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English Dictionary: apotheosis	by the DICT Development Group
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abatis n a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy Synonym(s): abattis, abatis
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abattis n a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy Synonym(s): abattis, abatis
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Abdias n a Hebrew minor prophet Synonym(s): Obadiah, Abdias an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible Synonym(s): Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiah
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abdicable adj capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished; "abdicable responsibilites"
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abdicate v give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" Synonym(s): abdicate, renounce
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abdication n a formal resignation and renunciation of powers [syn: abdication, stepping down] the act of abdicating Synonym(s): abdication, stepping down
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abdicator n one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
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abduce v advance evidence for Synonym(s): adduce, abduce, cite
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abducens n a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Synonym(s): abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
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abducens muscle n the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward Synonym(s): abducens muscle, lateral rectus muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis
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abducens nerve n a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Synonym(s): abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
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abducent adj especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part Synonym(s): abducent, abducting Antonym(s): adducent, adducting, adductive n a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Synonym(s): abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
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abducent nerve n a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye Synonym(s): abducent, abducent nerve, abducens, abducens nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve
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abduct v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" Synonym(s): kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" Antonym(s): adduct
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abducting adj especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part Synonym(s): abducent, abducting Antonym(s): adducent, adducting, adductive
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abduction n the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
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abductor n someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) Synonym(s): kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor, snatcher a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line Synonym(s): abductor, abductor muscle
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abductor muscle n a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line Synonym(s): abductor, abductor muscle
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Abidjan n city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
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Abydos n an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander
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apatosaur n huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic Synonym(s): apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus
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apatosaurus n huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic Synonym(s): apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus
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Apatosaurus excelsus n huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic Synonym(s): apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus
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aphetic adj produced by aphesis
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aphotic adj lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight; "the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs"
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aphthous ulcer n a blister on the mucous membranes of the lips or mouth or gastrointestinal tract
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apodeictic adj of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain Synonym(s): apodictic, apodeictic
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apodictic adj of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain Synonym(s): apodictic, apodeictic
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apodous adj (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal" Synonym(s): apodal, apodous
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apothecaries' ounce n a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound Synonym(s): ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce
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apothecaries' pound n an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams Synonym(s): troy pound, apothecaries' pound
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apothecaries' unit n any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces Synonym(s): apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
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apothecaries' weight n any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces Synonym(s): apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
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apothecary n a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs Synonym(s): pharmacist, druggist, chemist, apothecary, pill pusher, pill roller
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apothecary's shop n a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold Synonym(s): drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, pharmacy
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apothecial adj of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
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apothecium n a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
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apothegm n a short pithy instructive saying [syn: aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm]
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apothegmatic adj given to or characterized by terse apothegms [syn: apothegmatic, apothegmatical] terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" Synonym(s): aphoristic, apothegmatic, epigrammatic
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apothegmatical adj given to or characterized by terse apothegms [syn: apothegmatic, apothegmatical]
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apotheose v deify or glorify [syn: apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose]
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apotheosis n model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal Synonym(s): ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) Synonym(s): deification, exaltation, apotheosis
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apotheosise v deify or glorify [syn: apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose]
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apotheosize v deify or glorify [syn: apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose]
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appetiser n food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) Synonym(s): appetizer, appetiser, starter
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appetising adj appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma Synonym(s): appetizing, appetising Antonym(s): unappetising, unappetizing
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appetisingness n the property of stimulating the appetite [syn: appetizingness, appetisingness] Antonym(s): unappetisingness, unappetizingness
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appetizer n food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) Synonym(s): appetizer, appetiser, starter
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appetizing adj appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma Synonym(s): appetizing, appetising Antonym(s): unappetising, unappetizing
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appetizingness n the property of stimulating the appetite [syn: appetizingness, appetisingness] Antonym(s): unappetisingness, unappetizingness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butt \Butt\, But \But\, n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zan, akin to E. beat. See {Beat}, v. t.] 1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end. Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. --Shak. Note: As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal. 2. The thicker end of anything. See {But}. 3. A mark to be shot at; a target. --Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. --Dryden. 4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company. I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. --Addison. 5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram. 6. A thrust in fencing. To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. --Prior. 7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field. The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. --Burrill. 8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering; -- also called {butt joint}. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose. 9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet. 10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called {butt hinge}. 11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks. 12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. {Butt chain} (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. {Butt end}. The thicker end of anything. See {But end}, under 2d {But}. Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. --Shak. {A butt's length}, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. {Butts and bounds} (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. {Bead and butt}. See under {Bead}. {Butt and butt}, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. {Butt weld} (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See {Weld}. {Full butt}, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] [bd]The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant.[b8] --Marryat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
King \King\, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[94]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin}.] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. [bd]Ay, every inch a king.[b8] --Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. --Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. --R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east --Thomson. 2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 4. The chief piece in the game of chess. 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts. 6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote pre[89]minence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture. {Apostolic king}.See {Apostolic}. {King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. {King auk} (Zo[94]l.), the little auk or sea dove. {King bird of paradise}. (Zo[94]l.), See {Bird of paradise}. {King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit. {King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. {King conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell ({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}. {King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States. {King crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia squinado}). {King crow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}. {King duck} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome eider duck ({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents. {King eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. {King hake} (Zo[94]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}), fond in deep water along the Atlantic coast. {King monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone. {King mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also {goldfish}. {King of terrors}, death. {King parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet ({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black. {King penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of penguin of the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {A. longirostris}, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {A. Patagonica}, of Patagonia. {King rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. {King salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}. {King's, [or] Queen's}, {counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. --Wharton's Law Dict. {King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {The king's English}, correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. --Shak. {King's [or] Queen's}, {evidence}, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.] {King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king. {King snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake. {King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus albus}). {King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow orpiment}. {King tody} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black. {King vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large species of vulture ({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. {King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood}, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of {Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abatis \Ab"atis\, Abattis \Aba"ttis\, ([acr]b"[adot]*t[icr]s; French [adot]`b[adot]`t[emac]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See {Abate}.] (Fort.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
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Abatised \Ab"atised\ ([acr]b"[adot]t[icr]st), a. Provided with an abatis.
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Abatis \Ab"atis\, Abattis \Aba"ttis\, ([acr]b"[adot]*t[icr]s; French [adot]`b[adot]`t[emac]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See {Abate}.] (Fort.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
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Abbatical \Abbat"ical\ ([acr]bb[acr]t"[icr]k[ait]l), a. Abbatial. [Obs.]
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Abbotship \Ab"bot*ship\, n. [Abbot + -ship.] The state or office of an abbot.
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Abdest \Ab"dest\, n. [Per. [be]bdast; ab water + dast hand.] Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. --Heyse.
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Abdicable \Ab"dicable\, a. Capable of being abdicated.
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Abdicant \Ab"di*cant\, a. [L. abdicans, p. pr. of abdicare.] Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Monks abdicant of their orders. --Whitlock.
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Abdicant \Ab"di*cant\, n. One who abdicates. --Smart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicate \Ab"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II., to abandon without a formal surrender. The cross-bearers abdicated their service. --Gibbon. 2. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc. He abdicates all right to be his own governor. --Burke. The understanding abdicates its functions. --Froude. 3. To reject; to cast off. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. (Civil Law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. Syn: To give up; quit; vacate; relinquish; forsake; abandon; resign; renounce; desert. Usage: To {Abdicate}, {Resign}. Abdicate commonly expresses the act of a monarch in voluntary and formally yielding up sovereign authority; as, to abdicate the government. Resign is applied to the act of any person, high or low, who gives back an office or trust into the hands of him who conferred it. Thus, a minister resigns, a military officer resigns, a clerk resigns. The expression, [bd]The king resigned his crown,[b8] sometimes occurs in our later literature, implying that he held it from his people. -- There are other senses of resign which are not here brought into view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicate \Ab"di*cate\, v. i. To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity. Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicate \Ab"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II., to abandon without a formal surrender. The cross-bearers abdicated their service. --Gibbon. 2. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc. He abdicates all right to be his own governor. --Burke. The understanding abdicates its functions. --Froude. 3. To reject; to cast off. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. (Civil Law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. Syn: To give up; quit; vacate; relinquish; forsake; abandon; resign; renounce; desert. Usage: To {Abdicate}, {Resign}. Abdicate commonly expresses the act of a monarch in voluntary and formally yielding up sovereign authority; as, to abdicate the government. Resign is applied to the act of any person, high or low, who gives back an office or trust into the hands of him who conferred it. Thus, a minister resigns, a military officer resigns, a clerk resigns. The expression, [bd]The king resigned his crown,[b8] sometimes occurs in our later literature, implying that he held it from his people. -- There are other senses of resign which are not here brought into view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicate \Ab"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abdicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abdicating}.] [L. abdicatus, p. p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin to dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II., to abandon without a formal surrender. The cross-bearers abdicated their service. --Gibbon. 2. To renounce; to relinquish; -- said of authority, a trust, duty, right, etc. He abdicates all right to be his own governor. --Burke. The understanding abdicates its functions. --Froude. 3. To reject; to cast off. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 4. (Civil Law) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. Syn: To give up; quit; vacate; relinquish; forsake; abandon; resign; renounce; desert. Usage: To {Abdicate}, {Resign}. Abdicate commonly expresses the act of a monarch in voluntary and formally yielding up sovereign authority; as, to abdicate the government. Resign is applied to the act of any person, high or low, who gives back an office or trust into the hands of him who conferred it. Thus, a minister resigns, a military officer resigns, a clerk resigns. The expression, [bd]The king resigned his crown,[b8] sometimes occurs in our later literature, implying that he held it from his people. -- There are other senses of resign which are not here brought into view.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdication \Ab`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication.] The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicative \Ab"dicative\, a. [L. abdicativus.] Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abdicator \Ab"di*ca`tor\, n. One who abdicates.
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Abduce \Ab*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducing}.] [L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Abduct}.] To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduce \Ab*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducing}.] [L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Abduct}.] To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduce \Ab*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducing}.] [L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Abduct}.] To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See {Abduce}.] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. 2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See {Abduce}.] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. 2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduct \Ab*duct"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abducted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abducting}.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See {Abduce}.] 1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap. 2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abduction \Ab*duc"tion\, n. [L. abductio: cf. F. abduction.] 1. The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. --Roget. 2. (Physiol.) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. 3. (Law) The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. 4. (Logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abductor \Ab*duc"tor\, n. [NL.] 1. One who abducts. 2. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abietic \Ab`i*et"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. --Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
About-sledge \A*bout"-sledge"\, n. The largest hammer used by smiths. --Weale.
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Apathy \Ap"a*thy\, n.; pl. {Apathies}. [L. apathia, Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?], fr. [?], [?], to suffer: cf. F. apathie. See {Pathos}.] Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. [bd]The apathy of despair.[b8] --Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their own course. --Prescott. According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason. --Fleming. Note: In the first ages of the church, the Christians adopted the term to express a contempt of earthly concerns. Syn: Insensibility; unfeelingness; indifference; unconcern; stoicism; supineness; sluggishness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apathist \Ap"a*thist\, n. [Cf. F. apathiste.] One who is destitute of feeling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apathistical \Ap`athis"tical\, a. Apathetic; une motional. [R.]
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Aphetic \Aphet"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] letting go, fr. [?] to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- {Aphet"ically}, adv. --New Eng. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphetic \Aphet"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] letting go, fr. [?] to let go.] Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- {Aphet"ically}, adv. --New Eng. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphetism \Aph"e*tism\, n. An aphetized form of a word. --New Eng. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphetize \Aph"e*tize\, v. t. To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. --New Eng. Dict.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphides \Aph"i*des\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aphis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aphis \[d8]A"phis\, n.; pl. {Aphides}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family {Aphid[91]}, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. Note: Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the {Aphid[91]} excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphotic \Apho"tic\ ([adot]f[omac]"t[icr]k), a. [Gr. 'a`fws, 'a`fwtos.] Without light.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphotic region \Aphotic region\ (Phytogeog.) A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aphthous \Aph"thous\a. [Cf. F. aphtheux.] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphth[91]; characterized by apht[91]; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fin \Fin\, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. Cf. {pen} a feather.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. Note: Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. 3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] --McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. --Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline. 4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. {Apidose fin}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Adipose}, a. {Fin ray} (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. {Fin whale} (Zo[94]l.), a finback. {Paired fins} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. {Unpaired, [or] Median}, {fins} (Zo[94]l.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictic \Ap"odeic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`odic"tic\, Apodeictical \Ap`odeic"tical\, Apodictical \Ap`odic"tical\, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to point out, to show by argument; [?] from + [?] to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. --Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictic \Ap"odeic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`odic"tic\, Apodeictical \Ap`odeic"tical\, Apodictical \Ap`odic"tical\, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to point out, to show by argument; [?] from + [?] to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. --Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictically \Ap`odeic"tically\, Apodictically \Ap`odic"tically\, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
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Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodictic \Ap`o*dic"tic\, a. Same as {Apodeictic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictic \Ap"odeic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`odic"tic\, Apodeictical \Ap`odeic"tical\, Apodictical \Ap`odic"tical\, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to point out, to show by argument; [?] from + [?] to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. --Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictic \Ap"odeic"tic\, Apodictic \Ap`odic"tic\, Apodeictical \Ap`odeic"tical\, Apodictical \Ap`odic"tical\, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to point out, to show by argument; [?] from + [?] to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. --Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodeictically \Ap`odeic"tically\, Apodictically \Ap`odic"tically\, adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apodous \Ap"o*dous\(#), a. (Zo[94]l.) Apodal; apod.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apotactite \Ap`o*tac"tite\, n. [LL. pl. apotactitae, Gr. [?], fr. [?] set apart; [?] from + [?] to arrange, ordain.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothecary \Apoth"eca*ry\, n.; pl. {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. [?] to put away; [?] from + [?] to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. {Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothecary \Apoth"eca*ry\, n.; pl. {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. [?] to put away; [?] from + [?] to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. {Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothecary \Apoth"eca*ry\, n.; pl. {Apothecaries}. [OE. apotecarie, fr. LL. apothecarius, fr. L. apotheca storehouse, Gr. apo, fr. [?] to put away; [?] from + [?] to put: cf. F. apothicaire, OF. apotecaire. See {Thesis}.] One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. Note: In England an apothecary is one of a privileged class of practitioners -- a kind of sub-physician. The surgeon apothecary is the ordinary family medical attendant. One who sells drugs and makes up prescriptions is now commonly called in England a druggist or a pharmaceutical chemist. {Apothecaries' weight}, the system of weights by which medical prescriptions were formerly compounded. The pound and ounce are the same as in Troy weight; they differ only in the manner of subdivision. The ounce is divided into 8 drams, 24 scruples, 480 grains. See {Troy weight}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Apothecium \[d8]Apo`the"cium\, n.; pl. {Apothecia}. [NL.] (Bot.) The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegm \Ap"othegm\, Apophthegm \Ap"ophthegm\, n. [Gr. 'apo`fqegma thing uttered, apothegm, from 'apofqe`ggesqai to speak out; 'apo` from + fqe`ggesqai to speak.] A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. Note: [Apothegm is now the prevalent spelling in the United States.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegmatic \Ap`othegmat"ic\, Apothegmatical \Ap`othegmat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.] Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegmatic \Ap`othegmat"ic\, Apothegmatical \Ap`othegmat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. 'apofqegmatiko`s.] Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegmatist \Ap`otheg"matist\, n. A collector or maker of apothegms. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegmatize \Ap`otheg"matize\, v. i. To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apotheosis \Ap`othe"osis\ (?; 277), n. pl. {Apotheoses}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to deify; [?] from + [?] to deify, [?] a god.] 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, [bd]the gods;[b8] deification. 2. Glorification; exaltation. [bd]The apotheosis of chivalry.[b8] --Prescott. [bd]The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery.[b8] --F. Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apotheosis \Ap`othe"osis\ (?; 277), n. pl. {Apotheoses}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to deify; [?] from + [?] to deify, [?] a god.] 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, [bd]the gods;[b8] deification. 2. Glorification; exaltation. [bd]The apotheosis of chivalry.[b8] --Prescott. [bd]The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery.[b8] --F. Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apotheosize \Ap`othe"osize\, v. t. To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
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Appetize \Ap"pe*tize\, v. t. To make hungry; to whet the appetite of. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appetizer \Ap"pe*ti`zer\, n. Something which creates or whets an appetite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appetizing \Ap"pe*ti`zing\, adv. So as to excite appetite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Appetizing \Ap"pe*ti`zing\, a. [Cf. F. app[82]tissant.] Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food. The appearance of the wild ducks is very appetizing. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Avidious \Avid"ious\, a. Avid.
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Avidiously \Avid"ious*ly\, adv. Eagerly; greedily.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Abbotsford, WI (city, FIPS 100) Location: 44.94829 N, 90.31875 W Population (1990): 1916 (800 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54405
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Abbottstown, PA (borough, FIPS 116) Location: 39.88454 N, 76.98969 W Population (1990): 539 (230 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17301
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Abita Springs, LA (town, FIPS 240) Location: 30.47761 N, 90.03132 W Population (1990): 1296 (592 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70420
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Aptos, CA (CDP, FIPS 2378) Location: 36.99187 N, 121.89961 W Population (1990): 9061 (4309 housing units) Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95003
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Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 2382) Location: 36.96096 N, 121.83023 W Population (1990): 2205 (827 housing units) Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
abduction The process of {inference} to the best explanation. "Abduction" is sometimes used to mean just the generation of hypotheses to explain observations or conclusionsm, but the former definition is more common both in philosophy and computing. The {semantics} and the implementation of abduction cannot be reduced to those for {deduction}, as explanation cannot be reduced to implication. Applications include fault diagnosis, plan formation and {default reasoning}. {Negation as failure} in {logic programming} can both be given an abductive interpretation and also can be used to implement abduction. The abductive semantics of negation as failure leads naturally to an {argumentation}-theoretic interpretation of default reasoning in general. [Better explanation? Example?] ["Abductive Inference", John R. Josephson ]. (2000-12-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Apothecary rendered in the margin and the Revised Version "perfumer," in Ex. 30:25; 37:29; Eccl. 10:1. The holy oils and ointments were prepared by priests properly qualified for this office. The feminine plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered "confectionaries" in 1 Sam. 8:13.