a. [ L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour. ] (Chem.)
pos>a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to exercise, to practice gymnastics. ] Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. [ 1913 Webster ]
The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ascetic theology,
adj.
Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it. William James. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a whale. [ 1913 Webster ]
You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic. John O'Hara
a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. “Docetic Gnosticism.” Plumptre. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem., Bot.) A plant hormone (
n. (Chem.) A dicarboxylic acid (
a. [ Oxy- (b) + acetic. ] Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; to practice the voice;
a. [ Pyro- + acetic: cf. F. pyroacétique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also