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One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.

The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Entirely; totally. [Colloq.]

purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

n this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk. Tenon saw, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly…

In a thorough manner; fully; entirely; completely.

ite. Three- parted leaf (Bot.), a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate.

h sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part.

any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the semitontine plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but th…

Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. -- Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.

The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.

In a total manner; wholly; entirely.

The quality or state of being total; entireness; totality.

The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]

The entire lower surface of the foot;-said of birds, ect.

A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.

To move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man turns on his heel. The gate . . . on golden hinges turning. Milton.

Not abridged, or shortened; full; complete; entire; whole.

Not entirely honest. [R.] "We think him overproud and underhonest." Shak.

use allows us to say we understand. Locke. In its wider acceptation, understanding is the entire power of perceiving an conceiving, exclusive of the sensibility: the power of dealing with the impressions of sense, and composing them into wholes, according to a law of unity; and in its most comprehensive meaning it incl…