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Ovist
(gcide) | Ovist \O"vist\, n. (Zool.)
A believer in ovism. Same as Ovulist.
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ovist
(gcide) | Ovulist \O"vu*list\, n. (Biol.)
A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current
during the last century, that the egg was the real animal
germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa
simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the
egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the
other. Also called ovist.
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stanoviste
(msasasci) | stanoviste
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Jehovist
(gcide) | Jehovist \Je*ho"vist\, n.
1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word
Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; --
opposed to adonist.
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2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament,
especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme
Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
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The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs
from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is
fuller and freer in his descriptions; more
reflective in his assignment of motives and causes;
more artificial in mode of narration. --S. Davidson.
[1913 Webster]Yahwist \Yah"wist\, n. Also Jahvist \Jah"vist\, Jahwist
\Jah"wist\, older Jehovist \Je*ho"vist\
The author of the passages of the Old Testament, esp. those
of the Hexateuch, in which God is styled Yahweh, or Jehovah;
the author of the Yahwistic, or Jehovistic, Prophetic
Document (J); also, the document itself.
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Jehovistic
(gcide) | Jehovistic \Je`ho*vis"tic\, a.
Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; --
said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the
Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the
Deity. See Elohistic.
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ovist
(gcide) | Ovist \O"vist\, n. (Zool.)
A believer in ovism. Same as Ovulist.
[1913 Webster]Ovulist \O"vu*list\, n. (Biol.)
A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current
during the last century, that the egg was the real animal
germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa
simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the
egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the
other. Also called ovist.
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scleroderma bovista
(wn) | Scleroderma bovista
n 1: an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth
when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-
yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity [syn:
Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball] |
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