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a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledg…

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The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.

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That which is used to adulterate anything.

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One who adulterates or corrupts.

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Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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A substance that triggers an immune response

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Approbation; sanction.

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On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.

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Trial; attempt; essay.

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An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

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The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

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That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the cons…

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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

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The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison.

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The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

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Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

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of Counsel

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The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedic…

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The marking off or separation of anything.

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Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.

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The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

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The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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A wandering about or going astray; digression.

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The quality or state of being doughy.

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To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

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One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

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The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city;…

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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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A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

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The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable o…

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The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing…

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What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.

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The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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

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The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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Diluent.

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Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

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the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

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That which forms the basis of anything; underlying principle; a concept or mental entity conceived or treated as an existing being or thing.

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The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

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To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.

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The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings.

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The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

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Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin…

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Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with…

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of Leaven

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Lubricating.

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One who, or that which, lubricates.

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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

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A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.

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The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

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That which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or language, which have no meaning, or which convey no intelligible ideas; absurdity.

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Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; sett…

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A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without…

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A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…

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The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

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A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

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Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

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The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.

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The quality of being porous.

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The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

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That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals…

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The viscid and more or less granular material of vegetable and animal cells, possessed of vital properties by which the processes of nutrition, secre…

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The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

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Electricity.

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The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?

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The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Cooling; allaying heat or fever.

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The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

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One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.

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The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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The study of meaning in language.

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The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; s…

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Alt. of Significancy

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The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollown…

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State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.

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The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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A substratum.

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See Tael.

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A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

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One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant.

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A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.

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A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

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That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance;…

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The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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The quality or state of being viscous.

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Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

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Wherewith.

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of Wit

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A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

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The quality of being witty.

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Of or pertaining to the head.

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The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or…

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That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

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The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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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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Alt. of Consistency

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The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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A body of individuals; an assemblage.

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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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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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Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

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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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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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