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Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.] He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.

dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.

A possibity; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on't Shak.

An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus, If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.

sing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.

, or to change its phase; --called also reactance coil or reactor, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage.

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.

Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. The imperfections which you have cited. Shak.

To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

als those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the…

inistrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]

nism.] Committing short and long [quantities]. Milton. To commit a bill (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported. -- To commit to memory, or To commit, to learn by heart; to memorize.

The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.