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Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

The state of being autochthonal.

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

r or right of self-government; self-government, or political independence, of a city or a state.

Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases; a medium or usual size, quantity, quality, rate, etc. "The average of sensations." Paley.

A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.

The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. Wolsey, . . . on every avoidance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Ful…

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the o…

To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees.…

From a state or condition of being; out of existence. Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson.

The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.] Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor.

s held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.

A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.

The state or period of infancy.

The state of being a baby.

A kind of bass, an edible fresh-water fish (Pomoxys annularis) of the southern United States.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

The state or condition of being a bachelor; bachelorship.

The state of being a bachelor.