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The collective body of members, as of a society.

The business of a mercer.

Immersion [R.] Barrow.

To persuade amiss.

A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More.

To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.

Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.

Having but one person, or form of existence.

Turning into many shapes; assuming many forms; protean.

Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.

State of not being a member.

of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.

The office or work of an observer.

Conversant; familiar. [Obs.] Bacon.

coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

In an obverse manner.

eny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception." Bain.

The C.G.S. unit of magnetic reluctance or resistance, equal to the reluctance of a centimeter cube of air (or vacuum) between parallel faces. Also, a reluctance in which unit magnetomotive force sets up unit flux.

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope.