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v. t. [ L. accitus, p. p. of accire, accere, to call for; ad + ciere to move, call. See Cite. ] To cite; to summon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our heralds now accited all that were
Endamaged by the Elians. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Named or quoted before. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'analkh`s weak. ] Analcime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. &unr_; like coals, fr. 'a`nqrax, &unr_;, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax. ] A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; disease), fr. &unr_; bladder, belly. ] (Med.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aurichalceous. ] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of copper and zinc, found in pale green or blue crystalline aggregations. It yields a kind of brass on reduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Baryta + calcite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (imperative pl., ) bless ye, praise ye. ] A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ interj. [ See Benedicite, n. ] An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York. ] (Min.) (a) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate. (b) The mineral chondrodite. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calx, calcis, lime. ] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chalko`s brass. ] (Min.) Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [ Formerly written chalcosine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chlwro`s light green + E. leucite. ] (Bot.) Same as Chloroplastid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + E. leucite. ] (Bot.) A chromoplastid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cited; p. pr. & vb. n. Citing ] [ F. citer, fr. L. citare, intens. of cire, ciēre, to put in motion, to excite; akin to Gr.&unr_; to go, Skr. &unr_; to sharpen. ] 1. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cited dead,
Of all past ages, to the general doom
Shall hasten. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cited by finger of God. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To urge; to enjoin. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The imperfections which you have cited. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bespeak; to indicate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Aged honor cites a virtuous youth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court. Abbot

Syn. -- To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call; summon. See Quote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cit. ] A city woman. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite. ] To excite or stir up. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet. ] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; as, an elicited response.
Syn. -- evoked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Min.) See Bornite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting. ] [ L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite. ] 1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

3. (Elec.) To energize (an electro-magnet); to produce a magnetic field in; as, to excite a dynamo. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Physics) To raise to a higher energy level; -- used especially of atoms or molecules, or of electrons within atoms or molecules; as, absorption of a photon excites the cesium atom, which subsequently radiates the excess energy. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Syn. -- To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. -- To Excite, Incite. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of Cæsar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Cf. OF. excitement, escitement. ] 1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. Talfowrd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, excites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ferro- + calcite. ] Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 3d Force, n. ] (Chem.) A gelatin dynamite in which the dope is composed largely of sodium nitrate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Cited or quoted before or above. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Named or recited before. “The forerecited practices.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incited p. pr. & vb. n. Inciting. ] [ L. incitare; pref. in- in + citare to rouse, stir up: cf. F. inciter. See Cite. ] To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anthiochus, when he incited Prusias to join in war, set before him the greatness of the Romans. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

No blown ambition doth our arms incite. Shak.

Syn. -- Excite; stimulate; instigate; spur; goad; arouse; move; urge; rouse; provoke; encourage; prompt; animate. See Excite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. incitement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inciting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the long records of a distant age,
Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.

Syn. -- Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, incites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + dulcite. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, sugarlike substance, obtained by the decomposition of certain glucosides, and intermediate in nature between the hexacid alcohols (dulcite, mannite, etc.) and the glucoses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. juncus a rush. ] (Paleon.) A fossil rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. leyko`s white: cf. F. leucite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Min.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash KAlSi2O6. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A leucoplast. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A brand name for a transparent plastic based on methyl methacrylate esters; the term is often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic. It is sold in various forms, including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows. [ Trademark ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Named from Miask, in the Ural Mountains. ] (Min.) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cite erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To recite erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + calcite. ] (Min.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efflorescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil oyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To excite too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively excited. [ PJC ]

n. Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fe`nax, fe`nakos, impostor, deceiver. ] (Min.) A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]