v. t.
n. [ L. amputatio: cf. F. amputation. ] The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who amputates. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Cajuput. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of Malayan origin; kāyu tree + pūtih white. ] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n.;
Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caput mortuum [ L., dead head. ] (Old Chem.)
a. [ L. computabilis. ] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.
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n. [ L. computatio: cf. F. computation. ]
By just computation of the time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a computation backward from ourselves. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
v. t.
Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted. Burns.
n. [ L. computus: cf. F. comput. ] Computation. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
adj. stored, processed, or analyzed by computer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most frequently a
n. A computer{ 1 }. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. députation. See Depute. ]
The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
By deputation, or
In deputation
Say to great Cæsar this: In deputation
I kiss his conquering hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person deputed; a deputy. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. same as deputize.
v. t. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to appoint as one's substitute; to depute. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
There was then [ in the days of Jehoshaphat ] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]
God's substitute,
His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chamber of Deputies,
n.
a. [ L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i. ]
Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being disputable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Dispute, v. i. ] Proneness to dispute. [ Obs. ] Bp. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i. ] Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disputes; one who argues in opposition to another; one appointed to dispute; a controvertist; a reasoner in opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i. ]
a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute;
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster.
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a. [ L. disputativus. ] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition;
v. i.
Therefore disputed [ reasoned, Rev. Ver. ] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dispute it [ grief ] like a man. Shak.
n. [ Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i. ]
Addicted more
To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Beyond dispute,
Without dispute
a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Disputation. ] Dispute; discussion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being disreputable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem;
Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? Bp. Watson.
adv. In a disreputable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. “A disreputation of piety.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. [ 1913 Webster ]
At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.
v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
More inclined to love them than to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spit out, or as if spit out. “Exsputory lines.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]