*egal*

a. [ Gr. &unr_; gill + &unr_; to cover: cf. F. branchiostège. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes. -- n. (Anat.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term was formerly applied to a group of fishes having boneless branchiæ. But the arrangement was artificial, and has been rejected. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. égal. See Equal. ] Equal; impartial. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. egalite, F. égalité. ] Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd. ] Pertaining to, or like, a flock. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this gregal conformity there is an excuse. W. S. Mayo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. il- not + legal: cf. F. illégal. ] Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Illegalities [ Cf. F. illégalité. ] The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Illegalized p. pr. & vb. n. Illegalizing ] To make or declare illegal or unlawful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a illegal manner; unlawfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Illegality, unlawfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. légal. Cf. Lie to be prostrate, Loyal, Leal. ] 1. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) (a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation. (b) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Legal cap. See under Cap. --
Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits. (b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.

Syn. -- Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See Lawful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A style of writing or speaking heavily emphasizing the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law, to the point where a speech or document may be incomprehensible to non-specialists. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the act of legalizing; same as legalization.
Syn. -- legalization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. legalitas, F. légalité. Cf. Loyalty. ] 1. The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making legal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Legalized p. pr. & vb. n. Legalizing ] [ Cf. F. légaliser. ] 1. To make legal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a legal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to law as affected by medical facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Bonito, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Megalo- + erg. ] (Physics) A million ergs; a megerg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Megalesius, fr. Gr. Mega`lh the Great, a surname of Cybele, the Magna Mater. ] Pertaining to, or in honor of, Cybele; as, the Megalesian games at Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + alethoscope. ] An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + -lith; cf. F. mégalithe. ] A large stone; especially, a large stone used in constructing ancient monuments. -- Meg`a*lith"ic a. [1913 Webster]

adj. Of or pertaining to megaliths or the period during which they were erected; as, megalithic monuments like Stonehenge. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ . [ Gr. me`gas, gen. mega`loy, great. ] Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm. (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A million times, a million of; as, megabyte, a million butes; megawatt, a million watts; megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

See Meg-. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus.
Syn. -- genus Megalobatrachus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. megalocephalia, fr. Gr. &unr_; having a large head. ] (Med.) The condition of having an abnormally large head; called also megacephaly. -- Meg`a*lo*ce*phal"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Megalo- + Gr. &unr_; a hollow vessel. ] (Physiol.) A large, flattened red blood cell corpuscle having no nucleus, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anaemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. megalo- + mania. ] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Suffering from megalomania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family consisting of the two-toed sloths.
Syn. -- family Megalonychidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + 'o`nyx claw. ] (Paleon.) An extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Megalo- + Gr. fwnh` voice. ] Having a loud voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. megalo`polis; me`gas, mega`lh, great + po`lis city. ] 1. A chief city; a very large cuity; a metropolis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A region in which the suburbs of several large cities merge to form one large predominantly urbanized area. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`gas, -a`loy, large + 'w`ps eye. ] (Zool.) 1. A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large fish; the tarpum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Megalo- + Gr. psychh` soul, mind. ] Greatness of soul. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. megalosaurus, fr. Gr. me`gas, mega`lh, great + say^ros lizard: cf. F. mégalosaure. ] (Paleon.) A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Medregal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a stony place, fr. piedra stone. ] A lava field. [ Mexico & Western U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. par very (L. per) + egal equal, L. aequalis. ] Fully equal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. “Peregal to the best.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. preter- + legal. ] Exceeding the limits of law. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia. ] Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. “The regal title.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See Kingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll. ] (Mus.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. regale, pl. regalia, fr. L. regalis: cf. F. régale. See Regal. ] A prerogative of royalty. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Regaled p. pr. & vb. n. Regaling. ] [ F. régaler, Sp. regalar to regale, to caress, to melt, perhaps fr. L. regalare to thaw (cff. Gelatin), or cf. Sp. gala graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf. Gala), or most likely from OF. galer to rejoice, gale pleasure. ] To entertain in a regal or sumptuous manner; to entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feast; to fare sumtuously. [ 1913 Webster ]