{ } n. A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Dull-witted; stupid. “The addle-brained Oberstein.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anticipated p. pr. & vb. n. Anticipating ] [ L. anticipatus, p. p. of anticipare to anticipate; ante + capere to make. See Capable. ] 1. To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action. [ 1913 Webster ]

To anticipate and prevent the duke's purpose. R. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate has anticipated a part of his argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To foretaste or foresee; to have a previous view or impression of; as, to anticipate the pleasures of a visit; to anticipate the evils of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To prevent; obviate; preclude; forestall; expect. -- To Anticipate, Expect. These words, as here compared, agree in regarding some future event as about to take place. Expect is the stringer. It supposes some ground or reason in the mind for considering the event as likely to happen. Anticipate is, literally, to take beforehand, and here denotes simply to take into the mind as conception of the future. Hence, to say, “I did not anticipate a refusal, ” expresses something less definite and strong than to say, “ did not expect it.” Still, anticipate is a convenient word to be interchanged with expect in cases where the thought will allow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good with bad
Expect to hear; supernal grace contending
With sinfulness of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Timid men were anticipating another civil war. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 expected; opposite of unanticipated and unexpected.
Syn. -- awaited(predicate), hoped-for, prospective [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. 1 rightfully expected.
Syn. -- looked-for(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope. ] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopate. ] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A baldheaded person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blockhead; a dolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid; dull; doltish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com- + pater father. ] The relation of a godfather to a person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon law is a spiritual affinity. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Mexican conepatl and epatl. ] (Zool.) The skunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Constipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Constipating. ] [ L. constipatus, p. p. of constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive. ] 1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels; costive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. crispatus, p. p. of crispare. ] Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ending in a point. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having cusps or points.
Syn. -- cuspated, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul. ] To defile; to disfigure. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating. ] [ LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault. ] To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate. [ 1913 Webster ]

I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating. ] [ L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw. ] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Squandered; scattered. “Dissipated wealth.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A life irregular and dissipated. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Perh. fr. OE. dodden to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests. ] A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dunderhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emancipated p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating. ] [ L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable. ] To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error. [ 1913 Webster ]

From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emancipatus, p. p. ] Set at liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. free from traditional social restraints; -- used especially of women; as, an emancipated young woman pursuing her career. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- liberated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. freed from bondage. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- freed, liberated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. épiscopat. See Bishop. ] 1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of bishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of a bishop's rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Episcopated p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating. ] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton. [ 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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exculpated p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating (&unr_;). ] [ L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable. ] To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. [ 1913 Webster ]

He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]

I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.

Syn. -- To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. freed from any question of guilt; having suspicion of guilt eliminated.
Syn. -- absolved, cleared, exonerated, vindicated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Extirpated p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating ] [ L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root. ] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.

Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feather-headed; frivolous. [ Colloq. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Idle-headed; stupid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. increpatus, p. p. of increpare to upbraid; pref. in- in, against + crepare to talk noisily. ] To chide; to rebuke; to reprove. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inculpated p. pr. & vb. n. Inculpating ] [ LL. inculpatus, p. p. of inculpare to blame; pref. in- in + culpa fault. See Culpable. ] [ A word of recent introduction. ] To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt. Contrasted with exculpate. [ 1913 Webster ]

That risk could only exculpate her and not inculpate them -- the probabilities protected them so perfectly. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lampate. ] (Chem.) A supposed salt of lampic acid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. mancipatus, p. p. of mancipare to sell. Cf. Emancipate. ] To enslave; to bind; to restrict. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. Same as Nott-headed. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take. ] 1. To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it? Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. occupatus, p. p. of occupare. See Occupy. ] To occupy. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To examine for medical purposes by touching, as of body parts; as, the nurse palpated the patient's stomach.
Syn. -- feel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. participatus, p. p. of participare to participate; pars, partis, part + capere to take. See Part, and Capacious. ] Acting in common; participating. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Participated p. pr. & vb. n. Participating. ] To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to play a role; to partake; -- followed by in, formerly by of; as, to participate in a debate; to participate in a discussion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

So would he participate of their wants. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mine may come when men
With angels may participate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To partake of; to share in; to receive a part of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit to participate all rational delight. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impart, or give, or share of. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. (Her.) See Patté. [ 1913 Webster ]