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n. [ F. plèbe, fr. L. plebs. ] 1. The common people; the mob. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The plebe with thirst and fury prest. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. Plebeian. ] A member of the lowest class in the military academy at West Point; also, a freshman at any military or naval academy. [ Cant, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. plebeius, from plebs, plebis, the common people: cf. F. plébéien. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as, plebeian sports; a plebeian throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from patrician. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the common people, or lower rank of men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Plebeianism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plebeians, collectively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. plébéianisme. ] 1. The quality or state of being plebeian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plebeianized p. pr. & vb. n. Plebeianizing. ] To render plebeian, common, or vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plebs the common people + colere to cultivate. ] One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plebs the common people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to plebiscite. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. plébiscite, fr. L. plebiscitum. ] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. [ Written also plebiscit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. plebs, plebis, common people + scitum decree. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate. [ 1913 Webster ]