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ivision, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures, and in those in early stages of degeneration.

A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

Capable of being cleared off, as a debt.

Capable of two meanings. An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose." Whately.

Capable of being amused.

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anæsthetic agents.

A substance incapable of being electrified by friction. Faraday.

An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.

Capable of being annihilated.

Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. Johnson.

Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n.

Antecedent; preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneous proof." Barrow.

fic micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.

he mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him . . . to leave events to take their o…

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. The moon . . . apparent queen. Milton.

Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.

Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. -- Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n.

Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire. Bramhall.

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.

Capable of being appointed or constituted.