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1,656 words match “DITION”

DITION n.
Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.
DITIONARY a. 2 definitions
Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.
ADDITION n. 6 definitions
ing two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution. "This endless addition or addibility of numbers." Locke.
ADDITIONAL a. 2 definitions
Added; supplemental; in the way of an addition.
ADDITIONALLY adv.
By way of addition.
ADDITIONARY a.
Additional. [R.] Herbert.
AUDITION n.
The act of hearing or listening; hearing. Audition may be active or passive; hence the difference between listening and simple hearing. Dunglison.
CONDITION n. 12 definitions
tal integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate. I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak. And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse Cowley. The new conditions of life. Darwin.
CONDITIONAL a. 4 definitions
Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise. Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.
CONDITIONALITY n.
The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
CONDITIONALLY adv.
In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
CONDITIONATE a. 3 definitions
Conditional. [Obs.] Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
CONDITIONED a. 2 definitions
Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.
CONDITIONLY adv.
Conditionally. [Obs.]
DEDITION n.
The act of yielding; surrender. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
DEPERDITION n.
Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
EDITION n. 2 definitions
ary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
EDITION DE LUXE n.
See Luxe.
EDITIONER n.
An editor. [Obs.]
ERUDITION n.
es; scholarship. The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele. The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.
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