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To lose. [Obs.] A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly…

Of or pertaining to amitosis; karyostenotic; -- opposed to mitotic.

dividuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.

Relating to the patriarch Abraham.

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. "Raving bedlamites." Beattie.

A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15.

One who believes in Benthamism.

A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.] Ten thousands of calamitous persons. South.

A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery. The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke. Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.

A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

Tending or liable to contaminate.

A political dynamiter.

An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.

Destroying by dynamite, for political ends. Dynamiting is not the American way. The Century.

The work of dynamiters.