MEMBER

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention. [Obs.]

2.
n.

A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. Rom. xii. 4.

3.
n.

Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as:

4.
n.

A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.

5.
n.

Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.

6.
n.

One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. Compression member, Tension member (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively.

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