty}.] 1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. --Barrow. 2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. [bd]Beatified spirits.[b8] --Dryden. 3. (R. C. Ch.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of [bd]the blessed[b8] and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beautified} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beautifying}.] [Beauty + -fy.] To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. The arts that beautify and polish life. --Burke. Syn: To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate. | |
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Beautify \Beau"ti*fy\, v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. --Addison. | |
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Bedaff \Be*daff"\, v. t. To make a daff or fool of. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Bedaub \Be*daub"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bedaubed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bedaubing}.] To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty. Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish. --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Boutefeu \Boute"feu\, n. [F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire.] An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.] Animated by . . . John [85] Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
But \But\ (b[ucr]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[umac]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + [umac]tan outward, without, fr. [umac]t out. Primarily, b[umac]tan, as well as [umac]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out}; cf. {About}.] 1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.] So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors. --Fuller. Touch not the cat but a glove. --Motto of the Mackintoshes. 2. Except; besides; save. Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? --E. Smith. Note: In this sense, but is often used with other particles; as, but for, without, had it not been for. [bd]Uncreated but for love divine.[b8] --Young. 3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that. And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were enough to put him to ill thinking. --Shak. 4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that. It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. --Hooker. There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. --Addison. 5. Only; solely; merely. Observe but how their own principles combat one another. --Milton. If they kill us, we shall but die. --2 Kings vii. 4. A formidable man but to his friends. --Dryden. 6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind. Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. --1 Cor. xiii. 13. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. --Prov. xi. 2. {All but}. See under {All}. {But and if}, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek [?]. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him. --Luke xii. 45, 46. {But if}, unless. [Obs.] --Chaucer. But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. --Spenser. Syn: {But}, {However}, {Still}. Usage: These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, but I shall not aid him at present. However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it is, however, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, however, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is stronger than but, and marks the opposition more emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still they do not convince me. See {Except}, {However}. Note: [bd]The chief error with but is to use it where and is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasion.[b8] --Bain. | |
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]: | |
Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. --Fuller. 2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. --T. Hughes. {By the bye}, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also {by the by}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
By \By\ (b[imac]), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b[c6], big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS. & OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b[c6], G. bei, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr. 'amfi`. E. prefix be- is orig. the same word. [root]203. See pref. {Be-}.] 1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. [1913 Webster] By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them both. --Milton. 2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5. Long labors both by sea and land he bore. --Dryden. By land, by water, they renew the charge. --Pope. 3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church. 4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty. 5. Against. [Obs.] --Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4]. 6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force. Note: To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency, belong, more or less closely, most of the following uses of the word: (a) It points out the author and producer; as, [bd]Waverley[b8], a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by Canova; a sonata by Beethoven. (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a Christian; no, by Heaven. (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of; after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a model to build by. (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen, meat by the pound; to board by the year. (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished, it indicates the measure of increase or diminution; as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen by a third. (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night. (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had risen; he will be here by two o'clock. Note: In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to, or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east, i.e., a point towards the east from the north; northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than northeast is. Note: With is used instead of by before the instrument with which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick; the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But there are many words which may be regarded as means or processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire; he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of his sufferings. see {With}. {By all means}, most assuredly; without fail; certainly. {By and by}. (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] [bd]Two yonge knightes liggyng [lying] by and by.[b8] --Chaucer. (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] [bd]When . . . persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.[b8] --Matt. xiii. 21. (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long. Note: In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to [bd]soon, and soon,[b8] that is instantly; hence, -- less emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently. {By one's self}, with only one's self near; alone; solitary. {By the bye}. See under {Bye}. {By the head} (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern; -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the stern. {By the lee}, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side. {By the run}, to let go by the run, to let go altogether, instead of slacking off. {By the way}, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental or secondary remark or subject. {Day by day}, {One by one}, {Piece by piece}, etc., each day, each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or separately; each severally. {To come by}, to get possession of; to obtain. {To do by}, to treat, to behave toward. {To set by}, to value, to esteem. {To stand by}, to aid, to support. Note: The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell, and would be better written good-bye, as it is a corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bye \Bye\ (b[imac]), n. 1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.] The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. --Fuller. 2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. --T. Hughes. {By the bye}, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also {by the by}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Batavia, IA (city, FIPS 4825) Location: 40.99480 N, 92.16760 W Population (1990): 520 (223 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52533 Batavia, IL (city, FIPS 4078) Location: 41.85060 N, 88.30042 W Population (1990): 17076 (6449 housing units) Area: 17.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60510 Batavia, NY (city, FIPS 4715) Location: 42.99861 N, 78.18115 W Population (1990): 16310 (6612 housing units) Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14020 Batavia, OH (village, FIPS 4150) Location: 39.07843 N, 84.18125 W Population (1990): 1700 (688 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45103 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Boothbay, ME Zip code(s): 04537 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BDPA {Black Data Processing Associates} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BOOTP The Bootstrap Protocol. A {protocol} described in {RFC}s 951 and 1084 and used for booting {diskless workstation}s. See also {Reverse Address Resolution Protocol}. (1995-02-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
BTB {Branch Target Buffer} |