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An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday.

or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] Knowles.

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

The act or process of acidifying, or changing into an acid.

eliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.

Additional signification. [R.] Tooke.

leading; plea; advocacy. [Archaic] The holy Jesus . . . sits in heaven in a perpetual advocation for us. Jer. Taylor.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

The process of becoming white, or developing white patches, or streaks.

The act or process of making white. [Obs.]

An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.

dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "Stormy altercations." Macaulay.

or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. Sir J. Davies.

An appendage. [Obs.]

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.] A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall.

Basking in the sun. [R.]

Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.

Same as Auto-intoxication.