n. [ Gr. &unr_; a leading away, fr. &unr_; to lead away; &unr_; from + &unr_; to lead. ] (Logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. Bp. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Areopagite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Areopagites, Gr. &unr_;. ] A member of the Areopagus. Acts xvii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Areopagiticus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the Areopagus. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, and &unr_; &unr_;, hill of Ares (Mars' Hill). ] The highest judicial court at Athens. Its sessions were held on Mars' Hill. Hence, any high court or tribunal [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. See Campaign. ] An open level tract of country; especially “Campagna di Roma.” The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. , fr. campagne field. ] (Zool.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Champaign. ] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. compingere. See Compact, v. t. ] A system or structure of many parts united. [ 1913 Webster ]

A regular compages of pipes and vessels. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. compaginare, compaginatum. ] To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compaginatio. ] Union of parts; structure. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads; called in some cases tipping fee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from Gr. 'epagwgh` a bringing in, fr. 'epa`gein. See Epact. ] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inductive. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. équipage, fr. équiper. See Equip. ] 1. Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Retinue; train; suite. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with equipage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well dressed, well bred.
Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. occupying an entire page in a book or paper; as, a full-page ad. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. harpago, Gr. "arpa`gh hook, rake.] A grappling iron. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n. [ Neo- + paganism. ] Revived or new paganism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. Painim, Peasant, and Pact, also Heathen. ] One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- Pagan, Gentile, Heathen. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See Pagan, n. ] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. [ R. ] “The paganic fables of the goods.” Cudworth. -- Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. “The old paganish idolatry.” Sharp [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. paganismus: cf. F. paganisme. See Pagan, and cf. Painim. ] The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Paganitas. ] The state of being a pagan; paganism. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paganized p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing ] To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To behave like pagans. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. Pedagogue, Puerile. ] 1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress [ 1913 Webster ]

He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boy child. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Cf. Pact, Pageant, Pagination. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such was the book from whose pages she sang. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A record; a writing; as, the page of history. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) The type set up for printing a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paged p. pr. & vb. n. Paging ] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To attend (one) as a page. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc. [ PJC ]

3. To call a person on a pager. [ PJC ]

v. t. To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic. [ R. ] “He pageants us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. “Pageant pomp.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pagent, pagen, originally, a movable scaffold or stage, hence, what was exhibited on it, fr. LL. pagina, akin to pangere to fasten; cf. L. pagina page, leaf, slab, compaginare to join together, compages a joining together, structure. See Pact, Page of a book. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. “A pageant truly played.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To see sad pageants of men's miseries. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or display. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

We love the man, the paltry pageant you. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Scenic shows or spectacles, taken collectively; spectacular quality; splendor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such pageantry be to the people shown. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pageantry of festival. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pomp; parade; show; display; spectacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of hairdo. [ PJC ]

n. The state of being a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small electronic communication device which signals when a telephone call has been received at a base station. Each such device receives radio signals from the base station specifically coded for the individual to whom it is registered; the signal given by the device to the registered user may be a beeping sound, indicating that the user should call the base station to receive a message; or it may display a telephone number to which the user may call directly to return the incoming call, or may display a short message. Such devices are small enough to carry in the pocket or pocketbook, or to clip onto a belt or other part of the clothing. Also called beeper. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Paginæ [ L. ] (Bot.) The surface of a leaf or of a flattened thallus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paginalis. ] Consisting of pages. “Paginal books.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To number the pages of (a book or manuscript).
Syn. -- foliate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. Lowndes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The marking or numbering of the pages of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pagode. See Pagoda. ] 1. A pagoda. [ R. ] “Or some queer pagod.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An idol. [ Obs. ] Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr. Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple. ] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An idol. [ R. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it. ] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Costume) A funnel-shaped sleeve arranged to show the sleeve lining and an inner sleeve. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]