v. t. To change into various colors. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Leo: cf. F. léonides, pl. ] (Astron.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. leoninus, fr. leo, leonis, lion: cf. F. léonin. See Lion. ] Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion;
Leonine verse,
Gloria factorum temere conceditur horum. [1913 Webster]
a. Of or pertaining to
n. A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons. [ 1913 Webster ]