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Solstitial (?), a. [L. solstitialis: cf. F. solsticial.] 1. Of or pertaining to a solstice.
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2. Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer. “Solstitial summer's heat.” Milton.
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Solubility (?), n. [Cf. F. solubilité.] 1. The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.
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2. (Bot.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
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Soluble (?), a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See , and cf. .] 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
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Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.
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2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble. “More soluble is this knot.” Tennyson.
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3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] “The bowels must be kept soluble.” Dunglison.
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Coloq. Soluble glass . (Chem.) See under .
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Solubleness, n. Quality or state of being soluble.
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{ Solus (?), masc. a., Sola (?), fem. a. } [L.] Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
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Solute (?), a. [L. solutus, p. p. of solvere to loosen. See .] 1. Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful. [R.]
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A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye. Young.
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3. Soluble; as, a solute salt. [Obs.]
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4. (Bot.) Not adhering; loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.
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Solute, v. t. 1. To dissolve; to resolve. [Obs.]
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2. To absolve; as, to solute sin. [Obs.] Bale.
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Solution (s�lūshŭn), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr. L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See .] 1. The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.
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In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. Bacon.
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2. The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.
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3. The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
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It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. I. Taylor.
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4. (Chem.Phys.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product resulting from such absorption.
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☞ When a solvent will not take in any more of a substance the solution is said to be saturated. Solution is of two kinds; viz.: (a) Mechanical solution, in which no marked chemical change takes place, and in which, in the case of solids, the dissolved body can be regained by evaporation, as in the solution of salt or sugar in water. (b) Chemical solution, in which there is involved a decided chemical change, as when limestone or zinc undergoes solution in hydrochloric acid. Mechanical solution is regarded as a form of molecular or atomic attraction, and is probably occasioned by the formation of certain very weak and unstable compounds which are easily dissociated and pass into new and similar compounds.
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☞ This word is not used in chemistry or mineralogy for fusion, or the melting of bodies by the heat of fire.
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5. Release; deliverance; discharge. [Obs.] Barrow.
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6. (Med.) (a) The termination of a disease; resolution. (b) A crisis. (c) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. U. S. Disp.
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Coloq. Fehling's solution (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down. -- Coloq. Heavy solution (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt solution or Thoulet solution) having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadium (Klein solution, specific gravity 3.6), and the like. Such solutions are much used in determining the specific gravities of minerals, and in separating them when mechanically mixed as in a pulverized rock. -- Coloq. Nessler's solution . See . -- Coloq. Solution of continuity , the separation of connection, or of connected substances or parts; -- applied, in surgery, to a fracture, laceration, or the like. “As in the natural body a wound, or solution of continuity, is worse than a corrupt humor, so in the spiritual.” Bacon. -- Coloq. Standardized solution (Chem.), a solution which is used as a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength; specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.7 mgr. of silver in each cubic centimeter.
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Solutive (sŏl�tĭv), a. [Cf. F. solutif.] Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative. Bacon.
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Solvability (?), n. [F. solvabilité.] 1. The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.
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2. The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.
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Solvable (?), a. [F. solvable. See , and cf. , .] 1. Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
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2. Capable of being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations. Tooke.
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3. Able to pay one's debts; solvent. [Obs.] Fuller.
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Solvableness (?), n. Quality of being solvable.
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Solve (sŏlv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solved (sŏlvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Solving.] [L. solvere, solutum; from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf. ) + luere to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See , and cf. .] To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem.
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True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South.
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God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell.
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Syn. -- To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.
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Solve, n. A solution; an explanation. [Obs.] Shak.
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Solvency (sŏlv�ns�), n. [See .] The quality or state of being solvent.
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Solvend (sŏlvĕnd), n. [L. solvendus to be loosened or dissolved, fr. solvere. See .] A substance to be dissolved. [R.]
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Solvent (sŏlv�nt), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of solvere. See .] 1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. “The solvent body.” Boyle.
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2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
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Solvent, n. (Chem.) A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
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2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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Solver (sŏlvẽr), n. One who, or that which, solves.
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Solvible (-ĭb'l), a. See .
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Soly (sōl�), adv. Solely. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Soma (sōmȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sw^ma, swmatos, the body.] (Anat.) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder.
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{ Somaj (s�mäj), Samaj (sȧmäj), } n. A society; a congregation, a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj. [India]
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{ Somali (s�mäl�), Somal (s�mäl), } n. 1. (Ethnol.) A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.
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2. of or pertaining to Somalia or to the inhabitants of Somalia.
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Somatic (s�mătĭk), a. [Gr. swmatikos, fr. sw^ma the body.] 1. Of or pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic changes.
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2. Of or pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
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Coloq. Somatic death . See the Note under , n., 1.
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Somatical (?), a. Somatic.
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Somatics (?), n. The science which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.
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Somatist (?), n. One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist. Glanvill.
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Somatocyst (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, swmatos, body + kystis a bladder.] (Zoöl.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under .
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Somatology (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, swmatos, body + -logy.] 1. The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics.
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2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. Dunglison.
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3. (Biol.) The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology.
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4. (Anthropol.) The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general.
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Somatome (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, body + temnein to cut.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) See .
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Somatopleure (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, swmatos, body + pleyra side.] (Anat.) The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellæ into which the vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See .
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Somatopleuric (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.
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Somatotropism (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, swmatos, the body + trepein to turn.] (Physiol.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs. Encyc. Brit.
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{ Somber, Sombre } (?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See .] 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
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2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.
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The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short. Beaconsfield.
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{ Somber, Sombre }, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]
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{ Somber, Sombre }, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]
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{ Somberly, Sombrely }, adv. In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
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{ Somberness, Sombreness }, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
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Sombrero (?), n. [Sp., from sombra shade. See .] A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America. Marryat.
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Sombrous (?), a. [Cf. Sp. sombroso.] Gloomy; somber. “Tall and sombrous pines.” Longfellow.
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-- Sombrously, adv. -- Sombrousness, n.
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-some (-sōm). A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. swmatos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
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-some (-sŭm). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See , a., and cf. , a.] An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
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Some (sŭm), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan. somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same. √191. See , a., and cf. .] 1. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
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Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. Blackstone.
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2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. “Some brighter clime.” Mrs. Barbauld.
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Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent. Chaucer.
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Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament. Blackstone.
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3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
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4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. Shak.
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The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand. Bacon.
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5. Considerable in number or quantity. “Bore us some leagues to sea.” Shak.
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On its outer point, some miles away.
The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry. Longfellow.
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6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
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Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.
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7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
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Your edicts some reclaim from sins,
But most your life and blest example wins. Dryden.
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Coloq. All and some , one and all. See under , adv. [Obs.]
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☞ The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some better; it rains some, etc.
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Coloq. Some . . . some , one part . . . another part; these . . . those; -- used distributively.
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Some to the shores do fly,
Some to the woods, or whither fear advised. Daniel.
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☞ Formerly used also of single persons or things: this one . . . that one; one . . . another.
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Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. Chaucer.
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Somebody (sŭmbŏd�), n. 1. A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
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Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46.
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We must draw in somebody that may stand
'Twixt us and danger. Denham.
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2. A person of consideration or importance.
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Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. Acts v. 36.
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Somedeal (sŭmdēl), adv. In some degree; somewhat. [Written also sumdel, sumdeale, and sumdele.] [Obs.] “She was somedeal deaf.” Chaucer.
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Thou lackest somedeal their delight. Spenser.
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Somehow (sŭmhou), adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.
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By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. Cheyne.
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☞ The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other.
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Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. Sir W. Scott.
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{ Somersault (?), Somerset (?), } n. [F. soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden asault, a surprise. See , and Salient.] A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] “The vaulter's sombersalts.” Donne.
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Now I'll only
Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. Beau. & Fl.
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Something (?), n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
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There is something in the wind. Shak.
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The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. Pope.
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Something attemped, something done,
Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow.
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2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.
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Something yet of doubt remains. Milton.
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Something of it arises from our infant state. I. Watts.
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3. A person or thing importance.
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If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Gal. vi. 3.
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Something, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak.
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I something fear my father's wrath. Shak.
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We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke.
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My sense of touch is something coarse. Tennyson.
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It must be done to-night,
And something from the palace. Shak.
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Sometime (?), adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
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Did they not sometime cry “All hail” to me? Shak.
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2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
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Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. Shak.
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3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. “Sometime he reckon shall.” Chaucer.
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