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1. Atlantic, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...Of or pertaining to Mount Atlas in Libya, on which the heavens were fabled to rest. Hence applied to the sea near the western shore of Africa, and afterwards extended to the...
2. audience, n. View full entry a1387
...The action, practice, or fact of holding a judicial hearing or hearings; Also: the opportunity to have a case or complaint heard in a formal assembly or court of law. Obs....
3. Capitol, n. View full entry a1387
...The temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, on the Saturnian or Tarpeian (later called Capitoline) Hill at Rome, the smallest of its seven hills; the hill itself. Also more generally: any citadel on...
4. civil, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1387
...Of warfare, conflict, etc.: occurring within a society or community; taking place between inhabitants of the same country or state, or between the populace and the ruling power; of or relating to...
5. confederacy, n. View full entry a1387
...A union by league or contract between persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or joint action; a league, alliance, compact....
6. confederate, adj. and n. View full entry a1387
...as pa. pple.= confederated...
7. conservation, n. View full entry a1398
...The action or process of conserving; preservation of life, health, perfection, etc.; (also) preservation from destructive influences, natural decay, or waste....
8. conservative, n. and adj. View full entry a1398
...Something that conserves; a preserving agent, force, substance, etc.; a preservative. Cf. conserve Now rare....
9. consulate, n. View full entry a1387
...The government of Rome by consuls; the office, dignity, or position of the consuls....
10. convocation, n. View full entry 1387
...The action of calling together or assembling by summons; the state or fact of being called together....
11. co-operation, n. View full entry 1398
...The action of co-operating, i.e. of working together towards the same end, purpose, or effect; joint operation....
12. count, v. View full entry a1387
...To tell over one by one, to assign to (individual objects in a collection) the numerals one, two, three, etc. so as to ascertain their number; to number, enumerate; to reckon, reckon...
13. dissolution, n. View full entry 1398
...Separation into parts or constituent elements; reduction of any body or mass to elements or atoms; destruction of the existing condition; disintegration, decomposition....
14. index, n. View full entry 1398
...The fore-finger: so called because used in pointing. Now chiefly Anat....
15. liberality, n. View full entry a1387
...The quality of giving or spending freely; generosity, largesse....
16. moderate, adj. and n. View full entry a1398
...Of medium or middling quality, size, or extent; average in intensity, difficulty, or degree; fairly large or good; intermediate. Later also depreciative (esp. in very moderate): of limited...
17. moderator, n. View full entry a1398
...A ruler, governor, director. Also fig.Obs....
18. motion, n. View full entry a1387
...Political agitation, civil unrest; (hence) an uprising or revolt. Obs....
19. personal, adj., n., and adv. View full entry a1387
...Of, relating to, concerning, or affecting a person as a private individual (rather than as a member of a group or the public, or in a public or professional capacity); individual, private;...
20. plurality, n. View full entry a1398
...The state of being plural; the fact or condition of denoting, comprising, or consisting of more than one; (also) an instance of this. Also: the fact of there being many or much;...
