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The act of pluralizing. H. Spencer.

to, or characterized by, polyandry; mating with several males. "Polyandric societies." H. Spencer.

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer.

Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. H. Spencer.

maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian. H. Spencer.

Promiscuousness; confusion. H. Spencer.

he most primitive character; in the earliest form; as, a protomorphic layer of tissue. H. Spencer.

The state or quality of being quiescent. "Quiescence, bodily and mental." H. Spencer. Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence. R. Browning.

impart. Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. H. Spencer. Random courses (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. -- Random shot, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. -- Random work (Masonry), stonework…

An enthusiast. [Obs.] J. Spencer.

Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." Spencer. "The rascal people." Shak. While she called me rascal fiddler. Shak.

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently. Spencer. Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! Shak. Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it. Barrow.

A hill or mound. [Ireland] Spencer.

[Obs. or Poetic] Why rise ye up so rathe Chaucer. Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spencer.

To rush wildly or furiously. Spencer.

The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Spencer. In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton.

Bald. [Obs.] "With scull all raw." Spencer

Rawboned. [Obs.] Spencer.

drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment. H. Spencer.

ruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. H. Spencer.