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Adversion
Adversion Ad*ver"sion, n.[L. adversio]
A turning towards; attention. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
AnimadversionAnimadversion An`i*mad*ver"sion, n. [L. animadversio, fr.
animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert.]
1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or
simple perception. [Obs.]
The soul is the sole percipient which hath
animadversion and sense, properly so called.
--Glanvill.
2. Monition; warning. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure;
adverse criticism; reproof; blame.
He dismissed their commissioners with severe and
sharp animadversions. --Clarendon.
4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement;
punishment. [Archaic] ``Divine animadversions.' --Wesley.
Syn: Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment. Anteversion
Anteversion An`te*ver"sion, n. [Pref. ante- + L. vertere,
versum, to turn.] (Med.)
A displacement of an organ, esp. of the uterus, in such
manner that its whole axis is directed further forward than
usual.
AversionAversion A*ver"sion, n. [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See
Avert.]
1. A turning away. [Obs.]
Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. --Bp.
Atterbury.
2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike;
antipathy; disinclination; reluctance.
Mutual aversion of races. --Prescott.
His rapacity had made him an object of general
aversion. --Macaulay.
Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object.
[See Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found;
from is obsolete.
A freeholder is bred with an aversion to
subjection. --Addison.
His aversion towards the house of York. --Bacon.
It is not difficult for a man to see that a
person has conceived an aversion for him.
--Spectator.
The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. --J.
D. Hooker.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance.
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. --Pope.
Syn: Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike. Contraversion
Contraversion Con`tra*ver"sion, n.
A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. --Congreve.
Controversion
Controversion Con`tro*ver"sion, n.
Act of controverting; controversy. [Obs.] --Hooker.
DiversionDiversion Di*ver"sion, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel;
diversion of the mind from business.
2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport;
play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. ``Public
diversions.' --V. Knox.
Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and
folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
--Addison.
3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an
enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be
made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.
Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport;
game; play; solace; merriment. Extraversion
Extraversion Ex`tra*ver"sion, n. [Pref. extra- + L. vertere,
versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.]
The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown
out. [Obs.] --Boyle.
ExtroversionExtroversion Ex`tro*ver"sion, n. [See Extrorse.]
The condition of being turned wrong side out; as,
extroversion of the bladder. --Dunglison. Illative conversionIllative Il"la*tive, a. [L. illativus: cf. F. illatif.]
Relating to, dependent on, or denoting, illation;
inferential; conclusive; as, an illative consequence or
proposition; an illative word, as then, therefore, etc.
Illative conversion (Logic), a converse or reverse
statement of a proposition which in that form must be true
because the original proposition is true.
Illative sense (Metaph.), the faculty of the mind by which
it apprehends the conditions and determines upon the
correctness of inferences. IntroversionIntroversion In`tro*ver"sion, n. [See Introvert.]
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted;
the act of turning the mind inward. --Berkeley. InversionInversion In*ver"sion, n. [L. inversio: cf. F. inversion. See
Invert.]
1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the
state of being inverted.
2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or
arrangement of things; transposition.
It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament;
your lordship first signed it, and then it was
passed among the Lords and Commons. --Dryden.
3. (Mil.) A movement in tactics by which the order of
companies in line is inverted, the right being on the
left, the left on the right, and so on.
4. (Math.) A change in the order of the terms of a
proportion, so that the second takes the place of the
first, and the fourth of the third.
5. (Geom.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a
figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions
that are true for the original figure thus furnish new
propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See
Inverse figures, under Inverse.
6. (Gram.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases;
as, ``of all vices, impurity is one of the most
detestable,' instead of, ``impurity is one of the most
detestable of all vices.'
7. (Rhet.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows
that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to
him are really favorable to his cause.
8. (Mus.)
(a) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an
octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds
sixths, etc.
(b) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its
root, is made the bass.
(c) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of
which it consists are repeated in the contrary
direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
(d) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower
part change places.
9. (Geol.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by
upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession
appears to be reversed.
10. (Chem.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose),
under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as
diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar
(dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less
properly, the process by which starch is converted into
grape sugar (dextrose).
Note: The terms invert and inversion, in this sense, owe
their meaning to the fact that the plane of
polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by
cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose. Italic versionItalic I*tal"ic, a. [L. Italicus: cf. F. italique. Cf.
Italian.]
1. Relating to Italy or to its people.
2. Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters
do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so
called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the
inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
Italic languages, the group or family of languages of
ancient Italy.
Italic order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite.
Italic school, a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic
philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were
first promulgated.
Italic version. See Itala. Italic versionItala It"a*la, n. [Fem. of L. Italus Italian.]
An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament
was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the
Italic version). Obversion
Obversion Ob*ver"sion, n. [L. obversio a turning towards.]
1. The act of turning toward or downward.
2. (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny
the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all
men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal.
This is also described as ``immediate inference by
privative conception.' --Bain.
PerversionPerversion Per*ver"sion, n. [L. perversio: cf. F. perversion.
See Pervert.]
The act of perverting, or the state of being perverted; a
turning from truth or right; a diverting from the true intent
or object; a change to something worse; a turning or applying
to a wrong end or use. ``Violations and perversions of the
laws.' --Bacon. Reconversion
Reconversion Re`con*ver"sion (-v?r"sh?n), n.
A second conversion.
Reversionary
Reversionary Re*ver"sion*a*ry, a. (Law)
Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be
enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a
particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
Reversionary
Reversionary Re*ver"sion*a*ry, n. (Law)
That which is to be received in reversion.
Reversioner
Reversioner Re*ver"sion*er, n. (Law)
One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or
tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.
--Blackstone.
Rheims and Douay versionDouay Bible Dou"ay Bi"ble [From Douay, or Douai, a town in
France.]
A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for
the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the
Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New
Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the
Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised
editions have since been published. [Written also Doway
Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.] SubversionSubversion Sub*ver"sion, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion.
See Subvert.]
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned;
entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter
ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the
subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the
constitution.
The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . .
through my whole estate. --Evelyn.
Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
subversion of that order they were intended to
preserve. --Rogers. Subversionary
Subversionary Sub*ver"sion*a*ry, a.
Promoting destruction.
The Authorized VersionAuthorized Au"thor*ized, a.
1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized
agent.
2. Sanctioned by authority.
The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English
translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction
of King James I. It was ``appointed to be read in
churches,' and has been the accepted English Bible. The
Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855. The Revised Version of the BibleRevise Re*vise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revised; p. pr. & vb.
n. Revising.] [F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see
again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, to see. See Review,
View.]
1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to
re["e]xamine; to review; to look over with care for
correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a
translation.
2. (Print.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the
same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been
corrected in the type.
3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to
revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
The Revised Version of the Bible, a version prepared in
accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both
houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury,
England. Both English and American revisers were employed
on the work. It was first published in a complete form in
1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See
Authorized Version, under Authorized. Transversion
Transversion Trans*ver"sion, n.
The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into
prose.
Unconversion
Unconversion Un`con*ver"sion, n.
The state of being unconverted; impenitence. [R.]
VersionVersion Ver"sion, n. [F., from L. vertere, versum, to turn, to
change, to translate. See Verse.]
1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation;
conversion; turning.
The version of air into water. --Bacon.
2. (Med.) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is
deflected from its normal position without being bent upon
itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion.
3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language
into another language.
4. A translation; that which is rendered from another
language; as, the Common, or Authorized, Version of the
Scriptures (see under Authorized); the Septuagint
Version of the Old Testament.
5. An account or description from a particular point of view,
especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave
another version of the affair. Versionist
Versionist Ver"sion*ist, n.
One who makes or favors a version; a translator. [R.]
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