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AdventistAdventist Ad"vent*ist, n.
One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look
for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also
Second Adventists. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc. AdventitiousAdventitious Ad`ven*ti"tious, a. [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental
or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n. AdventitiouslyAdventitious Ad`ven*ti"tious, a. [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental
or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n. AdventitiousnessAdventitious Ad`ven*ti"tious, a. [L. adventitius.]
1. Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent; accidental
or causal; additional; supervenient; foreign.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an
adventitious idea of terror, they become without
comparison greater. --Burke.
2. (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as,
adventitious buds or roots.
3. (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country
or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied
to foreign plants.
4. (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; accidental. --
Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness, n. Adventive
Adventive Ad*ven"tive, a.
1. Accidental.
2. (Bot.) Adventitious. --Gray.
Adventive
Adventive Ad*ven"tive, n.
A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant. [R.]
--Bacon.
Agrostis Spica-ventisWindlestrae Win"dle*strae`, Windlestraw Win"dle*straw`, n.
(Bot.)
A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis
Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Shelley. Aventine
Aventine Av"en*tine, a.
Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which
Rome stood. --Bryant.
CircumventingCircumvent Cir`cum*vent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumvented;
p. pr. vb. n. Circumventing.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of
circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum +
venire to come, akin to E. come.]
To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to
decieve; to delude; to get around.
I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden. Circumvention
Circumvention Cir`cum*ven"tion, n. [L. circumventio.]
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or
fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
A school in which he learns sly circumvention.
--Cowper.
Circumventive
Circumventive Cir`cum*vent"ive, a.
Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.
Contravention
Contravention Con`tra*ven"tion, n. [Cf. F. contravention.]
The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction;
transgression; violation.
Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament.
--Macaulay.
In contravention of all his marriage stipulations.
--Motley.
ConventicalPrior Pri"or, n. [OE. priour, OF. priour, prior, priur, F.
prieur, from L. prior former, superior. See Prior, a.]
(Eccl.)
The superior of a priory, and next below an abbot in dignity.
Conventical, or Conventual, prior, a prior who is at
the head of his own house. See the Note under Priory.
Claustral prior, an official next in rank to the abbot in a
monastery; prior of the cloisters. ConventicalConventical Con*vent"ic*al, a.
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical
wages.' --Sterne.
Conventical prior. See Prior. Conventical priorConventical Con*vent"ic*al, a.
Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. ``Conventical
wages.' --Sterne.
Conventical prior. See Prior. Conventicler
Conventicler Con*ven"ti*cler, n.
One who supports or frequents conventicles. --Dryden.
Conventicling
Conventicling Con*ven"ti*cling, a.
Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.]
Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly
by fanatics. --South.
Conventionalily
Conventionalily Con*ven"tion*ali*ly, adv.
In a conventional manner.
ConventionalismConventionalism Con*ven"tion*al*ism, n.
1. That which is received or established by convention or
arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the
fashion, tradition, or usage.
All the artifice and conventionalism of life.
--Hawthorne.
They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in
conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings
according to a received standart. --F. W.
Robertson.
2. (Fine Arts) The principles or practice of
conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t. Conventionalist
Conventionalist Con*ven"tion*al*ist, n.
1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty.
2. One who is governed by conventionalism.
ConventionalitiesConventionality Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl.
Conventionalities.
The state of being conventional; adherence to social
formalities or usages; that which is established by
conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life. ConventionalityConventionality Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl.
Conventionalities.
The state of being conventional; adherence to social
formalities or usages; that which is established by
conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life. Conventionalization
Conventionalization Con*ven`tion*al*i*za"tion, n. (Fine Arts)
(a) The act of making conventional.
(b) The state of being conventional.
ConventionalizeConventionalize Con*ven"tion*al*ize, v. i. (Fine Arts)
To make designs in art, according to conventional principles.
Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2. ConventionalizedConventionalizw Con*ven"tion*al*izw, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conventionalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing.]
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or
cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by
usage.
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) To represent by selecting the important features and
those which are expressible in the medium employed,
and omitting the others.
(b) To represent according to an established principle,
whether religious or traditional, or based upon
certain artistic rules of supposed importance. ConventionalizingConventionalizw Con*ven"tion*al*izw, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conventionalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing.]
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or
cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by
usage.
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) To represent by selecting the important features and
those which are expressible in the medium employed,
and omitting the others.
(b) To represent according to an established principle,
whether religious or traditional, or based upon
certain artistic rules of supposed importance. ConventionalizwConventionalizw Con*ven"tion*al*izw, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Conventionalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Conventionalizing.]
1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or
cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by
usage.
2. (Fine Arts)
(a) To represent by selecting the important features and
those which are expressible in the medium employed,
and omitting the others.
(b) To represent according to an established principle,
whether religious or traditional, or based upon
certain artistic rules of supposed importance. Conventionary
Conventionary Con*ven"tion*a*ry, a.
Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as,
conventionary tenants. [Obs.] --R. Carew.
Conventioner
Conventioner Con*ven"tion*er, n.
One who belongs to a convention or assembly.
Conventionist
Conventionist Con*ven"tion*ist, n.
One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.
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Venti is a
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Venti (aka Twenty) is a 2000
Italian comedy-drama film
directed by
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journey of a ****
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- Hymns. The
deities equivalent to the
Anemoi in
Roman mythology were the
Venti (Latin, "winds").
These gods had
different names, but were
otherwise very...
- cities, by
naming streets for the date: Via XX
Settembre (spoken form: "Via
Venti Settembre"). In 1859,
during the
Second Italian War of Independence, much...
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Leonine City (Latin:
Civitas Leonina) is the part of the city of Rome which,
during the
Middle Ages, was
enclosed with the
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built by order...
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tutelary deity of the
nation of Mondstadt, who
appears in the
guise of
Venti, the bard. In the ****anese
otome game Obey Me!,
Barbatos is
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Steven F.
Venti is the
DeWalt Ankeny Professor of
Economic Policy and a
professor of
economics at
Dartmouth College.
Venti's research focuses on "the well-being...
