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Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.

ature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literar…

Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. "Cogitative faculties." Wollaston.

Self-possessed; calm; composed.

A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.

The possession or exercise of authority. Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. Locke.

To take arbitrary or forcible possession of. [Colloq.]

rate; proportional. She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.

To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy. Ye did communicate with my affliction. Philip. iv. 4.

f life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all.

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. The original community of all things. Locke. An unreserved community of thought and feeling. W. Irwing.

tions . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam. No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke.

omposed The calf in Oreb. Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts.

Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self- possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope. -- Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.

To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self- possession.

The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.