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To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." Tennyson.

ntrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.

Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personifed. It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is tr…

Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

rder or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.

The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoöspores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). -- Chem`o*tac"tic (#), a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving.

A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

ly cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Making choices; fickle. [Obs.] His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser.

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.

A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. Abney.

iled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

ed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

o clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.] Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. Holland.

ommon interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.