acataphasia
         n 1: a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system
               leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express
               yourself in an organized manner

English Dictionary: active	by the DICT Development Group
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acetabular adj of the cup-shaped socket that receives the head of the thigh bone Synonym(s): acetabular, cotyloid, cotyloidal
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acetabulum n the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint Synonym(s): acetabulum, cotyloid cavity
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acetify v make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] Antonym(s): dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten turn acidic; "the solution acetified" Synonym(s): acidify, acetify Antonym(s): alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify
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acetophenetidin n a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic Synonym(s): acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin
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acetphenetidin n a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic Synonym(s): acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin
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acid precipitation n rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water Synonym(s): acid rain, acid precipitation
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acid value n (chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it; "as the glycerides in fat slowly decompose the acid value increases"
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acid-base balance n (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline" Synonym(s): acid-base equilibrium, acid-base balance
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acid-base equilibrium n (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline" Synonym(s): acid-base equilibrium, acid-base balance
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acid-base indicator n an indicator that changes color on going from acidic to basic solutions
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acid-fast adj not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
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acid-forming adj yielding an acid in aqueous solution
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acidification n the process of becoming acid or being converted into an acid
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acidify v make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] Antonym(s): dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten turn acidic; "the solution acetified" Synonym(s): acidify, acetify Antonym(s): alkalify, alkalise, alkalize, basify
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acidophil n an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment Synonym(s): acidophil, acidophile
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acidophile n an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment Synonym(s): acidophil, acidophile
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acidophilic adj especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium Synonym(s): acidophilic, acidophilous, aciduric
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acidophilous adj especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium Synonym(s): acidophilic, acidophilous, aciduric
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acidophilus n a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics Synonym(s): acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus
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acidophilus milk n milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders
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act of God n a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" Synonym(s): act of God, force majeure, vis major, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty
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act of terrorism n the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear Synonym(s): terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
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act up v misbehave badly; act in a silly or improper way; "The children acted up when they were not bored" Synonym(s): act up, carry on make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again"
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act upon v have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" Synonym(s): influence, act upon, work
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actable adj capable of being acted; suitable for the stage; "an actable scene" Antonym(s): unactable
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Actifed n trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant; used to treat upper respiratory conditions and minor allergies
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Activase n a thrombolytic agent (trade name Activase) that causes fibrinolysis at the site of a blood clot; used in treating acute myocardial infarction Synonym(s): tissue plasminogen activator, Activase
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activate v put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" Synonym(s): trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off make active or more active; "activate an old file" Antonym(s): deactivate, inactivate make more adsorptive; "activate a metal" aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter Synonym(s): activate, aerate make (substances) radioactive
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activated adj (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive Synonym(s): activated, excited rendered active; e.g. rendered radioactive or luminescent or photosensitive or conductive (military) set up and placed on active assignment; "a newly activated unit"
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activated carbon n powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons Synonym(s): activated carbon, activated charcoal
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activated charcoal n powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons Synonym(s): activated carbon, activated charcoal
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activating adj causing motion or action or change [syn: activating(a), actuating(a)] n the activity of causing to have energy and be active [syn: energizing, activating, activation]
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activating agent n (mineral extraction) a surface-active chemical used in flotation process to increase the attraction to a specific mineral
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activation n stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical [ant: inactivation] the activity of causing to have energy and be active Synonym(s): energizing, activating, activation making active and effective (as a bomb) Antonym(s): deactivation, defusing
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activation energy n the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur; "catalysts are said to reduce the energy of activation during the transition phase of a reaction" Synonym(s): activation energy, energy of activation
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activator n (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription Antonym(s): inhibitor
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active adj tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis" Antonym(s): inactive engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces" Synonym(s): active, combat-ready, fighting(a) disposed to take action or effectuate change; "a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations"; "an active antagonism"; "he was active in drawing attention to their grievances" Antonym(s): inactive, passive taking part in an activity; "an active member of the club"; "he was politically active"; "the participating organizations" Synonym(s): active, participating characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" Antonym(s): inactive exerting influence or producing a change or effect; "an active ingredient" Antonym(s): inactive full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" Antonym(s): inactive in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition" Synonym(s): active, alive(p) (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions Antonym(s): quiet expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: "Hemingway favors active constructions" Antonym(s): passive (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being Synonym(s): active, dynamic Antonym(s): stative (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting Antonym(s): extinct (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" Antonym(s): dormant, inactive engaged in full-time work; "active duty"; "though past retirement age he is still active in his profession" Antonym(s): inactive n chemical agent capable of activity [syn: active agent, active] the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" Synonym(s): active voice, active Antonym(s): passive, passive voice a person who is a participating member of an organization; "the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees"
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active agent n chemical agent capable of activity [syn: active agent, active]
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active air defense n air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures
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active application n an application that is currently running and in the foreground
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active birth n childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
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active citizen n a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
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active immunity n a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against disease-causing antigens
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active matrix screen n a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers; there is a separate circuit for each pixel
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active placebo n a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects; "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug"
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active site n the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs
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active transport n transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy
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active trust n a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties Antonym(s): passive trust
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active voice n the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" Synonym(s): active voice, active Antonym(s): passive, passive voice
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actively adv in an active manner; "he participated actively in the war" Antonym(s): passively
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activeness n the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" Synonym(s): action, activity, activeness Antonym(s): inaction, inactiveness, inactivity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" Synonym(s): activeness, activity Antonym(s): inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
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activewear n attire worn for sport or for casual wear [syn: sportswear, athletic wear, activewear]
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activism n a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
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activist adj advocating or engaged in activism [syn: activist, activistic] n a militant reformer Synonym(s): militant, activist
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activistic adj advocating or engaged in activism [syn: activist, activistic]
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activity n any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" Antonym(s): inactivity the state of being active; "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action" Synonym(s): action, activity, activeness Antonym(s): inaction, inactiveness, inactivity an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" Synonym(s): bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction; "catalytic activity" a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" Synonym(s): natural process, natural action, action, activity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" Synonym(s): activeness, activity Antonym(s): inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
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acute brain disorder n any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection) Synonym(s): acute brain disorder, acute organic brain syndrome
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acute pyelonephritis n pyelonephritis resulting from the spread of a bladder infection
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aestival adj (rare) of or occurring in summer; "the sky was a burnished aestival blue"; "estival winds" Synonym(s): aestival, estival
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aestivate v sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate" [syn: estivate, aestivate] Antonym(s): hibernate, hole up
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aestivation n (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period Synonym(s): estivation, aestivation (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens Synonym(s): estivation, aestivation
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agitprop n political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema
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azathioprine n an immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ Synonym(s): azathioprine, Imuran
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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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Activeness \Ac"tive*ness\, n.       The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion;       activity.
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]:
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.
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Agatiferous \Ag`a*tif"er*ous\, a. [Agate + -ferous.]       Containing or producing agates. --Craig.
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Agitable \Ag"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. agitabilis: cf. F. agitable.]       Capable of being agitated, or easily moved. [R.]
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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.
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Ascidiform \As*cid"i*form\, a. [Gr. [?] a pouch + -form.]       (Zo[94]l.)       Shaped like an ascidian.
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Astipulate \As*tip"u*late\, v. i. [L. astipulari; ad + stipulari       to stipulate.]       To assent. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Astipulation \As*tip`u*la"tion\, n. [L. astipulatio.]       Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Astoop \A*stoop"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stoop.]       In a stooping or inclined position. --Gay.
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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}.
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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)
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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
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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          (Or "data frame", "stack frame") A data structure       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          A conventional or passive {DBMS} combined with a       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          A {directory service} from {Microsoft       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          An early interactive mathematics system       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          A type of {liquid crystal display} where each       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          A process in an {IBM} {token ring} network which       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          An {object} each {instance} of which has its own       {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          (ARM) An efficient mechanism which allows       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          (ASP) A {scripting} environment       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          A type of {COM} component that can       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          (ADO) {Microsoft}'s       {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}