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n. [ L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See Old. ] 1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aliments of their sloth and weakness. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An allowance for maintenance. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To nourish; to support. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To provide for the maintenance of. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alimentary; nourishing quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. alimentarius, fr. alimentum: cf. F. alimentaire. ] Pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alimentary canal, the entire channel, extending from the mouth to the anus, by which aliments are conveyed through the body, and the useless parts ejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. alimentation, LL. alimentatio. ] 1. The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State or mode of being nourished. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [ Chiefly in Phrenol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Application. [ Obs. ] Marston [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman's ornament; habiliment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement. ] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear
So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. Locke. --
To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesies to. --
To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony.

Syn. -- See Adulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . .
Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To praise; flatter; adulate; commend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Complimentary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Sir H. Wotton.

-- Com`pli*men"tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness, n. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. “Complimentary addresses.” Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Complimentary. [ R. ] Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile. ] 1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Dress, in general. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clothed. Taylor (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affording no aliment or nourishment. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Jollity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Psychol.) a threshhold, especially the point where a psychological or physiological effect begins to occur. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Lima. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus comprising mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars.
Syn. -- genus Limenitis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. stabilimentum, fr. stabilire to make firm or stable, fr. stabilis. See Stable, a. ] The act of making firm; firm support; establishment. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

They serve for stabiliment, propagation, and shade. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sublime; sublimity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

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