Quiddity: alternatives and connections

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

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To be placed in a center; to be central.

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

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The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

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The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

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A resting place.

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A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct.

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The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is m…

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Food, in general; anything eaten for nourishment, either by man or beast. Hence, the edible part of anything; as, the meat of a lobster, a nut, or an…

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To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consis…

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That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

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Literally, this-ness. A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.

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A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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