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n. Acclimation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., fostering mother. ] A college or seminary where one is educated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Amalgamated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amalgamating. ] 1. To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mix, so as to make a uniform compound; to unite or combine; as, to amalgamate two races; to amalgamate one race with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To coalesce, as a result of growth; to combine into a uniform whole; to blend; as, two organs or parts amalgamate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Coalesced; united; combined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. amater, amatir. ] To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + mate. ] To be a mate to; to match. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. amator lover, fr. amare to love. ] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ly, adv. -- Am`a*teur"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Behavior that demonstrates a lack of professional competency. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The practice, habit, or work of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or character of an amateur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Animated; p. pr. & vb. n. Animating. ] [ L. animatus, p. p. of animare, fr. anima breath, soul; akin to animus soul, mind, Gr. &unr_; wind, Skr. an to breathe, live, Goth. us-anan to expire (us- out), Icel. önd breath, anda to breathe, OHG. ando anger. Cf. Animal. ] 1. To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To enliven; inspirit; stimulate; exhilarate; inspire; instigate; rouse; urge; cheer; prompt; incite; quicken; gladden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. animatus, p. p. ] Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The admirable structure of animate bodies. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. “Animated sounds.” Pope. “Animated bust.” Gray. “Animated descriptions.” Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who animates. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Aposteme. ] To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate. ] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. [ 1913 Webster ]

Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Approximated p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating. ] 1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come near to; to approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

The telescope approximates perfection. J. Morse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To draw; to approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + primate. ] The chief primate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. make automatic; to change [ a process ] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.
Syn. -- automatize. [ WordNet 1.5 ] [ +PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 accomplished by machinary without the intervention of a human operator; -- of processes. Development of the automated sequence analyzer made practical a project to sequence the human genome.
Syn. -- machine-controlled, machine-driven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + chromate. ] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + palmate. ] (Bot.) Palmately branched, with the branches again palmated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Book + mate. ] A schoolfellow; an associate in study. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of bromic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Med.) To combine or impregnate with bromine; as, bromated camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as oneself. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who lives in the same camp as another. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. échec et mat, fr. Per. shāh māt checkmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. māta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess. ] 1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating. ] 1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. [ 1913 Webster ]

To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chromate. See Chrome. ] (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. &unr_; to slope, incline, akin to E. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime. ] 1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dwell. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating. ] [ See Collimation. ] (Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. --
Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair. ] Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + mate. ] A companion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of the same material. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conformatus, p. p. See Conform. ] Having the same form. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum. ] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. “A man of perfect and consummate virtue.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consummated p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating ] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

To consummate this business happily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]