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Allective
Allective Al*lec"tive, a. [LL. allectivus.]
Alluring. [Obs.]
Allective
Allective Al*lec"tive, n.
Allurement. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Analectic
Analectic An`a*lec"tic ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]k"t[i^]k), a.
Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic
magazine.
Antapoplectic
Antapoplectic Ant`ap*o*plec"tic, a. [Pref. anti- +
apoplectic.] (Med.)
Good against apoplexy. -- n. A medicine used against
apoplexy.
AntiapoplecticAntiapoplectic An`ti*ap`o*plec"tic, a. & n. (Med.)
Same as Antapoplectic. ApoplecticApoplectic Ap`o*plec"tic(#) Apoplectical Ap`o*plec"tic*al,
a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. apoplectique. See
Apoplexy.]
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or
symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine,
habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke. Apoplectic
Apoplectic Ap`o*plec"tic, n.
One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
ApoplecticalApoplectic Ap`o*plec"tic(#) Apoplectical Ap`o*plec"tic*al,
a. [L. apoplecticus, Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. apoplectique. See
Apoplexy.]
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or
symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine,
habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke. Apoplectiform
Apoplectiform Ap`o*plec"ti*form, Apoplectoid Ap`o*plec"toid,
a. [Apoplectic + -form, -oid.]
Resembling apoplexy.
Bilection
Bilection Bi*lec"tion, n. (Arch.)
That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the
general surface of a panel; a bolection.
BolectionBolection Bo*lec"tion, n. (Arch.)
A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.
--Gwilt. Brachycatalectic
Brachycatalectic Brach`y*cat`a*lec"tic, n. [Gr. ?; brachy`s
short + ? to leave off; cf. ? incomplete.] (Gr. & Last.
Pros.)
A verse wanting two syllables at its termination.
By-election
By-election By"-e*lec"tion, n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general
election.
Catalectic
Catalectic Cat`a*lec"tic, a. [L. catalecticus, Gr. ?
incomplete, fr. ? to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein
to stop.]
1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in
an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the
whole of a substance. --Abney.
CataplecticCataplexy Cat"a*plex`y, n. [Gr. ? amazement: cf. Apoplexy.]
(Med.)
A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme
fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. --
Cat`a*plec"tic, a. CircumflectingCircumflect Cir"cum*flect, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L.
circumflectere. See Circumflex.]
1. To bend around.
2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] CircumflectionCircumflection Cir`cum*flec"tion, n.
See Circumflexion. Collectible
Collectible Col*lect"i*ble, a.
Capable of being collected.
Collection
Collection Col*lec"tion, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
collection of specimens.
2. That which is collected; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
``A collection of letters.' --Macaulay.
(b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
as by passing a contribution box for freewill
offerings. ``The collection for the saints.' --1 Cor.
xvi. 1
(c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of
demands.
(d) An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of
moisture.' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'
--Dunglison.
3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
been hitherto made out of those words by modern
divines. --Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
Collectional
Collectional Col*lec"tion*al (-al), a.
Of or pertaining to collecting.
The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for
collectional purposes. --H. A.
Merewether.
Collective
Collective Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.)
A collective noun or name.
CollectiveCollective Col*lect"ive, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
collectif.]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
collective body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
``Critical and collective reason.' --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central
point, collective of his sons. --Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
a note signed by the representatives of several
governments is called a collective note.
Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
called also multiple fruit. --Gray. Collective fruitCollective Col*lect"ive, a. [L. collectivus: cf. F.
collectif.]
1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass,
sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the
collective body of a nation. --Bp. Hoadley.
2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.]
``Critical and collective reason.' --Sir T. Browne.
3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of
individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or
noun, like assembly, army, jury, etc.
4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.
Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central
point, collective of his sons. --Young.
5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy,
a note signed by the representatives of several
governments is called a collective note.
Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass
of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; --
called also multiple fruit. --Gray. Collectively
Collectively Col*lect"ive*ly, adv.
In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate;
unitedly.
Collectiveness
Collectiveness Col*lect"ive*ness, n.
A state of union; mass.
Collectivism
Collectivism Col*lect"iv*ism, n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.]
(Polit. Econ.)
The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society
collectively or as a whole; communism. --W. G. Summer.
Collectivist
Collectivist Col*lect"iv*ist, n. [Cf. F. collectiviste.]
An advocate of collectivism. -- a. Relating to, or
characteristic of, collectivism.
Collectivity
Collectivity Col`lec*tiv"i*ty, n.
1. Quality or state of being collective.
2. The collective sum. aggregate, or mass of anything;
specif., the people as a body; the state.
The proposition to give work by the collectivity is
supposed to be in contravention of the sacred
principle of monopolistic competition. --W. D.
Howells.
3. (Polit. Econ.) Collectivism.
DeflectingDeflect De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend
or turn. See Flexible.]
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630). Deflectionization
Deflectionization De*flec`tion*i*za"tion, n.
The act of freeing from inflections. --Earle.
Meaning of Lecti from wikipedia
- triclinaris, the
reclining seat used by
diners in the triclinium. Originally, the
lecti were
arranged in a
group of
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- music, song, or dance.: 376 The
triclinium was
characterized by
three lecti (singular lectus: bed or couch),
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Leptis or
Lepcis Magna, also
known by
other names in antiquity, was a
prominent city of the
Carthaginian Empire and
Roman Libya at the
mouth of the Wadi...
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reached the
island of Chios. The tale is
provided by
Giambattista De
Lectis,
physician and
writer of the 16th
century of Ortona.
After the looting,...
- 1892 :
Fungi aliquot Saxonici novi
lecti a cl. W. Krieger.
Hedwigia 31: 40-41. 1893 :
Fungi aliquot Saxonici novi
lecti a cl. W. Krieger.
Hedwigia 32: 32-[...
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Kozlov annis 1894-1895 et 1900-1901 in China,
Mongolia et
Tibetia lecti 2.,
Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya. [Annales du
Musee Zoologique. Academie...
- (1941). "Lichenes Novae-Zelandiae a cl H. H.
Allan eiusque collaboratoribus lecti" (PDF).
Denkschriften der
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Monod Saccardo PA. (1881). "Fungi
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lectī argūtātiō inambulātiōque. Nam nīl
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Bresadola J. (1907). "Fungi
Javanici lecti a cl. Prof. Dr. E. Heinricher".
Annales Mycologici (in Latin). 5 (3): 237–42...
