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Separable. [Obs.] "Exemptitious from matter." Dr. H. More.

ial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac*ti"tious-ness, n. He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.

in the passive voice on the subject of such activity. This second object is called the factitive object. J. W. Gibbs.

Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

ice; fortuitous selection; hazard. [R.] No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. Burke.

Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.

Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.

Inflammation of the liver.

Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.

An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.

Surreptitious; spurious. [Obs.] Dr. Castell (1673).

Inflammation of the cornea.

Inflammation of the breast.

Having many titles.

Done or obtained by surprise; with secrecy, or by concealment of the truth. [R.] Cotgrave.

Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

See Osteitis.

Inflammation of the ear.

See Wistit.

Setted by a pact, or agreement. [R.] Johnson.