‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to count off or over. ] (Rhet.) Enumeration of parts or particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr. apparere. See Appear. ] 1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which apparition, it seems, was you. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. “The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. “An apparitional soul.” Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. apparere. See Appear. ] 1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + parietal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caparaçon, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap. ] 1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially when decorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gay or rich clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caparisoned pos>p. pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning. ] [ Cf. F caparaçonner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am caparisoned like a man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st Compare. ] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? Mark iv. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. --
In comparison of,
In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [ Archaic ] “So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.” Addison. --
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. Bouvier. Burrill.

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v. t. To compare. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; -- usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. disparition. ] Act of disappearing; disappearance. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Disparities [ LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparité. See Par, Peer. ] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Episcopal. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fissiparous. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Germ + L. parere to produce. ] (Biol.) Reproduction by means of germs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a pony, dim. of &unr_; a horse. ] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

a. [ L. impar unequal + digitus finger. ] (Anat.) Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impar unequal + E. pinnate. ] (Bot.) Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impar unequal + E. syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique. ] (Gram.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. im- + parity: cf. F. imparité. ] 1. Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness; incongruity. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this region of merely intellectual notion we are at once encountered by the imparity of the object and the faculty employed upon it. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

a. (Anat.) Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. -- n. The interparietal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated or occurring within an inclosure; shut off from public sight; private; secluded; retired. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have no Turkish proclivities, and I do not think that, after all, impaling is preferable as a mode of capital punishment to intraparietal hanging. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including the snailfishes.
Syn. -- family Liparididae, family Liparidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Zool.) The type genus of the Liparididae, consisting of certain of the snailfishes.
Syn. -- genus Liparis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ So called from Lipari, the island. ] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sparing none. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. omniparens all-producing; omnis all + parere to bring forth. ] Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Omni- + -parity. ] Equality in every part; general equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Oviparous. ] (Biol.) Generation by means of ova. See Generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. par, paris, equal. ] A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate, paripinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Tamil paraiyan, pl. paraiyar, one of the low caste, fr. parai a large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindus as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste. Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An outcast; one despised by society. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pariah dog (Zool.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities. --
Pariah kite (Zool.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pair royal, under Pair, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Parius. ] Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parian chronicle, a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in the Isle of Paros, now among the Arundelian marbles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Paros. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pari-, and Digitate. ] (Zool.) Same as Artiodactyla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having an even number of digits on the hands or the feet. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Parietes [ See Parietes. ] (Zool.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the parietes. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Parietal, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. Pellitory, Parietal. ] (Bot.) Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. paries a wall. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls. ] A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]