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n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Yearly; year by year. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. annuaire. ] Annual. [ Obs. ] -- n. A yearbook. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. attenuans, p. pr. of attenuare: cf. F. atténuant. See Attenuate. ] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent. -- n. (Med.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attenuated p. pr. & vb. n. Attenuating ] [ L. attenuatus, p. p. of attenuare; ad + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Thin. ] 1. To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. [ 1913 Webster ]

To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The attention attenuates as its sphere contracts. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. attenuatus, p. p. ] 1. Made thin or slender. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. attenuatio: cf. F. atténuation. ] 1. The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + annual. ] Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Capable of being continued [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue. ] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C.

Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness? Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Sam. ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. continuance. ] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great plagues, and of long continuance. Deut. xxviii. 59. [ 1913 Webster ]

Patient continuance in well-doing. Rom. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A holding together; continuity. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. continuatus, p. p. See Continue. ] 1. Immediately united together; intimately connected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. [ 1913 Webster ]

An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation. ] 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. [ 1913 Webster ]

My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. continuatif. ] 1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. continuateur. ] One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of being discontinued. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

Syn. -- Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. discontinuation. ] Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extenuated p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating ] [ L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity. ] 1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate. [ 1913 Webster ]

But fortune there extenuates the crime. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who can extenuate thee? Milton.

Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. extenuatus, p. p. ] Thin; slender. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances.
Syn. -- mitigating. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation. ] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extenuates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating. ] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insinuans, p. pr.: cf. F. insinuant. ] Insinuating; insinuative. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Insinuated p. pr. & vb. n. Insinuating. ] [ L. insinuatus, p. p. of insinuareto insinuate; pref. in- in + sinus the bosom. See Sinuous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The water easily insinuates itself into, and placidly distends, the vessels of vegetables. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Horace laughs to shame all follies and insinuates virtue, rather by familiar examples than by the severity of precepts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster ]

He insinuated himself into the very good grace of the Duke of Buckingham. Clarendon.

Syn. -- To instill; hint; suggest; intimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His address was courteous, and even insinuating. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By insinuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insinuatio: cf. F. insinuation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a soft insinuation mix'd
With earth's large mass. Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope through the insinuation of Lord Scarborough to keep them here till further orders. Lady Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

He bad a natural insinuation and address which made him acceptable in the best company. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations. [ 1913 Webster ]

I scorn your coarse insinuation. Cowper.

Syn. -- Hint; intimation; suggestion. See Innuendo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. insinuatif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor. “Crafty, insinuative, plausible men.” Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Using insinuations; giving hints; insinuating; as, insinuative remark. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., an introducer. ] One who, or that which, insinuates. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Insinuative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. yā to go. ] The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mündel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, Mound a hill. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Performed by a person using physical as contrasted with mental effort; as, manual labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Done or made by the hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical. “Manual and ocular examination.” Tatham. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms. --
Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring. --
Sign manual. See under Sign. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a. ] 1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An alphabet of signs made by movement of the hands, used by the deaf; in it letters are represented by finger positions. See Dactylology.
Syn. -- finger alphabet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Adroitness in using the hands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who works with the hands; an artificer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who works with the hands, rather than with the mind.
Syn. -- laborer, labourer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Labor done with the hands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. By hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatically. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]