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v. t. [ L. ablegatus, p. p. of ablegare; ab + legare to send with a commission. See Legate. ] To send abroad. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ab + ligatus, p. p. of ligare to tie. ] To tie up so as to hinder from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abnegated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abnegating. ] [ L. abnegatus, p. p. of abnegare; ab + negare to deny. See Deny. ] To deny and reject; to abjure. Sir E. Sandys. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abrogatus, p. p. ] Abrogated; abolished. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abrogated; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrogating. ] [ L. abrogatus, p. p. of abrogare; ab + rogare to ask, require, propose. See Rogation. ] 1. To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose laws, like those of the Medes and Persian, they can not alter or abrogate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put an end to; to do away with. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To abolish; annul; do away; set aside; revoke; repeal; cancel; annihilate. See Abolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. adjugatus, p. p. of adjugare; ad + jugum a yoke. ] To yoke to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Arrogate. ] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- on + gate way. ] On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Min.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called agate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aggregated p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating. ] [ L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious. ] 1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. “The aggregated soil.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aggregatus, p. p. ] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the aggregate, collectively; together. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Collectively; in mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate. ] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Still used in the north of England in the sense of “everywhere.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By any or means; at all events. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Notwithstanding; yet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. alligatus, p. p. of alligare. See Ally. ] To tie; to unite by some tie. [ 1913 Webster ]

Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (R. C. Ch.) The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arrogated p. pr. & vb. n. Arrogating ] [ L. arrogatus, p. p. of adrogare, arrogare, to ask, appropriate to one's self; ad + rogare to ask. See Rogation. ] To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings. [ 1913 Webster ]

He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ad- + subjugate. ] To bring into subjection. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n. ] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zool.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + conjugate, a. ] (Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + jugatus, p. p. of jugare to join. ] (Bot.) Having two pairs, as of leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castigating. ] [ L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten. ] 1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To emend; to correct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to drive out; to subject to the action of a centrifuge.
Syn. -- centrifuge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Circumnavigated p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating ] [ L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate. ] To sail completely round. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having circumnavigated the whole earth. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. clarigare ] To declare war with certain ceremonies. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A joint legatee. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating. ] [ L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind. ] 1. To tie or bind together. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bound together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious. ] Collected; compact; close. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Congregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congregating ] To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjugated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjugating. ] 1. To unite in marriage; to join. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumes in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join. ] 1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Containing two or more compounds or radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. --
Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. --
Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. --
Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. --
Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. --
Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship. ] 1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A complex compound formed from the non-covalent union of two other comounds, behaving as a single compound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Chem.) (Chem.) formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.
Syn. -- conjugate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
Syn. -- conjugate, coupled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Chem.) containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; -- of an organic compound or of the double bonds thus arranged. Conjugated double bonds have chemical and electronic properties different from those of isolated double bonds.
Syn. -- conjugate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin. ] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corrugated p. pr. & vb. n. Corrugating ] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corrugated iron, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. --
Corrugated paper, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped into parallel folds alternately grooved and ridged; as, the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. defatigatus, p. p. of defatigare; de- + fatigare to weary. See Fatigue. ] To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate. ] 1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. (b) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delegatus, p. p. ] Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. “Delegate power.” Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delegated p. pr. & vb. n. Delegating ] 1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The delegated administration of the law. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delegated executive power. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. deligatus, p. p. of deligare to bind up; de- + ligare to bind. ] (Surg.) To bind up; to bandage. [ 1913 Webster ]