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CommissioningCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. Concessionist
Concessionist Con*ces"sion*ist, n.
One who favors concession.
Confessionist
Confessionist Con*fes"sion*ist, n. [Cf. F. confessioniste.]
One professing a certain faith. --Bp. Montagu.
Disillusionize
Disillusionize Dis`il*lu"sion*ize, v. t.
To disenchant; to free from illusion. ``The bitter
disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life.' --W.
Black.
Exclusionism
Exclusionism Ex*clu"sion*ism, n.
The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.
Exclusionist
Exclusionist Ex*clu"sion*ist, n.
One who would exclude another from some right or privilege;
esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of
Charles II.
Excursionist
Excursionist Ex*cur"sion*ist, n.
One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.
Extensionist
Extensionist Ex*ten"sion*ist, n.
One who favors or advocates extension.
Illusionist
Illusionist Il*lu"sion*ist, n.
One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer.
Immersionist
Immersionist Im*mer"sion*ist, n. (Eccl.)
One who holds the doctrine that immersion is essential to
Christian baptism.
Impressionism
Impressionism Im*pres"sion*ism, n. [F. impressionnisme.] (Fine
Arts)
The theory or method of suggesting an effect or impression
without elaboration of the details; -- a disignation of a
recent fashion in painting and etching.
Impressionist
Impressionist Im*pres"sion*ist, n. [F. impressionniste.] (Fine
Arts)
One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism, so
called.
Impressionistic
Impressionistic Im*pres`sion*is"tic, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, impressionism.
InfusionismInfusionism In*fu"sion*ism, n.
The doctrine that the soul is preexistent to the body, and is
infused into it at conception or birth; -- opposed to
tradicianism and creationism. Intrusionist
Intrusionist In*tru"sion*ist, n.
One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment
of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes
of the parishioners.
NeoimpressionismNeoimpressionism Ne`o*im*pres"sion*ism, n. (Painting)
A theory or practice which is a further development, on more
rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of
Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and
carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is
marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots
upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a
variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors
employed. This method is also known as Pointillism
(stippling). Obtrusionist
Obtrusionist Ob*tru"sion*ist, n.
One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] --Gent. Mag.
OccasioningOccasion Oc*ca"sion ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Occasioned (-zh[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Occasioning.]
[Cf.F. occasionner.]
To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to
occasion anxiety. --South.
If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make
several combinations of simple ideas into distinct
modes. --Locke. PassioningPassion Pas"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Passioned; p. pr & vb.
n. Passioning.]
To give a passionate character to. [R.] --Keats. Passionist
Passionist Pas"sion*ist, n. (R. C. Ch.)
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and
introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the
order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the
activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also
Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.
PensioningPension Pen"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pensioned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pensioning.]
To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in
consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes
followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles.
--Pope. ProcessioningProcessioning Pro*ces"sion*ing, n.
A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and
fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. [ Local,
U. S.] --Bouvier. ProgressionistProgressionist Pro*gres"sion*ist, n.
1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society
toward perfection.
2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic
forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian. --H. Spencer. ProvisioningProvision Pro*vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provisioned; p.
pr. & vb. n. Provisioning.]
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
They were provisioned for a journey. --Palfrey. Recensionist
Recensionist Re*cen"sion*ist, n.
One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
Secessionism
Secessionism Se*ces"sion*ism, n.
The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession;
the tenets of secessionists.
Secessionist
Secessionist Se*ces"sion*ist, n.
1. One who upholds secession.
2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has
the right to separate from the Union at its will.
Successionist
Successionist Suc*ces"sion*ist, n.
A person who insists on the importance of a regular
succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one
who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
TransmissionistTransmissionist Trans*mis"sion*ist, n.
An adherent of a theory, the
transmission theory, that the brain serves to ``transmit,'
rather than to originate, conclusions, and hence that
consciousness may exist independently of the brain. Versionist
Versionist Ver"sion*ist, n.
One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [R.]
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