n. [ AS. ampella, ampolla, L. ampulla: cf. OF. ampolle, F. ampoule. ] 1. Same as Ampulla, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. same as ampule. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a small glass bottle which has been or can be sealed hermetically by application of flame to a narrow opening at the top. aAn ampule usually has a narrow constriction near the top which can be scored and easily broken to open the ampule. Once opened, they cannot be hermetically re-sealed; thus the quantity contained is usually that which is to be used at once or within a short time. The contents are often sealed under vacuum to retard degradation by air.
Syn. -- phial, vial, ampoule [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an ampule, or vial resembling an ampule, which contains a drug. [ PJC ]

‖ n.; pl. Ampullæ [ L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) (a) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. (b) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ampullaceus, fr. ampulla. ] Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ampullaceous sac (Zool.), one of the peculiar cavities in the tissues of sponges, containing the zooidal cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Resembling an ampulla. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Having an ampulla; flask-shaped; bellied. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ampulla + -form. ] Flask-shaped; dilated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse. ] 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A driving or striking against; an appulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By appulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. astipulari; ad + stipulari to stipulate. ] To assent. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. astipulatio. ] Stipulation; agreement. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + stipule. ] (Bot.) Having two stipules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An exceptionally advantageous position from which to extol one's ideas; -- applied especially to the presidency of the United States, which was described thus by President Theodore Rossevelt. [ PJC ]

n. (Far.) Same as Capellet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. capuli. ] The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym CPR. [ PJC ]

adj. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. catapulta, Gr. &unr_;, prob. from kata` down + &unr_; to shake, hurl. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel. ] Compulsatory. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By compulsion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To recover of us, by strong hand
And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compulsio. See Compel. ] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. [ 1913 Webster ]

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. Milton.

Syn. -- See Constraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By compulsion; by force. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. compulsorius. ] 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., bond, band. See Couple. ] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. copulatus, p. p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula. ] 1. Joined; associated; coupled. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Copulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Copulating. ] To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation. ] 1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Connection. [ Obs. ] Rycaut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif. ] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like “and”. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a copulative manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. corpulentia: cf. F. corpulence. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thickness; density; compactness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corpulentus, fr. corpus: cf. F. corpulent. See Corpse. ] 1. Very fat; obese. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Solid; gross; opaque. [ Obs. ] Holland.

Syn. -- Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See Stout. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a corpulent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. crapula intoxication. ] Same as Crapulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. crapulentus, crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux. ] Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cupola. ] 1. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A sucker or acetabulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cupule + -ferous: cf. F. cupulifère. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Depopulation; destruction of population. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depopulated p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating ] [ L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People. ] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become dispeopled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation. ] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desolation and depopulation [ of St.Quentin ] were now complete. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]