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Reme
(gcide) | Reme \Reme\ (r?m), n.
Realm. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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acquirement
(mass) | acquirement
- získanie, schopnosť |
admeasurement
(mass) | admeasurement
- meranie, miera |
bremen
(mass) | Bremen
- Brémy |
extreme
(mass) | extreme
- najvyšší |
extremely
(mass) | extremely
- veľmi |
measurement
(mass) | measurement
- meranie |
measurements
(mass) | measurements
- meranie |
misremember
(mass) | misremember
- zabudnúť |
procurement
(mass) | procurement
- dodanie, sprostredkovanie |
remedy
(mass) | remedy
- liek, opatrenie, liek, napraviť |
remember
(mass) | remember
- spomínať (si), zapamätať, pamätať |
remembrance
(mass) | remembrance
- pamiatka |
requirement
(mass) | requirement
- požiadavka |
requirements
(mass) | requirements
- požiadavky |
retirement
(mass) | retirement
- dôchodok |
supreme being
(mass) | Supreme Being
- Boh |
tremendous
(mass) | tremendous
- senzačný |
Abjurement
(gcide) | Abjurement \Ab*jure"ment\ (-ment), n.
Renunciation. [R.]
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accoutrement
(gcide) | accoutrement \accoutrement\ n.
1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part
of one's main clothing.
Syn: accessory, accouterment
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Accoutrements
(gcide) | Accouterments \Ac*cou"ter*ments\, Accoutrements
\Ac*cou"tre*ments\, n. pl. [F. accoutrement, earlier also
accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter.]
Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and
equipments worn by soldiers.
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How gay with all the accouterments of war!
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Accrementitial
(gcide) | Accrementitial \Ac`cre*men*ti"tial\, a. (Physiol.)
Pertaining to accremention.
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accrementition
(gcide) | accrementition \ac`cre*men*ti"tion\, n. [See accresce,
Increment.] (Physiol.)
The process of generation by development of blastema, or
fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all
respects like the individual from which it proceeds.
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Acquirement
(gcide) | Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.
The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment.
"Rules for the acquirement of a taste." --Addison.
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His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and
enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature.
--Hayward.
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Syn: Acquisition, Acquirement.
Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or
talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and
painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or
endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal
attainments, in opposition to material or external
things gained, which are more usually called
acquisitions; but this distinction is not always
observed.
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Adorement
(gcide) | Adorement \A*dore"ment\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"ment), n.
The act of adoring; adoration. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Aforementioned
(gcide) | Aforementioned \A*fore"men`tioned\, a.
Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. --Addison.
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Allurement
(gcide) | Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n.
1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
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Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton.
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2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth,
or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements
of pleasure, or of honor.
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Amperemeter
(gcide) | Ampere minute \Amp[`e]re minute\ and Ampere second \Amp[`e]re
second\ are sometimes similarly used.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Amperemeter
Amperemeter \Am`p[`e]re"me`ter\, Amperometer \Am`pe*rom"e*ter\,
n. [Amp[`e]re + meter.] (Physics)
An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical
current in amp[`e]res.
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Aspirement
(gcide) | Aspirement \As*pire"ment\, n.
Aspiration. [Obs.]
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Attirement
(gcide) | Attirement \At*tire"ment\, n.
Attire; adornment.
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bioremediation
(gcide) | bioremediation \bi`o*re*me*di*a"tion\, n.
the branch of biotechnology that uses biological processes to
overcome environmental problems.
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Bireme
(gcide) | Bireme \Bi"reme\, n. [L. biremis; bis twice + remus oar: cf. F.
bir[`e]me.]
An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
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Breme
(gcide) | Breme \Breme\ (br[=e]m), a. [OE. breme, brime, fierce,
impetuous, glorious, AS. br[=e]me, br[=y]me, famous. Cf.
Brim, a.]
1. Fierce; sharp; severe; cruel. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From the septentrion cold, in the breme freezing
air. --Drayton.
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2. Famous; renowned; well known. --Wright.
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Cerement
(gcide) | Cerement \Cere"ment\, n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.]
(a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a
dead body when embalmed.
(b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
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Civil remedy
(gcide) | Remedy \Rem"e*dy\ (r?m"?-d?), n.; pl. Remedies (-d?z). [L.
remedium; pref. re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F.
rem[`e]de remedy, rem['e]dier to remedy. See Medical.]
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1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or
application which puts an end to disease and restores
health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
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2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a
corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; -- followed
by for or against, formerly by to.
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What may else be remedy or cure
To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought,
He will instruct us. --Milton.
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3. (Law) The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain
redress for a wrong.
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Civil remedy. See under Civil.
Remedy of the mint (Coinage), a small allowed deviation
from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called
also tolerance.
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Syn: Cure; restorative; counteraction; reparation; redress;
relief; aid; help; assistance.
[1913 Webster]Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil.
See City.]
1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his
relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within
the city or state.
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2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not
barbarous; -- said of the community.
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England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but
even the other day since England grew civil.
--Spenser.
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3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to
government; -- said of an individual.
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Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others;
they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston
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4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed
to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous;
complaisant; affable.
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Note: "A civil man now is one observant of slight external
courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and
man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the
duties and obligations flowing from his position as a
'civis' and his relations to the other members of that
'civitas.'" --Trench
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5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from
military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
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6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit
distinct from criminal proceedings.
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Civil action, an action to enforce the rights or redress
the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal
proceeding.
Civil architecture, the architecture which is employed in
constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in
distinction from military and naval architecture, as
private houses, palaces, churches, etc.
Civil death. (Law.) See under Death.
Civil engineering. See under Engineering.
Civil law. See under Law.
Civil list. See under List.
Civil remedy (Law), that given to a person injured, by
action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution.
Civil service, all service rendered to and paid for by the
state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or
military affairs.
Civil service reform, the substitution of business
principles and methods for the spoils system in the
conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of
appointments to office.
Civil state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not
included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical
states.
Civil suit. Same as Civil action.
Civil war. See under War.
Civil year. See under Year.
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Concrement
(gcide) | Concrement \Con"cre*ment\, n. [L. concrementum, fr. concrescere.
See Concrete.]
A growing together; the collection or mass formed by
concretion, or natural union. [Obs.]
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The concrement of a pebble or flint. --Sir M. Hale
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Conjurement
(gcide) | Conjurement \Con*jure"ment\, n.
Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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Cosupreme
(gcide) | Cosupreme \Co`su*preme"\ (k?`s?-pr?m"), n.
A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. --Shak.
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Creme
(gcide) | Creme \Cr[^e]me\, n. [F.]
Cream; -- a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs,
etc.
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Declarement
(gcide) | Declarement \De*clare"ment\, n.
Declaration. [Obs.]
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Decorement
(gcide) | Decorement \De*core"ment\, n.
Ornament. [Obs.]
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Decrement
(gcide) | Decrement \Dec"re*ment\, n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See
Decrease.]
1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease;
diminution; waste; loss.
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Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. --Ford.
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Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the
earth suffer a continual decrement. --Woodward.
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2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; --
opposed to increment.
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3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha["u]y to the successive
diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the
faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the
secondary forms to be produced.
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4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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Equal decrement of life.
(a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given
large number of persons, all being now of the same
age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year.
(b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of
those dying in a year to those living through the year
is constant, being independent of the age of the
persons.
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Delirium tremens
(gcide) | Delirium \De*lir"i*um\ (d[-e]*l[i^]r"[i^]*[u^]m), n. [L., fr.
delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the
furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G.
geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.]
1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and
actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental
aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually
dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so
distinguished from mania, or madness.
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2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.
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The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at
first caught his enthusiastic mind. --W. Irving.
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The delirium of the preceding session (of
Parliament). --Morley.
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Delirium tremens. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a
violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged
use of intoxicating liquors.
Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following
injury.
Syn: Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration;
mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity.
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Deplorement
(gcide) | Deplorement \De*plore"ment\, n.
Deploration. [Obs.]
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Dermic remedies
(gcide) | Dermic \Der"mic\, a.
1. Relating to the derm or skin.
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2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.
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Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the
integument is peculiarly modified. --Huxley.
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Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin.
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Disfigurement
(gcide) | Disfigurement \Dis*fig"ure*ment\, n.
1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured;
deformity. --Milton.
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2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.
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Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement
rather than any embellishment of discourse. --Hume.
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Disremember
(gcide) | Disremember \Dis`re*mem"ber\, v. t.
To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Endurement
(gcide) | Endurement \En*dure"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. endurement.]
Endurance. [Obs.] --South.
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Entremets
(gcide) | Entremets \En`tre*mets"\, n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between
+ mets a dish, mess.]
1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually
eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a
sweetmeat, served with a dinner.
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2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]
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Equal decrement of life
(gcide) | Decrement \Dec"re*ment\, n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See
Decrease.]
1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease;
diminution; waste; loss.
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Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. --Ford.
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Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the
earth suffer a continual decrement. --Woodward.
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2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; --
opposed to increment.
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3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha["u]y to the successive
diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the
faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the
secondary forms to be produced.
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4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished.
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Equal decrement of life.
(a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given
large number of persons, all being now of the same
age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year.
(b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which
the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of
those dying in a year to those living through the year
is constant, being independent of the age of the
persons.
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Excrement
(gcide) | Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere,
excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr['e]ment. See
Excrete.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast
out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories;
especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.
[1913 Webster]Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere,
excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.]
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental
excrements." --Fuller.
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Living creatures put forth (after their period of
growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which
are excrements and no parts. --Bacon.
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Excremental
(gcide) | Excremental \Ex`cre*men"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to excrement. Excrementitial |
Excrementitial
(gcide) | Excrementitial \Ex`cre*men*ti"tial\, Excrementitious
\Ex`cre*men*ti"tious\, a. (Physiol.)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of
excrement.
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Excrementitious
(gcide) | Excrementitial \Ex`cre*men*ti"tial\, Excrementitious
\Ex`cre*men*ti"tious\, a. (Physiol.)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of
excrement.
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Excrementive
(gcide) | Excrementive \Ex`cre*men"tive\, a.
Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement.
[R.] "The excrementive parts." --Felthman.
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Excrementize
(gcide) | Excrementize \Ex"cre*ment*ize`\v. i.
To void excrement. [R.] --Life of A. Wood ?.
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Explorement
(gcide) | Explorement \Ex*plore"ment\, n.
The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Extreme
(gcide) | Extreme \Ex*treme"\, a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus,
on the outside, outward: cf. F. extr[^e]me. See Exterior.]
1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost;
farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
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2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme
hour of life.
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3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest;
immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case;
extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." --Dryden. "Extreme
rapidity." --Sir W. Scott.
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Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. --Shak.
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4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
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The Puritans or extreme Protestants. --Gladstone.
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5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said
of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat
forth.
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Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and
its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is
to the greater segment is to the less.
Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.
Extreme unction. See under Unction.
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Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in
signification, is not properly subject to comparison,
the superlative form not unfrequently occurs,
especially in the older writers. "Tried in his
extremest state." --Spenser. "Extremest hardships."
--Sharp. "Extremest of evils." --Bacon. "Extremest
verge of the swift brook." --Shak. "The sea's extremest
borders." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]Extreme \Ex*treme"\, n.
1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a
body; extremity.
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2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable;
hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean;
-- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from
each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as,
extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes
meet.
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His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness.
--Bancroft.
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3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger,
distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." --Shak.
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4. (Logic) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the
middle term being interposed between them.
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5. (Math.) The first or the last term of a proportion or
series.
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In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the
Port was difficult in the extreme." --J. P. Peters.
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Extreme and mean ratio
(gcide) | Extreme \Ex*treme"\, a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus,
on the outside, outward: cf. F. extr[^e]me. See Exterior.]
1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost;
farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
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2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme
hour of life.
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3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest;
immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case;
extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." --Dryden. "Extreme
rapidity." --Sir W. Scott.
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Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. --Shak.
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4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
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The Puritans or extreme Protestants. --Gladstone.
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5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said
of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat
forth.
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Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and
its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is
to the greater segment is to the less.
Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.
Extreme unction. See under Unction.
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Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in
signification, is not properly subject to comparison,
the superlative form not unfrequently occurs,
especially in the older writers. "Tried in his
extremest state." --Spenser. "Extremest hardships."
--Sharp. "Extremest of evils." --Bacon. "Extremest
verge of the swift brook." --Shak. "The sea's extremest
borders." --Addison.
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Extreme distance
(gcide) | Extreme \Ex*treme"\, a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus,
on the outside, outward: cf. F. extr[^e]me. See Exterior.]
1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost;
farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
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2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme
hour of life.
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3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest;
immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case;
extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." --Dryden. "Extreme
rapidity." --Sir W. Scott.
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Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. --Shak.
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4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
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The Puritans or extreme Protestants. --Gladstone.
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5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said
of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat
forth.
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Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and
its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is
to the greater segment is to the less.
Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.
Extreme unction. See under Unction.
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Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in
signification, is not properly subject to comparison,
the superlative form not unfrequently occurs,
especially in the older writers. "Tried in his
extremest state." --Spenser. "Extremest hardships."
--Sharp. "Extremest of evils." --Bacon. "Extremest
verge of the swift brook." --Shak. "The sea's extremest
borders." --Addison.
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Extreme unction
(gcide) | Unction \Unc"tion\, n. [OE. unccioun, uncioun, OF. oncion,
onction, F. onction, fr. L. unctio, fr. ungere, unctum, to
anoint. See Unguent.]
1. The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an
unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical
purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial
unction.
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To be heir, and to be king
By sacred unction, thy deserved right. --Milton.
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2. That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment;
hence, anything soothing or lenitive.
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The king himself the sacred unction made. --Dryden.
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Lay not that flattering unction to your soul.
--Shak.
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3. Divine or sanctifying grace. [R.]
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4. That quality in language, address, or the like, which
excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious
fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious,
or unnatural fervor.
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The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage
in Farquhar. --Hazlitt.
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The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast. --Neale
(Rhythm of St.
Bernard).
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Extreme unction (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.), the sacrament of
anointing in the last hours; the application of
consecrated oil by a priest to all the senses, that is, to
eyes, ears, nostrils, etc., of a person when in danger of
death from illness, -- done for remission of sins. [James
v. 14, 15.]
[1913 Webster]Extreme \Ex*treme"\, a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus,
on the outside, outward: cf. F. extr[^e]me. See Exterior.]
1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost;
farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
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2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme
hour of life.
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3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest;
immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case;
extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." --Dryden. "Extreme
rapidity." --Sir W. Scott.
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Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. --Shak.
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4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
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The Puritans or extreme Protestants. --Gladstone.
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5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said
of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat
forth.
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Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and
its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is
to the greater segment is to the less.
Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.
Extreme unction. See under Unction.
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Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in
signification, is not properly subject to comparison,
the superlative form not unfrequently occurs,
especially in the older writers. "Tried in his
extremest state." --Spenser. "Extremest hardships."
--Sharp. "Extremest of evils." --Bacon. "Extremest
verge of the swift brook." --Shak. "The sea's extremest
borders." --Addison.
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Extremeless
(gcide) | Extremeless \Ex*treme"less\, a.
Having no extremes; infinite.
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Extremely
(gcide) | Extremely \Ex*treme"ly\, adv.
In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the
utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.
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Firemen
(gcide) | Fireman \Fire"man\, n.; pl. Firemen (-men).
1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a
member of a fire company.
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2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a
stocker.
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Foremeant
(gcide) | Foremeant \Fore*meant"\, a.
Intended beforehand; premeditated. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Foremen
(gcide) | Foreman \Fore"man\, n.; pl. Foremen.
The first or chief man; as:
(a) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker.
(b) The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on
works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an
overseer.
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Forementioned
(gcide) | Forementioned \Fore"men`tioned\, a.
Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. --Addison.
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Foreremembered
(gcide) | Foreremembered \Fore`re*mem"bered\, a.
Called to mind previously. --Bp. Montagu.
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Fremed
(gcide) | Fremd \Fremd\, Fremed \Frem"ed\a. [OE., from AS. fremede,
fremde; akin to G. fremd.]
Strange; foreign. [Old Eng. & Scot.] --Chaucer.
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Fremescence
(gcide) | Fremescent \Fre*mes"cent\, a. [L. fremere to roar, murmur +
-escent.]
Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescent clangor." --Carlyle.
-- Fre*mes"cence, n.
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Fremescent
(gcide) | Fremescent \Fre*mes"cent\, a. [L. fremere to roar, murmur +
-escent.]
Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescent clangor." --Carlyle.
-- Fre*mes"cence, n.
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Gesturement
(gcide) | Gesturement \Ges"ture*ment\, n.
Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Hardwaremen
(gcide) | hardwareman \hard"ware`man\ (h[aum]rd"w[^a]r`m[a^]n), n.; pl.
Hardwaremen (h[aum]rd"w[^a]r`m[e^]n).
One who makes, or deals in, hardware.
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Heroic remedies
(gcide) | Heroic \He*ro"ic\, a. [F. h['e]ro["i]que, L. hero["i]cus, Gr.
"hrwi:ko`s.]
1. Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of
heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the
heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
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2. Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as,
heroic action; heroic enterprises.
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3. (Sculpture & Painting) Larger than life size, but smaller
than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human
figure.
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Heroic Age, the age when the heroes, or those called the
children of the gods, are supposed to have lived.
Heroic poetry, that which celebrates the deeds of a hero;
epic poetry.
Heroic treatment or Heroic remedies (Med.), treatment or
remedies of a severe character, suited to a desperate
case.
Heroic verse (Pros.), the verse of heroic or epic poetry,
being in English, German, and Italian the iambic of ten
syllables; in French the iambic of twelve syllables; and
in classic poetry the hexameter.
Syn: Brave; intrepid; courageous; daring; valiant; bold;
gallant; fearless; enterprising; noble; magnanimous;
illustrious.
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Immurement
(gcide) | Immurement \Im*mure"ment\, n.
The act of immuring, or the state of being immured;
imprisonment.
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In the extreme
(gcide) | Extreme \Ex*treme"\, n.
1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a
body; extremity.
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2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable;
hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean;
-- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from
each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as,
extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes
meet.
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His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness.
--Bancroft.
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3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger,
distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." --Shak.
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4. (Logic) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the
middle term being interposed between them.
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5. (Math.) The first or the last term of a proportion or
series.
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In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the
Port was difficult in the extreme." --J. P. Peters.
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Increment
(gcide) | Increment \In"cre*ment\, n. [L. incrementum: cf. F.
incr['e]ment. See Increase.]
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1. The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk,
guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation;
enlargement.
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The seminary that furnisheth matter for the
formation and increment of animal and vegetable
bodies. --Woodward.
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A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its
increment by nations more civilized than itself.
--Coleridge.
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2. Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to
decrement. "Large increment." --J. Philips.
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3. (Math.) The increase of a variable quantity or fraction
from its present value to its next ascending value; the
finite quantity, generally variable, by which a variable
quantity is increased.
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4. (Rhet.) An amplification without strict climax, as in the
following passage:
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, .
. . think on these things. --Phil. iv. 8.
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Infinitesimal increment (Math.), an infinitesimally small
variation considered in Differential Calculus. See
Calculus.
Method of increments (Math.), a calculus founded on the
properties of the successive values of variable quantities
and their differences or increments. It differs from the
method of fluxions in treating these differences as
finite, instead of infinitely small, and is equivalent to
the calculus of finite differences.
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Incremental
(gcide) | Incremental \In`cre*men"tal\, a. (Biol.)
Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as,
the incremental lines in the dentine of teeth.
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