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AgenciesAgency A"gen*cy, n.; pl. Agencies. [agentia, fr. L. agens,
agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent.]
1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of
being in action; action; instrumentality.
The superintendence and agency of Providence in the
natural world. --Woodward.
2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a
principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with
the concerns of another.
3. The place of business of am agent.
Syn: Action; operation; efficiency; management. AppetenciesAppetency Ap"pe*ten*cy, n.; pl. Appetencies. [L. appetentia,
fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.]
1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
They had a strong appetency for reading. --Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in
animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to
suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim;
the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies
the wants of its organism.
These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection
or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is
agreeable to their palate. --E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects. ClarencieuxClarenceux Clar"en*ceux, Clarencieux Clar"en*cieux, n.
(Her.)
See King-at-arms. ClemenciesClemency Clem"en*cy, n.; pl. Clemencies. [L. clementia, fr.
clemens mild, calm.]
1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness
of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
Great clemency and tender zeal toward their
subjects. --Stowe.
They had applied for the royal clemency. --Macaulay.
2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of
the season.
Syn: Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy;
gentleness; compassion; kindness. ConstituenciesConstituency Con*stit"u*en*cy, n.; pl. Constituencies.
A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in
a representative district. ContingenciesContingency Con*tin"gen*cy, n.; pl. Contingencies. [Cf. F.
contingence.]
1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact.
``Point of contingency.' --J. Gregory.
2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the
possibility of coming to pass.
Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on
the contingency of human actions. --South.
3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is
possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.
The remarkable position of the queen rendering her
death a most important contingency. --Hallam.
4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth.
5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen,
by which, when happening, some particular title may be
affected.
Syn: Casualty; accident; chance. CorrespondenciesCorrespondency Cor`re*spond"en*cy (k$r`r?--sp?nd"en-s?), n.;
pl. Correspondencies (-s?z).
Same as Correspondence, 3.
The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may
be very reasonable confirmations. --S. Clarke. CurrenciesCurrency Cur"ren*cy (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. Currencies (-s?z).
[Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of
currere to run. See Current.]
1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a
stream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance
or reception; a passing from person to person, or from
hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or
general currency; the currency of bank notes.
3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as
having or representing value; as, the currency of a
country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes
circulating as a substitute for metallic money.
4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.]
5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which
anything is generally valued.
He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to
their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic
value. --Bacon.
The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a
transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful.
--W. Irving. DeficienciesDeficiency De*fi"cien*cy, n.; pl. Deficiencies. [See
Deficient.]
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure;
imperfection; shortcoming; defect. ``A deficiency of blood.'
--Arbuthnot.
[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his
deficiencies made him the ridicule of his
contemporaries. --Buckle.
Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the
number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum
for curves of the same degree. DelinquenciesDelinquency De*lin"quen*cy, n.; pl. Delinquencies. [L.
delinquentia, fr. delinquens.]
Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense;
a misdemeanor; a crime.
The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be
represented in the most glaring colors. --Motley. DependenciesDependency De*pend"en*cy, n.; pl. Dependencies.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being
subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have
very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J.
Reynolds. EmergenciesEmergency E*mer"gen*cy, n.; pl. Emergencies. [See
Emergence.]
1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence;
a sudden occasion.
Most our rarities have been found out by casual
emergency. --Glanvill.
2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances
which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing
necessity; exigency.
To whom she might her doubts propose, On all
emergencies that rose. --Swift.
A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies.
--Brougham.
Syn: Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity. ExcellenciesExcellency Ex"cel*len*cy, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
to kings and princes. ExigenciesExigency Ex"i*gen*cy, n.; pl. Exigencies. [LL. exigentia:
cf. F. exigence.]
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing
necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate
action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. ``The
present exigency of his affairs.' --Ludlow.
Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency;
necessity; crisis. InconsistenciesInconsistency In`con*sist"en*cy, n.; pl. Inconsistencies.
[Cf. F. inconsistance.]
1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in
respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between
two things that both can not exist or be true together;
disagreement; incompatibility.
There is a perfect inconsistency between that which
is of debt and that which is of free gift. --South.
2. Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or
irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument,
or narration; that which is inconsistent.
If a man would register all his opinions upon love,
politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of
inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at
last! --Swift.
3. Want of stability or uniformity; unsteadiness;
changeableness; variableness.
Mutability of temper, and inconsistency with
ourselves, is the greatest weakness of human nature.
--Addison. IncumbenciesIncumbency In*cum"ben*cy, n.; pl. Incumbencies. [From
Incumbent.]
1. The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on
something.
2. That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a
burden; a weight. --Evelyn.
3. That which is morally incumbent, or is imposed, as a rule,
a duty, obligation, or responsibility. ``The incumbencies
of a family.' --Donne.
4. The state of holding a benefice; the full possession and
exercise of any office.
These fines are only to be paid to the bishop during
his incumbency. --Swift. TendenciesTendency Tend"en*cy, n.; pl. Tendencies. [L. tendents,
-entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to
move.]
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or
result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about
an effect or result.
Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a
more particular tendency to the good of their country.
--Addison.
In every experimental science, there is a tendency
toward perfection. --Macaulay.
Syn: Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim. TransparenciesTransparency Trans*par"en*cy, n.; pl. Transparencies. [Cf.
F. transparence.]
1. The quality or condition of being transparent;
transparence.
2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted
on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the
like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which
shines through it. --Fairholt. Valenciennes lace
Valenciennes lace Va*len`ci*ennes" lace" [F.; -- so called
after the town of Valenciennes.]
A rich kind of lace made at Valenciennes, in France. Each
piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same
person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in
the net.
ValenciesValency Val"en*cy, n.; pl. Valencies. (Chem.)
(a) See Valence.
(b) A unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
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