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Causative (k�zȧtĭv), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.
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Causatively, adv. In a causative manner.
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Causator (k�zātŏr), n. [See .] One who causes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
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Cause (k�z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. , v., .] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.
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2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.
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3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]
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I did it not for his cause. 2 Cor. vii. 12.
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4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
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5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.
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What counsel give you in this weighty cause! Shak.
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6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.
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God befriend us, as our cause is just. Shak.
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The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. Burke.
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Coloq. Efficient cause , the agent or force that produces a change or result. -- Coloq. Final cause , the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. -- Coloq. Formal cause , the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and coöperating with the matter. -- Coloq. Material cause , that of which anything is made. -- Coloq. Proximate cause . See under . -- Coloq. To make common cause with , to join with in purposes and aims. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.
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Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See , n., and cf. .] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
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I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. Gen. vii. 4.
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Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.

Syn. -- To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.
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Cause, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Cause, conj. Abbreviation of . B. Jonson.
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Causeful (?), n. Having a cause. [Obs.]
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Causeless, a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated.
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2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.
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My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.
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Causeless, adv. Without cause or reason.
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Causelessness, n. The state of being causeless.
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Causer (?), n. One who or that which causes.
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Causerie (?), n. [F., fr. causer to chat.] Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat.
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Causeuse (k�zẽz), n. [F., fr. causer to talk.] A kind of sofa for two persons. A tête-à-tête.
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{ Causeway (k�zw�), Causey ((k�z�), } n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
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But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden.
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The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.
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{ Causewayed (?), Causeyed (?). } a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
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Causidical (?), a. [L. causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare to say.] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
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{ Caustic (?), Caustical (?), } a. [L. caustucs, Ge. �, fr. � to burn. Cf. , .] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
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2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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Coloq. Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. -- Coloq. Caustic lime . See under . -- Coloq. Caustic potash , Coloq. Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same. -- Coloq. Caustic silver , nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. -- Coloq. Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction.

Syn. -- Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.
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Caustic, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See , a.] 1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
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2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.
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Caustically, adv. In a caustic manner.
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Causticily (?), n. 1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.
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2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.
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Causticness (?), n. The quality of being caustic; causticity.
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Cautel (?), n. [F. cautèle, L. cautela, fr. cavere to be on one's guard, to take care.] 1. Caution; prudence; wariness. [Obs.] Fulke.
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2. Craft; deceit; falseness. [Obs.] Shak.
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Cautelous (?), a. [F. cauteleux, LL. cautelosus. See .] 1. Caution; prudent; wary. [Obs.] “Cautelous, though young.” Drayton.
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2. Crafty; deceitful; false. [Obs.] Shak.

-- Cautelously, adv. -- Cautelousness, n. [Obs.]
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Cauter (?), n. [F. cautère, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. � a branding iron, fr. � to burn. Cf. , .] A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. Minsheu.
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Cauterant (?), n. A cauterizing substance.
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Cauterism (?), n. The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Ferrand.
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Cauterization (?), n. [Cf. F. cautèrisation.] (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.
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Cauterize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] [L. cauterizare, Gr. �, fr. a branding iron: cf. F. cautérised.. See .] 1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Dunglison.
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2. To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.
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Cautery (?), n.; pl. Cauteries (#). [L. cauterium, Gr. �. See .] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.
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2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing.
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Coloq. Actual cautery , a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. -- Coloq. Potential cautery , a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance.
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Caution (?), n. [F. caution a security, L. cautio, fr. cavere (For scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show.] 1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
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2. Security; guaranty; bail. [R.]
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The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.
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3. Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
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In way of caution I must tell you. Shak.
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4. (Civil & Scots Law) A pledge, bond, or other security for the performance of an obligation either in or out of judicial proceedings; the promise or contract of one not for himself but another; security.
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Coloq. Caution money , money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university.

Syn. -- Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence; watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety; providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition.
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Caution v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cautioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cautioning.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
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You cautioned me against their charms. Swift.
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Cautionary (?), a. 1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.
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2. Given as a pledge or as security.
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He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet.
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3. Wary; cautious. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Cautionary block. (Railroads) A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by a caution card or the like.
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Cautioner (?), n. 1. One who cautions or advises.
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2. (Scots Law) A surety or sponsor.
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Cautionry (?), n. (Scots Law) Suretyship.
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Cautious (?), a. [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See .] Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.
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Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron.
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Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts.

Syn. -- Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect; discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious; careful. -- , , . A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one may be wary, and yet bold and active; a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.
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Cautiously, adv. In a cautious manner.
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Cautiousness, n. The quality of being cautious.
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Cavalcade (?), n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. �. Cf. , .] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
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He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott.
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{ Cavalero, Cavaliero (kăvȧlēro), } n. [Sp. caballero. See .] A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.
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Cavalier (kăvȧlēr), n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See , and cf. , .] 1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.
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2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.
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3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles I. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.
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4. (Fort.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
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Cavalier, a. offhand; unceremonious; gay; easy; frank. Opposed to serious.
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The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, form a complete contrast. Hazlitt.
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2. High-spirited. [Obs.] “The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier.” Suckling.
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3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
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4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. “An old Cavalier family.” Beaconsfield.
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Cavalierish (?), a. Somewhat like a cavalier.
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Cavalierism (?), n. The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.
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Cavalierly, adv. In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly. Junius.
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Cavalierness, n. A disdainful manner.
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Cavally (?), n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.] (Zoöl.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevallé. [See Illust. under .]
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Cavalry (?), n. [F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See , and cf. .] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback.
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☞ Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.
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Cavalryman (?), n.; pl. (�). One of a body of cavalry.
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cavalry-sword n. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back.
Syn. -- saber, sabre.
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Cavatina (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.
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Cave (kāv), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. .] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
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2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] “The cave of the ear.” Bacon.
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3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See , , in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
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Coloq. Cave bear (Zoöl.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spelæus) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. -- Coloq. Cave dweller , a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor. -- Coloq. Cave hyena (Zoöl.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Coloq. Cave lion (Zoöl.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. -- Coloq. Bone cave . See under .
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Cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caving.] [Cf. F. caver. See , n.] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
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The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser.
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Cave, v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
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Coloq. To cave in . [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.
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Caveat (?), n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]
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1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.
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2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
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☞ A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed.
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3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
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We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey.
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Coloq. Caveat emptor [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
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Caveating (?), n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
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Caveator (?), n. One who enters a caveat.
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Cavendish (?), n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
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Coloq. Cut cavendish , the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
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Cavern (?), n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
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Caverned (?), a. 1. Containing caverns.
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The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron.
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2. Living in a cavern. “Caverned hermit.” Pope.
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Cavernous (?), a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
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2. Filled with small cavities or cells.
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3. Having a sound caused by a cavity.
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Coloq. Cavernous body , a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. -- Coloq. Cavernous respiration , a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.
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Cavernulous (?), a. [L. cavernula, dim. of caverna cavern.] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black.
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{ Cavesson (?), Cavezon (?), } n. [F. caveçon, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. .] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also caveson, causson.] White.
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Cavetto (kȧvĕtt�), n. [It. cavetto, fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus.] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of .
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{ Caviar (?), Caviare (?), } n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havīār.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
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☞ Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. “'T was caviare to the general,” i. e., above the taste of the common people.
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