‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setæ; the sea mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Basi- + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Anat.) The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the chemist Blöde. ] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Professor Parker Cleaveland. ] (Min.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conditus, p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See Recondite. ] Preserved; pickled. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cord, n. ] (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Cookery) an appetizer consisting of raw vegetables cut into bite-sized strips and served with a dip. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. being brought into disrepute; as, a discredited politician.
Syn. -- damaged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. suffering shame.
Syn. -- disgraced, dishonored, shamed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having been shown to be incorrect; as, a discredited theory or policy. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ See Dight. ] To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + terebene. ] (Chem.) See Colophene.

adj. improved or corrected by critical editing.
Syn. -- emended. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. See Indite. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, a foot. ] (Zoöl.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Epipodium. ] (Zoöl.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. eruditus, p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct; e out + rudis rude: cf. F. érudit. See Rude. ] Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. “A most erudite prince.” Sir T. More. “Erudite . . . theology.” I. Taylor. -- er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- er"u*dite`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. profound knowledge.
Syn. -- erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; , foot. ] (Zoöl.) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. expeditus, p. p. of expedire to free one caught by the foot, to extricate, set free, bring forward, make ready; ex out + pes, prdis, t. See Foot. ] 1. Free of impediment; unimpeded. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nimble and expedite . . . in its operation. Tollotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expedited p. pr. & vb. n. Expediting ] 1. To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

To expedite your glorious march. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such charters be expedited of course. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In expedite manner; expeditiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being expedite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extradited p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing ] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi. ] (Min.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool, ) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &unr_;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite. ] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

n. [ After Heuland, an English mineralogist. ] (Min.) A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. impeditus, p. p. See Impede. ] Hindered; obstructed. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To impede. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconditus; pref. in- not + conditus, p. p. of condere to put or join together. See Condition. ] Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. “Carol incondite rhymes.” J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uncredited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing. ] [ OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L. indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and by dictare to dictate. See Diction, and cf. Indict, Indicate, Dictate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Could a common grief have indited such expressions? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To invite or ask. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She will indite him to some supper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Indictment. ] The act of inditing. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who indites. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ineruditus. See In- not, and Erudite. ] Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ischi`on the hip joint + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot. ] (Zool.) The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. lepa`s, lepa`dos. ] (Zool.) Same as Lepadoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil club moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pearl-like. ] (Min.) A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and Terrace. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inland; remote from the ocean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A small two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata), a native of the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in warm regions, which can cause great damage to citrus and other succulent fruit crops when present in large numbers. It is black and white and irregularly banded. It lays eggs in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits; when the eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) inside the fruit, they cause the fruit to decay and fall, and make the fruit unsaleable. It is also popularly called the medfly. The possibility of infestation by this and other crop pests has caused some states such as California, where fruit is a major export, to ban the importation of fruit from other regions. Outbreaks of infestation with the medfly have caused California to mobilize major eradication campaigns and have been the subject of political faultfinding. The eradication tactic, of releasing sterile males to break the reproductive cycle, has been used to deal with outbreaks of the medfly. [ PJC ]

a. Inland. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]