n. [ For obeisance; confused with F. abaisser, E. abase. ] Obeisance. [ Obs. ] Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being advisable; advisableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With advice; wisely. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Eccl.) One of a sect which opposes the observance of the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being appraised. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Appraise. Cf. Apprizal. ] A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ F. artisan, fr. L. artitus skilled in arts, fr. ars, artis, art: cf. It. artigiano. See Art, n. ]
This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. [ Hind. ] (Zool.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arctonyx collaris). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act or process of barbarizing; an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized.
n. An act that debases or corrupts. [ chiefly Brit. ]
(Zool.) See Oryx. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + saccate. ] (Bot.) Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a Buddhist, worthy of nirvana, who postpones it to help others.
n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.
a. Impudent; bold. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion; -- used especially as a measure of such a shattering power, applied to high explosives. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
adj.
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of lizards including the the zebra-tailed lizard.
‖n. [ NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat. ] An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. same as carbonization. [ PJC ]
n. [ LL. catechizatio. ] The act of catechising. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. same as centralization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖n. [ Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane. ]
a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine. ] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. cis- + Atlantic. ] On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. same as commercialization. [ Brit. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence. ] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. [ 1913 Webster ]
These [ ladies ] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town. Young.
a. [ F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent. ] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant;
There are to whom my satire seems too bold:
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope.
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n. The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. [ 1913 Webster ]
A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act of formulating or making a concept of something.
n. See Counterfesance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being criticised. [ 1913 Webster ]