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n. See Ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) Same as Ethiops mineral. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; fire, light + -gen. ] (Chem.) A compound of nitrogen and boro&unr_;, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; clear + &unr_; to observe. ] An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; truth + -logy. ] The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; true + &unr_; to view. ] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. ala wing + E. ethomoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + methodist. ] One without method; a quack. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. ametiste, amatiste, F. améthyste, L. amethystus, fr. Gr. &unr_; without drunkenness; as a noun, a remedy for drunkenness, the amethyst, supposed to have this power; 'a priv. + &unr_; to be drunken, &unr_; strong drink, wine. See Mead. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Min.) A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oriental amethyst, the violet-blue variety of transparent crystallized corundum or sapphire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amethystinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Resembling amethyst, especially in color; bluish violet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of, or containing, amethyst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. anethum (see Anise) + -ol. ] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants of the parsley family having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, including the dill Anethum graveolens.
Syn. -- genus Anethum. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. Ashtaroth The principal female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Ludwig van Beethoven, a renowned German composer, born 1770, died 1827.
Syn. -- van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the music of Beethoven. He enjoyed Beethoven most of all. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A leader. [ Contemptuous ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

old p. p. of Bequeath. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. bēth-el house of God. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot. S. F. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chapel for dissenters. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A house of worship for seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bethought p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking. ] [ AS. beþencan; pref. be- + þencan to think. See Think. ] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We bethink a means to break it off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. “Bethink ere thou dismiss us.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. bēth-lekhem house of food; bēth house + lekhem food, lākham to eat. Formerly the name of a hospital for the insane, in London, which had been the priory of St. Mary of Bethlehem. Cf. Bedlam. ] 1. A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of an extinct English order of monks. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bethink. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce to thralldom; to inthrall. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bethumped or Bethumpt; p. pr. & vb. n. Bethumping. ] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. of Brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This form of the plural is used, for the most part, in solemn address, and in speaking of religious sects or fraternities, or their members. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a head shaped like a bullet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; of ill habits, &unr_;&unr_; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an ill habit; kako`s bad + &unr_; habit ] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. an order comprising the false scorpions.
Syn. -- order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc. ] [ Dial. or Colloq., Brit. ] 1. Matter; affair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Friendly communication or association.

To put the comether on or
To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.

How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Condorcet's method is one of several pairwise methods, which are great methods for electing people in single-seat elections (president, governor, mayor, etc.). Condorcet's method is named after the 18th century election theorist who invented it. Unlike most methods which make you choose the lesser of two evils, Condorcet's method and other pairwise methods let you rank the candidates in the order in which you would see them elected. The way the votes are tallied is by computing the results of separate pairwise elections between all of the candidates, and the winner is the one that wins a majority in all of the pairwise elections.
The best result of this is that if there is Candidate A on one extreme who pulls 40% of the vote, Candidate B in the middle who only pulls 20% of the vote, and Candidate C on the other extreme who pulls 40% of the vote, Candidate B will get elected as a compromise. Why? Because in a two-way contest between A and B, B would win with 60% of the vote, and in a two-way contest between B and C, B would also win with 60% of the vote. (Note that if B is a loony billionaire, he might not be able to win separate pairwise elections against anyone, and this would be reflected with Condorcet's method.)
Condorcet's method lets voters mark their sincere wishes for who they would like to win the election, without having to consider strategy ("I'd vote for Candidate B, but I'm afraid of wasting my vote."). It's really just a logical extension of majority rule when more than two choices are involved. Other pairwise methods, such as Copeland's method and Smith's method, have other desirable characteristics. The best of the pairwise methods is something that is quite debatable.
Wait, I've heard of this before...
You may have. However, there are many methods other methods similar to this one (though in my opinion, inferior), so don't be so sure. In order to be fair, here are a couple of those other methods:
* Majority preference voting (MPV) -- related to PV. Like PV, the voter simply ranks candidates in an order of preference (e. 1. Perot 2. Clinton 3. Bush). The candidate with the least number of first place votes is eliminated, and their votes are "transferred" to their 2nd choice until a candidate has a majority. It is frequently advocated and is better than our current system, but still has some nasty properties (like possibly knocking compromise candidates out of the running early). MPV is actually in use in Australia, among other places. Also known as Hare's Method.
* Approval -- Voters are allowed to vote for all candidates they approve. For example, Bush-Yes Perot-No Clinton-Yes. The candidate with the highest number of "yes" votes wins. For a more complete explanation, see here.
Rob Lanphier (from https://web.archive.org/web/20050722235546/http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/politics/condorcet.html). [ PJC ]

the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dethroned p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning. ] [ Pref. de- + throne: cf. F. détrôner; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + trône throne. See Throne. ] To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. “The Protector was dethroned.” Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. détrônement. ] Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dethrones. [ 1913 Webster ]