v. t. [ L. anteponere. ] To put before; to prefer. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; usage, law, rule. ] The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n.; pl. Aponeuroses [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pass into a tendon; &unr_; from + &unr_; to strain the sinews, &unr_; sinew, tendon, nerve. ] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aponeurosis + Gr. &unr_; a cutting. ] Dissection of aponeuroses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bibliog.) Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium (Zweibrücken), in Bavaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a native village in Malaysia.
Syn. -- Kampong. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus comprising the carpenter ants.
Syn. -- genus Camponotus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. capon, chapoun, AS. capūn (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma. ] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young capon. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caponnière, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon. ] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To castrate, as a fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. cauponari, fr. caupo huckster, innkeeper. ] To sell wine or victuals. [ Obs. ] Warburfon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. componere. See Compound. ] To compose; to settle; to arrange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A good pretense for componing peace. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. ] See Compony. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, a. [ F. componé. ] (Her.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t. ] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A constituent part; an ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding. ] [ Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre. ] 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. [ 1913 Webster ]

None of them [ the forms of Sidney's sonnets ] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [ Atterbury ] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. correspondance. ] 1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The letters which pass between correspondents. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school may be used to include any educational institution or department for instruction by correspondence, as in a university or other educational bodies, but the term is commonly applied to various educational institutions organized on a commercial basis, some of which offer a large variety of courses in general and technical subjects, conducted by specialists. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Correspondencies Same as Correspondence, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. correspondant. ] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will be correspondent to command. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a corresponding manner; conformably. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. -- Cor`re*spon"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. (Her.) See Compony. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. couper to cut, cut off. See Coppice. ] 1. (Com.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a ticket or form allowing the bearer to purchase a specific quantity of rationed goods; -- such coupons are typically issued by a governmental agency. [ PJC ]

4. a printed form, often distributed as part of an advertisement, entitling the bearer to purchase a specific item of merchandise at a discount; or, a similar form which may be submitted to the issuer to obtain goods or information. Such coupons may be issued by the manufacturer (manufacturer's coupon) or by a retail establishment; in the latter case they may then be redeemed only at that particular retail store. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. See Crampoons. ] 1. (Bot.) An aërial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a device with pointed metal projections worn over the shoes to provide traction when walking over ice, or in mountaineering; -- usually used in the plural. [ PJC ]

3. same as crampoon. [ PJC ]

a. [ F. cramponné. See Crampoons. ] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Coupon. ] A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deponed p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing. ] [ L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit. ] 1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay down. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assert under oath; to depose. [ A Scotticism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [ A Scotticism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See Depone, v. t. ] 1. (Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A deponent verb.

Syn. -- Deponent, Affiant. These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under Deposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. déponent. See Depone. ] (Gram.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Despondency. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The slough of despond. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Desponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Desponding. ] [ L. despondēre, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spondēre to promise solemnly. See Sponsor. ] To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others depress their own minds, [ and ] despond at the first difficulty. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. D. Webster.

Syn. -- Despond, Dispair. Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Despondency. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [ and ] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despondēre. ] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]