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from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

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A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation. Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced. Adventurer.

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle.

The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.

The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

itual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction. The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.

process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.

Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment." J. H. Newman.

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]

Same as Embarkation.

The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.

A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. Locke.