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Aguardiente
Aguardiente A`guar*di*en"te, n. [Sp., contr. of agua ardiente
burning water (L. aqua water + ardens burning).]
1. A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and
Spanish America.]
AudientAudient Au"di*ent, a. [L. audiens, p. pr. of audire. See
Audible, a.]
Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. --Mrs.
Browning. Audient
Audient Au"di*ent, n.
A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [Obs.]
--Shelton.
Clairaudient
Clairaudient Clair*au"di*ent, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.
Clairaudient
Clairaudient Clair*au"di*ent, n.
One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.
DisobedientDisobedient Dis`o*be"di*ent, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See
Disobey, Obedient.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is
commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not
observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; --
applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin. Disobediently
Disobediently Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
In a disobedient manner.
Effodient
Effodient Ef*fo"di*ent, a. [L. effodiens, p. pr. of effodere
to dig out; ex + fodere to dig.]
Digging up.
Expedient
Expedient Ex*pe"di*ent, n.
1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to
accomplish an end.
What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm
her fears and ease her boding mind? --Philips.
2. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Syn: Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
ExpedientialExpediential Ex*pe`di*en"tial
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential
policy. ``Calculating, expediential understanding.' --Hare.
-- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly, adv. ?. ExpedientiallyExpediential Ex*pe`di*en"tial
Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential
policy. ``Calculating, expediential understanding.' --Hare.
-- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly, adv. ?. Expediently
Expediently Ex*pe"di*ent*lyadv.
1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.
2. With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]
Fodient
Fodient Fo"di*ent, a. [L. fodiens, p. pr. of fodere to dig.]
Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.
Fodient
Fodient Fo"di*ent, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Fodientia.
Fodientia
Fodientia Fo`di*en"ti*a, n.pl. [NL., fr. L. fodiens p. pr.,
digging.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.
Gradient
Gradient Gra"di*ent, n.
1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road;
grade.
2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a
portion of a way not level; a grade.
3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude,
or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric
gradient.
GradientGradient Gra"di*ent, a. [L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step,
to go. See Grade.]
1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
--Wilkins.
2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination;
as, the gradient line of a railroad.
3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. Gradient post Gradient post, a post or stake indicating by its height or
by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or
embankment, etc., at that spot. Inexpedient
Inexpedient In`ex*pe"di*ent, a.
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending
to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable
to time and place; as, what is expedient at one time may be
inexpedient at another.
If it was not unlawful, yet it was highly inexpedient
to use those ceremonies. --Bp. Burnet.
Syn: Unwise; impolitic; imprudent; indiscreet; unprofitable;
inadvisable; disadvantageous.
Inexpediently
Inexpediently In`ex*pe"di*ent*ly, adv.
Not expediently; unfitly.
Ingredient
Ingredient In*gre"di*ent, a.
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Acts where no sin is ingredient. --Jer. Taylor.
InobedientInobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of
inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] InobedientlyInobedient In`o*be"di*ent, a. [L. inoboediens, p. pr. of
inoboedire : cf.F. inobedient. See Obedient.]
Not obedient; disobedient. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] Obediently
Obediently O*be"di*ent*ly, adv.
In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Redient
Redient Re"di*ent (r?"d?-ent), a. [L. rediens, p. pr. of
redire to return; pref. red- + ire to go.]
Returning. [R.]
TransaudientTransaudient Trans*au"di*ent, a. [See Trans-, and
Audient.]
Permitting the passage of sound. [R.] --Lowell. Unexpedient
Unexpedient Un`ex*pe"di*ent, a.
Inexpedient. [Obs.]
Unobedient
Unobedient Un`o*be"di*ent, a.
Disobedient. [Obs.] --Milton.
Your obedient servantServant Serv"ant, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a &
p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf.
Sergeant.]
1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on
compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial
offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the
benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate
helper. ``A yearly hired servant.' --Lev. xxv. 53.
Men in office have begun to think themselves mere
agents and servants of the appointing power, and not
agents of the government or the country. --D.
Webster.
Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and
other agents, are servants for the time they are
employed in such character, as they act in
subordination to others. So any person may be legally
the servant of another, in whose business, and under
whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for
the time being. --Chitty.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v.
15.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer.
Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of
servitude.
Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of
civility often used in closing a letter.
Our betters tell us they are our humble servants,
but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift.
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