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n. [ From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ] 1. A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commemorabilis. ] Worthy to be commemorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating. ] [ L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory. ] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.

Syn. -- See Celebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a commemoration; serving to commemorate.
Syn. -- commemorative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. commemoratio. ] 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or intended to commemorate; as, a commemorative plaque. “A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something that commemorates, especially a postage stamp or coin having a design commemorating some event, person, institution, etc. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. ] One who commemorates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to commemorate; commemorative. Bp. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Commorancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commorancy consists in usually lying there. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Am. Law) Residence temporarily, or for a short time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commorans, p. pr. of commorari to abide; com- + morari to delay. ] 1. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

All freeholders within the precinct . . . and all persons commorant therein. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Am. Law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A resident. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commoratio. ] The act of staying or residing in a place. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ] 1. (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [ Written also corvorant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ravenous; voracious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cormorant, devouring time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos the world + "o`rama a sight, spectacle, fr. "ora^n to see. ] An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a cosmorama. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Demurrage. [ Obs. ] Pepys (1663). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. démoralisation. ] The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demoralized p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing. ] [ F. démoraliser; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize. ] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency. [ 1913 Webster ]

The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; rendered pessimistic; as, the demoralized Iraqi ground troops put up little resistance.
Syn. -- discouraged, disheartened. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. femur, femoris, thigh: cf. F. fémoral. ] Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. “Femoral habiliments.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. humoral. ] Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) The state or quality of being humoral. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The doctrine that diseases proceed from the humors; humorism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ilium and femur; as, iliofemoral ligaments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. immemorabilis; pref. im- not + memorabilis memorable: cf. F. immémorable. See Memorable. ] Not memorable; not worth remembering. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral. ] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed.

Syn. -- Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Immoralities [ Cf. F. immoralité. ] 1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The root of all immorality. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An immoral act or practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immoral manner; wickedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. innamorata, fem., innamorato, masc., p. p. of innamorare to inspire with love. See Enamor. ] A woman in love; a mistress. “The fair inamorata.” Sherburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Enamored. Chapman. -- In*am"o*rate*ly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Inamoratos [ See Inamorata. ] A male lover. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. marmor marble. See Marble. ] Pertaining to, or like, marble. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. marmoratus, p. p. of marmorate to overlay with marble, fr. marmor marble. ] Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. marmoratio. ] A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. See Marmorate, and Opus. ] (Arch.) A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L., fr. memorabilis memorable. See Memorable. ] 1. Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mementos of past events; souvenirs. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being memorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. memorabilis, fr. memorare to bring to remembrance, fr. memor mindful, remembering. See Memory, and cf. Memorabilia. ] Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. -- Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surviving fame to gain,
Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Memorandums, L. Memoranda [ L., something to be remembered, neut. of memorandus, fut. pass. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorandum check, a check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. memoratus, p. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] To commemorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mémoratif. ] Commemorative. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L. ] (Rom. & Civil Law) Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes. [ 1913 Webster ]