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To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.

Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4. His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott. Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c)…

In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much. The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other. Darwin.

t, and to protect its seamen. Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula. -- Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.

rtuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam.

To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others.

An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda.

The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.

at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls.

Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.

maric acid (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically.

Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation. Our circumstances are indeed critical. Burke. The small moment, the exact point, th…

The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.

haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless. Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. Hallam.

Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh, or Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates.

A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus.

ternal appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson. So by false learning is good sense defac…

To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics.