*tas*

n. See Aleconner. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + asthmatic. ] (Med.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n. A remedy for asthma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + asthmatic. ] (Med.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma. -- n. A remedy for asthma. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'antiperi`stasis; 'anti` against + peri`stasis a standing around, fr. periista`nai to stand around; peri` around + "ista`nai to stand.] Opposition by which the quality opposed acquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Apostasies [ OE. apostasie, F. apostasie, L. apostasia, fr. Gr. &unr_; a standing off from, a defection, fr. &unr_; to stand off, revolt; &unr_; from + &unr_; to stand. See Off and Stand. ] An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + task. ] To take to task; to blame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + taste. ] To taste or cause to taste. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. inhibition of the growth of bacteria, without outright killing of the organism. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ ‖‖ } n. An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomæa batatas). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ It. capotasto. ] (Music) A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniformly the pitch of all the strings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to check; kata` down, wholy + &unr_; to set. ] (Med.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set; kata` down + &unr_; to place. ] 1. (Rhet.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to place among the stars. ] A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catastropha, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to turn up and down, to overturn; kata` down + &unr_; to turn. ] 1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a pertaining to a catastrophe. B. Powell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biology) The inhibition or cessation of cell growth or division. [ PJC ]

n. pl.; sing. Dacota /sing>. (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. [ Written also Dacotahs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., half cup. ] A small cup for, or of, black coffee. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; separation, fr. &unr_;, &unr_; to stand apart; dia` through + &unr_;, &unr_;, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase. Cf. Diastasis. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is more particularly applied to that enzyme formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic enzyme contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Diastase. ] (Surg.) A forcible separation of bones without fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; = dia` through + &unr_; to see: cf. F. dioptase. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

n. 1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Discomfort; uneasiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the part of Heaven,
Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting. ] 1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons,
Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. “Distasteful looks.” Shak.

Syn. -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting.

- Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to excite distaste. [ Obs. ] -- n. That which excites distaste or aversion. [ Obs. ] Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something which excites distaste or disgust. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ecstasies [ F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to put out of place, derange; &unr_; = 'ek out + &unr_; to set, stand. See Ex-, and Stand. ] [ Also written extasy. ] 1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the very ecstasy of love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight. [ 1913 Webster ]

He on the tender grass
Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That unmatched form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Ectasis. ] (Med.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'ek out + &unr_; to stretch. ] (Pros.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Entasis. ] (Med.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a stretching; fr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; to extend. ] 1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Same as Entasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up. ] A heap; accumulation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. &unr_;. See Entasis. ] (Med.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a stretching, fr. &unr_; to stretch upon or over; 'epi` upon + &unr_; to stretch. ] 1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. See Ecstasy, n. & v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. See Fancy. ] (Mus.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fantasy. ] Filled with fancies or imaginations. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phantasm, Fancy. ] Same as Phantasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. fantastique, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; able to represent, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to make visible. See Fancy. ] 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. [ 1913 Webster ]

There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

Syn. -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fantastically. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]