a. [ L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle. ] Having a handle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ LL. cassare. See Cass. ] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.
v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by
adj. receiving or eligible for compensation.
a. [ L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. See Condense, v. t. ] Made dense; condensed. [ 1913 Webster ]
Water . . . thickened or condensate. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. t. [ L. conquassatus, p. p. of conquassare. ] To shake; to agitate. [ Obs. ] Harvey.
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v. t.
adv. In a decussate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See Despond. ] To betroth. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword. ] (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. Equipoise. ] To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. exossatus, p. p. of exossare to bone , fr. exos without bones; ex out + os, ossis, bone. ] To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ See Extravasate, v. t. ] (Physiol.) To pass by infiltration or effusion from the normal channel, such as a blood vessel or a lymphatic, into the surrounding tissue; -- said of blood, lymph, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. t.
a. [ See Improvise. ] Unpremeditated; impromptu; extempore. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
v. t.
Acids dissolve or attenuate; alkalies precipitate or incrassate. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Liquors which time hath incrassated into jellies. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become thick or thicker.
a. [ L. insensatus. See In- not, and Sensate. ] Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]
The silence and the calm
Of mute, insensate things. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
The meddling folly or insensate ambition of statesmen. Buckle.
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a. [ L. inspissatus, p. p. ] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ See Iris. ] Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. W. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A manganate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. marquisat. ] The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. to make excessive corrections for fear of making an error.
a. [ See Pertuse. ] (Bot.) Pierced at the apex. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. of Sit. [ 1913 Webster ]
But sate an equal guest at every board. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Satin. ] A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Insatiable. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant. ]
Satellite moth (Zool.),
a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying;
a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites. [ R. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye. R. Hooke. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Taenioglossa. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Transvasation. ] To pour out of one vessel into another. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ L. vagari to stroll or wander. ] To caper or frolic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]