n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
n. [ Cf. Counter tenor. ] (Mus.) Counter tenor; contralto. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Degeneracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Desperation; virulence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being unpolluted; purity. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also
n. The quality or state of being rgenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Inaccuracy. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]