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n. [ L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude. ] 1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; to be in company with. ] (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Humilities [ OE. humilite, OF. humilité, humelité, F. humilité, fr. L. humiliatis. See Humble. ] 1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act of submission or courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

With these humilities they satisfied the young king. Sir J. Davies.

Syn. -- Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence. -- Humility, Modesty, Diffidence. Diffidence is a distrust of our powers, combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured, since a dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not usually called diffidence. It may be carried too far, and is not always, like modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without supposing self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves forward, and an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers. Humility consists in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due. It does not require of us to underrate ourselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Militant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state of being militant; warfare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See Militate. ] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

At which command the powers militant . . .
Moved on in silence. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven. [1913 Webster]

a. Military. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a military manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. militarization. [ mostly Brit. ]
Syn. -- mobilization, mobilisation, militarization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. militarisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A military state or condition; a military system; reliance on military force in administering government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spirit and traditions of military life. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The view that military strength, efficiency and values should dominate the country's public policy choices and take precedence over other interests. [ 1913 Webster PJC ]

4. The policy of maintaining a large military force, even in peacetime; -- a term usually used by opponents of such a policy on the assumption that such a large force is unnecessary for national defense. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A military man. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person having a strong spirit of militarism, in senses 3 or 4. [ PJC ]

adj. imbued with militarism, in senses 3 or 4. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. act of assembling and putting into readiness the military forces for war or other emergency.
Syn. -- mobilization, mobilisation, militarisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. to lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force.
Syn. -- make military. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Equipped with weapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized; as, if that's a demilitarized zone, I wonder what a militarized zone would look like. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. militaris, militarius, from miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. militaire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Military law. See Martial law, under Martial. --
Military order. (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction. --
Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. militaire. ] The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Militated p. pr. & vb. n. Militating ] [ L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier. ] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To argue against; to cast doubt on; -- used in reference to facts which tend to disprove a hypothesis; as, the absence of a correlation of budget deficits with inflation militates against any causal relation between the two. Opposite of support. [ PJC ]

n. [ L., military service, soldiery, fr. miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. milice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet . . . the power of the militia is he. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Military service; warfare. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Militiamen One who belongs to the militia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To carry on, or prepare for, war. [ Obs. ] Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., in like manner. ] (Law) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar. ] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us make now man in our image, man
In our similitude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

If fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man should wed his similitude. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Involving or expressing similitude. [ Obs. ] Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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See hopeful.
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n. [ L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar. ] The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]