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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.
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.
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.
Intervention
Intervention In`ter*ven"tion, n. [L. interventio an
interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
1. The act of intervening; interposition.
Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax
membrane. --Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others;
especially, of one or more states with the affairs of
another; mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the
intervention, of any foreign power. --Sir W.
Temple.
3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect
his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit
pending between other parties.
InventionInvention In*ven"tion, n. [L. inventio: cf. F. invention. See
Invent.]
1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or
construction of that which has not before existed; as, the
invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of
printing. Nonintervention
Nonintervention Non*in`ter*ven"tion, n.
The state or habit of not intervening or interfering; as, the
nonintervention of one state in the affairs of another.
ObventionObvention Ob*ven"tion, n. [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come
before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire
to come: cf.F. obvention.]
The act of happening incidentally; that which happens
casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
[Obs.] ``Tithes and other obventions.' --Spenser.
Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great
persons, and other casualities and obventions.
--Fuller. Preventional
Preventional Pre*ven"tion*al, a.
Tending to prevent. [Obs.]
Reconvention
Reconvention Re`con*ven"tion (-v?n"sh?n), n. (Civil Law)
A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against
the plaintiff before the same judge. --Burrill. Bouvier.
Subvention
Subvention Sub*ven"tion, v. t.
To subventionize.
Subventionize
Subventionize Sub*ven"tion*ize, v. t.
To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
Supervention
Supervention Su`per*ven"tion, n. [L. superventio.]
The act of supervening. --Bp. Hall.
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