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English Dictionary: rudimentäres Deutsch	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rudiment n the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" Synonym(s): rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudiment \Ru"di*ment\, v. t. To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. --Gayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudiment \Ru"di*ment\, n. [L. rudimentum, fr. rudis unwrought, ignorant, rude: cf. F. rudiment. See {Rude}.] 1. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. --Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. --I. Taylor. 2. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies. --Shak. There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare. --Milton. 3. (Biol.) An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.