| slovo | definícia |
male
(mass) | male
- mužský, samčí, muž, samec |
Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
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2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
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male-
(gcide) | Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-,
as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
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Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
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Male-
(gcide) | Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
See Mal-.
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Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See Malice.]
Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\, n.
Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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male
(devil) | MALE, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male
of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The
genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.
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MALE
(bouvier) | MALE. Of the masculine sex; of the sex that begets young; the sex opposed to
the female. Vide Gender; Man; Sex; Worthiest of blood.
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female
(mass) | female
- ženský, samičí, žena, samička |
male
(mass) | male
- mužský, samčí, muž, samec |
malefactor
(mass) | malefactor
- páchateľ |
male-patterned baldness
(encz) | male-patterned baldness, n: |
Aplectrum hyemale
(gcide) | Puttyroot \Put"ty*root`\, n. (Bot.)
An American orchidaceous plant (Aplectrum hyemale) which
flowers in early summer. Its slender naked rootstock produces
each year a solid corm, filled with exceedingly glutinous
matter, which sends up later a single large oval evergreen
plaited leaf. Called also Adam-and-Eve.
[1913 Webster]adam-and-eve \adam-and-eve\ n.
1. North American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) bearing a
single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers.
Syn: puttyroot.
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Bougie d'ecimale
(gcide) | Bougie d'ecimale \Bou*gie" d['e]`ci`male"\ [F., lit., decimal
candle.]
A photometric standard used in France, having the value of
one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly
less than a British standard candle. Called also {decimal
candle}.
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Complemental males
(gcide) | Complemental \Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully
completing. "Complemental ceremony." --Prynne.
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2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic
inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to
the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration.
Complemental males (Zool.), peculiar small males living
parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of
certain barnacles.
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E hyemale
(gcide) | Equisetum \Eq`ui*se"tum\, n.; pl. Equiseta. [L., the
horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair,
bristle.] (Bot.)
A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also
called horsetails.
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Note: The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true
leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules,
so that one species (E. hyemale) is used for scouring
and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or
scouring rush.
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Equisetum hyemale
(gcide) | Dutch \Dutch\, a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig.,
popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG.
diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS.
pe['o]d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta
land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan touto. The English have
applied the name especially to the Germanic people living
nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.]
Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants.
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Dutch auction. See under Auction.
Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim
milk.
Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is
yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape.
Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover ({Trifolium
repens}), the seed of which was largely imported into
England from Holland.
Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers
sing at the same time different songs. [Slang]
Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang]
--Marryat.
Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so
arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened,
while the upper part remains open.
Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, or Dutch gold, a kind of brass
rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in
Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also {Dutch
mineral}, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf.
Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid,
C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal
odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or
olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called
because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four
Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.
Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or
kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron
kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals.
Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in
distemper, and for paper staining. etc. --Weale.
Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or
Equisetum (Equisetum hyemale) having a rough,
siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; --
called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See
Equisetum.
Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly
much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the
like.
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Note: Dutch was formerly used for German.
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Germany is slandered to have sent none to this
war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that
other pilgrims, passing through that country,
were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for
their pains. --Fuller.
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Female
(gcide) | Female \Fe"male\, n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L.
femella, dim. of femina woman. See Feminine.]
1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth
young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and
produces ova.
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The male and female of each living thing. --Drayton.
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2. (Bot.) A plant which produces only that kind of
reproductive organs which are capable of developing into
fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate
plant.
[1913 Webster]Female \Fe"male\, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to
young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
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As patient as the female dove
When that her golden couplets are disclosed. --Shak.
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2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex;
characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
"Female usurpation." --Milton.
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To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe
the discovery of America. --Belknap.
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3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in
cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.
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Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in
French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or
feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an
unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
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Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C.
Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which
another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large
decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in
many countries; lady fern.
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Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: Female, Feminine.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological." --Latham.
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Female fern
(gcide) | Female \Fe"male\, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to
young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
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As patient as the female dove
When that her golden couplets are disclosed. --Shak.
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2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex;
characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
"Female usurpation." --Milton.
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To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe
the discovery of America. --Belknap.
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3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in
cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.
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Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in
French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or
feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an
unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
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Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C.
Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which
another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large
decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in
many countries; lady fern.
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Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: Female, Feminine.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological." --Latham.
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Female rhyme
(gcide) | Rhyme \Rhyme\, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[imac]m number; akin to
OHG. r[imac]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The
modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of
German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old
English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note
under Prime.]
1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a
composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of
language. "Railing rhymes." --Daniel.
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A ryme I learned long ago. --Chaucer.
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He knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. --Milton.
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2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words
or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another
immediately or at no great distance. The words or
syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant,
or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a
consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same,
as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be
any.
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For rhyme with reason may dispense,
And sound has right to govern sense. --Prior.
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3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each
other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
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4. A word answering in sound to another word.
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Female rhyme. See under Female.
Male rhyme. See under Male.
Rhyme or reason, sound or sense.
Rhyme royal (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses,
of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and
fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.
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Female rhymes
(gcide) | Female \Fe"male\, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to
young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
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As patient as the female dove
When that her golden couplets are disclosed. --Shak.
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2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex;
characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
"Female usurpation." --Milton.
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To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe
the discovery of America. --Belknap.
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3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in
cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.
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Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in
French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or
feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an
unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
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Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C.
Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which
another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large
decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in
many countries; lady fern.
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Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: Female, Feminine.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological." --Latham.
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Female screw
(gcide) | Female \Fe"male\, a.
1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to
young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.
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As patient as the female dove
When that her golden couplets are disclosed. --Shak.
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2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex;
characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.
"Female usurpation." --Milton.
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To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe
the discovery of America. --Belknap.
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3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in
cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.
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Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in
French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or
feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an
unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line.
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Note: A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree
(strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which
the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last
being short (motion, ocean), is called female. --Brande
& C.
Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which
another, or male, screw turns. --Nicholson.
Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large
decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf[ae]mina), growing in
many countries; lady fern.
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Note: The names male fern and female fern were anciently
given to two common ferns; but it is now understood
that neither has any sexual character.
Syn: Female, Feminine.
Usage: We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed
to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women;
as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.;
feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by,
women; as, feminine studies, employments,
accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather
than gender, and is a physiological rather than a
grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather
than sex, and is grammatical rather than
physiological." --Latham.
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Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
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2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
[1913 Webster]Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-,
as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
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Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
[1913 Webster]Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
See Mal-.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See Malice.]
Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, n.
Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Male-
(gcide) | Male \Male\, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
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2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
[1913 Webster]Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-,
as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
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Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
[1913 Webster]Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
See Mal-.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See Malice.]
Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, n.
Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Male
(gcide) | Male \Male\, n.
1. An animal of the male sex.
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2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
[1913 Webster]Mal- \Mal-\ (m[a^]l-).
A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv.,
fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-,
as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.
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Note: The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the e,
either alone or with other letters, is pronounced as a
separate syllable, as in malediction, malefactor,
maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in
malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or
male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which
it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in
maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be
preferred, and is the one commonly employed.
[1913 Webster]Male- \Male-\ (m[a^]l- or m[a^]l[-e]-).
See Mal-.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\ (m[=a]l), a. [L. malus. See Malice.]
Evil; wicked; bad. [Obs.] --Marston.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, n.
Same as Mail, a bag. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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male berry
(gcide) | maleberry \male"ber`ry\, male berry \male" ber`ry\n.
1. (Bot.) A deciduous much-branched shrub ({Lyonia
ligustrina}) with dense downy panicles of small
bell-shaped white flowers; also called swamp andromeda.
Syn: privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of coffee. See Pea berry.
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male body
(gcide) | male body \male body\ n.
The body of an adult human male; -- a term used especially in
art; as, Da Vinci was unexcelled in painting the male body.
Syn: adult male body, man's body.
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male chauvinism
(gcide) | male chauvinism \male chauvinism\ n.
Disparaging, patronizing, discriminatory or abusive speech or
behavior by males toward females stemming from a belief that
males are superior to females and females therefore worthy of
less respect and inferior treatment. A form of sexism.
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male chauvinist
(gcide) | male chauvinist \male chauvinist\ n.
A man with a belief in the inferiority of women; one who
believes in or practises male chavinism.
Syn: sexist.
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male fern
(gcide) | male fern \male fern\ n.
A fern of North America and Europe (Dryopteris filix-mas)
whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel
tapeworms. It is a member of the woodfern genus.
[WordNet 1.5]Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Male fern
(gcide) | male fern \male fern\ n.
A fern of North America and Europe (Dryopteris filix-mas)
whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel
tapeworms. It is a member of the woodfern genus.
[WordNet 1.5]Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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male orchis
(gcide) | male orchis \male orchis\ n.
A Eurasian orchid (Orchis mascula) with showy pink or
purple flowers in a loose spike.
Syn: early purple orchid, Orchis mascula.
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male orgasm
(gcide) | male orgasm \male orgasm\ n.
An orgasm in a male animal accompanied by the ejaculation of
semen.
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male plug
(gcide) | male plug \male plug\ n. (Electricity)
The connecting end of the cord on an electrical device,
having two or three pins, that is inserted into a matching
socket to make an electrical connection.
Syn: plug.
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Male rhyme
(gcide) | Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
[1913 Webster]Rhyme \Rhyme\, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[imac]m number; akin to
OHG. r[imac]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The
modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of
German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old
English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note
under Prime.]
1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a
composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of
language. "Railing rhymes." --Daniel.
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A ryme I learned long ago. --Chaucer.
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He knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. --Milton.
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2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words
or syllables of two or more verses, one succeeding another
immediately or at no great distance. The words or
syllables so used must not begin with the same consonant,
or if one begins with a vowel the other must begin with a
consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same,
as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be
any.
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For rhyme with reason may dispense,
And sound has right to govern sense. --Prior.
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3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each
other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
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4. A word answering in sound to another word.
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Female rhyme. See under Female.
Male rhyme. See under Male.
Rhyme or reason, sound or sense.
Rhyme royal (Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses,
of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and
fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.
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Male screw
(gcide) | Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Male thread
(gcide) | Male \Male\, a. [F. m[^a]le, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus
male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man.
Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates
young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces
spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female;
as, male organs.
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2. (Bot.) Capable of producing fertilization, but not of
bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of
the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.
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3. Suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of
a male; masculine; as, male courage.
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4. Consisting of males; as, a male choir.
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5. (Mech.) Adapted for entering another corresponding piece
(the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as,
a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a
male screw, etc.
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Male fern (Bot.), a fern of the genus Aspidium ({Aspidium
Filixmas}), used in medicine as an anthelmintic, esp.
against the tapeworm. Aspidium marginale in America, and
Aspidium athamanticum in South Africa, are used as good
substitutes for the male fern in medical practice. See
Female fern, under Female.
Male rhyme, a rhyme in which only the last syllables agree,
as laid, afraid, dismayed. See Female rhyme, under
Female.
Male screw (Mech.), a screw having threads upon its
exterior which enter the grooves upon the inside of a
corresponding nut or female screw.
Male thread, the thread of a male screw.
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Maleadministration
(gcide) | Maleadministration \Male`ad*min`is*tra"tion\
(m[a^]l`[a^]d*m[i^]n`[i^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
Maladministration.
[1913 Webster]Maladministration \Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion\, n. [Mal- +
administration.]
Bad administration; bad management of any business,
especially of public affairs. [Written also
maleadministration.]
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maleadministration
(gcide) | Maleadministration \Male`ad*min`is*tra"tion\
(m[a^]l`[a^]d*m[i^]n`[i^]s*tr[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
Maladministration.
[1913 Webster]Maladministration \Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion\, n. [Mal- +
administration.]
Bad administration; bad management of any business,
especially of public affairs. [Written also
maleadministration.]
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Maleate
(gcide) | Maleate \Ma*le"ate\, n.
A salt of maleic acid.
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maleberry
(gcide) | maleberry \male"ber`ry\, male berry \male" ber`ry\n.
1. (Bot.) A deciduous much-branched shrub ({Lyonia
ligustrina}) with dense downy panicles of small
bell-shaped white flowers; also called swamp andromeda.
Syn: privet andromeda, he-huckleberry, Lyonia ligustrina.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of coffee. See Pea berry.
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Malebranchism
(gcide) | Malebranchism \Male*branch"ism\, n.
The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French
metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that
the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to
itself except in its relation to God.
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Maleconformation
(gcide) | Maleconformation \Male*con`for*ma"tion\, n.
Malconformation.
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Malecontent
(gcide) | Malecontent \Male"con*tent`\, a.
Malcontent.
[1913 Webster]malcontent \mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
Malice, Content.]
discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
with the government. [Written also malecontent.]
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The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
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malecontent
(gcide) | Malecontent \Male"con*tent`\, a.
Malcontent.
[1913 Webster]malcontent \mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
Malice, Content.]
discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
with the government. [Written also malecontent.]
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The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.
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Maledicency
(gcide) | Maledicency \Mal`e*di"cen*cy\, n. [L. maledicentia. See
Maledicent.]
Evil speaking. [Obs.] --Atterbury.
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Maledicent
(gcide) | Maledicent \Mal`e*di"cent\, a. [L. maledicens, p. pr. of
maledicere to speak ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See
Malice, and Diction.]
Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
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Maledict
(gcide) | Maledict \Mal"e*dict\, a. [L. maledictus, p. p. of maledicere.]
Accursed; abominable. [R.]
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Malediction
(gcide) | Malediction \Mal`e*dic"tion\, n. [L. maledictio: cf. F.
mal['e]diction. See Maledicent.]
A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing;
imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to
benediction.
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No malediction falls from his tongue. --Longfellow.
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Syn: Cursing; curse; execration; imprecation; denunciation;
anathema.
Usage: Malediction, Curse, Imprecation, Execration.
Malediction is the most general term, denoting bitter
reproach, or wishes and predictions of evil. Curse
implies the desire or threat of evil, declared upon
oath or in the most solemn manner. Imprecation is
literally the praying down of evil upon a person.
Execration is literally a putting under the ban of
excommunication, a curse which excludes from the
kingdom of God. In ordinary usage, the last three
words describe profane swearing, execration being the
strongest.
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Malefaction
(gcide) | Malefaction \Mal`e*fac"tion\, n. [See Malefactor.]
A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] --Shak.
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Malefactor
(gcide) | Malefactor \Mal`e*fac"tor\, n. [L., fr. malefacere to do evil;
male ill, evil + facere to do. See Malice, and Fact.]
1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to
public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
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2. One who does wrong by injuring another, although not a
criminal. Opposite of benefactor. --H. Brooke. --Fuller.
"Malefactors of great wealth." [1913 Webster +PJC]
Syn: Evil doer; criminal; culprit; felon; convict.
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Malefactress
(gcide) | Malefactress \Mal`e*fac"tress\, n.
A female malefactor. --Hawthorne.
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Malefeasance
(gcide) | Malefeasance \Male*fea"sance\, n.
See Malfeasance.
[1913 Webster]Malfeasance \Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant
injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr.
of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf.
Maleficence.] (Law)
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil
conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
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malefeasance
(gcide) | Malefeasance \Male*fea"sance\, n.
See Malfeasance.
[1913 Webster]Malfeasance \Mal*fea"sance\, n. [F. malfaisance, fr. malfaisant
injurious, doing ill; mal ill, evil + faisant doing, p. pr.
of faire to do. See Malice, Feasible, and cf.
Maleficence.] (Law)
The doing of an act which a person ought not to do; evil
conduct; an illegal deed. [Written also malefeasance.]
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Malefic
(gcide) | Malefic \Ma*lef"ic\, a. [L. maleficus: cf. F. mal['e]fique. See
Malefaction.]
Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
[R.] --Chaucer.
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Malefice
(gcide) | Malefice \Mal"e*fice\, n. [L. maleficium: cf. F. mal['e]fice.
See Malefactor.]
An evil deed; artifice; enchantment. [Obs.]
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Maleficence
(gcide) | Maleficence \Ma*lef"i*cence\, n. [L. maleficentia. Cf.
Malfeasance.]
Evil doing, esp. to others.
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Maleficent
(gcide) | Maleficent \Ma*lef"i*cent\, a. [See Malefic.]
Doing evil to others; harmful; mischievous.
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Maleficial
(gcide) | Maleficial \Mal`e*fi"cial\, a.
Injurious. --Fuller.
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Maleficiate
(gcide) | Maleficiate \Mal`e*fi"ci*ate\, v. t. [LL. maleficiatus, p. p. of
maleficiare to bewitch, fr. L. maleficium. See Malefice.]
To bewitch; to harm. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Maleficiation
(gcide) | Maleficiation \Mal`e*fi`ci*a"tion\, n.
A bewitching. [Obs.]
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Maleficience
(gcide) | Maleficience \Mal`e*fi"cience\, n. [See Maleficence.]
The doing of evil, harm, or mischief.
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Maleficient
(gcide) | Maleficient \Mal`e*fi"cient\, a. [See Maleficent.]
Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
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