n. Fitness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Antiquatedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. “A broad and beaten way.” Milton. “Beaten gold.” Shak. “off the beaten track.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vanquished; defeated; conquered; baffled. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exhausted; tired out. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Become common or trite; as, a beaten phrase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Tried; practiced. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. worn by use into a deplorable condition. the beaten-up old Ford
Syn. -- battered, beat-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Catene [ L., a chain. ] A chain or series of things connected with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have . . . in no case sought to construct those catenæ of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See Chain. ] Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Catenaries (Geol.) The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Catenating. ] [ L. catenatus, p. p. of catenare, fr. catena chain. See Chain. ] To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catenatio. ] Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. catenuia, dim. of catena chain. ] 1. Consisting of little links or chains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being cognate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being compassionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Complexity. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating. ] [ L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate. ] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concatenatio. ] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
Syn. -- consideration, thoughtfulness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Counter tenor. ] (Mus.) Counter tenor; contralto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Degeneracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being delicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being desolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Desperation; virulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being determinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being discriminated; distinctness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. ingested through the mouth. Contrasted with uneaten. [ Narrower terms: consumed; devoured, eaten up(predicate) ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gilded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A minister's [ business ] is to greaten and exalt [ his king ]. Ken. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become large; to dilate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or relations of being immediate in manner, place, or time; exemption from second or interventing causes. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inanimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deadness and inanimateness of the subject. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being inarticulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. incatenatio; L. pref. in- in + catena chain. See Enchain. ] The act of linking together; enchaining. [ R. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being innate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being insatiate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being unpolluted; purity. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]