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Adulatory
Adulatory Ad"u*la*to*ry, a. [L. adulatorius, fr. adulari: cf.
OF. adulatoire.]
Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely
praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.
A mere rant of adulatory freedom. --Burke.
AmbulatoryAmbulatory Am"bu*la*to*ry, n.; pl. Ambulatories. [Cf. LL.
ambulatorium.] (Arch.)
A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery
of a cloister, or within a building. Ambulatory
Ambulatory Am"bu*la*to*ry, a. [L. ambulatorius.]
1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of
walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory
animal.
2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary;
movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its
jurisdiction in different places.
The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and
dispersed into all families. --Jer. Taylor.
3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.]
The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory
view in his travels. --Sir H.
Wotton.
4. (Law) Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration;
alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory
until the death of the testator.
Annihilatory
Annihilatory An*ni"hi*la*to*ry, a.
Annihilative.
Appellatory
Appellatory Ap*pel"la*tory, a. [L. appellatorius, fr.
appellare.]
Containing an appeal.
An appellatory libel ought to contain the name of the
party appellant. --Ayliffe.
Assimilatory
Assimilatory As*sim"i*la*to*ry, a.
Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as,
assimilatory organs.
Calculatory
Calculatory Cal"cu*la*to*ry, a. [L. calculatorius.]
Belonging to calculation. --Sherwood.
CirculatoryDecimal Dec"i*mal, n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
fraction.
Circulating, or Circulatory, decimal, a decimal
fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend. Circulatory
Circulatory Cir"cu*la*to*ry, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a
mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.
2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.
3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of
circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
Circulatory
Circulatory Cir"cu*la*to*ry, n.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally
exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or
passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated
portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining
a circulation.
Coagulatory
Coagulatory Co*ag"u*la*to*ry, a.
Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as,
coagulatory effects. --Boyle.
Compellatory
Compellatory Com*pel"la*to*ry, a.
Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]
Condolatory
Condolatory Con*do"la*to*ry, a.
Expressing condolence. --Smart.
Confabulatory
Confabulatory Con*fab"u*la*to*ry, a.
Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.
--Weever.
Congratulatory
Congratulatory Con*grat"u*la*to*ry, a.
Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.
Consolatory
Consolatory Con*sol"a*to*ry, a. [L. consolatorius.]
Of a consoling or comforting nature.
The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of
justice; and it has with truth been said to be
consolatory to the human mind. --Burke.
Consolatory
Consolatory Con*sol"a*to*ry, n.
That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for
consolation. [R.] --Milton.
Constabulatory
Constabulatory Con*stab"u*la*to*ry, n.
A constabulary. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
Deambulatory
Deambulatory De*am"bu*la*to*ry, n. [L. deambulatorium.]
A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
Deambulatory
Deambulatory De*am"bu*la*to*ry, a. [Cf. LL. deambulator a
traveler.]
Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining
to a deambulatory. [Obs.] ``Deambulatory actors.' --Bp.
Morton.
Desolatory
Desolatory Des"o*la*to*ry, a. [L. desolatorius.]
Causing desolation. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
DilatoryDilatory Dil"a*to*ry, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.]
1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
once; given the procrastination; delaying;
procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
-- said of actions or measures.
Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
upon hi? adversary. --Motley.
Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the
trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not
connected with the merits of the case.
Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow. Dilatory pleaDilatory Dil"a*to*ry, a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.]
1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
once; given the procrastination; delaying;
procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
-- said of actions or measures.
Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
upon hi? adversary. --Motley.
Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the
trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not
connected with the merits of the case.
Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow. Distillatory
Distillatory Dis*til"la*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. distillatoire.]
Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory
vessels. -- n. A distillatory apparatus; a still.
Emasculatory
Emasculatory E*mas"cu*la*to*ry, a.
Serving or tending to emasculate.
Emulatory
Emulatory Em"u*la*to*ry, a.
Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.]
``Emulatory officiousness.' --Bp. Hall.
Expostulatory
Expostulatory Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry, a.
Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an
expostulatory discourse or letter.
Filatory
Filatory Fil"a*to*ry, n. [LL. filatorium place for spinning,
fr. filare to spin, fr. L. filum a thread.]
A machine for forming threads. [Obs.] --W. Tooke.
Funambulatory
Funambulatory Fu*nam"bu*la`to*ry, a.
1. Performing like a ropedancer. --Chambers.
2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer.
This funambulatory track. --Sir T.
Browne.
Gesticulatory
Gesticulatory Ges*tic"u*la*to*ry, a.
Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. --T. Warton.
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