n. [ L. anticipatio: cf. F. anticipation. ] 1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. [ 1913 Webster ]

So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Previous view or impression of what is to happen; instinctive prevision; foretaste; antepast; as, the anticipation of the joys of heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just. Thodey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hasty notion; intuitive preconception. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) The commencing of one or more tones of a chord with or during the chord preceding, forming a momentary discord. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Preoccupation; preclusion; foretaste; prelibation; antepast; pregustation; preconception; expectation; foresight; forethought. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aucupatio, fr. auceps, contr. for aviceps; avis bird + capere to take. ] Birdcatching; fowling. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. constipatio a crowding together: cf. F. constipation. ] 1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened fæces; costiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. F. crispation. ] 1. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. O. W. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A making foul. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. disculpation. ] Exculpation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation. ] 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prevented from finishing them [ the letters ] a thousand avocations and dissipations. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emancipatio: cf. F. émancipation. ] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; the act or process of emancipation, or the state thereby achieved; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection.

Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. exculpatio. ] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation. ] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

n. Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. increpatio. ] A chiding; rebuke; reproof. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inculpation. ] Blame; censure; crimination. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of occupation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mancipatio a transfer. ] Slavery; involuntary servitude. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. withdrawing from the activities of a group.
Syn. -- non-engagement, non-involvement. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. nuncupatio. ] The act of nuncupating. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obstipatio a close pressure; ob (see Ob-) + stipare to press. ] 1. The act of stopping up, as a passage. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Extreme constipation. [ Obs. ] Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. occupatio: cf. F. occupation. ] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Specfically: The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Absence of occupation is not rest. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to an occupation{ 3 } or occupations{ 3 }; caused by or incidental to an occupation{ 3 }; as, occupational hazard; occupational illness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See Palpable. ] 1. Act of touching or feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. participation, L. participatio. ] 1. The act or state of participating, or sharing in common with others; as, a participation in joy or sorrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

These deities are so by participation. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

What an honor, that God should admit us into such a blessed participation of himself! Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Distribution; division into shares. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Community; fellowship; association. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a court ] (Metal) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The patio process is used to reduce silver ores by amalgamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. def>A usually paved area adjacent to a dwelling, used for outdoor lounging, dining, receptions of guests, etc. [ PJC ]

Furniture such as chairs, tables, settees or loungers, suited for use on a patio{ 3 }, i.e. such that will not be damaged by exposure to rain, sun or other outdoor elements. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. praeoccupatio: cf. F. préoccupation. ] 1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anticipation of objections. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) the act of becoming a pupa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress. ] The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Gram.) The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. usurpatio &unr_; making use, usurpation: cf. F. usurpation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power. [ 1913 Webster ]

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He contrived their destruction, with the usurpation of the regal dignity upon him. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

A law [ of a State ] which is a usurpation upon the general government. O. Ellsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manifest usurpation on the rights of other States. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Usurpation, in a peculiar sense, formerly denoted the absolute ouster and dispossession of the patron of a church, by a stranger presenting a clerk to a vacant benefice, who us thereupon admitted and instituted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Use; usage; custom. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]