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AbominatingAbominate A*bom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abominated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Abominating.] [L. abominatus, p. p. or
abominari to deprecate as ominous, to abhor, to curse; ab +
omen a foreboding. See Omen.]
To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as
if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all
impiety.
Syn: To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate. AbominationAbomination A*bom`i*na"tion, n. [OE. abominacioun, -cion, F.
abominatio. See Abominate.]
1. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence;
detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in
abomination.
2. That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or
shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust
and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Antony, most large in his abominations. --Shak.
3. A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn: Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion;
loathsomeness; odiousness. --Sir W. Scott. AccriminationAccriminate Ac*crim"i*nate, v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) +
criminari.]
To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- Ac*crim`i*na"tion, n.
[Obs.] Acumination
Acumination A*cu`mi*na"tion, n.
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
--Bp. Pearson.
AgnominationAgnomination Ag*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. agnominatio. See
Agnomen.]
1. A surname. [R.] --Minsheu.
2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. AnnominationAnnomination An*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. annominatio. See
Agnomination.]
1. Paronomasia; punning.
2. Alliteration. [Obs.] --Tyrwhitt. BituminatingBituminate Bi*tu"mi*nate (b[i^]*t[=u]"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Bituminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bituminating.]
[L. bituminatus, p. p. of bituminare to bituminate. See
Bitumen.]
To treat or impregnate with bitumen; to cement with bitumen.
``Bituminated walls of Babylon.' --Feltham. Carminative
Carminative Car*min"ative, a. [NL. carminativus (1622), fr.
carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for
freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from
extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.
``Carminative hot seeds.' --Dunglison.
Carminative
Carminative Car*min"a*tive, n.
A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from
the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or
flatulence.
Classical tripos examinationTripos Tri"pos, n.; pl. Triposes. [Gr. ? a tripod. See
Tripod.]
1. A tripod. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. A university examination of questionists, for honors;
also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper.
[Cambridge University, Eng.]
Classical tripos examination, the final university
examination for classical honors, optional to all who have
taken the mathematical honors. --C. A. Bristed.
Tripos paper, a printed list of the successful candidates
for mathematical honors, accompanied by a piece in Latin
verse. There are two of these, designed to commemorate the
two tripos days. The first contains the names of the
wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of
the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer
to the three-legged stool formerly used at the
examinations for these honors, though some derive it from
the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the
paper. --C. A. Bristed. Cognomination
Cognomination Cog*nom`i*na"tion, n. [L. cognominatio.]
A cognomen or surname. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
Concrimination
Concrimination Con*crim`i*na"tion, n.
A joint accusation.
ContaminatingContaminate Con*tam"i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
--Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt. Contamination
Contamination Con*tam`i*na"tion
(k[o^]n*t[a^]m`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. contaminatio.]
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement;
taint; also, that which contaminates.
CriminatingCriminate Crim"i*nate (kr?m"?-n?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Criminated (-n?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating
(-n?"t?ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari,
to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]
1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.
To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge
of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt,
independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke.
2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render
liable to a criminal charge.
Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear
to criminate him. --Macaulay. Crimination
Crimination Crim`i*na"tion (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L.
criminatio.]
The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
The criminations and recriminations of the adverse
parties. --Macaulay.
Criminative
Criminative Crim"i*na*tive (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a.
Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. --R. North.
Cross-examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Cross-examinationCross-examination Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion
(kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Law)
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party
against whom he has been called and examined. See
Examination. CulminatingCulminate Cul"mi*nate (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
Column.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
As when his beams at noon Culminate from the
equator. --Milton.
2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley. Culmination
Culmination Cul"mi*na"tion (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
culmination]
1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by
a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory,
power, etc.
Delamination
Delamination De*lam`i*na"tion, n. (Biol.)
Formation and separation of lamin[ae] or layers; one of the
methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum
are differentiated.
Note: This process consists of a concentric splitting of the
cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer
(epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the
perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a
gastrula results similar to that formed by the process
of invagination.
DenominatingDenominate De*nom"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of
denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See
Nominate.]
To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;
to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish. --Hume. Denominational
Denominational De*nom`i*na"tion*al, a.
Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or
society. ``Denominational differences.' --Buckle.
Denominationalism
Denominationalism De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism, n.
A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the
interests of a sect or denomination.
Denominationalist
Denominationalist De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n.
One imbued with a denominational spirit. --The Century.
Denominationally
Denominationally De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv.
In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
Denominative
Denominative De*nom`i*na"tive, n.
A denominative name or term; denominative verb. --Jer.
Taylor. Harkness.
Denominatively
Denominatively De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv.
By denomination.
Determinative
Determinative De*ter"mi*na*tive, n.
That which serves to determine.
Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after
words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an
aid to the reader in determining the meaning. --I.
Taylor (The
Alphabet).
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