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Antiputrefactive
Antiputrefactive An`ti*pu`tre*fac"tive, Antiputrescent
An`ti*pu*tres"cent, a.
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
Arefaction
Arefaction Ar`e*fac"tion, n. [L. arefacere to dry.]
The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.
The arefaction of the earth. --Sir M. Hale.
Assuefaction
Assuefaction As`sue*fac"tion, n. [L. assuefacere to accustom
to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to
make; cf. OF. assuefaction.]
The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed;
habituation. [Obs.]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by
assuefaction introduce a nature. --Jer. Taylor.
BenefactionBenefaction Ben`e*fac"tion, n. [L. benefactio, fr. benefacere
to do good to one; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit.]
1. The act of conferring a benefit. --Johnson.
2. A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
Syn: Gift; present; gratuity; boon; alms. CalefactiveCalefactive Cal`e*fac"tive, a.
See Calefactory. [R.] Chylifaction
Chylifaction Chyl`i*fac"tion, n. [Chyle + L. facere to make.]
(Physiol.)
The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in
animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
Chylifactive
Chylifactive Chyl`i*fac"tive, a. (Physiol.)
Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to
form chyle.
Colliquefaction
Colliquefaction Col*liq`ue*fac"tion, n. [L. colliquefactus
melted; col- + liquefacere; liqu[=e]re to be liquid + facere
to make.]
A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into
one mass by fusion.
The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction.
--Bacon.
Dissatisfaction
Dissatisfaction Dis*sat`is*fac"tion, n.
The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or
discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of
gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.
The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject
to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. --Addison.
Syn: Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation;
distaste; dislike.
Excalfaction
Excalfaction Ex`cal*fac"tion, n. [L. excalfactio.]
A heating or warming; calefaction. [Obs.] --Blount.
Excalfactive
Excalfactive Ex`cal*fac"tive, a. [L. excalfacere to warm; ex
out (intens.) + calfacere to warm.]
Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
FactionFaction Fac"tion, n. [L. factio a doing, a company of persons
acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion.]
1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the divisions or parties of
charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games
of the circus.
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in
union, in opposition to the government, or state; --
usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a
majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any
kind, acting for their own interests, especially if
greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.
3. Tumult; discord; dissension.
They remained at Newbury in great faction among
themselves. --Clarendon.
Syn: Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal. Factionary
Factionary Fac"tion*a*ry, a. [Cf. F. factionnaire, L.
factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.]
Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides.
[Obs.]
Always factionary on the party of your general. --Shak.
Factioner
Factioner Fac"tion*er (-?r), n.
One of a faction. --Abp. Bancroft.
Factionist
Factionist Fac"tion*ist, n.
One who promotes faction.
FactiousFactious Fac"tious a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise
dissensions, in opposition to government or the common
good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public
measures or men; -- said of persons.
Factious for the house of Lancaster. --Shak.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction;
indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts
or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
Headlong zeal or factious fury. --Burke.
-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-ness, n. FactiouslyFactious Fac"tious a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise
dissensions, in opposition to government or the common
good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public
measures or men; -- said of persons.
Factious for the house of Lancaster. --Shak.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction;
indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts
or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
Headlong zeal or factious fury. --Burke.
-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-ness, n. Factious-nessFactious Fac"tious a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise
dissensions, in opposition to government or the common
good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public
measures or men; -- said of persons.
Factious for the house of Lancaster. --Shak.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction;
indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts
or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
Headlong zeal or factious fury. --Burke.
-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-ness, n. FactitiousFactitious Fac*ti"tious, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make.
See Fact, and cf. Fetich.]
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;
artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or
conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or
rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a
factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Fac*ti"tious-ness, n.
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an
incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. --De Quincey.
Syn: Unnatural.
Usage: Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when
it departs in any way from its simple or normal state;
it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up
by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An
unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one
which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a
factitious demand is one created by active exertions
for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater
than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one
wrought up with care and effort. Factitious-nessFactitious Fac*ti"tious, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make.
See Fact, and cf. Fetich.]
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;
artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or
conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or
rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a
factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Fac*ti"tious-ness, n.
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an
incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. --De Quincey.
Syn: Unnatural.
Usage: Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when
it departs in any way from its simple or normal state;
it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up
by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An
unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one
which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a
factitious demand is one created by active exertions
for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater
than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one
wrought up with care and effort. FactitiveFactitive Fac"ti*tive a. [See Fact.]
1. Causing; causative.
2. (Gram.) Pertaining to that relation which is proper when
the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received
by an object, but produces some change in the object, as
when we say, He made the water wine.
Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or
adjective involves in it a reference to an effect,
in the way of causality, in the active voice on the
immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the
subject of such activity. This second object is
called the factitive object. --J. W. Gibbs. Factive
Factive Fac"tive, a.
Making; having power to make. [Obs.] ``You are . . . factive,
not destructive.' --Bacon.
Frigefaction
Frigefaction Frig"e*fac`tion, n. [L. frigere to be cold +
facere to make.]
The act of making cold. [Obs.]
Frigefactive
Frigefactive Frig"e*fac`tive, a.
Cooling. [Obs.] --Boyle.
Insatisfaction
Insatisfaction In*sat`is*fac"tion, n.
1. Insufficiency; emptiness. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
LabefactionLabefaction Lab`e*fac"tion, n. [See Labefy.]
The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being
weakened; decay; ruin.
There is in it such a labefaction of all principles as
may be injurious to morality. --Johnson. Lubrifaction
Lubrification Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion, Lubrifaction
Lu`bri*fac"tion, n. [L. lubricus lubric + facere to make.]
The act of lubricating, or making smooth. --Ray. Bacon.
MalefactionMalefaction Mal`e*fac"tion, n. [See Malefactor.]
A crime; an offense; an evil deed. [R.] --Shak. ObstupefactionObstupefaction Ob*stu`pe*fac"tion, n. [L. obstuperfacere to
stupefy.]
See Stupefaction. [Obs.] --Howell. Obstupefactive
Obstupefactive Ob*stu`pe*fac"tive, a.
Stupefactive. [Obs.]
Meaning of Facti from wikipedia
- dark as
night First entry in
Annales Cambriae, for the year 447.
dimidium facti, qui coepit,
habet He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning....
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closed in 1980,
forcing its
owners to take
repeated legal action. In his Via
Facti, Nicolò
Tommaseo noted how
widespread Drioli Maraschino was in Italia.....
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second letter,
addressed to Lolius, in line 40, the p****age is:
Dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet;
sapere aude, incipe. ("He who has
begun is half done;...
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Emperor Frederick I's sons,
Henry VI and
Frederick VI, "were made knights" (
facti sunt milites). An
early Germanic coming-of-age ceremony, of
presenting a...
- Migne, Jacques-Paul (1853). "De
divina omnipotentia in reparatione, et
factis infectis redendis".
Petrus Dami**** (in Latin). Vol. 145. Paris: Ateliers...
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phrase in Latin,
borrowed from the Aeneid,
which reads "Famam
extendere factis": we
extend our fame by our deeds.
Linnaeus inscribed this
personal motto...
- ISSN 0075-4358. JSTOR 301447. S2CID 161849654. Hyginus.
Fabulae (in Latin). 224. Qui
facti sunt ex
mortalibus immortales ...
Ariadnen Liber pater Liberam appellavit...
- 7–8: "This
latter is
concerned not with
questions of fact (Kant's quid
facti?), but only with
questions of
justification or
validity (Kant's quid juris...
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words in Latin: "MOLE SVB HAC
FORTIS REQVIESCVNT OSSA
LEONIS OVI
VICIT FACTIS NOMINA MAGNA SVIS" ("Under this
structure rest the
bones of a lion, more...
- ISSN 0075-4358. JSTOR 301447. S2CID 161849654. Hyginus.
Fabulae (in Latin). 224. Qui
facti sunt ex
mortalibus immortales ...
Ariadnen Liber pater Liberam appellavit...
