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Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.…

f rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotso…

According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

To make according to the rule prescribed by custom. Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

(Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.

ew compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.

or dredger, a flour box. -- Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. -- Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.

windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed. Foil stone, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.

Done is due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal ostentation. Shak.

ich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.

A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, cont…

One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.

A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. Cowper.

one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.