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To dry. [R.]

One of several things signified by a common term. Whately.

A salt of silicic acid.

Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks. Silicated soap, a hard soap containing silicate of soda.

A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the bearer on demand. In the United States and its possessions, it is issued against the deposit of silver coin, and is not legal tender, but is receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues.…

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.

enuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.

To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify. [Obs.] ir M. Hale.

Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes. Lee.

Somewhat hooked or curved.

An under or subordinate advocate.

Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. Subduplicate ratio, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is *a to *b, or *a/b.

To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. [R.] Dr. H. More.

A basic silicate.

Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios. Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cube roota/b.

Suffocated; choked. Shak.

Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.

To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.

To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition.