n. [ OE. avancement, F. avancement. See Advance, v. t. ] 1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] 1. A fortress; a fortification for defense. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reënforcement; a strengthening. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. amerciment. ] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine, in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statute for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [ See Affeer. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, in old books, is written amerciament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amercement royal, a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office. Jacobs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces. [ R. ] Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t. ] 1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. “The cement of our love.” [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing. ] [ Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n. ] 1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of cementing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the quality of cementing or uniting firmly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person or thing that cements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caementitius pertaining to quarry stones. See Cement, n. ] Of the nature of cement. [ R. ] Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel produced by cementation; blister steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. commencement. ] 1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start. [ 1913 Webster ]

The time of Henry VII. . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed “modern history.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of a convincement. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] (Law) (a) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. (b) (Scots Law) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. denoncement. ] Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déplacement. ] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } adv. [ It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft. ] (Mus.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

n. [ Cf. F. effacement. ] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. embrassement. ] 1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Willing acceptance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. emplacement. ] A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. OF. enforcement. ] 1. The act of enforcing; compulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement
You got it from her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A giving force to; a putting in execution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enforcement of strict military discipline. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enouncing; that which is enounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. enticement. ] 1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.

Syn. -- Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction; inveiglement; persuasion; inducement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stuffing; forcemeat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of forcing; compulsion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It was imposed upon us by constraint;
And will you count such forcement treachery? J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Induce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inducing, or the state of being induced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which induces; a motive or consideration that leads one to action or induces one to act; as, reward is an inducement to toil. “Mark the inducement.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Matter stated by way of explanatory preamble or introduction to the main allegations of a pleading; a leading to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Motive; reason; influence. See Motive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. entrelacement. ] The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

n. Introduction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. placement. ] 1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Position; place. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cement having the color of the Portland stone of England, made by calcining an artificial mixture of carbonate of lime and clay, or sometimes certain natural limestones or chalky clays. It contains a large proportion of clay, and hardens under water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Production. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A commencement made anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reduction. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Psychology) A reward or punishment which is given to a person or animal in order to increase the likelihood that a specific behavior will be repeated. [ PJC ]

n. See Reenforcement. [ 1913 Webster ]