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a. [ Pref. e- + palpus. ] (Zoöl.) Without palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unpalatable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + palatine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Naso- + palatal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Palatableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice. Opposite of unpalatable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a palatable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. palatal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. Same as palatalize.
Syn. -- palatalize, palatize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Phon.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; especially: to pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate; as, to palatalize a letter or sound; to palatize. See palatalized. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Linguistics, Phonology) Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate as "y"; or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate as "ch" in "chin" or "j" in "gin".
Syn. -- palatal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat. ] 1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perceive by the taste. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palatium palace. See Palace. ] Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. “Palatial style.” A. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A palatal letter. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phon.) A palatal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Either of two regions in Germany, formerly divisions of the Holy Roman Empire; the Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate is now within the Rhineland-Palatinate; the Upper Palatinate is now within Bavaria. It is usually referred to as the Palatinate. [ PJC ]

☞ Palatinate The [ F. Palatinat, G. Pfalz, ML. Palatinatus, the province of count palatine, from palatinatus, palatine. ] A former German State. Its territories were originally in the region of the Rhine, and from the 14th century to 1620 embraced two separate regions, the Rhine (or Lower) Palatinate (distinctively the Palatinate), and the Upper Palatinate (see below). The palsgraves on the Rhine, whose original seat was at Aix-la-Chapelle, were important princes of the empire as early as the 11th century. Early in the 13th century the Palatinate passed to the Bavarian dynasty of Wittelsbach, which soon after branched off into the Bavarian and palatine lines. The Palatinate was enlarged early in the 14th Century with a part of Bavaria (the Upper Palatinate). The Golden Bull of 1356 designated the Palatinate as one of the seven electorates. In the 16th century Heidelberg, the capital of the electors palatine, became a great center of Calvinism. The elector Frederick V., having accepted the Bohemian crown in 1619, and having been overthrown in 1620, was stripped of his dominions. The electoral dignity was transferred to Bavaria in 1623, and the Upper Palatinate was annexed to it. By the treaty of 1648 the Rhine Palatinate was restored to its former rulers, and an eighth electorate created for it, the Upper Palatinate being confirmed to Bavaria. The Rhine palatinate was terribly ravaged by the French in 1674 and 1689. The Palatinate and the Bavarian lands were united in 1777. In 1801 the Rhine Palatinate was divided: all west of the Rhine was ceded to France; Baden received Heidelberg, Mannheim, etc.; and the rest fell to Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau, etc. By the treaties of 1814-15 the French portion west of the Rhine was restored to Germany: Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt received portions, but the greater portion fell to Bavaria. This part is the present Rhine Palatinate, or Lower Palatinate (G. Rheinpfalz or Unterpfalz): it is bounded by the Rhine on the east, and borders on Hesse, Prussia, and Alsace-Lorraine. It forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria, with Spires as Capital. It is traversed by the Hardt Mountains, and produces grain, wine, coal, etc. Area, 2, 289 square miles. Population (1890), 728, 339. The Upper Palatinate (9. Oberpfalz) forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria under the title Upper Palatinate and Ratisbon (Regensburg). It borders on Bohemia. Capital, Ratisbon. It has extensive forests and flourishing industries. Area, 3, 729 square miles. Population (1890), 537, 954. [ Century Dict., 1906 ]

v. t. To make a palatinate of. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. palatinat. See Palatine. ] The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A palatine bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Palatine hill in Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. See Palace, and cf. Paladin. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Palatinate. [ PJC ]

3. Of or pertaining to a Palatine{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

Count palatine,
County palatine. See under Count, and County. --
Palatine hill, or
The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See also Palatine Hill in the vocabulary, and Palace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate; palatal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L. Mons Palatinus, It. Monte Palatino. ] One of the "seven hills" of Rome, situated southeast of the Capitoline and north-northeast of the Aventine. It borders on the Roman Forum; is the traditional seat of the city founded by Romulus; was the seat of private and later of imperial residences; and contains many antiquities. [ Century Dict., 1906 ]

a. Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [ Obs. ] “Palative delights.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; to palatalize; as, to palatize a letter or sound. -- Pal`a*ti*za"tion n. J. Peile. [1913 Webster]

[ From Palate. ] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to the palate, or connection with the palate; as in palatolingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Palato-, and Nares. ] (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palato- + pterygoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + palatine. ] (Anat.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pterygoid + palatine. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. trans- + palatine. ] (Anat.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]