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a. Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something added. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Additional. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auditio. ] The act of hearing or listening; hearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n. ] 1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore,
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

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n. [ F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token. ] 1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am in my condition
A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

The new conditions of life. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Essential quality; property; attribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. --
On condition or
Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. “Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him.” Shak. --
Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms.

Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Conditioned p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning. ] 1. To make terms; to stipulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pay me back my credit,
And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conditionalis. ] 1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A limitation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t. ] Conditional. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. [ 1913 Webster ]

The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. made softer by washing with a chemical agent called a conditioner{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. exercise that conditions the body; as, farmwork can be a good conditioner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a trainer of athletes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a substance used in washing (clothing or hair) to make things softer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. See conditioned response. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Conditionally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deditio, fr. dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give. ] The act of yielding; surrender. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déperdition. ] Loss; destruction. [ Archaic ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ditio, dicio: cf. F. dition. ] Dominion; rule. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Under rule; subject; tributary. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subject; a tributary. [ Obs. ] Eden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. édition. See Edit. ] 1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] See Luxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An editor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eruditio: cf. F. érudition. ] The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship. [ 1913 Webster ]

The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Literature; learning. See Literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. expeditio: cf.F. expédition. ] 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

With winged expedition [ 1913 Webster ]

Swift as the lightning glance. &unr_; [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Putting it straight in expedition. &unr_; [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expedition miserably failed. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. J. C. Fremont. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who goes upon an expedition. [ R ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition. ] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, with no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation, and often without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven. [ metaphorical ] [ PJC ]

n. [ L. impeditio. ] A hindering; a hindrance. [ Obs. ] Baxier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + conditional: cf. F. inconditionnel. ] Unconditional. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + conditionate: cf. F. inconditionné. ] Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An incorrect or spurious edition. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong tradition. “Monsters of mistradition.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Psychol.) A process for causing animals to behave in a specific manner by rewarding or punishing the animal each time it performs a certain act; after a time, the animal comes to associate the reward or punishment with the act, and will increase or decrease the frequency of performing that act. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. parā away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. tiqe`nai, E. do. See Do. ] 1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (religion) Damnation; the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Loss or diminution. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hell; hades; as, on the path to perdition. [ PJC ]

a. Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [ R. ] Pollok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. proditio, from prodere to give forth, betray: cf. OF. prodition. ] Disclosure; treachery; treason. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. redditio, fr. reddere to give back, to return: cf. F. reddition. See Render. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Restoration: restitution: surrender. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Explanation; representation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The reddition or application of the comparison. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. reditio, fr. redire. See Redient. ] Act of returning; return. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. rendere to render: cf. L. redditio. See Render, and cf. Reddition. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Translation; rendering; version. [ 1913 Webster ]

This rendition of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse. South. [ 1913 Webster ]