n. [ Gr. 'akro`polis; 'a`kros extreme + po`lis city. ] The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an acropolis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Syn. -- Edirne, Adrianople [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -lite. ] (Paleon.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Bibliopole. ] Of or pertaining to the sale of books. “Bibliopolic difficulties.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The trade or business of selling books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Bibliopole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. One that covers a group or class of things or properties instead of one or more things mentioned individually, as where a mortgage secures various debts as a group, or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. karpo`s fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe. ] A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. cippollino, prop., a little onion, fr. cipolla onion (cf. E. cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another. ] (Min.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. kosmopoli`ths; ko`smos the world + poli`ths citizen, po`lis city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite. ] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. [ 1913 Webster ]

In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Cosmopolitan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the character of a cosmopolite. [ R. ] Hackluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove the polish or glaze from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ceramics) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. despoliatio. See Despoil. ] A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a surface; 'epi` + pe`lein to be. ] (Opt.) See Fluorescence. [ R. ] Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. [ R. ] Stokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Exspoliation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. L. expolire. See Polish. ] To polish thoroughly. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See Spoliate. ] Spoliation. [ Obs. or R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. "i`ppos horse + -lith.] A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Homo- + pole. ] (Biol.) In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impolitic; inexpedience; unsuitableness to the end proposed; bads policy; as, the impolicy of fraud. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite. ] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + politic; cf. F. impolitique. ] Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most unjust and impolitic of all things, unequal taxation. Burke.

Syn. -- Indiscreet; inexpedient; undiplomatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impolitic. [ Obs. ] -- Im`po*lit"i*cal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster]

adv. In an impolitic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impolitic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. megalo`polis; me`gas, mega`lh, great + po`lis city. ] 1. A chief city; a very large cuity; a metropolis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A region in which the suburbs of several large cities merge to form one large predominantly urbanized area. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`gas great + po`lis city. ] A metropolis. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metropolis, Gr. &unr_;, prop., the mother city (in relation to colonies); &unr_; mother + &unr_; city. See Mother, and Police. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Edinburgh ] gray metropolis of the North. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any large city. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. metropolitanus: cf. F. métropolitain. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority. “Bishops metropolitan.” Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. metropolitanus. ] 1. The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Lat. Church.) An archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gr. Church) A bishop whose see is a civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch; as, the metropolitan of Constantinople. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The see of a metropolitan bishop. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. metropolita, Gr. &unr_;. ] A metropolitan. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong policy; impolicy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A monopolist. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]