n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Antiquatedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adj. worn by use into a deplorable condition.
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I have . . . in no case sought to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t.
n. [ L. catenatio. ] Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. catenuia, dim. of catena chain. ]
n. The state of being cognate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being compassionate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Complexity. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. concatenatio. ] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. [ 1913 Webster ]
The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
n. [ Cf. Counter tenor. ] (Mus.) Counter tenor; contralto. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Degeneracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being delicate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being desolate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Desperation; virulence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being determinate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being discriminated; distinctness. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. ingested through the mouth. Contrasted with
n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Gilded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A minister's [ business ] is to greaten and exalt [ his king ]. Ken. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become large; to dilate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being inanimate. [ 1913 Webster ]
The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being inarticulate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. incatenatio; L. pref. in- in + catena chain. See Enchain. ] The act of linking together; enchaining. [ R. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being innate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being insatiate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being unpolluted; purity. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]