{ ‖ } n. [ LL. acrisia, Gr. 'akrisi`a; 'a priv. + kri`nein to separate, to decide. ] 1. Inability to judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Undecided character of a disease. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. &unr_; answer, fr. &unr_; to answer; &unr_; from + &unr_; to separate. ] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; separation. ] (Bot.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. -- In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crises [ L. crisis, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to separate. See Certain. ] 1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. [ 1913 Webster ]

This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derisio: cf. F. dérision. See Deride. ] 1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satan beheld their plight,
And to his mates thus in derision called. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was a derision to all my people. Lam. iii. 14.

Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. “Derisive taunts.” Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Emprise, v. t. ] Full of daring; adventurous. [ Archaic ] T. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm. -- En"ter*pri`sing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands; Friesic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Bot.) A genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America.
Syn. -- genus Harrisia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + risible. See Irrision. ] Not risible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. irrisio, fr. irridere, irrisum, to laugh at; pref. ir- in + ridere to laugh: cf. F. irrision. ] The act of laughing at another; derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

This being spoken scepticè, or by way of irrision. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One related on the mother's side.
Syn. -- enate, matrikin, matrilineal kin, matrilineal sib. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. mépris. See 2d Misprise, Misprize, Prison. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [ Archaic ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A neglect, negligence, or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In its larger and older sense it was used to signify “every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it in the law.” Russell.

In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: --
1.
Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen.
2.
Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. parisen. ] A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Paris. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A female native or resident of Paris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. risibilité. ] The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species. [ 1913 Webster ]

A strong and obvious disposition to risibility. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. risibilis, fr. ridere, risum, to laugh. Cf. Ridiculous. ] 1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laughing is our busines, . . . it has been made the definition of man that he is risible. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing. “Risible absurdities.” Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope you find nothing risible in my complaisance. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Risible is sometimes used as a noun, in the plural, for the feeling of amusement and for the muscles and other organs used in laughing, collectively; as, unable to control one's risibles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ludicrous; laughable; amusing; ridiculous -- Risible, Ludicrous, Ridiculous. Risible differs from ludicrous as species from genus; ludicrous expressing that which is playful and sportive; risible, that which may excite laughter. Risible differs from ridiculous, as the latter implies something contemptuous, and risible does not. [ 1913 Webster ]

--Ris"i*ble*nessn. -- Ris"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among the rising theologians of Germany. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Growing; advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. [ Colloq. & Low, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rising main (Waterworks), the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. “The tide of sunrise swells.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising. Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.) [ 1913 Webster ]

Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack,
And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing; striking. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a comparison; &unr_; together + &unr_; to judge. ] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent. “The steep uprising of the hill.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An insurrection; a popular revolt. J. P. Peters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. verisimilis; verus true + similis like, similar. See Very, and Similar. ] Having the appearance of truth; probable; likely. “How verisimilar it looks.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar. ] The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Verisimilitude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The verisimility or probable truth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Verisimilar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral wax, vert similar to ozocerite. It is found at Zietrisika, Moldavia, whence its name. [ 1913 Webster ]