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Contributory negligenceContributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, a.
Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same
end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to
some common stock; contributive. --Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood. --Chapman.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured
party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer
in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it
is the proximate cause of the injury. --Wharton. CoralligenaCoralligena Cor`al*lig"e*na, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. corallum
coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Anthozoa. Coralligenous
Coralligenous Cor`al*lig"e*nous, a.
producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. --Humble.
Diligence
Diligence Di`li*gence", n. [F.]
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
Diligency
Diligency Dil"i*gen*cy, n. [L. diligentia.]
Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. [Obs.] --Milton.
DiligentDiligent Dil"i*gent, a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p.
pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- =
dis- + legere to choose. See Legend.]
1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful;
painstaking; not careless or negligent.
The judges shall make diligent inquisition. --Deut.
xix. 18.
2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and
earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous;
industrious.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall
stand before kings. --Prov. xxii.
29.
Diligent cultivation of elegant literature.
--Prescott.
Syn: Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering;
attentive; industrious. Diligently
Diligently Dil"i*gent*ly, adv.
In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with
industry or assiduity.
Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God.
--Deut. vi.
17.
Indiligence
Indiligence In*dil"i*gence, n. [L. indiligentia: cf. F.
indiligence.]
Want of diligence. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
IndiligentIndiligent In*dil"i*gent, a. [L. indiligens: cf. F.
indiligent. See Diligent.]
Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] --Feltham. --
In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.] IndiligentlyIndiligent In*dil"i*gent, a. [L. indiligens: cf. F.
indiligent. See Diligent.]
Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] --Feltham. --
In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.] IntelligenceIntelligence In*tel"li*gence, n. [F. intelligence, L.
intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
understanding.
2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of
comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
--Spenser.
3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak.
4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
friendship with the favorites. --Clarendon.
5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
research, or experience; general information.
I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath,
ne flowers of sentence. --Court of
Love.
6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton.
The great Intelligences fair That range above our
mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there. --Tennyson.
Intelligence office, an office where information may be
obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
Syn: Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice;
notification; news; information; report. Intelligence officeIntelligence In*tel"li*gence, n. [F. intelligence, L.
intelligentia, intellegentia. See Intelligent.]
1. The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the
understanding.
2. The capacity to know or understand; readiness of
comprehension; the intellect, as a gift or an endowment.
And dimmed with darkness their intelligence.
--Spenser.
3. Information communicated; news; notice; advice.
Intelligence is given where you are hid. --Shak.
4. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity. [Obs.]
He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any
friendship with the favorites. --Clarendon.
5. Knowledge imparted or acquired, whether by study,
research, or experience; general information.
I write as he that none intelligence Of meters hath,
ne flowers of sentence. --Court of
Love.
6. An intelligent being or spirit; -- generally applied to
pure spirits; as, a created intelligence. --Milton.
The great Intelligences fair That range above our
mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate,
Received and gave him welcome there. --Tennyson.
Intelligence office, an office where information may be
obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.
Syn: Understanding; intellect; instruction; advice; notice;
notification; news; information; report. Intelligencer
Intelligencer In*tel"li*gen*cer, n.
One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or
news; a messenger.
All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies,
and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that
principle. --Burke.
Intelligencing
Intelligencing In*tel"li*gen*cing, a.
Informing; giving information; talebearing. [Obs.] --Shak.
That sad intelligencing tyrant. --Milton.
Intelligency
Intelligency In*tel"li*gen*cy, n.
Intelligence. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
IntelligentIntelligent In*tel"li*gent, a. [L. intelligens, intellegens,
-entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive;
inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F.
intelligent. See Legend.]
1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as,
man is an intelligent being.
2. Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment;
knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an
intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an
intelligent answer.
3. Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.]
Intelligent of seasons. --Milton.
Which are to France the spies and speculations
Intelligent of our state. --Shak.
Syn: Sensible; understanding. See Sensible. Intelligential
Intelligential In*tel`li*gen"tial, a. [Cf. F. intelligentiel.]
[R.]
1. Of or pertaining to the intelligence; exercising or
implying understanding; intellectual. ``With act
intelligential.' --Milton.
2. Consisting of unembodied mind; incorporeal.
Food alike those pure Intelligential substances
require. --Milton.
Intelligentiary
Intelligentiary In*tel`li*gen"tia*ry, n.
One who gives information; an intelligencer. [Obs.]
--Holinshed.
Intelligently
Intelligently In*tel"li*gent*ly, adv.
In an intelligent manner; with intelligence.
KaligenousKaligenous Ka*lig"e*nous, a. [Kali + -genous. See Alkali.]
Forming alkalies with oxygen, as some metals. Melligenous
Melligenous Mel*lig"e*nous, a. [L. mel, mellis + -genous.]
Having the qualities of honey. [R.]
Misintelligence
Misintelligence Mis`in*tel"li*gence, n.
1. Wrong information; misinformation.
2. Disagreement; misunderstanding. [Obs.]
Negligently
Negligently Neg"li*gent*ly, adv.
In a negligent manner.
Operculigenous
Operculigenous O*per`cu*lig`e*nous, a. [Operculum + -genous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the
foot, of certain mollusks.
SaligeninSaligenin Sa*lig"e*nin, n. [Salicin + -gen.] (Chem.)
A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin,
as a white crystalline substance; -- called also
hydroxy-benzyl alcohol. Spiculigenous
Spiculigenous Spic`u*lig"e*nous, a. [L. spiculum + -genous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Producing or containing spicules.
Unintelligence
Unintelligence Un`in*tel"li*gence, n.
Absence or lack of intelligence; unwisdom; ignorance. --Bp.
Hall.
Vitelligenous
Vitelligenous Vit`el*lig"e*nous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain
cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the
ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to
the developing ova.
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