a. Cited before, in the preceding part of a book or writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. accitus, p. p. of accire, accere, to call for; ad + ciere to move, call. See Cite. ] To cite; to summon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our heralds now accited all that were
Endamaged by the Elians. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of being an accomplice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Achromatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know. ] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. “Adscititious evidence.” Bowring. -- Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. aduncitas. See Aduncous. ] Curvature inwards; hookedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aduncity of the beaks of hawks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Named or quoted before. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; yelk. ] (Biol.) Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allotropic property or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'analkh`s weak. ] Analcime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being English. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. &unr_; like coals, fr. 'a`nqrax, &unr_;, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax. ] A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
Syn. -- anthropocentrism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. The state or quality of being apostolical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Inflammation of the vermiform appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; disease), fr. &unr_; bladder, belly. ] (Med.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Adscititious. ] Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homer has been reckoned an ascititious name. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Astucious. ] Craftiness; astuteness. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. atomicité. ] (Chem.) Degree of atomic attraction; equivalence; valence; also (a later use) the number of atoms in an elementary molecule. See Valence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.
Syn. -- atony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Atrocities [ F. atrocité, L. atrocitas, fr. atrox, atrocis, cruel. ] 1. Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An atrocious or extremely cruel deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The atrocities which attend a victory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. [ 1913 Webster ]

With the most arrogant audacity. Joye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aurichalceous. ] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. authenticité. ] 1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity, authenticity is often restricted in its use to the first of the above meanings, and distinguished from qenuineness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (1940) [ Bacillus + Margaret Tracy, (a child whose tissues contained Bacillus subtilis) + -in. RHUD. ] a polypeptide antibacterial antibiotic of known chemical structure effective against several types of Gram-positive organisms, and usually used topically for superficial local infection. It is produced by Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis, and as produced commercially is composed of several closely related substances. The predominant component, Bacitracin A, has a formula C60H103N17O16S, and contains D-ornithine, D-phenylalanine and D-glutamine residues as well as the L-isomers of leucine, isoleucine, histidine, asparagine and aspartic acid. [ MI11 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Baryta + calcite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) (a) The quality or state of being a base. (b) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (imperative pl., ) bless ye, praise ye. ] A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ interj. [ See Benedicite, n. ] An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It. beneplacito pleasure, fr. L. bene well + placitus pleasing. ] 1. At or during pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

For our English judges there never was . . . any bene placito as their tenure. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) At pleasure; ad libitum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. electric phenomena in animals or plants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being twice folded; reduplication. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York. ] (Min.) (a) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate. (b) The mineral chondrodite. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducité. See Caducous. ] Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A ] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calx, calcis, lime. ] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel. ] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant. ] To kick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of kicking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Amer. Sp. dim. See cañon. ] [ Southwestern U. S. ] 1. A small cañon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. canonicité. ] The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.
Syn. -- electrical capacity, capacity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Electronics) a measure of the ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge; the ratio of the charge on one plate of a capacitor to the potential difference between the plates. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating. ] To render capable; to enable; to qualify. [ 1913 Webster ]

By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to capacitance. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance.
Syn. -- condenser, electrical condenser. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Capacities [ L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious. ] 1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capacity is now properly limited to these [ the mere passive operations of the mind ]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favors this; although it can not be denied that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.

Syn. -- Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See Ability. [ 1913 Webster ]