n. [ L. abscisio. ] See Abscission. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acquisitus, p. p. of acquirere. See Acquire. ] Acquired. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acquisitio, fr. acquirere: cf. F. acquisition. See Acquire. ] 1. The act or process of acquiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: (Business, Finance) The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.
Syn. -- buyout, takeover. [ PJC ]

3. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Acquirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Acquired. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of acquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acquires. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ LL. acrisia, Gr. 'akrisi`a; 'a priv. + kri`nein to separate, to decide. ] 1. Inability to judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a communication publicly promoting some product or service.
Syn. -- ad, advertisement, advert [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 the business of advertising; the activity engaged in by professional publicists for pay.
Syn. -- advertizing, publicizing, the advertising profession, the advertising industry [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. allisio, fr. allidere, to strike or dash against; ad + laedere to dash against. ] The act of dashing against, or striking upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodi`sia sexual pleasure, 'Afrodi`th the goddess of love. ] (Med.) Absence of sexual appetite. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'afrodisiako`s pertaining to venery. ] (Med.) Same as Antaphrodisiac. Dunglison. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ a. [ Pref. anti- + aphrodisiac. ] (Med.) Capable of blunting the sexual appetite. -- n. Anything that reduces the sexual appetite. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. Of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. -- n. A medicine for phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; pertaining to sensual love, fr. &unr_;. See Aphrodite. ] Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. “Aphrodisian dames” [ that is, courtesans ]. C. Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. &unr_; answer, fr. &unr_; to answer; &unr_; from + &unr_; to separate. ] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mil.) a division of a land army which is equipped with armored vehicles such as tanks or armored personnel carriers. [ PJC. ]

n. [ L. Artemisia, Gr. 'Artemisi`a. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these Artemisia absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and Artemisia tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Vision. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod.
Syn. -- genus Baptisia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To busy; to employ. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min. Chem.) A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pl. Cartes de visite /plu>. [ F. ] 1. A visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Moldova. Population (2000) = 676, 700. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; separation. ] (Bot.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. -- In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcisio. ] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Muslims, etc. Circumcision of male infants is also a common practice as a hygienic measure, to reduce incidence of infection of the penis. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide. ] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. [ 1913 Webster ]

The collision of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Colliding; clashing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise. ] A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crises [ L. crisis, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to separate. See Certain. ] 1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. [ 1913 Webster ]

This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. croco&unr_;se. ] (Min.) Same as Crocoite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. classification according to more than one attribute at the same time.
Syn. -- cross-classification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See Kitchen. ] 1. The kitchen or cooking department. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manner or style of cooking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. “The daisied green.” Langhorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decisio, fr. decīdere, decisum: cf. F. décision. See Decide. ] 1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The decision of some dispute. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.

Syn. -- Decision, Determination, Resolution. Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. décisif. See Decision. ] 1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. “A decisive, irrevocable doom.” Bates. “Decisive campaign.” Macaulay. “Decisive proof.” Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked by promptness and decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. J. Foster.

Syn. -- Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided.

-- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derisio: cf. F. dérision. See Deride. ] 1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satan beheld their plight,
And to his mates thus in derision called. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was a derision to all my people. Lam. iii. 14.

Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. “Derisive taunts.” Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A masque or masquerade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]