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A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

ng some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.

y, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.

ed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory. Sanitary Commission. See under Commission.

ience of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. H. Hartshorne.

de man, a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talentss or energies.

a cold penury, I blast the abilities of a nation, and stunt the growth of its active energies, the ill or may do is beyond all calculation. Burke.

To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey.

bushman carrying a swag and traveling on foot; -- called also swagsman, swagger, and swaggie.

The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of the moon.

r flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]

ch deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.

springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.

Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

in. Shak. Little wastes in great establishments, constantly occurring, may defeat the energies of a mighty capital. L. Beecher.

the witness weakened on cross-examination. "His notion weakens, his discernings are lethargied." Shak.