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An instrument designed to show the condition of the superficial portions of the eye.

In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.

A diseased condition of the ear.

An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.

limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out. "Hear me out." Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. Shak.…

Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen. Swift.

To stand on the price or conditions of, so as to lose a sale; to lose by an extravagant price or hard conditions. [Obs.] What madman would o'erstand his market twice Dryden.

ot warlike; not quarrelsome; conciliatory; as, pacific words or acts; a pacific nature or condition.

The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. -- Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.

The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.

Equality of condition or circumstances. At par, at the original price; neither at a discount nor at a premium. -- Above par, at a premium. -- Below par, at a discount. -- On a par, on a level; in the same condition, circumstances, position, rank, etc.; as, their pretensions are on a par; his ability is on a par with…

Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance. Spelman.

A condition in which the prepuce, after being retracted behind the glans penis, is constricted there, and can not be brought forward into place again.

A condition of the muscles induced by exposure to severe cold, in which the electrical action of the muscle is reversed.

The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey. Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.

plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay.

Shak. It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf. Shak. Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part, there all the honor lies. Pope.

ore. Partition of numbers (Math.), the resolution of integers into parts subject to given conditions. Brande & C.

The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state.

To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands. Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass from just to unjust. Sir W. Temple.