adv. [ Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace. ] With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily. [ 1913 Webster ]
His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
A visible triumph of the gospel draw&unr_; on apace. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.;
v. i. (Biol.) to become active so as to be able to penetrate an ovum; -- of sperm, in the female reproduction system. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
v. t.
The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave. ]
In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
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.
n.;
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 ]
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 ]
The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
Capacity for heat,
n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + capacious: cf. L. incapax incapable. ] Not capacious; narrow; small; weak or foolish;
v. t.
It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. causing disability.
n. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
‖n. [ Mexican. ] The raccoon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. papatia, fr. L. papa a father, bishop. See Pope. ]
adv. Pickaback. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rapacious. ] (Zool.) Same as Accipitres. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacité. See Rapacious. ]
v. t. To qualify again; to confer capacity on again. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The American hawk owl. See under Hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]