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AnathemaAnathema A*nath"e*ma, n.; pl. Anathemas. [L. anath?ma, fr.
Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L.
anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as
a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See Thesis.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by
excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as
accursed.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
--Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas
of both [families]. --Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by
ecclesiastical authority.
The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to
destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to
save them from it, to become an anathema, and be
destroyed himself. --Locke.
Anathema Maranatha(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression
commonly considered as a highly intensified form of
anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate
sentence, meaning, ``Our Lord cometh.' Anathema MaranathaAnathema A*nath"e*ma, n.; pl. Anathemas. [L. anath?ma, fr.
Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L.
anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as
a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See Thesis.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by
excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as
accursed.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
--Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas
of both [families]. --Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by
ecclesiastical authority.
The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to
destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to
save them from it, to become an anathema, and be
destroyed himself. --Locke.
Anathema Maranatha(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression
commonly considered as a highly intensified form of
anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate
sentence, meaning, ``Our Lord cometh.' AnathemasAnathema A*nath"e*ma, n.; pl. Anathemas. [L. anath?ma, fr.
Gr. ? anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L.
anath?ma, fr. Gr. ? a votive offering; all fr. ? to set up as
a votive gift, dedicate; ? up + ? to set. See Thesis.]
1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by
ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by
excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as
accursed.
[They] denounce anathemas against unbelievers.
--Priestley.
2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas
of both [families]. --Thackeray.
3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by
ecclesiastical authority.
The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to
destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to
save them from it, to become an anathema, and be
destroyed himself. --Locke.
Anathema Maranatha(see --1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression
commonly considered as a highly intensified form of
anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate
sentence, meaning, ``Our Lord cometh.' AnathematicAnathematic A*nath`e*mat"ic, Anathematical
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. --
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. AnathematicalAnathematic A*nath`e*mat"ic, Anathematical
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. --
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. AnathematicallyAnathematic A*nath`e*mat"ic, Anathematical
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al, a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. --
A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. Anathematization
Anathematization A*nath`e*ma*ti*za"tion, n. [LL.
anathematisatio.]
The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed;
imprecation. --Barrow.
Anathematizer
Anathematizer A*nath"e*ma*ti`zer, n.
One who pronounces an anathema. --Hammond.
Applied mathematicsApply Ap*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Applied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Applying.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to
join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist
together. See Applicant, Ply.]
1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);
-- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply
medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
He said, and the sword his throat applied. --Dryden.
2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose,
or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to
apply money to the payment of a debt.
3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable,
fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the
case; to apply an epithet to a person.
Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom
applied. --Milton.
4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with
attention; to attach; to incline.
Apply thine heart unto instruction. --Prov. xxiii.
12.
5. To direct or address. [R.]
Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. --Pope.
6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
I applied myself to him for help. --Johnson.
7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.]
She was skillful in applying his ``humors.' --Sir
P. Sidney.
8. To visit. [Obs.]
And he applied each place so fast. --Chapman.
Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics. Erythematous
Erythematous Er`y*them"a*tous, a. (Med.)
Relating to, or causing, erythema.
ExanthemaExanthema Ex`an*the"ma, n.; pl. Exanthemata. [L., fr. Gr.?,
fr.? to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; ?, ?,
out + ? to bloom, ? flower: cf. F. exanth[`e]me.] (Med.)
An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or
breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the
like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended
with fever. --Dunglison. ExanthemataExanthema Ex`an*the"ma, n.; pl. Exanthemata. [L., fr. Gr.?,
fr.? to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; ?, ?,
out + ? to bloom, ? flower: cf. F. exanth[`e]me.] (Med.)
An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or
breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the
like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended
with fever. --Dunglison. Exanthematic
Exanthematic Ex*an`the*mat"ic, Exanthematous
Ex`an*them"a*tous, a.
Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema;
efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.
Exanthematous
Exanthematic Ex*an`the*mat"ic, Exanthematous
Ex`an*them"a*tous, a.
Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema;
efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.
Iatromathematical
Iatromathematical I*a`tro*math`e*mat"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
Iatromathematician
Iatromathematician I*a`tro*math`e*ma*ti"cian, n. [Gr. ?
physician + E. mathematician.] (Hist. Med.)
One of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of
the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics
and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager
student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
MathematicalMathematical Math`e*mat"ic*al, a. [See Mathematic.]
Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics;
hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical
geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.
-- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. MathematicallyMathematical Math`e*mat"ic*al, a. [See Mathematic.]
Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics;
hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical
geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.
-- Math`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. Pathematic
Pathematic Path`e*mat"ic, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a suffering, ?, to
suffer.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. [R.]
--Chalmers.
Philomathematic
Philomathematic Phil`o*math`e*mat"ic, n.
A philomath.
Physico-mathematics
Physico-mathematics Phys`i*co-math`e*mat"ics, n. [Physico- +
mathematics.]
Mixed mathematics.
Prosthemadera NovaeseelandiaeParson Par"son, n. [OE. persone person, parson, OF. persone,
F. personne person, LL. persona (sc. ecclesiae), fr. L.
persona a person. See Person.]
1. (Eng. Eccl. Law) A person who represents a parish in its
ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector
or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full
possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of
souls.
2. Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is
in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
He hears the parson pray and preach. --Longfellow.
Parson bird (Zo["o]l.), a New Zealand bird (Prosthemadera
Nov[ae]seelandi[ae]) remarkable for its powers of mimicry
and its ability to articulate words. Its color is glossy
black, with a curious tuft of long, curly, white feathers
on each side of the throat. It is often kept as a cage
bird. Pure mathematicsPure Pure, a. [Compar. Purer; superl. Purest.] [OE. pur,
F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to
clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider,
think, Skr. p? to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. Putative.]
1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free
from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed;
as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion.
The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer.
A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I.
Watts.
2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent;
guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. ``Keep thyself
pure.' --1 Tim. v. 22.
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5.
3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or
pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and
actions. ``Pure religion and impartial laws.' --Tickell.
``The pure, fine talk of Rome.' --Ascham.
Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure
as any that ancient or modern history records.
--Macaulay.
4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services.
Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon
the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv.
6.
5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of
some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. ``The
inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.' --Fuller.
Pure blue. (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.
Pure chemistry. See under Chemistry.
Pure mathematics, that portion of mathematics which treats
of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to
applied mathematics, which treats of the application of
the principles to the investigation of other branches of
knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See
Mathematics. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )
Pure villenage (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain
services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone.
Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine;
unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished;
unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless;
incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate;
innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy. Pure mathematicsAbstract Ab"stract` (#; 277), a. [L. abstractus, p. p. of
abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw.
See Trace.]
1. Withdraw; separate. [Obs.]
The more abstract . . . we are from the body.
--Norris.
2. Considered apart from any application to a particular
object; separated from matter; existing in the mind only;
as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal;
abstruse; difficult.
3. (Logic)
(a) Expressing a particular property of an object viewed
apart from the other properties which constitute it;
-- opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract
word. --J. S. Mill.
(b) Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction;
general as opposed to particular; as, ``reptile' is
an abstract or general name. --Locke.
A concrete name is a name which stands for a
thing; an abstract name which stands for an
attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in
more modern times, which, if not introduced by
Locke, has gained currency from his example, of
applying the expression ``abstract name' to all
names which are the result of abstraction and
generalization, and consequently to all general
names, instead of confining it to the names of
attributes. --J. S. Mill.
4. Abstracted; absent in mind. ``Abstract, as in a trance.'
--Milton.
An abstract idea (Metaph.), an idea separated from a
complex object, or from other ideas which naturally
accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated
apart from its color or figure.
Abstract terms, those which express abstract ideas, as
beauty, whiteness, roundness, without regarding any object
in which they exist; or abstract terms are the names of
orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a
combination of similar qualities.
Abstract numbers (Math.), numbers used without application
to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as
6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete.
Abstract or Pure mathematics. See Mathematics. ScythemanScytheman Scythe"man, n.; pl. Scythemen.
One who uses a scythe; a mower. --Macaulay. Sitheman
Sitheman Sithe"man, n.
A mower. [Obs.] --Marston.
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