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n. 1. 1 a genus of mammals.
Syn. -- genus Acrobates. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. branched gram-positive bacteria, often found in soil, some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals. some species have been found to produce metabolites which are useful in medicine. Many species of these bacteria have been isolated and extensively screened by pharmaceutical companies and university research groups for production of useful therapeutic agents. Among the agent produced by actinomycetes are tetracyclines, streptomycin, avermectin, and thienamycin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Office or duty of an advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) stone, fr. &unr_; eagle. ] See Eaglestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ All + gate way. The s is an adverbial ending. See Gate. ] 1. Always; wholly; everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ulna now he algates must forego. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Still used in the north of England in the sense of “everywhere.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By any or means; at all events. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Notwithstanding; yet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of amphibians comprising the midwife toads.
Syn. -- genus Alytes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 type genus of the Ammodytidae.
Syn. -- genus Ammodytes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An anchoress. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. [ See Ann. ] (Eccl. Law) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Antæ. See Anta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) A small intrenchment or work of palisades, or of sacks of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. artésien, fr. Artois in France, where many such wells have been made since the middle of the last century. ] Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artesian wells, wells made by boring into the earth till the instrument reaches water, which, from internal pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are usually of small diameter and often of great depth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; disease), fr. &unr_; bladder, belly. ] (Med.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 large class of higher fungi .
Syn. -- class Ascomycetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; ascus + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fungus. ] (Bot.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyphæ, and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs; the sac fungi. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. The class is coextensive with the phylum Ascomycota. -- As`co*my*ce"tous a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

n. The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. of &unr_;. See Atlas. ] (Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Attested; p. pr. & vb. n. Attesting. ] [ L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester. ] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. [ 1913 Webster ]

Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To call to witness; to invoke. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state
Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The attest of eyes and ears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.
Syn. -- witness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation. ] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Attesting; furnishing evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who attests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte. ] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. a phylum of fungi with the Basidiomycota [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

[ After E. Becchi, Italian chemist. ] (Chem.) A qualitative test for cottonseed oil, based on the fact this oil imparts a maroon color to an alcoholic solution of silver nitrate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Painting) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L. Bootes, Gr. bow`ths herdsman, fr. boy^s, gen. boo`s, ox, cow. ] (Astron.) A northern constellation of stars near Ursa Major, containing the bright star Arcturus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a genus of crustaceans comprising the New World blue crabs.
Syn. -- genus Callinectes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.
Syn. -- genus Canachites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien. ] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cartesian coordinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. --
Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. --
Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m′r′ = c, where r and r′ are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m′ and c are constant; -- used by Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The philosophy of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Acates, and see Cater, n. ] Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centesimus the hundredth, fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centésimal. ] Hundredth. -- n. A hundredth part. [ 1913 Webster ]

The neglect of a few centesimals. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth. ] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

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n.; pl. -mi [ It. & Sp. ] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centesima. ] Hundredth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. kera`sths horned, fr. ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ F. certes, for à certes, fr. L. certus. See Certain. ] Certainly; in truth; verily. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Certes it great pity was to see
Him his nobility so foul deface. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chai`th hair. ] (Zool.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cit. ] A city woman. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., prob. from Gr. klei`s key. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]