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An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad. [Local, U. S.]

The hypothesis that all living things proceed from preëxisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle.

being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

ion; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke. From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.

The act of inditing. Craig.

Invitation. [Obs.] Chapman.

Excess of excitement; the state of being overexcited.

Requital [Obs.] E. Hall.

In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

e encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat. He loved excitement and adventure. Macaulay.

using; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.

To keep in excitement; to disturb.

ke quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.

The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. Macaulay.

The record of a single event or item. "In deathless annal." Young.

Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair."…