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d8A priori \[d8]A` pri*o"ri\ [L. a (ab) + prior former.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori. 3. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible. A priori, that is, form these necessities of the mind or forms of thinking, which, though first revealed to us by experience, must yet have pre[89]xisted in order to make experience possible. --Coleridge. | |
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d8Feroher \[d8]Fer*o"her\, n. (Arch[91]ol.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc. | |
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d8Fr8are \[d8]Fr[8a]re\, n. [F. See {Friar}.] A friar. --Chaucer. | |
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Freeze \Freeze\, v. t. {To freeze out}, to drive out or exclude by cold or by cold treatment; to force to withdraw; as, to be frozen out of one's room in winter; to freeze out a competitor. [Colloq.] A railroad which had a London connection must not be allowed to freeze out one that had no such connection. --A. T. Hadley. It is sometimes a long time before a player who is frozen out can get into a game again. --R. F. Foster. d8Freiherr \[d8]Frei"herr`\, n.; pl. {Freiherrn}. [G., lit., free lord.] In Germany and Austria, a baron. | |
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d8Hyperoartia \[d8]Hy`per*o*ar"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See {Cyclostoma}, and {Lamprey}. | |
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d8Parergon \[d8]Pa*rer"gon\, n. [L.] See {Parergy}. | |
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d8Parorchis \[d8]Pa*ror"chis\, n. [NL. See {Para-}, and {Orchis}.] (Anat.) The part of the epididymis; or the corresponding part of the excretory duct of the testicle, which is derived from the Wolffian body. | |
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d8Parure \[d8]Pa`rure"\, n. [F., OF. pareure, LL. paraura, fr. L. parare to prepare. See {Pare}.] An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decoration consisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure of rubies or of embroideries. | |
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d8Piririgua \[d8]Pi`ri*ri"gua\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American bird ({Guira guira}) allied to the cuckoos. | |
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d8Prairial \[d8]Prai`ri`al"\, n. [F., fr. prairie meadow.] The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See {Vendemiaire}. | |
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d8Pro rata \[d8]Pro` ra"ta\ [L.] In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each. | |
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d8Prurigo \[d8]Pru*ri"go\, n. [L., an itching, the itch, fr. prurire to itch.] (Med.) A papular disease of the skin, of which intense itching is the chief symptom, the eruption scarcely differing from the healthy cuticle in color. | |
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d8Pruritus \[d8]Pru*ri"tus\, n. [L.] (Med.) Itching. | |
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d8Variorum \[d8]Va`ri*o"rum\, a. [L., abbrev. fr. cum notis variorum with notes of various persons.] Containing notes by different persons; -- applied to a publication; as, a variorum edition of a book. | |
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Deferrer \De*fer"rer\, n. One who defers or puts off. | |
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Defrayer \De*fray"er\, n. One who pays off expenses. | |
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Devourer \De*vour"er\, n. One who, or that which, devours. |