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The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim. From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the ti…

Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne.

l as for their phosphorescence. The brilliant diffuse phosphorescence of the sea is often due to myriads of Noctilucæ.

Want of due regard; disregard; slight. [Obs.] Shak.

Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.

Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness.

raight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.

ce is obligatory on a soldier. As long as the law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due. Jer. Taylor.

The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

To prevail; to succeed. [R.] Evelyn. So run that ye may obtain. 1 Cor. ix. 24. There is due from the judge to the advocate, some commendation, where causes are fair pleaded; especially towards the side which obtaineth not. Bacon.

A hypothetical radical (C8H15O), regarded as the essential residue of octoic acid.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.

ssential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly. You are blunt; go to it orderly. Shak.

The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.

A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts.

Was or were under obligation to pay; owed. [Obs.] This due obedience which they ought to the king. Tyndale. The love and duty I long have ought you. Spelman. [He] said . . . you ought him a thousand pound. Shak.

To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. Shak.