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2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
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Bank, v. i. (Aëronautics) To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.
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Bankable (băṉkȧb'l), a. Receivable at a bank.
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Bank bill (băṉk bĭl). 1. In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.
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2. In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.
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Bank book (băṉk b�k). A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.
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Bank discount. A sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it becomes due.
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Banker (băṉkẽr), n.[See the nouns and the verbs derived from them.] 1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
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2. A money changer. [Obs.]
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3. The dealer, or one who keeps the bank in a gambling house.
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4. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. Crabb. J. Q. Adams.
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5. A ditcher; a drain digger. [Prov. Eng.]
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6. The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work. Weale.
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Bankeress (băṉkẽrĕs), n. A female banker. Thackeray.
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Bankia n. a genus consisting of giant shipworms.
Syn. -- genus Bankia.
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Banking, n. The business of a bank or of a banker.
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Coloq. Banking house , an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.
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banknote, bank note (băṉknōt). 1. A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to the bearer on demand. See also sense 4.
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☞ In the United States popularly called a bank bill.
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2. Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See , 2. [Obs.]
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3. A promissory note payable at a bank.
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4. A promissory note issued by an authorized bank, payable to the bearer on demand and intended to circulate as government-authorized money; in the United States such notes may only be issued by a Federal Reserve Bank; as, he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty banknotes.
Syn. -- bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, Federal Reserve note, greenback.
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bank on, v. t. Depend on; be confident of.
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bankroll n. 1. the money carried on one's person. ”He shot his bankroll on a bob-tailed nag.”
Syn. -- roll, wad.
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2. one's total supply of money; funds.
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bankroll v. t. To pay the costs of; as, Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?.
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Bankrupt (�), n. [F. banqueroute, fr. It. bancarotta bankruptcy; banca bank (fr. OHG. banch, G. bank, bench) + rotta broken, fr. L. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break. At Florence, it is said, the bankrupt had his bench (i.e., money table) broken. See 1st , and , n.] 1. (Old Eng. Law) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors. Blackstone.
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2. A trader who becomes unable to pay his debts; an insolvent trader; popularly, any person who is unable to pay his debts; an insolvent person. M‘Culloch.
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3. (Law) A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liabilities.
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☞ In England, until the year 1861 none but a “trader” could be made a bankrupt; a non-trader failing to meet his liabilities being an “insolvent”. But this distinction was abolished by the Bankruptcy Act of 1861. The laws of 1841 and 1867 of the United States relating to bankruptcy applied this designation bankrupt to others besides those engaged in trade.
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Bankrupt, a. 1. Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant.
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2. Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury.
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3. Relating to bankrupts and bankruptcy.
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4. Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess). “Bankrupt in gratitude.” Sheridan.
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Coloq. Bankrupt law , a law by which the property of a person who is unable or unwilling to pay his debts may be taken and distributed to his creditors, and by which a person who has made a full surrender of his property, and is free from fraud, may be discharged from the legal obligation of his debts. See , a.
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Bankrupt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bankrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bankrupting.] To make bankrupt; to bring financial ruin upon; to impoverish.
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Bankruptcy (�), n.; pl. Bankruptcies (�). 1. The state of being actually or legally bankrupt.
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2. The act or process of becoming a bankrupt.
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3. Complete loss; -- followed by of.
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Bankside (�), n. The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a stream.
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Bank-sided (�), a. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided.
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Bank swallow (�). See under 1st , n.
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Banlieue (�), n. [F., fr. LL. bannum leucae, banleuca; bannum jurisdiction + leuca league.] The territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city. Brande & C.
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Banner (bănnẽr), n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baneria, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See , n.] 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
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Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak.
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2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
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3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
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Coloq. Banner fish (Zoöl.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (Histiophorus Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.
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Bannered (�), a. Furnished with, or bearing, banners. “A bannered host.” Milton.
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Banneret (�), n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See .]
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1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
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2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
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☞ The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner.
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3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
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4. A small banner. Shak.
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Bannerol (�), n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See .
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banning-order n. an order that bans something.
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bannister n. same as .
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Bannition (�), n. [LL. bannitio. See .] The act of expulsion. [Obs.] Abp. Laud.
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Bannock (�), n. [Gael. bonnach.] A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson.
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Coloq. Bannock fluke , the turbot. [Scot.]
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Bannockburn prop. n. A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland.
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Banns (bănz), n. pl. [See .] Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.
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Banquet (�), n. [F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto, dim. of banco a bench, counter. See a bench, and cf. .] 1. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.
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2. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [Obs.]
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We'll dine in the great room, but let the music
And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.
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Banquet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banqueted; p. pr. & vb. n. Banqueting.] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
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Just in time to banquet
The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge.
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Banquet, v. i. 1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.
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Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets,
I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton.
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2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.]
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Where they did both sup and banquet. Cavendish.
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banqueting n. Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
Syn. -- feasting.
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Banquette (?), n. A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
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My brother-in-law . . . took refuge in the banquette. Mrs. Howe.
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Banquetter (�), n. One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.
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Banquette (�), n. [F. See , n.] 1. (Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
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2. (Arch.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
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{ Banshee, Banshie (?) }, n. [Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy.] (Celtic Folklore) A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house.
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Banstickle (�), n. [OE. ban, bon, bone + stickle prickle, sting. See , n., .] (Zoöl.) A small fish, the three-spined stickleback.
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Bantam (�), n. A variety of small barnyard fowl, with feathered legs, probably brought from Bantam, a district of Java.
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Bantam work. Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
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Banteng (�), n. (Zoöl.) The wild ox of Java (Bibos Banteng).
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Banter (băntẽr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bantered (băntẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bantering.] [Prob. corrupted fr. F. badiner to joke, or perh. fr. E. bandy to beat to and fro. See , and cf. fr. OF. barater.]
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1. To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity.
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Hag-ridden by my own fancy all night, and then bantered on my haggard looks the next day. W. Irving.
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2. To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like. [Archaic]
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If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them. Chatham.
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3. To delude or trick, -- esp. by way of jest. [Obs.]
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We diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.
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4. To challenge or defy to a match. [Colloq. Southern and Western U. S.]
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Banter, n. The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
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Part banter, part affection. Tennyson.
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Banterer (�), n. One who banters or rallies.
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Bantingism (�), n. A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London.
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Bantling (�), n. [Prob. for bandling, from band, and meaning a child wrapped in swaddling bands; or cf. G. bäntling a bastard, fr. bank bench. Cf. , n.] A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.]
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In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.
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Bantu (?), prop. n. A member of one of the great family of Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa. These tribes include, as important divisions, the Kafirs, Damaras, Bechuanas, and many tribes whose names begin with Aba-, Ama-, Ba-, Ma-, Wa-, variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba-, as in Ba-ntu, or Aba-ntu, itself a combination of this prefix with the syllable -ntu, a person; or as in Watusi.
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2. the family of languages spoken by the Bantu people (definition 1).
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Bantu adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the Bantu language group Bantu (definition 2); as, Bantu languages.
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2. of or pertaining to the Bantu people (definition 1). The Bantu population of Sierra Leone
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Banxring (�), n. (Zoöl.) An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
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Banyan (băny�n or bănyăn), n. [See .] (Bot.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.
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Banzai (?), interj. [Jap. banzai, banzei, ten thousand years, forever.] Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan]
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Baobab (bā�băb or bä�băb), n. [The native name.] (Bot.) A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See .
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Baphomet (�), n. [A corruption of Mahomet or Mohammed, the Arabian prophet: cf. Pr. Bafomet, OSp. Mafomat, OPg. Mafameda.] An idol or symbolical figure which the Templars were accused of using in their mysterious rites.
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baptise v. t. same as .
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Baptisia prop. n. A genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod.
Syn. -- genus Baptisia.
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Baptism (�), n. [OE. baptim, baptem, OF. baptesme, batisme, F. baptême, L. baptisma, fr. Gr. baptisma, fr. baptizein to baptize, fr. baptein to dip in water, akin to baqys deep, Skr. gāh to dip, bathe, v. i.] The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring.
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Baptismal (�), a. [Cf. F. baptismal.] Pertaining to baptism; as, baptismal vows.
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Coloq. Baptismal name , the Christian name, which is given at baptism.
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Baptismally, adv. In a baptismal manner.
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Baptist (băptĭst), n. [L. baptista, Gr. baptisths.]
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1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. Milton.
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2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See .
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In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. Amer. Cyc.
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Coloq. Freewill Baptists , a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion. -- Coloq. Seventh-day Baptists , a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See . The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists.
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{ Baptistery (�),Baptistry } (�), n.; pl. Baptisteries (�), Baptistries (�). [L. baptisterium, Gr. baptisthrion: cf. F. baptistère.] (Arch.) (a) In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near. (b) A part of a church containing a font and used for baptismal services.
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Baptistic (�), a. [Gr. baptistikos.] Of or for baptism; baptismal.
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Baptistical (�), a. Baptistic. [R.]
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Baptizable (�), a. Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter.
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Baptization (�), n. Baptism. [Obs.]
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Their baptizations were null. Jer. Taylor.
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Baptize (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baptized (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Baptizing.] [F. baptiser, L. baptizare, fr. Gr. baptizein. See .] 1. To administer the sacrament of baptism to.
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2. To christen (because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
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I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak.
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3. To sanctify; to consecrate.
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Baptizement (�), n. The act of baptizing. [R.]
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Baptizer (�), n. One who baptizes.
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Bar (bär), n. [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. barra bar. √91.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door.
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Thou shalt make bars of shittim wood. Ex. xxvi. 26.
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2. An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap.
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3. Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
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Must I new bars to my own joy create? Dryden.
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