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I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A very abject or low condition; abjectness. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ L. Aborigines; ab + origo, especially the first inhabitants of Latium, those who originally (ab origine) inhabited Latium or Italy. See Origin. ]
n. The quality of being abortive. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality of being absent-minded. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being absolute; independence of everything extraneous; unlimitedness; absolute power; independent reality; positiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstersive. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being abstracted; abstract character. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstractive; abstractive property. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstract. “The abstractness of the ideas.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Absurdity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground,
Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accessary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being accidental; casualness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or condition of being accommodable. [ R. ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being accountable; accountability. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Habituation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Acidity; sourness. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Med.) Same as Akinesia.
n. State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being actual; actuality. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Adaptedness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adept; skill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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