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The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.…

raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. To give a kingdom hath been thought Greater and nobler done, and to law down Far more magnanimousan to assume. Milton.

In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.

Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.

Of, pertaining to, or having a character of, a minim or minimum; least; smallest; as, a minimal amount or value.

A trifle; a trinket; a token. [Obs.] Spenser.

The act or process of minimizing. Bentham.

To reduce to the smallest part or proportion possible; to reduce to a minimum. Bentham.

The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to Ant: maximum.

, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.

A being of the smallest size. [Obs.] Shak.

Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record. [Obs.] Spenser.

Many-minded; many-sided. The multanimous nature of the poet. J. R. Lowell.

upports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps." Shak.

Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple.

Want or failure of importation; a not importing of commodities.

Not importing; not bringing from foreign countries.

A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] Peacham.

See Painim. [Obs.] Milton.

te or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity. De Quincey.