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Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.

The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.] Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.

d families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.).

A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.

Falling. [R.] "Cadent tears." Shak.

c flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

See Cadre.

The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. The cadet of an ancient and noble family. Wood.

The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

A caddice. See Caddice.

An academy. [Poetic] Shak.

Academic. [R.]

A member of an academy, university, or college.

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

In an academical manner.

The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.

A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.

A tenet of the Academic philosophy.

The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.