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AcceptilationAcceptilation Ac*cep`ti*la"tion, n. [L. acceptilatio entry of
a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf.
Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to
carry: cf. F. acceptilation.] (Civil Law)
Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation
without payment; free remission. AnnihilatingAnnihilate An*ni"hi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. ``To
annihilate the army.' --Macaulay.
3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. Annihilation
Annihilation An*ni`hi*la"tion, n. [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the
act of destroying the form or combination of parts under
which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be
applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
2. The state of being annihilated. --Hooker.
annihilationistDestructionist De*struc"tion*ist, n.
1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one
whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing
institutions; a destructive.
2. (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or
complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also
annihilationist. --Shipley. Annihilationist
Annihilationist An*ni`hi*la"tion*ist, n. (Theol.)
One who believes that eternal punishment consists in
annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
Annihilative
Annihilative An*ni"hi*la*tive, a.
Serving to annihilate; destructive.
Assibilation
Assibilation As*sib`i*la"tion, n.
Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to
-shun, duke to ditch.
AssimilatingAssimilate As*sim"i*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assimilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Assimilating.] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of
assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See
Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.]
1. To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a
resemblance between. --Sir M. Hale.
To assimilate our law to the law of Scotland. --John
Bright.
Fast falls a fleecy; the downy flakes Assimilate all
objects. --Cowper.
2. To liken; to compa?e. [R.]
3. To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the
substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or
appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and
converted into organic tissue.
Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate
their nourishment. --Sir I.
Newton.
His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.
--Merivale. Assimilation
Assimilation As*sim`i*la"tion, n. [L. assimilatio: cf. F.
assimilation.]
1. The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a
resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of
being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to
another.
To aspire to an assimilation with God. --Dr. H.
More.
The assimilation of gases and vapors. --Sir J.
Herschel.
2. (Physiol.) The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or
solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion
and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
Not conversing the body, not repairing it by
assimilation, but preserving it by ventilation.
--Sir T.
Browne.
Note: The term assimilation has been limited by some to the
final process by which the nutritive matter of the
blood is converted into the substance of the tissues
and organs.
Assimilative
Assimilative As*sim"i*la*tive, a. [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F.
assimilatif.]
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that
assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative
process or substance.
Bombilation
Bombilation Bom`bi*la"tion, n.
A humming sound; a booming.
To . . . silence the bombilation of guns. --Sir T.
Browne.
Dentilation
Dentilation Den`ti*la"tion, n.
Dentition.
Deoppilation
Deoppilation De*op`pi*la"tion, n.
Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Deoppilative
Deoppilative De*op"pi*la*tive, a. & n. (Med.)
Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] --Harvey.
DepilatingDepilate Dep"i*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depilated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depilating.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to
depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.]
To strip of hair; to husk. --Venner. DilatingDilate Di*late" (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dilating.] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis-
+ latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of
ferre to bear (see Latitude); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p.
of differre to separate (see Delay, Tolerate, Differ,
and cf. Dilatory): cf. F. dilater.]
1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all
directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the
air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.
2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or
diffusely. [R.]
Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen
of them and thee till now. --Shak.
Syn: To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify;
expatiate. DilationDilation Di*la"tion, n. [L. dilatio. See Dilatory.]
Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. DilationDilation Di*la"tion, n. [From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation,
Dilator.]
The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated;
expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning.
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens. Dilative
Dilative Di*lat"ive, a.
Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive.
--Coleridge.
Disassimilation
Disassimilation Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. (Physics)
The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism,
into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution
of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of
assimilation; downward metabolism.
Disassimilative
Disassimilative Dis`as*sim"i*la*tive, a. (Physiol.)
Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of
disassimilation.
Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature
in the life of animal cells. --McKendrick.
Dissimilation
Dissimilation Dis*sim`i*la"tion, n.
The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet.
Entortilation
Entortilation En*tor`ti*la"tion, n. [F. entortiller to twist;
pref. en- (L. in) + tortiller to twist.]
A turning into a circle; round figures. [Obs.] --Donne.
Eventilation
Eventilation E*ven`ti*la"tion, n.
The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] --Bp. Berkely.
EvigilationEvigilation E*vig`i*la"tion, n. [L. evigilatio; e out +
vigilare to be awake. See Vigilant.]
A waking up or awakening. [Obs.] Expilation
Expilation Ex`pi*la"tion, n. [L. expiatio.]
The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage.
[Obs.]
This ravenous expiation of the state. --Daniel.
Horripilation
Horripilation Hor*rip`i*la"tion, n. [L. horripilatio, fr.
horripilare to bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair:
cf. F. horripilation.] (Med.)
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body,
resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Jubilation
Jubilation Ju`bi*la"tion, n. [L. jubilatio: cf. F.
jubilation.]
A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation. ``Jubilations
and hallelujahs.' --South.
Malassimilation
Malassimilation Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. [Mal- +
assimilation.] (Physiol.)
(a) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents
of the food.
(b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials
brought to them by the blood.
MutilatingMutilate Mu"ti*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mutilated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Mutilating.]
1. To cut off or remove a limb or essential part of; to maim;
to cripple; to hack; as, to mutilate the body, a statue,
etc.
2. To destroy or remove a material part of, so as to render
imperfect; as, to mutilate the orations of Cicero.
Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is
none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of
Sappho. --Addison.
Mutilated gear, Mutilated wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel
from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It
is used for giving intermittent movements.
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