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Alligation
Alligation Al`li*ga"tion, n. [L. alligatio.]
1. The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or
the state of being attached. [R.]
2. (Arith.) A rule relating to the solution of questions
concerning the compounding or mixing of different
ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or
values.
Note: The rule is named from the method of connecting
together the terms by certain ligature-like signs.
Alligation is of two kinds, medial and alternate;
medial teaching the method of finding the price or
quality of a mixture of several simple ingredients
whose prices and qualities are known; alternate,
teaching the amount of each of several simple
ingredients whose prices or qualities are known, which
will be required to make a mixture of given price or
quality.
Alternate alligationAlternate Al*ter"nate (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of
alternate, fr. alternus. See Altern, Alter.]
1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in
succession of time or place; by turns first one and then
the other; hence, reciprocal.
And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope.
2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly
intervene between the members of another series, as the
odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every
second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read
every alternate line.
3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights
of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular
divergence. --Gray.
Alternate alligation. See Alligation.
Alternate angles (Geom.), the internal and angles made by
two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the
parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH,
GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate
angles.
Alternate generation. (Biol.) See under Generation. Aurigation
Aurigation Au`ri*ga"tion, n. [L. aurigatio, fr. aurigare to be
a charioteer, fr. auriga.]
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage. [R.] --De
Quincey.
Caligation
Caligation Cal`i*ga"tion (-g[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. caligatio,
fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist,
darkness.]
Dimness; cloudiness. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
CastigatingCastigate Cas"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castigated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Castigating.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of
castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to
move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten.]
1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten;
also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise
severely.
2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.] Castigation
Castigation Cas`ti*ga"tion, n. [L. catigatio.]
1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent
criticism.
The keenest castigation of her slanderers. --W.
Irving.
2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]
CircumnavigatingCircumnavigate Cir`cum*nav"i*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L.
circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round;
circum + navigare to navigate.]
To sail completely round.
Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation Cir`cum*nav`i*ga"tion, n.
The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. --Arbuthnot.
ColligatingColligate Col"li*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colligated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of
colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]
1. To tie or bind together.
The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows.
--Nicholson.
2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a
single proposition.
He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the
most wonderful . . . phenomena. --Tundall. Colligation
Colligation Col`li*ga"tion, n. [L. colligatio.]
1. A binding together. --Sir T. Browne.
2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts
are brought under one conception, or summed up in a
general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the
various observed positions of the planet Mars were points
in an ellipse. ``The colligation of facts.' --Whewell.
Colligation is not always induction, but induction
is always colligation. --J. S. Mill.
Days of obligationObligation Ob"li*ga"tion, n. [F. obligation. L. obligatio. See
Oblige.]
1. The act of obligating.
2. That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a
promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which
constitutes legal or moral duty.
A tender conscience is a stronger obligation than a
proson. --Fuller.
3. Any act by which a person becomes bound to do something to
or for anouther, or to forbear something; external duties
imposed by law, promise, or contract, by the relations of
society, or by courtesy, kindness, etc.
Every man has obligations which belong to his
station. Duties extend beyond obligation, and direct
the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as
the actions. --Whewell.
4. The state of being obligated or bound; the state of being
indebted for an act of favor or kindness; as, to place
others under obligations to one.
5. (Law) A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for
nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment
of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things.
Days of obligation. See under Day. Defatigation
Defatigation De*fat`i*ga"tion, n. [L. defatigatio.]
Weariness; fatigue. [R.] --Bacon.
Delitigation
Delitigation De*lit`i*ga"tion, n.
Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]
Disobligation
Disobligation Dis*ob`li*ga"tion, n.
1. The act of disobliging.
2. A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
3. Release from obligation. --Jer. Taylor.
Fatigation
Fatigation Fat`i*ga"tion, n. [L. fatigatio: cf. OF.
fatigation.]
Weariness. [Obs.] --W. Montaqu.
FumigatingFumigate Fu"mi*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fumigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Fumigating.] [L. fumigate, p. p. of fumigare to
fumigate, fr. fumus smoke. See Fume, n.]
1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify,
or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors.
2. To smoke; to perfume. --Dryden. Fumigation
Fumigation Fum`iga"tion, n. [Cf. F. fumigation.]
1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for
disinfection.
2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
Fustigation
Fustigation Fus"ti*ga"tion, n. [Cf. F. fustigation.]
A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
This satire, composed of actual fustigation. --Motley.
Indefatigation
Indefatigation In`de*fat`i*ga"tion, n.
Indefatigableness; unweariedness. [Obs.] --J. Gregory.
InstigatingInstigate In"sti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instigated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Instigating.] [L. instigatus, p. p. of
instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G.
stechen to prick, E. stick. See Stick.]
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; --
used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate
one to a crime.
He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very
extent of their malignity. --Bp.
Warburton.
Syn: To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite; impel;
encourage; animate. Instigatingly
Instigatingly In"sti*ga`ting*ly, adv.
Incitingly; temptingly.
Instigation
Instigation In`sti*ga"tion, n. [L. instigatio: cf. F.
instigation.]
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated;
incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of
the devil could bring the sons of men to. --South.
InvestigatingInvestigate In*ves"ti*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Investigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Investigating.] [L.
investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige.]
To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and
examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
phenomena. Investigation
Investigation In*ves`ti*ga"tion, n. [L. investigatio: cf. F.
investigation.]
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or
following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or
thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of
the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of
the judge, the moralist.
Investigative
Investigative In*ves"ti*ga*tive, a.
Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
IrrigatingIrrigate Ir"ri*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Irrigated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Irrigating.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to
irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain.
See Rain.]
1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping
water; to bedew.
2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow
upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. Irrigation
Irrigation Ir`ri*ga"tion, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F.
irrigation.]
The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being
irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow
over lands, for nourishing plants.
LevigatingLevigate Lev"i*gate (-g[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levigated
(-g[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Levigating.] [L.
levigatus, p. p. of levigare to make smooth, fr. l[=e]vis
smooth; akin to Gr. lei^os.]
To make smooth in various senses:
(a) To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or
paste.
(b) To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
(c) To polish.
(d) To make smooth in action. `` When use hath levigated the
organs.' --Barrow.
(e) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist
condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
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