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Acervate
Acervate A*cer"vate, v. t. [L. acervatus, p. p. of acervare to
heap up, fr. acervus heap.]
To heap up. [Obs.]
Acervate
Acervate A*cer"vate, a.
Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
Acervation
Acervation Ac`er*va"tion, n. [L. acervatio.]
A heaping up; accumulation. [R.] --Johnson.
Acervative
Acervative A*cer"va*tive, a.
Heaped up; tending to heap up.
Binervate
Binervate Bi*nerv"ate, a. [L. bis twice + nervus sinew,
nerve.]
1. (Bot.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two
longitudinal ribs or nerves.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some
insects.
CoacervateCoacervate Co`a*cer"vate, a. [L. coacervatus, p. p. of
coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate.]
Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.]
--Bacon. Coacervate
Coacervate Co`a*cer"vate, v. t.
To heap up; to pile. [R.]
Coacervation
Coacervation Co*ac`er*va"tion, n. [L. coacervatio.]
A heaping together. [R.] --Bacon.
ConservationConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of areasConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of energyConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservation of forceConservation Con`ser*va"tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F.
conservation.]
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping
(of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.
--Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the
means of its conservation. --Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the
radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over
equal areas in equal times.
Conservation of energy, or Conservation of force (Mech.),
the principle that the total energy of any material system
is a quantity which can neither be increased nor
diminished by any action between the parts of the system,
though it may be transformed into any of the forms of
which energy is susceptible. --Clerk Maxwell. Conservational
Conservational Con`ser*va"tion*al, a.
Tending to conserve; preservative.
Conservatism
Conservatism Con*serv"a*tism, n. [For conservatism.]
The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established;
opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a
conservative.
Conservative
Conservative Con*serv"a*tive, a. [Cf. F. conservatif.]
1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or
from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservative
Conservative Con*serv"a*tive, n.
1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury,
innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new
life. --Jer. Taylor.
2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and
customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in
politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.
Conservative system 2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions;
opposed to change or innovation.
3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the
conservation of existing institutions and forms of
government, as the Conservative party in England; --
contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
We have always been conscientiously attached to what
is called the Tory, and which might with more
propriety be called the Conservative, party.
--Quart. Rev.
(1830).
Conservative system (Mech.), a material system of such a
nature that after the system has undergone any series of
changes, and been brought back in any manner to its
original state, the whole work done by external agents on
the system is equal to the whole work done by the system
overcoming external forces. --Clerk
Maxwell. Conservativeness
Conservativeness Con*serv"a*tive*ness, a.
The quality of being conservative.
ConservatoireConservatoire Con`ser"va*toire`, n. [F.]
A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp.
music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3]. ConservatorConservator Con"ser*va`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
conservateur.]
1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a
preserver.
The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
--Derham.
2. (Law)
(a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public
peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b) One who has an official charge of preserving the
rights and privileges of a city, corporation,
community, or estate.
The lords of the secret council were likewise
made conservators of the peace of the two
kingdoms. --Clarendon.
The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
--Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners
instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the
Thames. Conservators of the River ThamesConservator Con"ser*va`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F.
conservateur.]
1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a
preserver.
The great Creator and Conservator of the world.
--Derham.
2. (Law)
(a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public
peace, as a justice or sheriff.
(b) One who has an official charge of preserving the
rights and privileges of a city, corporation,
community, or estate.
The lords of the secret council were likewise
made conservators of the peace of the two
kingdoms. --Clarendon.
The conservator of the estate of an idiot.
--Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames, a board of commissioners
instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the
Thames. Conservatory
Conservatory Con*serv"a*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL.
conservatorius.]
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
Conservatory
Conservatory Con*serv"a*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL.
conservatorium.]
1. That which preserves from injury. [Obs.] ``A conservatory
of life.' --Jer. Taylor.
2. A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste,
or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic
or tender plants.
3. A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and
perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art,
esp. music.
Conservatrix
Conservatrix Con`ser*va"trix, n. [L.]
A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.
curvinervateCurvinerved Cur"vi*nerved` (-n?rvd`), a. [L. curvus bent + E.
nerve. ] (Bot.)
Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called
also curvinervate and curve-veined. Enervate
Enervate E*ner"vate, a. [L. enervatus, p. p.]
Weakened; weak; without strength of force. --Pope.
Enervative
Enervative E*ner"va*tive, a.
Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]
ExacervationExacervation Ex*ac`er*va"tion, n. [L. exacervare to heap up
exceedingly. See Ex-, and Acervate.]
The act of heaping up. [Obs.] --Bailey. Gryceria nervataBunch grass, grazing. Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips,
etc. Chess, or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides.
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