
n. (Chem.) That which converts into a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Base, n.+ L. fugere to flee. ] (Bot.) Tending or proceeding away from the base;
v. t. [ Base + -fy. ] (Chem.) To convert into a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. bursa purse + -form. ] Shaped like a purse. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Byssus + -ferous. ] Bearing a byssus or tuft. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being classified. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. classification. ] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. [ 1913 Webster ]
Artificial classification. (Science)
a. Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. “A classificatory system.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. One who classifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. Reduction by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. having a security classification removed so as to be open to public inspection; -- of documents or information. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. to lift the restriction on publication [ of documents ] by reducing or eliminating the secrecy classification of; -- usually applied to government documents classified as secret.
n. an increase in the density of something.
n. The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Diversify. ]
Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced. Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated;
n. One who, or that which, diversifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. diversus diverse + -form. ] Of a different form; of varied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Separated and diversified on from another. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Dorsum + -ferous; cf. F. dorsifère. ] (Biol.) Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Emulsion + -fy. ] To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution;
a. [ L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensifère. ] Bearing a sword. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme. ] Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped;
Ensiform cartilage, and
Ensiform process
a. [ Cf. OF. falsifiable. ]
n. [ Cf. F. falsification. ]
To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. falsificateur. ] A falsifier. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
By how much better than my word I am,
By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffle and falsify the prediction. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify. [ 1913 Webster ]
South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Florification. ] A flowering; florification. [ R. ] Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. fusus spindle + -form: cf. F. fusiforme. ] Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end;
n. [ See Gasify. ] The act or process of converting into gas. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a form of gas; gaseous. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. Scientific American. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gross + L. ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ]
a. [ Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifère. ] Containing gypsum. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. made more severe or intense, especially in law.
n. One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
How piercing is the sting of pride
By want embittered and intensified. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. increasing in strength or intensity. [ Narrower terms:
n. (Geol.) A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Medusa + -form. ] (Zool.) Resembling a medusa in shape or structure. [ 1913 Webster ]