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n. Same as Ailantus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From aylanto, i. e., tree of heaven, the name of the tree in the Moluccas. ] (Bot.) A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly diœcious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; not loving man; 'a priv. + &unr_; to love + &unr_; man. ] Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. assaillant, p. pr. of assaillir. ] Assailing; attacking. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. assaillant. ] One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. [ 1913 Webster ]

An assailant of the church. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. bataillant, p. pr. See Battle, v. i. ] [ Obs. ] Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Spenser. -- n. A combatant. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A byland. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. bijlander; bij by + land land, country. ] (Naut.) A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep
Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an Old World herb (Coriandrum sativum) with aromatic parsleylike leaves and seed.
Syn. -- coriander, coriander plant, Chinese parsley, Coriandrum sativum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a parsleylike herb used as seasoning or garnish.
Syn. -- coriander, Chinese parsley. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [ R. ] Neale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. défaillance. ] Failure; miscarriage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. dilaniatus, p. p. of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces. ] To rend in pieces; to tear. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of. faillance, fr. faillir. ] Fault; failure; omission. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread. ] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An oil distilled from flowers of the ilang-ilang tree, used in perfumery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An evergreen Asian tree (Cananga odorata) with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental.
Syn. -- ylang-ylang, Cananga odorata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ in- not + vigilance: cf. OF. invigilance. ] Lack of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilation.
Syn. -- exultation, jubilancy, jubilation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a feeling of extreme joy; jubilance; jubilation.
Syn. -- exultation, jubilance, jubilation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F. jubilant. See Jubilate. ] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. “The jubilant age.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a jubilant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lampooner; a pasquiler. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Gr. fi`landros fond of men; fi`los loving + 'anh`r man. ] To make love to women; to play the male flirt. [ 1913 Webster ]

You can't go philandering after her again. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lover. [ R. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A South American opossum (Didelphys philander). (b) An Australian bandicoot (Perameles lagotis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hangs about women; a male flirt. [ R. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A philanthropist. [ Obs. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. philanthropique. ] Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise. -- Phil`an*throp"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A system of education on so-called natural principles, attempted in Germany in the last century by Basedow, of Dessau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fila`nqrwpos; fi`los loving + 'a`nqrwpos man: cf. F. philanthrope. ] 1. One who practices philanthropy; one who loves mankind, and seeks to promote the good of others; especially, a wealthy individual who donates large amounts of money to charitable or philanthropic causes. Opposite of misanthrope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. philanthropia, Gr. filanqrwpi`a: cf. F. philanthropie. ] Love to mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; desire and readiness to do good to all men; -- opposed to misanthropy. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An active effort to promote human welfare; humanitarian activity. in this sense, it is an action, not merely a state of mind. [ PJC ]

3. An organization whose purpose is to engage in philanthropy(2), and is supported by funds from one or a small number of wealthy individuals; a type of charity, the source of whose funds is typically from a wealthy individual or a corporation, or a trust fund established by a wealthy individual. It is distinguished from other charitable organizations in that the source of funds of other charities may come from a large number of sources, or from public solicitation. [ PJC ]

a. [ see Psilanthropist. ] Pertaining to, or embodying, psilanthropy. “A psilanthropic explanation.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Psilanthropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bare, mere + &unr_; a man. ] One who believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of the merely human existence of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rutilans, p. pr. of rutilare to have a reddish glow, fr. rutilus red: cf. F. rutilant. ] Having a reddish glow; shining. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant. ] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds. -- n. A sibiliant letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. théophilanthrope. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the French revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; God + E. philanthropy. ] Theophilanthropism. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]