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Midwive (mĭdwīv), v. t. To midwife. [Obs.]
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Mien (mēn), n. [F. mine; perh. from sane source as mener to lead; cf. E. demean, menace, mine, n.] Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen. Pope.
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mierkat n. (Zool.) A South African mongooselike viverrine (Suricata suricata) having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also suricate. [Also spelled meerkat.]
Syn. -- meerkat.
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Miff (mĭf), n. [Cf. Prov. G. muff sullenness, sulkiness, muffen to be silky, muffïg sullen, pouting.] A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding.
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Miff, v. t. To offend slightly. [Colloq.]
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Might (mīt), imp. of . [AS. meahte, mihte.]
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Might, n. [AS. meaht, miht, from the root of magan to be able, E. may; akin to D. magt, OS. maht, G. macht, Icel. māttr, Goth. mahts. √103. See , v.] Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind; energy or intensity of purpose, feeling, or action; means or resources to effect an object; strength; force; power; ability; capacity.
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What so strong,
But wanting rest, will also want of might? Spenser.
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deut. vi. 5.
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Coloq. With might and main . See under 2d .
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Mightful (?), a. Mighty. [Obs.] Shak.
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Mightily (?), adv. [From .] 1. In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully.
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Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29.
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2. To a great degree; very much.
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Practical jokes amused us mightily. Hawthorne.
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Mightiness, n. 1. The quality of being mighty; possession of might; power; greatness; high dignity.
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How soon this mightiness meets misery. Shak.
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2. Highness; excellency; -- with a possessive pronoun, a title of dignity; as, their high mightinesses.
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Mightless, a. Without; weak. [Obs.]
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Mighty (?), a. [Compar. Mightier (?); superl. Mightiest.] [AS. meahtig, mihtig; akin to G. mächtig, Goth. mahteigs. See , n.]
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1. Possessing might; having great power or authority.
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Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4.
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2. Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. “His mighty works.” Matt. xi. 20.
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3. Denoting an extraordinary degree or quality in respect of size, character, importance, consequences, etc. “A mighty famine.” Luke xv. 14. “Giants of mighty bone.” Milton.
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Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.
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Mighty, n.; pl. Mighties (#). A warrior of great force and courage. [R. & Obs.] 1 Chron. xi. 12.
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Mighty, adv. In a great degree; very. [Colloq.] “He was mighty methodical.” Jeffrey.
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We have a mighty pleasant garden. Doddridge.
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Migniard (?), a. [F. mignard, akin to mignon. See .] Soft; dainty. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Migniardise (?), n. [F. mignardise.] Delicate fondling. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Mignon (?), a. [F.] See 3d .
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Mignon, v. t. To flatter. [R. & Obs.] Danie�.
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Mignonette (?), n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d .] (Bot.) A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.
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Coloq. Mignonette pepper , coarse pepper.
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migraine (?), n. [F. migraine, LL. hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. hmikrania; hmi- half + kranion skull. See and , and cf. , .] 1. A kind of intense sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head; called also migraine headache. Same as . -- Migrainous, a.
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Migrant (?), a. [L. migrans, p. pr. of migrare. See .] Migratory. Sir T. Browne.
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Migrant (?), n. 1. A migratory bird, person, or other animal.

2. A person who changes residence frequently in search of employment, especially farm labor, such as harvesting crops seasonally; also called migrant laborer or migrant worker. Sometimes the migrant worker is not a resident of the country in which the work is performed.
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Migrate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Migrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Migrating (?).] [L. migratus, p. p. of migrare to migrate, transfer.]
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1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West.
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2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes, and quadrupeds.
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Migration (?), n. [L. migratio: cf. F. migration.] The act of migrating.
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Migratory (?), a. [Cf. F. migratoire.]
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1. Removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds.
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2. Hence, roving; wandering; nomad; as, migratory habits; a migratory life.
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Coloq. Migratory locust (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Migratory thrush (Zoöl.), the American robin. See .
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Mikado (?), n. [Jap.] The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan; the emperor of Japan.
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mike n. [shortened from microphone.] A , the device for converting sound waves into electrical energy. [informal]
Syn. -- microphone.
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Mikmaks (?), n. Same as .
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mil n. 1. an obsolete monetary unit of Cyprus equal in value to 1/1000 of a pound.
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2. a unit of length equal to 1/1000 inch, used especially in measuring the thickness of sheets of materials.
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3. one milliliter; -- used mostly in informal speech. [laboratory slang]
Syn. -- milliliter, millilitre, ml, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc.
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4. a unit of angular size equal to 1/6400 of 360 degrees; -- it is used especially in artillery ranging.
Syn. -- mil.
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mil n. [by contraction from million.] One million dollars; as, his new house cost over a mil. [slang]
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Milady (?), n. [F., fr. English.] Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman.
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Milage (?; 48), n. Same as .
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Milanese (?), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Milan; people of Milan.
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Milch (?), a. [OE. milche; akin to G. melk, Icel. milkr, mjōlkr, and to E. milk. See .]
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1. Giving milk; -- now applied only to beasts. “Milch camels.” Gen. xxxii. “Milch kine.” Shak.
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2. Tender; pitiful; weeping. [Obs.] Shak.
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Mild (mīld), a. [Compar. Milder (?); superl. Mildest.] [AS. milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel. mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear, Gr. � gladdening gifts.] Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
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The rosy morn resigns her light
And milder glory to the noon. Waller.
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Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers.
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Coloq. Mild steel , or Coloq. Low steel , steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.
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Syn. -- Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant; placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement; mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See .
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Milden (?), v. t. To make mild, or milder. Lowell.
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Mildew (?), n. [AS. meledeáw; akin to OHG. militou, G. mehlthau, mehltau; prob. orig. meaning, honeydew; cf. Goth. milip honey. See , and .] (Bot.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.
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Coloq. powdery mildew a fungal disease of plants caused by an ascomycete of the order Erysiphales, characterized by a powdery white film on the surface of the affected plants. It is damaging to, e.g., roses and lilacs. Also, a fungus that causes such a disease.
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Mildew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mildewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mildewing.] To taint with mildew; as, mildewed clothing.
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He . . . mildews the white wheat. Shak.
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Mildew, v. i. To become tainted with mildew.
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Mildly (?), adv. In a mild manner.
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Mildness, n. The quality or state of being mild; as, mildness of temper; the mildness of the winter.
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Mile (mīl), n. [AS. mīl, fr. L. millia, milia; pl. of mille a thousand, i. e., milia passuum a thousand paces. Cf. the tenth of a cent, .] A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
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☞ The distance called a mile varies greatly in different countries. Its length in yards is, in Norway, 12,182; in Brunswick, 11,816; in Sweden, 11,660; in Hungary, 9,139; in Switzerland, 8,548; in Austria, 8,297; in Prussia, 8,238; in Poland, 8,100; in Italy, 2,025; in England and the United States, 1,760; in Spain, 1,552; in the Netherlands, 1,094.
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Coloq. Geographical mile or Coloq. Nautical mile , one sixtieth of a degree of a great circle of the earth, or 6080.27 feet. -- Coloq. Mile run . Same as Train mile. See under . -- Coloq. Roman mile , a thousand paces, equal to 1,614 yards English measure. -- Coloq. Statute mile , a mile conforming to statute, that is, in England and the United States, a mile of 5,280 feet, as distinguished from any other mile.
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Mileage (mīl�j; 48), n. 1. An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
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2. Aggregate length or distance in miles; esp., the sum of lengths of tracks or wires of a railroad company, telegraph company, etc. [Written also milage.]
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3. The number of miles that a vehicle can travel after consuming a certain quantity of fuel; in the United States, usually expressed in units of miles per gallon; as, smaller cars tend to get better mileage. It is sometimes used as a nmeasure of the energy efficiency of a vehicle.
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4. Use, profit or advantage; as, he got a lot of mileage out of one hit record.
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Coloq. Constructive mileage , a mileage allowed for journeys supposed to be made, but not actually made. Bartlett.
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mileometer n. a meter that shows mileage traversed.
Syn. -- odometer, hodometer, milometer.
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Milepost (?), n. 1. A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.
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2. An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment; as, putting a man in orbit was a big milepost on the way to the moon.
Syn. -- milestone.
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Milesian (?), a. [L. Milesius, Gr. �.]
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1. (Anc. Geog.) Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.
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2. (Irish Legendary Hist.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.
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Milesian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Miletus.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland.
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Milestone (?), n. 1. A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.
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2. An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment; as, putting a man in orbit was a major milestone on the way to the moon.
Syn. -- milepost.
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Milfoil (?), n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb (Achillea Millefolium) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
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Coloq. Water milfoil (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves (Myriophyllum).
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Miliaria (?), n. [NL. See .] (Med.) A fever accompanied by an eruption of small, isolated, red pimples, resembling a millet seed in form or size; miliary fever.
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Miliary (?; 277), a. [L. miliarius, fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire.]
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1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.
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2. (Med.) Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.
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3. (Zoöl.) Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.
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Miliary, n. (Zoöl.) One of the small tubercles of Echini.
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Milice (?), n. [F.] Militia. [Obs.]
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Milieu (m�lyẽ), n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) + lieu place. See , .] Environment.

The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated personalities. J. A. Symonds.

It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu. J. M. Baldwin.
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Miliola (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. milium millet. So named from its resemblance to millet seed.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.
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Miliolite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.
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Miliolite, a. The same .
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Coloq. Miliolite limestone (Geol.), a building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.
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Miliolitic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the genus Miliola; containing miliolites.
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Militancy (?), n. [See .]
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1. The state of being militant; warfare.
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2. A military spirit or system; militarism. H. Spencer.
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Militant (?), a. [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See .] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Militantly, adv.
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At which command the powers militant . . .
Moved on in silence. Milton.
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Coloq. Church militant , the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven.
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Militar (?), a. Military. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Militarily (?), adv. In a military manner.
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militarisation n. militarization. [mostly Brit.]
Syn. -- mobilization, mobilisation, militarization.
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Militarism (?), n. [Cf. F. militarisme.]
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1. A military state or condition; a military system; reliance on military force in administering government.
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2. The spirit and traditions of military life. H. Spencer.
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3. The view that military strength, efficiency and values should dominate the country's public policy choices and take precedence over other interests.
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4. The policy of maintaining a large military force, even in peacetime; -- a term usually used by opponents of such a policy on the assumption that such a large force is unnecessary for national defense.
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Militarist (?), n. 1. A military man. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. A person having a strong spirit of militarism, in senses 3 or 4.
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militaristic adj. imbued with militarism, in senses 3 or 4.
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militarization n. act of assembling and putting into readiness the military forces for war or other emergency.
Syn. -- mobilization, mobilisation, militarisation.
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militarize v. t. & i. to lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force.
Syn. -- make military.
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militarized adj. 1. Equipped with eapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized.
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Military (?), a. [L. militaris, militarius, from miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. militaire.]
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1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown.
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Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
Troop in the throngs of military men. Shak.
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2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition. Bacon.
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Coloq. Military law . See Martial law, under . -- Coloq. Military order . (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction. -- Coloq. Military tenure , tenure of land, on condition of performing military service.
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Military, n. [Cf. F. militaire.] The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
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Militate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Militating (?).] [L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.
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These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke.
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The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon.
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militate against (?), v. t. To argue against; to cast doubt on; -- used in reference to facts which tend to disprove a hypothesis; as, the absence of a correlation of budget deficits with inflation militates against any causal relation between the two. Opposite of support.
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Militia (?), n. [L., military service, soldiery, fr. miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. milice.]
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1. In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.
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The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet . . . the power of the militia is he. Jer. Taylor.
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2. Military service; warfare. [Obs.] Baxter.
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Militiaman (?), n.; pl. Militiamen (�). One who belongs to the militia.
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Militiate (?), v. i. To carry on, or prepare for, war. [Obs.] Walpole.
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Milk (mĭlk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mjōlk, Sw. mjölk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. 'amelgein. √107. Cf. , , soft roe of fishes.]
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1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. “White as morne milk.” Chaucer.
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2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See .
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3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water.
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4. (Zoöl.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
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Coloq. Condensed milk . See under , v. t. -- Coloq. Milk crust (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See . -- Coloq. Milk fever . (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. -- Coloq. Milk glass , glass having a milky appearance. -- Coloq. Milk knot (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. -- Coloq. Milk leg (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. -- Coloq. Milk meats , food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] Bailey. -- Coloq. Milk mirror . Same as , 2. -- Coloq. Milk molar (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. -- Coloq. Milk of lime (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. -- Coloq. Milk parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum palustre) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. -- Coloq. Milk pea (Bot.), a genus (Galactia) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. -- Coloq. Milk sickness (Med.), See in the vocabulary. -- Coloq. Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or Ophibolus eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Coloq. Milk sugar . (Physiol. Chem.) See , and Sugar of milk (below). -- Coloq. Milk thistle (Bot.), an esculent European thistle (Silybum marianum), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. -- Coloq. Milk thrush . (Med.) See . -- Coloq. Milk tooth (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. -- Coloq. Milk tree (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America (Brosimum Galactodendron), and the Euphorbia balsamifera of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. -- Coloq. Milk vessel (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See . -- Coloq. Rock milk . See Agaric mineral, under . -- Coloq. Sugar of milk . The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See .
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