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a. [ L. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci to be born in addition to; ad + nasci (for gnasci) to be born. Cf. Adnate. ] 1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied; akin. “Agnate words.” Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agnat. ] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a class of eel-shaped chordates with a cartilaginous skeleton lacking jaws, scales, and pelvic fins. Among these are the lampreys and hagfishes. There are some extinct forms.
Syn. -- class Agnatha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages; a member of the Agnatha. The group includes the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- jawless vertebrate, jawless fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. agnatique. ] Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. “The agnatic succession.” Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation. ] 1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. See Campaign. ] An open level tract of country; especially “Campagna di Roma.” The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Also spelled lagnappe. ][ Etym. uncertain. ] 1. In Louisiana, a trifling present given to customers by tradesmen; a gratuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lagniappe . . .is something thrown in, gratis, for good measure. Mark Twain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A tip or gratuity. [ PJC ]

3. Hence: Anything obtained gratuitously or unexpectedly. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A baked dish of layers of lasagna{ 2 } pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables; -- a popular dish of Italian cuisine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. large flat rectangular strips of pasta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ L., great charter. ] 1. The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. magnalis mighty, fr. magnus great. ] A great act or event; a great attainment. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; the counterpart of the Greek Rhea and the Roman Ops.
Syn. -- Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Mater Turrita. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. magnanimité, L. magnanimitas. ] The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. magnanimus; magnus great + animus mind. See Magnate, and Animus. ] 1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To give a kingdom hath been thought
Greater and nobler done, and to lay down
Far more magnanimous than to assume. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both strived for death; magnanimous debate. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Paint.) A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. magnat, L. (pl.) magnates, magnati, fr. magnus great. See Master. ] 1. A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere; -- used mostly of prominent business executives; as, an industrial magnate. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. meta- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) Cross-billed; -- said of certain birds, as the crossbill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Paragnathus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paragnathi [ NL. See Para-, and Gnathic. ] (Zool.) (a) One of the two lobes which form the lower lip, or metastome, of Crustacea. (b) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ Icel., fr. regin, rögn, gods + rök reason, origin, history; confused with ragna-rökr the twilight of the gods. ] (Norse Myth.) The so-called “Twilight of the Gods” (called in German Götterdämmerung), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Aesir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the giants and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. restagnans, p. pr. ] Stagnant; motionless. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. restagnare to overflow. ] To stagnate; to cease to flow. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. restagnatio an inundation. ] Stagnation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., scandal of magnates. ] (Law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being stagnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of stagnare. See Stagnate. ] 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business is stagnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

For him a stagnant life was not worth living. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a stagnant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Stagnated p. pr. & vb. n. Stagnating. ] [ L. stagnatus, p. p. of stagnare to stagnate, make stagnant, from stagnum a piece of standing water. See Stank a pool, and cf. Stanch, v. t. ] 1. To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cease to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates; business stagnates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ready-witted tenderness . . . never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stagnant. [ Obs. ] “A stagnate mass of vapors.” Young. [ 1913 Webster ]