‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Absurdity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Habituation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Acidity; sourness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adnascens, p. pr. of adnasci to be born, grow. ] Growing to or on something else. “An adnascent plant.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adnatus, p. p. of adnasci. See Adnascent, and cf. Agnate. ]
An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ad + nomen noun. ] (Gram.) Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. --
n. [ Pref. ad- + noun. ] (Gram.) An adjective, or attribute. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adnubilatus, p. p. of adnubilare. ] Clouded; obscured. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Affectation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being afflicted; affliction. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being aged; oldness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Custom without truth is but agedness of error. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Algidity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being antiquated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Aridity; dryness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being backhanded; the using of backhanded or indirect methods. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being backward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being bad. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or condition of being bald;
This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being bewitched. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being bland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being blear-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. [ 1913 Webster ]
The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Single blessedness,
n. State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
Color blindness,
n. The state of being bloated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being blond. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. inability to distinguish blue and yellow.
n. The state or quality of being bold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Math.) the quality of being finite.
n. [ AS. brādnes. ] The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. resolute adherence to one's own ideas or desires.
n. The quality of being candid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The manner characteristic of a child. [ Obs. ] “Varying childness.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being chubby. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being cleared. [ 1913 Webster ]
Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]