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n.; pl. Confraternities /plu>. [ LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternité. See Fraternity. ] A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

These live in one society and confraternity. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Consecrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. çrī to mix, çir to cook, çrā to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail. ] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cratera + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [ R. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Demonstrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; as, there is no clear evidence for extraterrestrial life. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an extraterrestrial?.
Syn. -- extraterrestrial being, alien. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*lyadv. [1913 Webster]

n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), A fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is first-rate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ L., a brother. ] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [ R. ] Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frater house, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a fratery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of sea birds, one of the genera of puffins.
Syn. -- genus Fratercula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a.[ F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr. L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother. ] Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Fraternal love and friendship. Addison. [1913 Webster]

v. i. To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson.

{ , n. Fraternization. [ R. ] Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fraternities [ F. fraternité, L. fraternitas. ] 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A social club for male college undergraduates. They often have secret initiation rites, and are named by the use of two or three Greek letters. The corresponding association for women students is called a sorority.
Syn. -- frat. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fraternized p. pr. & vb. n.. Fraternizing ] [ Cf. F. fraterniser. ] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fraternizes. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. frater brother: cf. It. frateria a brotherhood of monks. See Friar. ] A frater house. See under Frater.

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a. [ From Qrate, v. ] One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + krath`r cup + -form. ] (Bot.) hypocraterimorphous; salver-shaped. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. hypo- + Gr. krath`r bowl + morfh` form. ] (Bot.) Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + territorial. ] Within the territory of a state. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Within the territory or a territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Meliorator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rates or scolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rates or estimates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. regrattier. ] One who regrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of regrating. [ 1913 Webster ]