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A respecter of personsRespecter Re*spect"er (-?r), n.
One who respects.
A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with
partiality.
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
persons. --Acts x. 34. Acceptance of persons Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
constituent elements into which all contracts are
resolved.
Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
This engagement is usually made by writing the word
``accepted' across the face of the bill.
Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
the transaction.
6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
Accept. Acception of personsAcception Ac*cep"tion, n. [L. acceptio a receiving, accepting:
cf. F. acception.]
Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]
Here the word ``baron' is not to be taken in that
restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath
confined it. --Fuller.
Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism;
partiality. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Artificial personArtificial Ar`ti*fi"cial, a. [L. artificialis, fr. artificium:
cf. F. artificiel. See Artifice.]
1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human
skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial
heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier
than life. --Shak.
2. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
``Artificial tears.' --Shak.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as,
artificial grasses. --Gibbon.
Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the
speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the
like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs.
--Johnson.
Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based
on superficial characters, and not expressing the true
natural relations species; as, ``the artificial system'
in botany, which is the same as the Linn[ae]an system.
Artificial horizon. See under Horizon.
Artificial light, any light other than that which proceeds
from the heavenly bodies.
Artificial lines, lines on a sector or scale, so contrived
as to represent the logarithmic sines and tangents, which,
by the help of the line of numbers, solve, with tolerable
exactness, questions in trigonometry, navigation, etc.
Artificial numbers, logarithms.
Artificial person (Law). See under Person.
Artificial sines, tangents, etc., the same as logarithms
of the natural sines, tangents, etc. --Hutton. Aspersoir
Aspersoir As`per`soir", n. [F.]
An aspergill.
AspersoriaAspersorium As`per*so"ri*um, n.; pl. Aspersoria. [LL. See
Asperse.]
1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman
Catholic churches.
2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. AspersoriumAspersorium As`per*so"ri*um, n.; pl. Aspersoria. [LL. See
Asperse.]
1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman
Catholic churches.
2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. Dramatis personae
Dramatis personae Dram"a*tis per*so"n[ae] [L.]
The actors in a drama or play.
Impersonal
Impersonal Im*per"son*al, n.
That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an
impersonal verb.
ImpersonalImpersonal Im*per"son*al, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not +
personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.]
Not personal; not representing a person; not having
personality.
An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J.
Stephen.
Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate
subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun
it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me).
Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often
used impersonally; as, it goes well with him. Impersonal verbImpersonal Im*per"son*al, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not +
personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.]
Not personal; not representing a person; not having
personality.
An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J.
Stephen.
Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate
subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun
it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me).
Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often
used impersonally; as, it goes well with him. Impersonality
Impersonality Im*per`son*al"i*ty, n.
The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of
personality.
Impersonally
Impersonally Im*per"son*al*ly, adv.
In an impersonal manner.
ImpersonateImpersonate Im*per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a
living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman. ImpersonatedImpersonate Im*per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a
living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman. ImpersonatingImpersonate Im*per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a
living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman. Impersonation
Impersonation Im*per`son*a"tion, Impersonification
Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with
personality; representation in a personal form.
Impersonator
Impersonator Im*per"son*a`tor, n.
One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
Impersonification
Impersonation Im*per`son*a"tion, Impersonification
Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion, n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with
personality; representation in a personal form.
Monopersonal
Monopersonal Mon`o*per"son*al, a. [Mono- + personal.]
Having but one person, or form of existence.
Natural person 10. (Mus.)
(a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
(b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat
nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
(c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which
moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but
little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of
Music).
Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer.
Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas.
etc.
Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common
chord.
Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or
description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of
botany, zo["o]logy, geology, mineralogy,
paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent
usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of
botany and zo["o]logy collectively, and sometimes to the
science of zoology alone.
Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right
and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished
from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated
human law.
Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its
relative keys.
Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order.
Natural person. (Law) See under person, n.
Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in
general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science,
commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena
and laws of matter and considers those effects only which
are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; --
contrasted with mental and moral philosophy.
Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without
flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less
likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales
represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally
natural with the so-called natural scale
Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; --
used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral
science.
Natural selection (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural
laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed
selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in
the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural
selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly
by gradual changes of environment which have led to
corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms
which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the
changed environment have tended to survive and leave
similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly
adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for
the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the
fittest. See Darwinism.
Natural system (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), a classification based
upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all
parts of the organisms, and by their embryology.
It should be borne in mind that the natural system
of botany is natural only in the constitution of its
genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand
divisions. --Gray.
Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of
theological science which treats of those evidences of the
existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are
exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed
religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3.
Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir,
her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest
open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel,
under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
Syn: See Native. Persolve
Persolve Per*solve", v. t. [L. persolvere.]
To pay wholly, or fully. [Obs.] --E. Hall.
Person
Person Per"son, v. t.
To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
[Obs.] --Milton.
PersonaPersona Per*so"na, n.; pl. Person[ae]. [L.] (Biol.)
Same as Person, n., 8. Personable
Personable Per"son*a*ble, a.
1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of
good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or
woman.
Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind.
--Spenser.
The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not
personable. --E. Hall.
2. (Law)
(a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. --Cowell.
(b) Having capacity to take anything granted.
PersonaePersona Per*so"na, n.; pl. Person[ae]. [L.] (Biol.)
Same as Person, n., 8. Personage
Personage Per"son*age, n. [F. personnage.]
1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external
appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a
person. ``In personage stately.' --Hayward.
The damsel well did view his personage. --Spenser.
2. Character assumed or represented. ``The actors and
personages of this fable.' --Broome. ``Disguised in a
false personage.' --Addison.
3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or
peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely
personage of stature tall. --Spenser.
Personal
Personal Per"son*al, n. (Law)
A movable; a chattel.
PersonalPersonal Per"son*al, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
--Hooker.
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
and so personal to Cain. --Locke.
3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
``Personal communication.' --Fabyan.
The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; --
opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of
things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
property not of a freehold nature.
Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
unity of the individual person, which is attested by
consciousness.
Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
he, she, it, and their plurals.
Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
administrators of a person deceased.
Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
private property.
Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
inflected to correspond with the three persons. Personal actionPersonal Per"son*al, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.]
1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
--Hooker.
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or
affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals;
peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or
general; as, personal comfort; personal desire.
The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, --
and so personal to Cain. --Locke.
3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance;
corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another.
``Personal communication.' --Fabyan.
The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White.
5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct,
motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive
manner; as, personal reflections or remarks.
6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun.
Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man
claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it;
or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury
to his person or property, or the specific recovery of
goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action.
Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation.
Personal estate or property (Law), movables; chattels; --
opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of
things temporary and movable, including all subjects of
property not of a freehold nature.
Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous
unity of the individual person, which is attested by
consciousness.
Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou,
he, she, it, and their plurals.
Personal representatives (Law), the executors or
administrators of a person deceased.
Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the
rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and
private property.
Personal tithes. See under Tithe.
Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or
inflected to correspond with the three persons.
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Sindhi (/ˈsɪndi/; Sindhi: سِنڌِي (
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separated and
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