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n. 1. A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language. [ 1913 Webster ]

In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See Class, n. ] 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give, as thy last memorial to the age,
One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [ Roman weights and coins ]. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

The epithet classical, as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Atterbury ] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classical, provincial, and national synods. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Classicals orders. (Arch.) See under Order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality of being classical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to classicism; as, classicistic tradition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to make classic or classical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. the branch of learning concerned with study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being classified. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. classification. ] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial classification. (Science) See under Artifitial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. “A classificatory system.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. arranged into classes or categories; as, unclassified.
Syn. -- categorized. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. assigned to a class of documents withheld from general circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of unclassified. [ Narrower terms: eyes-only; confidential; restricted; secret; sensitive; top-secret ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who classifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Classified p. pr. & vb. n. Classifying. ] [ L. classis class + -fy. ] To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

Syn. -- To arrange; distribute; rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Classes [ L. See Class, n. ] 1. A class or order; sort; kind. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reduction by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having a security classification removed so as to be open to public inspection; -- of documents or information. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to lift the restriction on publication [ of documents ] by reducing or eliminating the secrecy classification of; -- usually applied to government documents classified as secret.
Syn. -- make available again. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. So as to resemble glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being glassy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is “no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding.” The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

n. A young girl; a lass. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lassitudo, fr. lassus faint, weary; akin to E. late: cf. F. lassitude. See Late. ] A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The corporeal instruments of action being strained to a high pitch . . . will soon feel a lassitude. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mal- + assimilation. ] (Physiol.) (a) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food. (b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Molasses. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid (also called D-glucaric acid or tetrahydroxyadipic acid). See Saccharic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neo- + classic. ] Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival or adaptation of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, style, taste and manner of work in architecture, arts, literature, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.+ WordNet 1.5 ]

. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an advocate of neoclassicism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Gr. qa`lassa the sea. ] (Zool.) Any sea tortoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. qa`lassa the sea. ] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Thalassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]