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n. [ L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add. ] An addition, or a thing added. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., the complaint having been heard. ] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Worthy of belief. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

He settled him in a good creditable way of living. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

adv. In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ditare to enrich, fr. dis, ditis, same as dives, rich. ] The act of making rich; enrichment. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. exhereditare, exhereditatum, disinherit. ] A disinheriting; disherison. [ R. ] E. Waterhouse.
Syn. -- exheredation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot. ] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer. See also declaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz. ] Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being hereditable. Brydges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See Heir, and cf. Heritable. ] 1. Capable of being inherited. See Inheritable. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable. ] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship, inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. héréditaire. See Heir. ] 1. Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.

Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Meditation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Meditated p. pr. & vb. n. Meditating. ] [ L. meditatus, p. p. of meditari to meditate; cf. Gr. &unr_; to learn, E. mind. ] To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his law doth he meditate day and night. Ps. i. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. “Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things.” Ecclus. xiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war. [ 1913 Webster ]

I meditate to pass the remainder of life in a state of undisturbed repose. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To consider; ponder; weigh; revolve; study. -- To Meditate, Contemplate, Intend. We meditate a design when we are looking out or waiting for the means of its accomplishment; we contemplate it when the means are at hand, and our decision is nearly or quite made. To intend is stronger, implying that we have decided to act when an opportunity may offer. A general meditates an attack upon the enemy; he contemplates or intends undertaking it at the earliest convenient season. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. meditacioun, F. méditation, fr. L. meditatio. ] 1. The act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps. xix. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thought; -- without regard to kind. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With wings as swift
As meditation or the thoughts of love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is given to meditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meditativus: cf. F. méditatif. ] Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Med"i*ta*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not inheritable through genetic transmission. Opposite of inheritable, and heritable. [ Narrower terms: acquired, nurtural; congenital, inborn, innate ]
Syn. -- nontransmissible, nonheritable, noninheritable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. praemeditatus, p. p. ] Premeditated; deliberate. [ Archaic ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Premeditated p. pr. & vb. n. Premeditating. ] [ L. praemeditatus, p. p. of praemeditari; prae before + meditari to meditate. See Meditate. ] To think on, and revolve in the mind, beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate robbery. [ 1913 Webster ]

With words premeditated thus he said. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think, consider, deliberate, or revolve in the mind, beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With premeditation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemeditatio: cf. F. préméditation. ] The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quiddative. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. suppeditatus, p. p. of suppeditare to supply. ] To supply; to furnish. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppeditatio. ] Supply; aid afforded. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tardiness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To instruct them to avoid all snares of tarditation, in the Lord's affairs. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Discreditable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. t. [ See Venditation. ] To cry up. as if for sale; to blazon. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]