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An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday.

act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the ot…

One who believes in the law of universal causation.

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.

Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.

One who cautions or advises.

Suretyship.

Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.

Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

he act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century. A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1.

Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. Dana.

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

The act of certifying.

A ceasing of discontinuance, as of action, whether termporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley. The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward. Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the comm…