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a. Paid; pleased. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'apotro`paios averting evil. ] Intended to protect from evil. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. [ OF. empeirier, F. empire. See Impair. ] To impair; to grow worse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Prob. native name. ] (Zool.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biochemistry, Genetics) a unit of double-stranded DNA or RNA consisting of two complementary bases on opposing strands of the double-stranded polynucleotide, bound together by hydrogen bonds and other non-covalent chemical forces. The bases comprising the base pairs are adenine, thymine, cytidine, and guanine. In normal DNA, the base adenine on one strand of DNA pairs with thymine on the opposite strand, and cytosine on one strand pairs with guanine on the opposite strand. The term base pair usually includes the sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and the phosphate bound to each base to form a nucleotide unit. One base pair is sometimes used as a unit of length or size for DNA, and in this usage is abbreviated bp; as, a 100-bp fragment of DNA. A length of 1000 base pairs is a kilobase pair or kbp. [ PJC ]

v. t. To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne. ] 1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. Hence: Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign. [ PJC ]

5. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To serve in a campaign. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one who is campaigning, especially a politician running for elective office, or one of his/her supporters. [ PJC ]

n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
Syn. -- candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Flat; open; level. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. champaigne; same word as campagne. ] A flat, open country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba. ] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [ Written also capivi. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

p. p. [ F. dépeint, p. p. of dépeindre to paint, fr. L. depingere. See Depict, p. p. ] Painted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depainting. ] 1. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And do unwilling worship to the saint
That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One who depaints. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Despaired p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing. ] [ OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate. ] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.

Syn. -- See Despond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to despair. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer. ] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. [ 1913 Webster ]

We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,
Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before he [ Bunyan ] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is despaired of. “The mere despair of surgery he cures.” Shak.

Syn. -- Desperation; despondency; hopelessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who despairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hopeless. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To separate (a pair). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being in bad condition, and needing repair. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To impair. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), fr. &unr_; to stamp in; &unr_; in + &unr_; to strike. ] (Fine Arts) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To paint{ 1 } with fingerpaint.
Syn. -- use fingerpaint. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A type of paint having the consistency of a thin paste or jelly, which is applied to a surface by dipping fingers into the paint and smearing the paint on the surface, usually in artistic patterns. It is used primarily by children. [ PJC ]

n. Creating pictures using finger paint. [ PJC ]

n.[ F. gagner to gain + pain bread. ] Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Theatrical makeup, generally. [ PJC ]

adj. having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.
Syn. -- hard-of-hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To paint; to adorn with colors. [ R. ] “To impaint his cause.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impaired p. pr. & vb. n. Impairing. ] [ Written also empair. ] [ OE. empeiren, enpeiren, OF. empeirier, empirier, F. empirer, LL. impejorare; L. pref. im- in + pejorare to make worse, fr. pejor worse. Cf. Appair. ] To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time sensibly all things impairs. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

In years he seemed, but not impaired by years. Pope.

Syn. -- To diminish; decrease; injure; weaken; enfeeble; debilitate; reduce; debase; deteriorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To grow worse; to deteriorate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. impair uneven, L. impar; im- not + par equal. ] Not fit or appropriate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diminution; injury. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, impairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. enpeirement, OF. empirement. ] The state, act, or process of being impaired; injury. “The impairment of my health.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Sp. mal, malo, bad, and país country. ] (Geol.) The rough surface of a congealed lava stream. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To paint ill, or wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp., p. p., & a. from Pay. 1. Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Satisfied; contented. [ Obs. ] “Paid of his poverty.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. paideytikh`, fr. paidey`ein to teach, fr. pai^s, paido`s, a boy. ] The science or art of teaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Pagan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose. [ Written also pagle, pagil, peagle, and pygil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Pyjama. [ 1913 Webster ]