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AbductingAbduct Ab*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abducted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Abducting.] [L. abductus, p. p. of abducere. See
Abduce.]
1. To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a
human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to
kidnap.
2. To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary
position. AbstractingAbstract Ab*stract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abstracted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.]
1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
He was incapable of forming any opinion or
resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir
W. Scott.
2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his
was wholly abstracted by other objects.
The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
--Blackw. Mag.
3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a
quality or attribute. --Whately.
4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin.
5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins
from the harness. --W. Black.
6. (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts
of a substance, by distillation or other chemical
processes. In this sense extract is now more generally
used. ActingAct Act, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
influenced by E. act, n.]
1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
--Pope.
2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor.
Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
--Barrow.
Uplifted hands that at convenient times Could act
extortion and the worst of crimes. --Cowper.
3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
stage.
4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
personate; as, to act the hero.
5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
the duties of. Acting
Acting Act"ing, a.
1. Operating in any way.
2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting
superintendent.
AddictingAddict Ad*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge,
devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.]
1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
``They addict themselves to the civil law.' --Evelyn.
He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl.
That part of mankind that addict their minds to
speculations. --Adventurer.
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
--Fuller.
A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
--Macaulay.
2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
--Evelyn.
Syn: Addict, Devote, Consecrate, Dedicate. Addict was
formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters;
but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an
indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to
sensual indulgence. ``Addicted to staying at home.'
--J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense,
expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some
favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and
dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving
religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of
the church; dedicated to God. Affecting
Affecting Af*fect"ing, a.
1. Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions;
pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting
sight.
The most affecting music is generally the most
simple. --Mitford.
2. Affected; given to false show. [Obs.]
A drawling; affecting rouge. --Shak.
Affectingly
Affectingly Af*fect"ing*ly, adv.
In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.
Afflicting
Afflicting Af*flict"ing, a.
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an
afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
AfflictingAfflict Af*flict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Afflicted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Afflicting.] [L. afflictus, p. p. of affigere to
cast down, deject; ad + fligere to strike: cf. OF. aflit,
afflict, p. p. Cf. Flagellate.]
1. To strike or cast down; to overthrow. [Obs.]
``Reassembling our afflicted powers.' --Milton.
2. To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing
continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously;
to torment.
They did set over them taskmasters to afflict them
with their burdens. --Exod. i. 11.
That which was the worst now least afflicts me.
--Milton.
3. To make low or humble. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error before an
afflicted truth. --Jer. Taylor.
Syn: To trouble; grieve; pain; distress; harass; torment;
wound; hurt. AstrictingAstrict As*trict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astricted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Astricting.] [L. astrictus, p. p. of astringere. See
Astringe.]
1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.
The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted.
--Arbuthnot.
2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to limit. [R.]
The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or
forms of thought. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
3. (Scots Law) To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict
lands. See Astriction, 4. --Burrill. AttractingAttract At*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attracting.] [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad +
trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t.]
1. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to
approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist
divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract
themselves and one another. --Derham.
2. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to
engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or
allure; as, to attract admirers.
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
Syn: To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence. AttractingAttracting At*tract"ing, a.
That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv. AttractinglyAttracting At*tract"ing, a.
That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv. Back-actingSteam engine Steam" en"gine
An engine moved by steam.
Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a
piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works
in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the
action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to
the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus
classified: 1. According to the wat the steam is used
or applied, as condencing, noncondencing, compound,
double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.
According to the motion of the piston, as
reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion
imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.
According to the arrangement of the engine, as
stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, beam
engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and
back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses,
as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing,
winding, and stationary engines. Locomotive and
portable engines are usually high-pressure,
noncondencing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine
engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and
generally condencing, double-acting, and compound.
Paddle engines are generally beam, side?lever,
oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are
generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating.
Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are
generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary
steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand
engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on
the left-hand side, or the right-hand side,
respectively, or the engine, to a person looking at
them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or
backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or
lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston
rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A
marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said
to run forward when its motion is such as would propel
the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are
further classified as double-cylinder, disk,
semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as
cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms
a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.
See Illustration in Appendix.
Back-acting, or Back-action, steam engine, a steam
engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from
the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead
and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
Portable steam engine, a steam engine combined with, and
attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to
admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving
machinery in the field, as trashing machines, draining
pumps, etc.
Semiportable steam engine, a steam engine combined with,
and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on
wheels. BisectingBisect Bi*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bisected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bisecting.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.]
1. To cut or divide into two parts.
2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts. CircumflectingCircumflect Cir"cum*flect, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L.
circumflectere. See Circumflex.]
1. To bend around.
2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] CompactingCompact Com*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16. ConcoctingConcoct Con*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Concocting.] [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to
cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See
Cook.]
1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of
nutrition. [Obs.]
Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood
circulates. --Cheyne.
2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] --Thomson.
3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or
prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct
a new dish or beverage.
4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive;
to plan; to plot.
He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct
any great fortune. --Hayward.
5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] --Bacon. ConductingConduct Con*duct" (k[o^]n*d[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct,
n.]
1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.
I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage,
where you may be safe. --Milton.
2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry
on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.
Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege.
--Prescott.
3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself
well.
4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit,
as heat, light, electricity, etc.
5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a
musical composition. ConfectingConfect Con*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to
prepare. See Comfit.]
1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]
Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne.
2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]
Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps
and tapers. --Sir T.
Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears.
--Stirling. ConflictingConflict Con*flict", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conflicted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Conflicting.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere
to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf.
Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision;
to collide. --Shak.
Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon.
2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or
opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . . conflict with great
difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp.
Tillotson.
3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
The laws of the United States and of the individual
States may, in some cases, conflict with each other.
--Wheaton.
Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat;
strive; battle. Conflicting
Conflicting Con*flict"ing, a.
Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending;
contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing.
Torn with sundry conflicting passions. --Bp. Hurd.
ConstrictingConstrict Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Constricted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
constringere. See Constrain.]
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
contraction serves to constrict. --Todd &
Bowman. ConstructingConstruct Con*struct" (k[o^]n*str[u^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Constructed; p. pr. & vb. n. Constructing.] [L.
constructus, p. p. of construere to bring together, to
construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See
Structure, and cf. Construe.]
1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in
their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make;
as, to construct an edifice.
2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to
construct a theory of ethics.
Syn: To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate;
originate; invent. ContradictingContradict Con`tra*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
Diction.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it
is not so. --Shak.
The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted
our intents. --Shak. CounteractingCounteract Coun`ter*act" (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.]
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by
contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of
medicines; to counteract good advice. DecoctingDecoct De*coct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Decocting.] [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil
down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.]
1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water;
to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make
an infusion of.
2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to
digest; to concoct.
3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.]
``Decoct their cold blood.' --Shak. DeductingDeduct De*duct", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Deducting.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct.
See Deduce.]
1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]
A people deducted out of the city of Philippos.
--Udall.
2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering,
estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with
from or out of.
Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. --Pope.
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of
the pay of the foreign troops. --Bp. Burnet.
We deduct from the computation of our years that
part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy.
--Norris.
3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] ``Do not deduct it to
days.' --Massinger. DeflectingDeflect De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend
or turn. See Flexible.]
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630). DejectingDeject De*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw
down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]
Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
--Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming
civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a
modest look. --Fuller.
2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage;
to dishearten.
Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. --Pope.
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