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marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; as, ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. Opposite of revolutionary. [WordNet 1.5]

An individual of marked ability or excellence, esp. in some sport; as, he is a crackajack at tennis. [Slang]

Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar (1587).

Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.

Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [Poetic] Do I look as if I were crow-trodden Beau. & FL.

Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne.

Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cucle of the seasons, or of the year. Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the medium of provision during the last bad cycle of twenty years. Burke.…

Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott.

Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

Marked by promptness and decision. A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. J. Foster.

Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. A decorous pretext the war. Motley. -- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.

ions (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

t, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce. As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.