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Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.

One guilty of a misdemeanor. Sydney Smith.

Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

Permeation; specif. (Magnetism),

Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

See Pygmean.

pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race." Milton. Pygmy antelope (Zoöl.), the kleeneboc. -- Pygmy goose (Zoöl.), any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia. -- Pygmy owl (Zoöl.), the gnome. Pygmy parrot (Zoö…

A Ramist. Shipley.

To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Coming back; returning. [R.] "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.

A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas.

Having no meaning or signification; as, unmeaning words.

Not meant or intended; unintentional. Dryden.

One whose intention is good. "Well-meaners think no harm." Dryden.

Having a good intention.

ate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.