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{ ‖ } n. [ F. épopée, Gr. &unr_;; 'e`pos song + &unr_; to make. See Epos. ] An epic poem; epic poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; custom, manners + &unr_; to make or form. ] Expressing character. [ Obs. ] Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. &unr_;, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper. ] (Zool.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`los song + poiei^n to make. ] (Mus.) The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. myqopoio`s making myths; my^qos myth + poiei^n to make. ] Making or producing myths; giving rise to mythical narratives. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mythopoeic fertility of the Greeks. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. my^qos myth + &unr_; able to make, producing, fr. poiei^n to make. ] Making or producing myths or mythical tales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. no`sos disease + &unr_; productive, fr. poiei^n to make. ] Producing diseases. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'o`noma, 'ono`matos, a name + poiei^n to make. ] (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds, but this is not believed by most. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Onomatopoetic. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -ias [ NL., from Gr. paqopoii`:a; pa`qos passion + poiei^n to make. ] (Rhet.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. farmakopoii:`a the preparation of medicines; fa`rmakon medicine + poiei^n to make. ] 1. A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chemical laboratory. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Poi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The parson bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Poicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;); cf. L. poecile. ] The frescoed porch or gallery in Athens where Zeno taught. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated. ] (Geol.) (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [ Also written poikilitic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pœcilopode. ] (Zool.) One of the Pœcilopoda. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; variegated, manifold + -poda. ] (Zool.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs (Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. poëma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. poëme. ] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Penology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pohfa`gos grass eating; po`a grass + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zool.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies. -- Po*eph"a*gous a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. poésie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr. &unr_;. from &unr_; to make. Cf. Posy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music and poesy used to quicken you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. poëte, L. poëta, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to make. Cf. Poem. ] One skilled in making poetry; one who has a particular genius for metrical composition; the author of a poem; an imaginative thinker or writer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poet is a maker, as the word signifies. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poet laureate. See under Laureate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. [ 1913 Webster ]

The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The works of a poetaster. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. poétesse. ] A female poet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. poëticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. poétiquee. ] 1. Of or pertaining to poetry; suitable for poetry, or for writing poetry; as, poetic talent, theme, work, sentiments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressed in metrical form; exhibiting the imaginative or the rhythmical quality of poetry; as, a poetical composition; poetical prose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poetic license. See License, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a poetic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. poétique, L. poëtica, poëtice, Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;. ] The principles and rules of the art of poetry. J. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A poetaster. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Poetized p. pr. & vb. n. Poetizing. ] [ Cf. F. poétiser. ] To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize. [ 1913 Webster ]

I versify the truth, not poetize. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. poeterie. See Poet. ] 1. The art of apprehending and interpreting ideas by the faculty of imagination; the art of idealizing in thought and in expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

For poetry is the blossom and the fragrance of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. “The planetlike music of poetry.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

She taketh most delight
In music, instruments, and poetry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; -- so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state or personality of a poet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; pro`swpon a face, a person + &unr_; to make. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See Pain. ] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [ Written also subpena. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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Subpoena ad testificandum [ NL. ] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. -- ‖
Subpoena duces tecum [ NL. ] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subpoenaed p. pr. & vb. n. Subpoenaing. ] (Law) To serve with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Required or done under penalty. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of an East Indian tree (Baccaurea Malayana) of the Spurge family. It somewhat resembles an apple. [ 1913 Webster ]

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