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from several centers. According as the insubordination to a single center is more or less pronounced, the resultant organism will be more or less irregular in form and may even discontinuous.

Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th Mute, 2.

Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced. Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Sir J. Davies.

A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.

Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman.

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red or rèd.

mnly; to deliver, as a decree or sentence; as, to pronounce sentence of death. Sternly he pronounced The rigid interdiction. Milton.

Capable of being pronounced.

ve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]

In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases. Received the…

One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation.

Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."

played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.

[Pronounced sloo.]

nd upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced swet.

A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language. Withouten vice [i. e. mistake] of syllable or letter. Chaucer.

[In this sense pronounced tîng.]

Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.