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A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization. Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was. L. Caroll.

To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2.

Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.

rized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word. Illegitimate fertilization, or Illegitimate union (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Darwin.

form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation.

Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorporate provinces into the realm; to incorporate another's ideas into one's work. The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into t…

The act of individuating or state of being individuated; individualization. H. Spencer.

tection. "A most inherent baseness." Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Southey.

To introduce into a society or organization; to confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies. The Athenians believed that he who was initiated and instructed in the mysteries would obtain celestial honor after death. Bp. Warburton. He was initiated into half a dozen c…

f an army, whose duties are those of inspection, and embrace everything relative to organization, recruiting, discharge, administration, accountability for money and property, instruction, police, and discipline.

charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.

The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants. We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants. Darwin.

nds, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.

jectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and gesticulations, are restrained by civilization. Earle.

The doctrines or organization of the International.

Noting, or conforming to, that system of crystallization in which the three axes are of equal length and at right angles to each other; monometric; regular; cubic. Cf. Crystallization. Isometric lines (Thermodynamics), lines representing in a diagram the relations of pressure and temperature in a gas, when the volume r…

utchouc or guttaipercha.C5H8 -- unsaturated, and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons

Industrial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism).

ng or bumping together; interference. The jostle of South African nationalities and civilization. The Nation.