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n. 1. an anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.
Syn. -- anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aspersed p. pr. & vb. n. Aspersing. ] [ L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse. ] 1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust. Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character. [ 1913 Webster ]

With blackest crimes aspersed. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify. -- To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the character of another. To asperse is figuratively to cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the imputation of blemishes or faults which render it offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in common the sense of circulating reports to a man's injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying slight faults into serious errors or crimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Her.) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion. ] 1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast wholesale aspersions on the entire body of professional teachers. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. -- As*pers"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. ] An aspergill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aspersoria [ LL. See Asperse. ] 1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted from caliber. ] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. --
Vernier calipers. See Vernier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Calipers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{ 3 } or chairman{ 1 }, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.
Syn. -- president, chairman, chairwoman, chair. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.
Syn. -- clipper, hedge clippers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a cutting device for cutting hair or finger nails; as, nail clippers.
Syn. -- clipper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. conspersio, fr. conspergere to sprinkle. ] The act of sprinkling. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dispersed p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing. ] [ L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse. ] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. xv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two lions, in the still, dark night,
A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispersed are the glories. Shak.

Syn. -- To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dispersedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that disperses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. dispersion. ] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. Jer. xxv. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism.

-- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
Syn. -- draftsman, draughtsman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ L. ] The actors in a drama or play. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. flipper [ By analogy with flipper[ W13(1) ], the limb of an aquatic animal used for locomotion ] A type of shoe with a paddle-like front extending well beyond the end of the toe, used an aid in swimming (especially underwater). They are typically of rubber-like material, and are not worn when walking on land.
Syn. -- fin, fins. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hyperæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. hyper- + sonic. ] (Aeronautics) Pertaining to or moving at a speed greatly in excess of the speed of sound, usually meaning greater than mach 5. All speeds in excess of the speed of sound are supersonic, but to be hypersonic requires even higher speed. [ PJC ]

n. [ Pref. hyper- + space. ] (Geom.) A mathematical space having more than three dimensions. It is a mathematical construct and is not intended to represent the structure of the common physical space in which matter exists. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A mathematical object existing in more than three dimensions, analogous to the sphere in that all points on the surface are equidistant from the central point; a generalization of a sphere in more than three dimensions. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. "ype`r over + sqe`nos strength: cf. F. hyperstène.] (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface. [1913 Webster]

a. (Min.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. imperscrutabilis. ] Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [ Obs. ] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal. ] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impersonal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impersonated p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating. ] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

n. One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of perspicuity or clearness; vagueness; ambiguity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambiguous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Impersuasible. ] Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. im- not + persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible. ] Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty n. [1913 Webster]

a. Not dispersed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. undertaken by an individual in person; as, an in-person appearance. [ predicate ]
Syn. -- in the flesh(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]