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adj. 1. 1 pertaining to or using audiovisual aids in teaching or exposition the school's audiovisual department [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Like a dove; harmless; innocent. “Joined with dovish simplicity.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. advocating peace, compromise or conciliation rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawkish [ PJC ]

a. [ See Improvise. ] Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Improvisated p. pr. & vb. n. Improvisating ] To improvise; to extemporize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. improvisation. ] 1. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is improvised; an impromptu. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. Same as Improvisate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An improviser, or improvvisatore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Improvvisatore.

{ } a. Of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Improvvisatrice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Improvised p. pr. & vb. n. Improvising. ] [ F. improviser, it. improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore, L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided. See Proviso. ] 1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Charles attempted to improvise a peace. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who improvises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. im- not + provision. ] Improvidence. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. improvisus unforeseen; cf. It. improvviso. ] Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. [ Obs. ] Jonhson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist. [ 1913 Webster ]

The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [ the Elohist ]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration. S. Davidson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or containing, Jehovah, as a name of God; -- said of certain parts of the Old Testament, especially of the Pentateuch, in which Jehovah appears as the name of the Deity. See Elohistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ovum + sac. ] (Anat.) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ovum + -ism. ] (Zool.) The old theory that the egg contains the whole embryo of the future organism and the germs of all subsequent offsprings and is merely awakened to activity by the spermatozoon; -- opposed to spermism or animalculism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A believer in ovism. Same as Ovulist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Optics) Of certain achromatic lenses, having the same focus for the actinic and for the brightest of the visual rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See Provide. ] 1. The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making provision for the relief of strangers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

And of provisions laid in large,
For man and beast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (R. C. Ch.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Eng. Hist.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Provisioned p. pr. & vb. n. Provisioning. ] To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were provisioned for a journey. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. provisionnel. ] Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Provisional. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Provisos [ L., (it) being provided, abl. of provisus, p. p. of providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview. ] An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso. [ 1913 Webster ]

He doth deny his prisoners,
But with proviso and exception. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. providere: cf. F. proviseur. See Provide. ] 1. One who provides; a purveyor. [ Obs. ] “The chief provisor of our horse.” Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house. Cowell. (b) One who is regularly inducted into a benefice. See Provision, 5. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Hist.) One who procures or receives a papal provision. See Provision, 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of a provisor. [ R. ] J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. provisoire. ] 1. Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making temporary provision; provisional. [ 1913 Webster ]