n. Religious indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Adiaphorous. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Adiaphorist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Resembling a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty bottle; especially, a respiratory sound heard over cavities in the lungs during percussion and auscultation; as, amphoric respiration or resonance. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'ana` + chw^ros place. ] An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to anaphora; as, anaphoric reference. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ F. anachorète, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to go back, retire; &unr_; + &unr_; to give place, retire, &unr_; place; perh. akin to Skr. hā to leave. Cf. Anchor a hermit. ] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [ Written by some authors anachoret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anchoret. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An anchoress. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to bound, define. ] (Rhet.) A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. opposed to authoritarian government. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. &unr_; definition, a short, pithy sentence, fr. &unr_; to mark off by boundaries, to define; &unr_; from + &unr_; to separate, part. See Horizon. ] A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, “Life is short, and the art is long.” Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Axiom; maxim; adage; proverb; apothegm; saying; saw; truism; dictum. See Axiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A dealer in aphorisms. [ Used in derogation or contempt. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. [ 1913 Webster ]

The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make aphorisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an author. “The authorial &unr_;we.'” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. grant authorization or clearance for. Same as authorize.
Syn. -- authorize, pass, clear, permit officially. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Authorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; -- of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime
Syn. -- autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Syn. -- dictatorial, overbearing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 behaves like a tyrant.
Syn. -- dictator [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the insipid mirth of the other. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
Syn. -- government, regime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Authorities [ OE. autorite, auctorite, F. autorité, fr. L. auctoritas, fr. auctor. See Author, n. ] 1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus can the demigod, Authority,
Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

By what authority doest thou these things ? Matt. xxi. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities. [ Chiefly in the plural. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. Hence: (a) Testimony; witness. “And on that high authority had believed.” Milton. (b) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. (c) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book. (d) Justification; warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern
Authority for sin, warrant for blame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. authorisabilis. ] Capable of being authorized. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. autorisation. ] The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The authorization of laws. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A special authorization from the chief. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Authorized p. pr. & vb. n. Authorizing. ] [ OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See Author. ] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sanctioned by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was “appointed to be read in churches, ” and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who authorizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.
Syn. -- B horizon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Relating to the blastophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the blowflies.
Syn. -- family Calliphoridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. camphorique. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Other acids of camphor are campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Choriambs Same as Choriambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. choriambicus, gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n. A choriamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Choriambi E. Choriambuses [ L. choriambus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a choreus + &unr_; iambus. ] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ˘ ˘ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. choricus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to a chorus. [ 1913 Webster ]

I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman who dances in a chorus line.
Syn. -- chorus girl, showgirl. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois.
Syn. -- chorioallantoic membrane. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; separation. ] (Bot.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. -- In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. choriste. ] A singer in a choir; a chorister. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chorus. ] 1. One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who leads a choir in church music. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Choric; choral. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.
Syn. -- order Conodonta, Conodontophorida, order Conodontophorida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of freeing from phosphorous. [ 1913 Webster ]