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n. [ L. abnegatio: cf. F. abnégation. ] a denial; a renunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. abnegativus. ] Denying; renouncing; negative. [ R. ] Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. asnico, dim. of asno an ass. ] A stupid fellow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Asinego. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the saguaro.
Syn. -- genus Carnegiea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kynhgetikh` (sc. te`chnh art), fr. kynhge`ths hunter; ky`wn, kyno`s, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to lead. ] The art of hunting with dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n. ] (Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny. ] To deny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dénégation. ] Denial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem. & Physics) 1. Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. Contrasted with neutral and electropositive [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge. [ PJC ]

4. (Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis; an anion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1&unr_; to 2&unr_; bushels; also, a measure of land. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) The species name of the common mallow, an annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in U.S.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. manège. See Manage, n. ] 1. The art of horsemanship, or of training horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A school for teaching horsemanship, and for training horses. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of lemon sharks.
Syn. -- genus Negaprion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. negatio, fr. negare to say no, to deny; ne not + the root of aio I say; cf. Gr. &unr_;, Skr. ah to say; cf. F. négation. See No, adv., and cf. Adage, Deny, Renegade. ] 1. The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; denial; -- the opposite of affirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our assertions and negations should be yea and nay. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) Description or definition by denial, exclusion, or exception; statement of what a thing is not, or has not, from which may be inferred what it is or has. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. négatif, L. negativus, fr. negare to deny. See Negation. ] 1. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou wilt confess,
Or else be impudently negative. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Denying me any power of a negative voice. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something between an affirmative bow and a negative shake. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism. [ 1913 Webster ]

There in another way of denying Christ, . . . which is negative, when we do not acknowledge and confess him. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic) Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Photog.) Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Chem.) Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contrasted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, derived from electro-negative, is now commonly used in a more general sense, when acidiferous is the intended signification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negative crystal. (a) A cavity in a mineral mass, having the form of a crystal. (b) A crystal which has the power of negative double refraction. See refraction. --
negative electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity which is developed upon resin or ebonite when rubbed, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery which is connected with the plate most attacked by the exciting liquid; -- formerly called resinous electricity. Opposed to positive electricity. Formerly, according to Franklin's theory of a single electric fluid, negative electricity was supposed to be electricity in a degree below saturation, or the natural amount for a given body. See Electricity. --
Negative eyepiece. (Opt.) see under Eyepiece. --
Negative quantity (Alg.), a quantity preceded by the negative sign, or which stands in the relation indicated by this sign to some other quantity. See Negative sign (below). --
Negative rotation, right-handed rotation. See Right-handed, 3. --
Negative sign, the sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or plus), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in a - b, b is to be substracted from a, or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10° on a thermometer means 10° below the zero of the scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. négative. ] 1. A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is a known rule in divinity, that there is no command that runs in negatives but couches under it a positive duty. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Old England two or more negatives were often joined together for the sake of emphasis, whereas now such expressions are considered ungrammatical, being chiefly heard in iliterate speech. A double negative is now sometimes used as nearly or quite equivalent to an affirmative. [ 1913 Webster ]

No wine ne drank she, neither white nor red. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

These eyes that never did nor never shall
So much as frown on you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The refusal or withholding of assents; veto. [ 1913 Webster ]

If a kind without his kingdom be, in a civil sense, nothing, then . . . his negative is as good as nothing. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Photog.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A negative is chiefly used for producing photographs by means of passing light through it and acting upon sensitized paper, thus producing on the paper a positive picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Elect.) The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negative pregnant (Law), a negation which implies an affirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Negatived p. pr. & vb. n. Negativing. ] 1. To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove. [ 1913 Webster ]

The omission or infrequency of such recitals does not negative the existence of miracles. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To neutralize the force of; to counteract. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. “He answered negatively.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negatively charged or
Negatively electrified (Elec.), having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative, as does the electron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being negative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. negatorius: cf. F. négatorie. ] Expressing denial; belonging to negation; negative. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A desert in Southern Israel.
Syn. -- Negev Desert. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ Heb. n&ebreve_;gīnōth. ] (Script.) Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting. ] [ L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No, adv., Legend, Who. ] 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope
My absence doth neglect no great designs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, my long suffering and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See Slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectus. See Neglect, v. ] 1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Habitual carelessness; negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age breeds neglect in all. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem; remissness; indifference. See Negligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

benign neglect A deliberate policy of minimizing public discussion of a controversial issue [ e.g. by the president ] on the theory that excessive discussion in itself is harmful or counterproductive. [ PJC ]

n. The state of being neglected. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who neglects. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Neg*lect"ful*ly, adv. -- Neg*lect"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. neglectio. ] The state of being negligent; negligence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Neglectful. [ R. ] “Neglective of their own children.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also spelled negligé and negligée. ][ F. négligé, fr. négliger to neglect, L. negligere. See Neglect. ] 1. An easy, unceremonious attire; undress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of loose, flowing dressing gown worn by women, usually made of sheer fabric.
Syn. -- negligee, peignoir. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ F. négligence, L. negligentia. ] The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contributory negligence. See under Contributory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight. -- Negligence, Neglect. These two words are freely interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction has gradually sprung up between them. As now generally used, negligence is the habit, and neglect the act, of leaving things undone or unattended to. We are negligent as a general trait of character; we are guilty of neglect in particular cases, or in reference to individuals who had a right to our attentions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. négligent, L. negligens, p. pr. of negligere. See Neglect. ] Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. “Be thou negligent of fame.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Careles; heedless; neglectful; regardless; thoughtless; indifferent; inattentive; remiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a negligent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. négligible, négligeable. ] That may be neglected, disregarded, or left out of consideration; too small or unimportant to be worthy of notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within very negligible limits of error. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. négoce. See Negotiate. ] Business; occupation. [ Obs. ] Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. négociabilité. ] The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. négotiable. See Negotiate. ] Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Negotiable paper, any commercial paper transferable by sale or delivery and indorsement, as bills of exchange, drafts, checks, and promissory notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. negotians, prop. p. pr. of negotiari: cf. F. négociant. ] A negotiator. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect. ] 1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, convention, or other proposed agreement; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that negotiates between God and man
Is God's ambassador. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To intrigue; to scheme. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Negotiated p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating ] 1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. negotiatio: cf. F. négociation. ] 1. The act or process of negotiating; a treating with another respecting sale or purchase. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who had lost, with these prizes, forty thousand pounds, after twenty years' negotiation in the East Indies. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The transaction of business between nations; the mutual intercourse of governments by diplomatic agents, in making treaties, composing difference, etc.; as, the negotiations at Ghent. [ 1913 Webster ]

An important negotiation with foreign powers. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. négociateur. ] One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public or private compacts. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ L. ] A woman who negotiates. Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]