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Absorbition
Absorbition Ab`sor*bi"tion, n.
Absorption. [Obs.]
Adhibition
Adhibition Ad`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. adhibitio.]
The act of adhibiting; application; use. --Whitaker.
AmbitionAmbition Am*bi"tion, n. [F. ambition, L. ambitio a going
around, especially of candidates for office is Rome, to
solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor? fr. ambire
to go around. See Ambient, Issue.]
1. The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or
any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.]
[I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. --Milton.
2. An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for
preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment
of something.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition: By
that sin fell the angels. --Shak.
The pitiful ambition of possessing five or six
thousand more acres. --Burke. Ambition
Ambition Am*bi"tion, v. t. [Cf. F. ambitionner.]
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]
Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece,
bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage.
--Trumbull.
Ambitionist
Ambitionist Am*bi"tion*ist, n.
One excessively ambitious. [R.]
Ambitionless
Ambitionless Am*bi"tion*less, a.
Devoid of ambition. --Pollok.
AmbitiousAmbitious Am*bi"tious, a. [L. ambitiosus: cf. F. ambitieux.
See Ambition.]
1. Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or
inordinately desirous of power, honor, office,
superiority, or distinction.
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an
honorable man. --Shak.
2. Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive;
as, ambitious to be or to do something.
I was not ambitious of seeing this ceremony.
--Evelyn.
Studious of song, and yet ambitious not to sing in
vain. --Cowper.
3. Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition;
showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
A giant statue . . . Pushed by a wild and artless
race, From off wide, ambitious base. --Collins. Ambitiously
Ambitiously Am*bi"tious*ly, adv.
In an ambitious manner.
Ambitiousness
Ambitiousness Am*bi"tious*ness ([a^]m*b[i^]sh"[u^]s*n[e^]s),
n.
The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
Cohibition
Cohibition Co`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. cohibitio.]
Hindrance; restraint. [Obs.]
Exhibition
Exhibition Ex`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf.
F. exhibition.]
1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth
to view; manifestation; display.
2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also,
any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of
skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an
exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues,
etc.; an industrial exhibition.
3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and
drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private
benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.
What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like
exhibition thou shalt have from me. --Shak.
I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my
days, than to the priests. --Tyndale.
4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.
Imbibition
Imbibition Im`bi*bi"tion, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.]
The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
post-mortem imbibition of poisons. --Bacon.
Incumbition
Incumbition In`cum*bi"tion, n.
Incubation. [R.] --Sterne.
Industrial exhibition Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various
industrial products of a country, or of various countries.
Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more
branches of industry; also, a school for educating
neglected children, and training them to habits of
industry. Inhibition
Inhibition In`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F.
inhibition.]
1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited;
restraint; prohibition; embargo.
2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present
action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an
agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the
inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric
nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.
3. (Law) A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior
judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a
writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an
inferior one, on appeal. --Cowell.
ProhibitionProhibition Pro`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior
tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the
latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending
before it. --Blackstone.
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself. Prohibitionist
Prohibitionist Pro`hi*bi"tion*ist, n.
1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in
commerce; a protectionist.
2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale
and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Ratihabition
Ratihabition Rat`i*ha*bi"tion, n. [L. ratihabitio; ratus
fixed, valid + habere to hold.]
Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract. [Obs.]
--Jer. Tailor.
Redhibition
Redhibition Red`hi*bi"tion (r?d`h?*b?sh"?n), n. [L. redhibitio
a taking back.] (Civil Law)
The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the
article sold, on account of some defect.
Rehibition
Rehibition Re`hi*bi"tion (r?`h?*b?sh"?n), n. [Pref. re- + L.
habere to have.] (Law)
The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the
ground of defect or frand.
Sorbition
Sorbition Sor*bi"tion, n. [L. sorbitio.]
The act of drinking or sipping. [Obs.]
Unambition
Unambition Un`am*bi"tion, n.
The absence of ambition. [R.] --F. W. Newman.
Writ of prohibitionProhibition Pro`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. prohibitio: cf. F.
prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction
forbidding some action; interdict.
The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists
mostly of prohibitions. --Tillotson.
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of
alcoholic liquors as beverages.
Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior
tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the
latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending
before it. --Blackstone.
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
Meaning of Bitio from wikipedia
- The Prin****lity of
Bethio (also
spelled Bequio, Bekio,
Bitio, Bétio or Beetyo) was a
small monarchy located for
centuries along the
lower Senegal River...
- (formally BaTiO), a
compound with the
formula BaTiO3 Bi****h
titanate (formally
BiTiO), a set of
compounds with
varying formulae [ Bi12TiO20 or Bi4Ti3O12 or Bi2Ti2O7...
-
preachers and Scoti, Pori,
Girolamo Cavalieri, J. B. Ladriani, and
Gregorio Bitio who left
literary works which were, however, soon forgotten.
Until recently...
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prouincia qua
supra ciuit.
Gratianopolytana Ceretius episcopus,
Iocundus et
Bitio diaconi."). He is
mentioned in a
letter of
Bishop Eusebius of
Milan in 451...
