v. t. See Abridge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Goīng before; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. aggregatus, p. p. ]
The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Corporation aggregate. (Law)
n.
☞ In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the aggregate,
adv. Collectively; in mass. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. LL. aggregatio, F. agrégation. ] The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate. [ 1913 Webster ]
Each genus is made up by aggregation of species. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]
A nation is not an idea only of local extent and individual momentary aggregation, but . . . of continuity, which extends in time as well as in numbers, and in space. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. Fr. agrégatif. ]
n. One who aggregates. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. agreger. See Aggravate. ] To make heavy; to aggravate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Phytogeog.) A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ F. barége, so called from Baréges, a town in the Pyrenees. ] A gauzelike fabric for ladies' dresses, veils, etc. of worsted, silk and worsted, or cotton and worsted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Beer + eager. ] Sour beer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; the front part of the head: cf. F. bregma. ] (Anat.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bregma. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; dance + -graphy. ]
a. [ L. congregatus, p. p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious. ] Collected; compact; close. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
The great receptacle
Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. congregatio: cf. F. congrégation. ]
The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Bunyan ] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is a sin offering for the congregation. Lev. iv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n.
☞ In this sense (which is its usual signification) Congregationalism is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc., and to whose membership the designation “Congregationalists” is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A joint regent or ruler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a natural family of soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family
n. the type genus of the
‖n. [ Sp., orig., a corrector. ] The chief magistrate of a Spanish town. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. to eliminate laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using (certain locations, organizations, or facilities); to introduce members of a racial or religious group into (a community, facility, or organization from which they had been barred). [ PJC ]
n. the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community; the elimination of laws, regulations, or customs which prohibit members of a specific racial or national group from using certain locations, organizations, or facilities. In the 1960's and 1970's civil rights legislation was passed by the U. S. congress, prohibiting segregation by governmental agencies and in places of public accommodation, which resulteo in widospread besegregotion of schools and places of business. Some segregation remains in privately operated organizations.
v. t. To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. désagrégation. ] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd. ] To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight. [ 1913 Webster ]
The disregard of experience. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who disregards. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Negligently; heedlessly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. drägg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. Draw. ] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything;
We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Foul with lees; feculent. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd,
The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
His [ Wyclif's ] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully;
n. The state of being egregious. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis heavy, for L. gravis. Cf. Aggravate. ] To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Inregister. ] To register; to enroll or record; to inregister. [ 1913 Webster ]
To read enregistered in every nook
His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]