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a. [ LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. altérant. ] Altering; gradually changing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An alterative. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Aptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier. ] A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cauterizing substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as chiropter.
Syn. -- chiropter; bat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
Syn. -- bat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the order of Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖/mhw>, n. (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

n. (Zool.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An insect of the order Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Glittering. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An homopter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Hymenoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; after + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To animate or inspire mutually. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Iteration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. iterans, p. pr. of iterare. ] Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is said to have been derived from that of the Laterani family, who possessed a palace on or near the spot where the church now stands. In this church several ecclesiastical councils, hence called Lateran councils, have been held. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as lepidopterous. [ PJC ]

n. An insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales; a lepidopterous insect.
Syn. -- lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A neuropter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Orthoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_;, &unr_;, man, male. ] (Bot.) Having the stamens come to maturity before the pistil; -- opposed to proterogynous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The condition of being proterandrous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wing + &unr_; priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Paleon.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus Pteranodon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Reiterate. ] Reiterating. [ R. ] Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Rhipipter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) One of the Strepsiptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Tetrapterous. ] (Zool.) An insect having four wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Thysanoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of the Trichoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Sale by offering to the public. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length gave utterance to these words. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how unlike
To that large utterance of the early gods! Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. outrance. See Outrance. ] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. veteranus, from vetus, veteris, old; akin to Gr. 'e`tos year, Skr. vatsara. See Wether. ] Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ L. veteranus (sc. miles): cf. F. vétéran. ] One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had much experience, or has grown old or decrepit in service. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ensigns that pierced the foe's remotest lines,
The hardy veteran with tears resigns. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States, during the civil war, soldiers who had served through one term of enlistment and had reenlisted were specifically designated veterans. [ 1913 Webster ]