n.
a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near. ] To approach. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. appropinquatio. ] A drawing nigh; approach. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. ad- + propinquity. ] Nearness; propinquity. [ R. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; inflexible; hence &unr_; &unr_;, one of the three Parcæ;
n. [ F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen. ] A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Chopine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim. ] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more.
Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ See Cope, n. ] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
n. [ Gr.
n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
adj.
n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [ Obs. ] Bp. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a drooping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. the act or process of enclosing something inside something else.
n.[ F. galopin. See Gallop, v. i. ] An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly;
n. [ Gr.
n. (Physiology) A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta, which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.
adv. In a groping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Homo- + atropine. ] (Med.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a hopeful manner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. inopinabilis. See Inopinate. ] Not to be expected; inconceivable. [ Obs. ] “Inopinable, incredible . . . sayings.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. inopinatus. See In- not, and Opine. ] Not expected or looked for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap. ] (Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. pr. & vb. n. of Loop. [ 1913 Webster ]
Looping snail (Zool.),
n. [ Macro- + pinacoid. ] (Crystallog.) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong opinion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. opinabilis. ] Capable of being opined or thought. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. opinatio. See Opine, ] The act of thinking; a supposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [ Obs. ] --
n. [ L. ] One fond of his own opinions; one who holds an opinion. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
n. One who opines. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Opiniaster. [ Obs. ]. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To hold or maintain persistently. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Opinionated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Opinionative. Glanvill. --
a. See Opiniaster. [ Obs. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. opiniâtreté. ] Obstinacy in opinions.