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n.; pl. Conspectuities The faculty of seeing; sight; eye. [ A word of Menenius's making. Coriolanus ii. 1. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid; fatuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuité Cf. Fatuous. ] Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fortuitus; akin to forte, adv., by chance, prop. abl. of fors, fortis, chance. See Fortune. ] 1. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was from causes seemingly fortuitous . . . that all the mighty effects of the Reformation flowed. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

So as to throw a glancing and fortuitous light upon the whole. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (LAw) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes. Abbott.

Syn. -- Accidental; casual; contingent; incidental. See Accidental.

-- For*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- For*tu"i*tous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fortuité. ] Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750). [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. gratuitus, from gratus pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis. ] 1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. De Quincye.

-- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gratuities [ F. gratuité, or LL. gratuitas. ] 1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A looking after; a regard to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from “mediate” knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sagacity and a nameless something more, -- let us call it intuition. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any object or truth discerned by intuition. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any quick insight, recognized immediately without a reasoning process; a belief arrived at unconsciously; -- often it is based on extensive experience of a subject. [ PJC ]

5. The ability to have insight into a matter without conscious thought; as, his chemical intuition allowed him to predict compound conformations without any conscious calculation; a mother's intuition often tells her what is best for her child. [ PJC ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metaph.) The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Intuitionalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Intuitionalist. Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence the soul
Reason receives, and reason is her being,
Discursive, or intuitive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Received, reached, obtained, or perceived, by intuition; as, intuitive judgment or knowledge; -- opposed to deductive. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intuitive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. J. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lituus + -form. ] Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lituus. ] (Paleon.) Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. nox, noctis, night. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night. -- a. Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family Noctuidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perpetuitas: cf. F. perpétuité. ] 1. The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A path to perpetuity of fame. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

The perpetuity of a single emotion is insanity. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something that is perpetual. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Endless time. “And yet we should, for perpetuity, go hence in debt.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Annuities) (a) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal. (b) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever. (c) A perpetual annuity. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) Duration without limitations as to time. (b) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf. F. pituitarie. ] (Anat.) (a) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities. (b) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary fossa. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pituitary body or
Pituitary gland (Anat.), a a small, somewhat cherry-shaped endocrine gland, situated in the pituitary fossa, and suspended from the base of the hypothalamus; the hypophysis; -- called also glandula pituitaria, and basilaris. It secretes th pituitary hormones: oxytocin; vasopresin; antidiuretic hormone; luteinizing hormone; somatotropins; prolactin; thyroid stimulating hormone; gonadotropins; adrenal corticotropin and other peptide hormones. It affects all hormonal functions, and is thus called the “master gland”. --
Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. pituita: cf. F. pituite. Cf. Pip a disease of fowls. ] Mucus, phlegm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pituitosus: cf. F. pituiteux. ] Consisting of, or resembling, pituite or mucus; full of mucus; discharging mucus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pituitous fever (Med.), typhoid fever; enteric fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol. Chem.) A substance or extract from the pituitary body. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A punctator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A textualist; a textman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The crabbed textualists of his time. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tuile a tile. ] In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tuitio protection, guarding, from tueri, p. p. tuitus, to see, watch, protect: cf. F. tuition. Cf. Tutor. ] 1. Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the act, art, or business of teaching; instruction; as, children are sent to school for tuition; his tuition was thorough. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The money paid for instruction; the price or payment for instruction; as, tuition must be paid in full before graduation. [ 1913 Webster ]