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1,656 words match “DITION”

ANNEX v. 2 definitions
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.
ANNULARITY n.
Annular condition or form; as, the annularity of a nebula. J. Rogers.
ANNUMERATION n.
Addition to a former number. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
ANOTHER pron.
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak.
ANOXAEMIA; ANOXEMIA n.
An abnormal condition due to deficient aëration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. -- An`ox*æ"mic, *e"mic (#), a.
ANTECEDENCY n.
The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby.
ANTECEDENT n.
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
ANTIPYRESIS n.
The condition or state of being free from fever.
APODOSIS n.
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
APPOSITION n.
The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed.
APPRENTICESHIP n.
The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
AQUOSITY n.
The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.
ARCTIC a.
led the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
AREEK adv.
In a reeking condition. Swift.
ARRANGEMENT n.
The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
ARRAY n.
nce to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. Blackstone.
ARSENICISM n.
A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
ARTICLE n.
on. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
ARTISAN n.
a mechanic. This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume.
AS adv. 2 definitions
In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. The beggar is greater as a man, than is the man merely as a king. Dewey.
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