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It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.

One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind. Shak. This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world "This was a man! Shak.

rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation.

To own; to posses. [Obs.] The wealth That the world masters. Shak.

and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and places, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d.

Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.

le (using letters as symbols of the determining factors and hence also of the individuals possessing them) shows the operation of the law: Tallness being due to a factor T, a tall plant, arising by the union in fertilization of two germ cells both bearing this factor, is TT; a dwarf, being without T, is tt. Crossing th…

Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.

rofits, profits of premises during the time the owner has been wrongfully kept out of the possession of his estate. Burrill.

eral elementary substances which in the free state are unlike metals, and whose compounds possess or produce acid, rather than basic, properties; a nonmetal; as, boron, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, bromine, etc., are metalloids.

elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.

Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.

The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity. How soon this mightiness meets misery. Shak.

Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4.

To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Possessing but one capacity or power. "Monodynamic men." De Quincey.

opoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land. If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on 't. Shak.