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Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

escribing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.

or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking. Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak. -- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n.

The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action.

The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

me species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.

Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.

The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

(the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than…

Complete termination. [R.] That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.

Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

by the symbol J. This is equal to 424 kilogram meters (Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.

The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end. Before the expiration of thy time. Shak.

Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.

l organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.