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n which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.] Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. Sir J. Davies. The gradual depature of all deeper signification from the word civility has obliged the creation of another word -- civiliz…

To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. Dryden

owers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.

n a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle witch the vertical axis. See Crystallization. -- a.

Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catc…

To treat or anæsthetize with cocaine. -- Co*ca`in*i*za"tion (#), n.

Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n.

depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol. The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson.

Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

arious columnlike parts; as, the columnella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.

One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. [Colloq. U. S.]

The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.

per and accession of another. [Eng.] -- The United States Christians Commission, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Comm…

Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. Kent.

State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization. Predictions receiving their completion in Christ. South.

least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison. His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. Moore (Encyc. of Mus. ).

To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

cetone into mesitylene. Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. -- Surface condensation, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction…

To undergo polymerization.