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n. 1. any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. apprecari to pray to; ad + precari to pray, prex, precis, prayer. ] Earnest prayer; devout wish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Praying or wishing good. [ Obs. ]“Apprecatory benedictions.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. appréciable. ] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Appreciative. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Appreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Appreciating. ] [ L. appretiatus, p. p. of appretiare to value at a price, appraise; ad + pretiare to prize, pretium price. Cf. Appraise. ] 1. To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; -- opposed to depreciate. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be sensible of; to distinguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

To test the power of bees to appreciate color. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Appreciate, Estimate, Esteem. Estimate is an act of judgment; esteem is an act of valuing or prizing, and when applied to individuals, denotes a sentiment of moral approbation. See Estimate. Appreciate lies between the two. As compared with estimate, it supposes a union of sensibility with judgment, producing a nice and delicate perception. As compared with esteem, it denotes a valuation of things according to their appropriate and distinctive excellence, and not simply their moral worth. Thus, with reference to the former of these (delicate perception), an able writer says. “Women have a truer appreciation of character than men;” and another remarks, “It is difficult to appreciate the true force and distinctive sense of terms which we are every day using.” So, also, we speak of the difference between two things, as sometimes hardly appreciable. With reference to the latter of these (that of valuation as the result of a nice perception), we say, “It requires a peculiar cast of character to appreciate the poetry of Wordsworth;” “He who has no delicacy himself, can not appreciate it in others;” “The thought of death is salutary, because it leads us to appreciate worldly things aright.” Appreciate is much used in cases where something is in danger of being overlooked or undervalued; as when we speak of appreciating the difficulties of a subject, or the risk of an undertaking. So Lord Plunket, referring to an “ominous silence” which prevailed among the Irish peasantry, says, “If you knew how to appreciate that silence, it is more formidable than the most clamorous opposition.” In like manner, a person who asks some favor of another is apt to say, “I trust you will appreciate my motives in this request.” Here we have the key to a very frequent use of the word. It is hardly necessary to say that appreciate looks on the favorable side of things. we never speak of appreciating a man's faults, but his merits. This idea of regarding things favorably appears more fully in the word appreciative; as when we speak of an appreciative audience, or an appreciative review, meaning one that manifests a quick perception and a ready valuation of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rise in value. [ See note under Rise, v. i. ] J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an appreciating manner; with appreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. appréciation. ] 1. A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accurate perception; true estimation; as, an appreciation of the difficulties before us; an appreciation of colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The quality of being appreciative; quick recognition of excellence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who appreciates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca. ] (Bot.) A genus of palms, one species of which (Areca catechu) produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India and Southeast Asia with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and Lemnaceae.
Syn. -- subclass Arecidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. To direct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My supplication to you I arrect. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Aret. ] To impute. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arrectarius, fr. arrigere o set up. ] An upright beam. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. arrectus, p. p. of arrigere to raise, erect; ad + regere to lead straight, to direct. ] 1. Lifted up; raised; erect. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attentive, as a person listening. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God speaks not the idle and unconcerned hearer, but to the vigilant and arrect. Smalridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. attrectatio; ad + tractare to handle. ] Frequent handling or touching. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wreck. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + rectangular. ] Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. boerenkool (lit.) husbandman's cabbage. ] A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. brèche; of German origin. See Breach. ] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. --
Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brecciated appearance of many specimens [ of meteorites ]. H. A. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Burgh + F. brèche, equiv. to E. breach. ] (AS. Law) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cera wax + E. cloth. ] A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. comprecatio, fr. comprecari to pray to. See Precarious. ] A praying together. [ Obs. ] Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. contre (L. contra) + coup a blow. ] (med.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See Regular, Right, and cf. Escort. ] Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. [ 1913 Webster ]

Always use the most correct editions. Felton.

Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See Accurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. & vb. n. Correcting. ] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. [ 1913 Webster ]

My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations.

Syn. -- To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See Amend. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Capable of being corrected. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To correct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake.
Syn. -- correction, rectification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. correctio: cf. F. correction. ] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Correction and instruction must both work
Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. --
House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. --
Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. correctionnel. ] Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. correct or appropriate behavior.
Syn. -- propriety, properness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. correctif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Qualifying; limiting. “The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.” Holdsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Limitation; restriction. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy.

Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or making correction; corrective. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who corrects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a day-care center for young children. [ PJC ]

3. a three-dimensional model of the scene described in the Bible at the birth of Jesus Christ in a stable at Bethlehem, with Mary and Joseph near a manger in which a model of the infant Christ child is lain, and usually including figures of animals, shepherds, and the three wise men; -- also called a Nativity scene. The figures in the scene are typically made as individual statues or figurines. Smaller models are displayed in homes and other indoor locations during the Christmans season, and larger models, often life-size, may be displayed out of doors. [ PJC ]

4. (Biol.) a nest where the young of several animals are cared for in a communal fashion. [ PJC ]

n. 1. the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under King Philip of Valois.
Syn. -- battle of Crecy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Naut.) See under Dead, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deprecabilis exorable. ] That may or should be deprecated. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]