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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.

s stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. Brande & C. -- Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly, adv.

A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.

Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate.

The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. Burke. A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Bentley.

The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.

in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Addison.

; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. "Your new wife." Chaucer.

man mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied.

Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. Dryden.

Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.

Resembling, or possessing the properties of, a nonmetal or metalloid; as, sulphur is a nonmetallic element.

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.…