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n. The quality of being advisable; advisableness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Some judge it advisable for a man to account with his heart every day. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being advisable or expedient; expediency; advisability. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With advice; wisely. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To advise one's self,
Bid thy master well advise himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Advise if this be worth attempting. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
adv.
n. Deliberate consideration; prudent procedure; caution. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. avisement, F. avisement, fr. aviser. See Advise, and cf. Avisement. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who advises. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The office of an adviser. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Sp. aviso. See Advice. ] Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having power to advise; containing advice;
The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ammonium (nitrate) + L. vis strength, force. ] An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [ Obs. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Opposition to vivisection. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One opposed to vivisection [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. archiviste. ] A keeper of archives or records. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]
n. [ L. atavus an ancestor, fr. avus a grandfather. ]
Now and then there occur cases of what physiologists call atavism, or reversion to an ancestral type of character. J. Fiske [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n.
n. [ F. avis. See Advice. ] Advice; opinion; deliberation. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ F. aviser. See Advise, v. t. ]
To avise one's self,
Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be,
Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To consider; to reflect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Watchful; circumspect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Advisedly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Advisement; observation; deliberation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Vision. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Sp. ]
a. Dark-visaged; swart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ see Bolshevik. ] a form of communism based on the writings of Marx and Lenin.
a. Impudent; bold. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ A corruption of carry fist. ] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ G., fr. L. cerevisia, cervisia, beer. ] A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. civisme, fr.L. civis citizen. ] State of citizenship. [ R. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel. ] A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also
v. t. to bring under collective control; to organize for operation by the principles of collectivism; -- especially of farms and industrial enterprises. Same as collectivize. [ Brit. ]
n. [ Cf. F. collectivisme. ] (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. collectiviste. ] An advocate of collectivism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]