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‖n. [ F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n. ] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus off Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard.
Syn. -- genus Biscutella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Brocatel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. ] (Bot.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. castelain, F. châtelain, L. castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, LL., a governor of a castle, fr. L. castellum castle, citadel, dim. of castrum fortified place. See Castle, and cf. Chatelaine. ] A governor or warden of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Castellanies [ LL. castellania. ] The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. castellatus, fr. castellare. See Castle. ] 1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. castellation, fr. castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle. ] The act of making into a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. châtellenie. ] Same as Castellany. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., prob. fr. L. clitellae a packsadle. ] (Zool.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. con- + L. stellatus, p. p. of stellare to cover with stars, stella star. See Stellate. ] To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To unite in one luster or radiance, as stars. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whe know how to constellate these lights. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens. J. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. constellation, L. constellatio. ] 1. A cluster or group of fixed stars, or division of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included. [ 1913 Webster ]

The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In each of the constellations now recognized by astronomers (about 90 in number) the brightest stars, both named and unnamed, are designated nearly in the order of brilliancy by the letters of the Greek alphabet; as, α Tauri (Aldebaran) is the first star of Taurus, γ Orionis (Bellatrix) is the third star of Orion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assemblage of splendors or excellences. [ 1913 Webster ]

The constellations of genius had already begun to show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the meridian and close of Philip's reign. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fortune; fate; destiny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It is constellation, which causeth all that a man doeth. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. costa rib. ] Finely ribbed or costated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil. ] Modillions. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. &unr_; to command. ] (Zoöl.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; well plaited; e'y^ well + &unr_; plaited. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + scutellate. ] (Zoöl.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., dim. of fenestra &unr_; window. ] (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foretold p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling. ] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who predicts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who claims to be able to foretell events in the future of another person.
Syn. -- fortune teller, fortune-teller.
-- for"tune*tel`ling, n. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See Exhaust. ] (Zool.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Haustellata. ] (Zool.) Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n. One of the Haustellata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Haustella [ NL. ] (Zool.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dim., fr. L. hirtus hairy. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + telluric. ] (Chem.) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Immortelles [ F. See Immortal. ] (Bot.) A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See Everlasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Confined or inclosed in a castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Far.) Hoofbound. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent. ] 1. (Metaph.) The part or faculty of the human mind by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; mental capacity. [ PJC ]

3. A particular mind, especially a person of high intelligence; as, he was a great intellect. [ PJC ]

a. Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In body, and in bristles, they became
As swine, yet intellected as before. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection. ] A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself. Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. intellectif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intellective abstractions of logic and metaphysics. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intellective manner. [ R. ] “Not intellectivelly to write.” Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh,
Whose higher intellectual more I shun. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A learned person or one of high intelligence; especially, one who places greatest value on activities requiring exercise of the intelligence, such as study, complex forms of knowledge, literature and aesthetic matters, reflection and philosophical speculation; a member of the intelligentsia; as, intellectuals are often apalled at the inanities that pass for entertainment on television. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. intellectualis: cf. F. intellectuel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who would lose,
Though full of pain, this intellectual being,
Those thoughts that wander through eternity? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called “mental” philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Intellectual power; intellectuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Preference for activities involving exercise of the intellect; sometimes, an excessive emphasis on abstract or intellectual matters with deprecation of the value of feelings. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intellectualitas: cf. F. intellectualité. ] Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sentiment is intellectualized emotion. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intellectual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intelligence, L. intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment. [ 1913 Webster ]

And dimmed with darkness their intelligence. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intelligence is given where you are hid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study, research, or experience; general information. Specifically; (Mil.) Information about an enemy or potential enemy, his capacities, and intentions. [ 1913 Webster ]

I write as he that none intelligence
Of meters hath, ne flowers of sentence. Court of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great Intelligences fair
That range above our mortal state,
In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mil.) The division within a military organization that gathers and evaluates information about an enemy. [ PJC ]

Intelligence office, an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.

Syn. -- Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice; notification; news; information; report. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]