Icteric - Idiograph

Icteric (ĭktĕrĭk), n. A remedy for the jaundice.
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{ Icteric (ĭktĕrĭk), Icterical (ĭktĕrĭk�l), } a. [L. ictericus, Gr. 'ikterikos, fr. 'ikteros jaundice: cf. F. ictérique.] 1. Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.
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2. Good against the jaundice. Johnson.

{ Icteritious (?), Icteritous (?), } a. Yellow; of the color of the skin when it is affected by the jaundice.
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Icteroid (?), a. [Gr. � jaundice + -oid.] Of a tint resembling that produced by jaundice; yellow; as, an icteroid tint or complexion.
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Icterus (?), n. [NL. See , a.] (Med.) The jaundice.
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Ictic (?), a. [L. ictus blow.] Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt. [R.] H. Bushnell.
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Ictiobus n. A genus of fishes comprising the buffalofishes.
Syn. -- genus Ictiobus.
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ictodosaur n. An extinct reptile intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals.
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Ictodosauria n. An order of extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic.
Syn. -- order Ictodosauria.
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Ictus (?), n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.] 1. (Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. .
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2. (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.
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Icy (?), a. [Compar. Icier (?); superl. Iciest.] [AS. īsig. See .] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. “Icy chains.” Shak. “Icy region.” Boyle. “Icy seas.” Pope.
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2. Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.
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Icy was the deportment with which Philip received these demonstrations of affection. Motley.
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Icy-pearled (?), a. Spangled with ice.
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Mounting up in icy-pearled car. Milton.
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ID, I.D. (īdē), n. [capitalized] [shortened form of identification.] any document testifying to teh identity of the bearer, especially a card or badge.
Syn. -- ID.
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I'd (?). A contraction from I would or I had; as, I'd go if I could.
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Id (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.
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id (ĭd), n. (Psychoanalysis) That part of a person's psyche which is the unconscious source of impulses seeking gratification or pleasure; the impulses are usually modified by the ego and superego before being acted upon.
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Idahoan n. a resident of Idaho.
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Idalian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. “Idalian Aphrodité.” Tennyson.
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Ide (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as first , the fish.
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-ide (?). (Chem.) A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc.
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Idea (?), n.; pl. Ideas (#). [L. idea, Gr. �, fr. � to see; akin to E. wit: cf. F. idée. See .] 1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by the mind; also, a similar image of any object whatever, whether sensible or spiritual.
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Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts. Fairfax.
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Being the right idea of your father
Both in your form and nobleness of mind. Shak.
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This representation or likeness of the object being transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and properly called its idea. P. Browne.
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2. A general notion, or a conception formed by generalization.
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Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was. L. Caroll.
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3. Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is conceived or thought of.
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Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call idea. Locke.
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4. A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development.
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That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. Johnson.
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What is now “idea” for us? How infinite the fall of this word, since the time where Milton sang of the Creator contemplating his newly-created world, --
“how it showed . . .
Answering his great idea,” --
to its present use, when this person “has an idea that the train has started,” and the other “had no idea that the dinner would be so bad!” Trench.
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5. A plan or purpose of action; intention; design.
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I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with an idea of undertaking while there the translation of the work. W. Irving.
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6. A rational conception; the complete conception of an object when thought of in all its essential elements or constituents; the necessary metaphysical or constituent attributes and relations, when conceived in the abstract.
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7. A fiction object or picture created by the imagination; the same when proposed as a pattern to be copied, or a standard to be reached; one of the archetypes or patterns of created things, conceived by the Platonists to have excited objectively from eternity in the mind of the Deity.
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Thence to behold this new-created world,
The addition of his empire, how it showed
In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair,
Answering his great idea. Milton.
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☞ “In England, Locke may be said to have been the first who naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality. When, in common language, employed by Milton and Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is Platonic.” Sir W. Hamilton.
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Coloq. Abstract idea , Coloq. Association of ideas , etc. See under , , etc.

Syn. -- Notion; conception; thought; sentiment; fancy; image; perception; impression; opinion; belief; observation; judgment; consideration; view; design; intention; purpose; plan; model; pattern. -- There is scarcely any other word which is subjected to such abusive treatment as is the word idea, in the very general and indiscriminative way in which it is employed, as it is used variously to signify almost any act, state, or content of thought.
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Ideal (?), a. [L. idealis: cf. F. idéal.] 1. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
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2. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty. Byron.
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There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. Rambler.
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3. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal. “Planning ideal common wealth.” Southey.
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4. Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
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5. (Math.) Imaginary.

Syn. -- Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful; imaginary; unreal; impracticable; utopian.
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Ideal (?), n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
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The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame. Fleming.
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Coloq. Beau ideal . See .
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Idealess (?), a. Destitute of an idea.
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idealise v. 1. Same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
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idealisation n. 1. Same as .
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Idealism (?), n. [Cf. F. idéalisme.] 1. The quality or state of being ideal.
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2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.
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3. (Philos.) The system or theory that denies the existence of material bodies, and teaches that we have no rational grounds to believe in the reality of anything but ideas and their relations.
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4. The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns; -- opposed to realism.
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5. a belief in the feasibility of the implementation of ideal principles and noble goals, and the practice or habit of pursuing such goals; -- opposed to realism and cynicism.
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Idealist, n. [Cf. F. idéaliste.] 1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.
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2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism, in any sense. In senses 4 and 5 of , opposed to realist.
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Idealistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.
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Ideality (?), n.; pl. Idealities (�). 1. The quality or state of being ideal.
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2. The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.
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3. (Phren.) The conceptive faculty.
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Idealization (?), n. 1. The act or process of idealizing.
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2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
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3. A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations -- one good and one bad. [wns=1]
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4. something that exists only as an idea. [wns=2]
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5. a protrayal of something as ideal. [wns=3]
Syn. -- glorification.
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Idealize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Idealized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Idealizing (?).] 1. To make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life. [wns=1]
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2. (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See , 2.
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3. to form ideals. [wns=2]
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Idealize, v. i. [Cf. F. idéaliser.] To form ideals.
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Idealizer (?), n. An idealist.
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Ideally, adv. In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.
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Idealogic (?), a. Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.
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Idealogue (?), n. [Idea + -logue, as in theologue: cf. F. idéologue.] One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

{ Ideat (?), Ideate (?), } n. [LL. ideatum. See .] (Metaph.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.
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Ideate (?), v. t. 1. To form in idea; to fancy. [R.]
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The ideated man . . . as he stood in the intellect of God. Sir T. Browne.
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2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize. [R.]
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Ideation (?), n. The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retained as objects of thought.
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The whole mass of residua which have been accumulated . . . all enter now into the process of ideation. J. D. Morell.
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Ideational (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation.
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Certain sensational or ideational stimuli. Blackw. Mag.
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Idem (?), pron. or adj. [L.] The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
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Identic (?), a. Identical. [Obs.] Hudibras.
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Identical (?), a. [Cf. F. identique. See .] 1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
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I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. Reid.
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2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
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When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. Fleming.
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Coloq. Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it.
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{ Identic, Identical }, a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government.
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Identically, adv. In an identical manner; with respect to identity. “Identically the same.” Bp. Warburton. “Identically different.” Ross.
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Identicalness, n. The quality or state of being identical; sameness.
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Identifiable (?), a. Capable of being identified.
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Identification (?), n. [Cf. F. identification.] The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.
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identified adj. recognized; having the identity established.
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Identify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Identified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Identifying (?).] [Cf. F. identifier. See , and .] 1. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
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Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. D. Ramsay.
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Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. Burke.
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2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
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Identify (?), v. i. 1. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]

2. To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death.
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An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke.
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identifying adj. 1. serving to distinguish or identify an object, person, species or group; as, we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features. [prenominal]
Syn. -- distinguishing, distinctive.
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Identikit prop. n. [trademark] A set of images containing a wide variety of facial features, such as noses, hairlines, chins, etc. on transparencies which can be overlayed in combinations to build up a picture of a person; it is used by police agencies to create concrete images of a crime suspect from the descriptions of witnesses; the image created with the kit is also called an Identikit, or more properly an Identikit picture. [Trademark]
Syn. -- Identikit picture.
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Identism (?), n. [See .] (Metaph.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the system of identity or doctrine of identity.
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Identity (?), n.; pl. Identities (#). [F. identité, LL. identitas, fr. L. idem the same, from the root of is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this. Cf. .] 1. The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
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Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. Sir W. Hamilton.
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2. The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.
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3. (Math.) An identical equation.
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Ideo- (?). A combining form from the Gr. �, an idea.
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Ideogenical (?), a. Of or relating to ideology.
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Ideogeny (?), n. [Ideo- + -geny, from the same root as Gr. �, birth: cf. F. idéogénie.] The science which treats of the origin of ideas.
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Ideogram (?), n. [Ideo- + -gram; cf. F. idéograme.] 1. An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.
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Ideograms may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
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You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of ideograms and gesture. J. Peile.
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2. A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, �, $, �, etc.
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3. A phonetic symbol; a letter.
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Ideograph (?), n. Same as .

{ Ideographic (?), Ideographical (?), } a. [Cf. F. idéographique.] Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine,” but the idea of the number itself. -- Ideographically, adv.
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Ideographics (?), n. The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.
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Ideography (?), n. The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.
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ideologic, ideological adj. concerned with or suggestive of ideas; as, an ideologic argument.
Syn. -- ideological.
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Ideological (?), a. [Cf. F. idéologique.] Of or pertaining to ideology.
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Ideologist (?), n. 1. One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

2. An ideologue.
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ideologue n. an adherent to or advocate of some ideology{3}.
Syn. -- ideologist.
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Ideology (?), n. [Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. idéologie.] 1. The science of ideas. Stewart.
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2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.
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☞ By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, idéologie . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. A set or system of theories and beliefs held by an individual or group, especially about sociopolitical goals and methods to attain them; in common usage, ideology is such a set of beliefs so strongly held by their adherents as to cause them to ignore evidence against such beliefs, and thus fall into error -- in this sense it is viewed as a negative trait; contrasted to pragmatism, and distinct from idealism.
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Ideo-motion (?), n. (Physiol.) An ideo-motor movement.
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Ideo-motor (?), a. [Ideo- + motor.] (Physiol.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence. Carpenter.
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Ides (īdz), n. pl. [L. idus: cf. F. ides.] (Anc. Rom. Calendar) The fifteenth day of March, May, July, and October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
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The ides of March remember. Shak.
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☞ Eight days in each month often pass by this name, but only one strictly receives it, the others being called respectively the day before the ides, and so on, backward, to the eighth from the ides.
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Idio- (ĭdĭ�-). A combining form from the Greek 'idios, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
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Idioblast (ĭdĭ�blăst), n. [Ideo- + -blast.] (Bot.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents.
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Idiocrasis (?), n. [NL.] Idiocracy.
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Idiocrasy (?), n.; pl. Idiocrasies (#). [Idio- + Gr. kra^sis a mixture, fr. � to mix: cf. F. idiocrasie.] Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

{ Idiocratic (?), Idiocratical (?), } a. Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
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Idiocy (ĭdĭ�s�), n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. � uncouthness, lack of education, fr. �. See , and cf. .] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.
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I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson.
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Idiocyclophanous (?), a. [Idio- + Gr. � circle + � to appear.] (Crystallog.) Same as .
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Idioelectric (?), a. [Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique.] (Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to anelectric. -- n. An idioelectric substance.
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Idiograph (ĭdĭ�grȧf), n. [Gr. � autographic; 'idios one's own + grafein to write.] A mark or signature peculiar to an individual; a trade-mark.
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