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Adhibit
Adhibit Ad*hib"it, v. t. [L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to
hold to; ad + habere to have.]
1. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. --Muirhead.
2. To use or apply; to administer. --Camden.
3. To attach; to affix. --Alison.
Adhibition
Adhibition Ad`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. adhibitio.]
The act of adhibiting; application; use. --Whitaker.
CohibitCohibit Co*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohibiting.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to
confine; co- + habere to hold.]
To restrain. [Obs.] --Bailey. CohibitedCohibit Co*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohibiting.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to
confine; co- + habere to hold.]
To restrain. [Obs.] --Bailey. CohibitingCohibit Co*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohibiting.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to
confine; co- + habere to hold.]
To restrain. [Obs.] --Bailey. Cohibition
Cohibition Co`hi*bi"tion, n. [L. cohibitio.]
Hindrance; restraint. [Obs.]
Exhibit
Exhibit Ex*hib"it, n.
1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view,
as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this
exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.
2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for
future use as evidence.
ExhibitExhibit Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [Obs.] ExhibitedExhibit Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [Obs.] ExhibiterExhibiter Ex*hib"it*er, n. [Cf. Exhibitor.]
One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or
bill. --Shak. ExhibitingExhibit Ex*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [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.
ExhibitiveExhibitive Ex*hib"it*ive, a.
Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. --Norris.
-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv. ExhibitivelyExhibitive Ex*hib"it*ive, a.
Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. --Norris.
-- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv. Exhibitor
Exhibitor Ex*hib"it*or, n. [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.]
One who exhibits.
Exhibitory
Exhibitory Ex*hib"it*o*ry, a. [L. exhibitorius relating to
giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.]
Exhibiting; publicly showing. --J. Warton.
Index prohibitorius 3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in
arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus,
or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. 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. InhibitInhibit In*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe. InhibitedInhibit In*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe. InhibitingInhibit In*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe. 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.
Inhibitor
Inhibitor In*hib"i*tor, n. [NL.]
That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory
nerve.
InhibitoryInhibitory In*hib"i*to*ry, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F.
inhibitoire.]
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in
inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory
action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.
I would not have you consider these criticisms as
inhibitory. --Lamb.
Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
progress. Inhibitory nervesInhibitory In*hib"i*to*ry, a. [LL. inhibitorius: cf. F.
inhibitoire.]
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in
inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory
action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center.
I would not have you consider these criticisms as
inhibitory. --Lamb.
Inhibitory nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which modify,
inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in
progress. Inhibitory-motor
Inhibitory-motor In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor, a. (Physiol.)
A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or
restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions
issue. --McKendrick.
Mala prohibitaMala Ma"la, n.; pl. of Malum. [L.]
Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law.
Mala in se [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their
own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.
Mala prohibita [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute,
as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at
common law. ProhibitProhibit Pro*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit
all egress. --Milton.
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious. ProhibitedProhibit Pro*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr.
& vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere
to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See
Habit.]
1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited
Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing
of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or
it prohibits stealing.
Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the
infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with
the verbal noun in -ing.
2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit
all egress. --Milton.
Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is
more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more
formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be
out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with
the profane and vicious. Prohibiter
Prohibiter Pro*hib"it*er, n.
One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter.
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