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Vitelline (?), a. [L. vitellus the yolk of an egg.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the yolk of eggs; as, the vitelline membrane, a smooth, transparent membrane surrounding the vitellus.
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Vitellogene (?), n. [See , and .] (Zoöl.) A gland secreting the yolk of the eggs in trematodes, turbellarians, and some other helminths.
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Vitellus (?), n. [L., the yolk of an egg.]
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1. (Biol.) The contents or substance of the ovum; egg yolk. See Illust. of .
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2. (Bot.) Perisperm in an early condition.
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Vitiate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vitiating.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See a fault.] [Written also viciate.] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
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A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. South.
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Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. Burke.
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This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers. Garth.
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2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.
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Vitiation (?), n. [L. vitiatio.] The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.
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The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot.
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Viticulose (?), a. [L. viticula, dim. of vitis vine.] (Bot.) Having long and slender trailing stems.
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Viticultural (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to viticulture.
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Viticulture (?), n. [L. vitis vine + E. culture.] The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.
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Viticulturist, n. One engaged in viticulture.
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Vitiligo (?), n. [L., a kind of tetter, fr. vitium blemish, vice.] (Med.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body.
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Vitilitigate (?), v. i. [L. vitilitigare to quarrel disgracefully; vitium vice + litigare to quarrel.] To contend in law litigiously or cavilously. [Obs.]
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Vitilitigation (?), n. Cavilous litigation; cavillation. [Obs.] Hudibras.
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Vitiosity (?), n. [L. vitiositas. See .] Viciousness; depravity.
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The perverseness and vitiosity of man's will. South.
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Vitious (?), a., Vitiously, adv., Vitiousness, n. See , , .
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Vitis (?), n. [L., a vine.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including all true grapevines.
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Vitoe (?), a. (Zoöl.) See .
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Vitrage (?), n. [F., prop., glazing, glass window.] A curtain of light and translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French casement window or a glazed door.
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Vitrella (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. vitrum glass.] (Zoöl.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
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Vitre-o-electic (?), a. [See , and .] (Physics) Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
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Vitreous (?), a. [L. vitreous, from vitrum glass; perhaps akin to videre to see (see ). Cf. .] 1. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
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2. Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.
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Coloq. Vitreous body (Anat.), the vitreous humor. See the Note under . -- Coloq. Vitreous electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity; -- opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity. -- Coloq. Vitreous humor . (Anat.) See the Note under . -- Coloq. Vitreous sponge (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See Venus's basket, under .
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Vitreousness, n. The quality or state of being vitreous.
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Vitrescence (?), n. The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass. Kirwan.
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Vitrescent (?), a. [See .] Capable of being formed into glass; tending to become glass.
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Vitrescible (?), a. [Cf. F. vitrescible.] That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.
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Vitric (?), a. [L. vitrum glass.] Having the nature and qualities of glass; glasslike; -- distinguished from ceramic.
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Vitrics (?), n. [See .] 1. The art or study of the manufacture and decoration of glassware.
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2. pl. Articles of glassware, glassware in general.
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Vitrifaction (?), n. [Cf. .] The act, art, or process of vitrifying; also, the state of being vitrified.
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Vitrifacture (?; 135), n. [L. vitrum glass + facere, factum, to make.] The manufacture of glass and glassware.
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Vitrifiable (?), a. [Cf. F. vitrifiable.] Capable of being vitrified, or converted into glass by heat and fusion; as, flint and alkalies are vitrifiable.
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Vitrificable (?), a. Vitrifiable. [Obs.]
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Vitrificate (?), v. t. To convert into glass; to vitrify. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Vitrification (?), n. [See .] Same as . Sir T. Browne. Ure.
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Vitrified (?), a. Converted into glass.
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Vitriform (?), a. [L. vitrum glass + -form.] Having the form or appearance of glass; resembling glass; glasslike.
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Vitrify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying (?).] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See , .] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
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Vitrify, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass.
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Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.
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Vitrina (?), n. [NL., fr. L. vitrum glass.] (Zoöl.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name.
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Vitrine (?), n. [F.] A glass show case for displaying fine wares, specimens, etc.
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Vitriol (?), n. [F. vitriol; cf. Pr. vitriol, vetriol, Sp. & Pg. vitriolo, It. vitriuolo; fr. L. vitreolus of glass, vitreus vitreous. See .] (Chem.) (a) A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster. (b) Sulphuric acid; -- called also oil of vitriol. So called because first made by the distillation of green vitriol. See Sulphuric acid, under . [Colloq.]
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Coloq. Blue vitriol . See under . -- Coloq. Green vitriol , ferrous sulphate; copperas. See under . -- Coloq. Oil of vitriol , sulphuric or vitriolic acid; -- popularly so called because it has the consistency of oil. -- Coloq. Red vitriol , a native sulphate of cobalt. -- Coloq. Vitriol of Mars , ferric sulphate, a white crystalline substance which dissolves in water, forming a red solution. -- Coloq. White vitriol , zinc sulphate, a white crystalline substance used in medicine and in dyeing. It is usually obtained by dissolving zinc in sulphuric acid, or by roasting and oxidizing certain zinc ores. Formerly called also vitriol of zinc.
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Vitriol (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. -oled (?) or -olled; p. pr. & vb. n. -oling or -olling.] [From , n.] 1. (Metal.) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
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2. To vitriolize. [Colloq.]
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Vitriolate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitriolated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vitriolating.] (Old Chem.) (a) To convert into, or change to, a vitriol; to make into sulphuric acid or a sulphate. (b) To subject to the action of, or impregnate with, vitriol.
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Vitriolate (?), a. Vitriolated. [R.]
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Vitriolate, n. (Old Chem.) A sulphate.
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Vitriolated (?), a. (Old Chem.) Changed into a vitriol or a sulphate, or subjected to the action of sulphuric acid or of a sulphate; as, vitriolated potash, i. e., potassium sulphate.
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Vitriolation (?), n. (Old Chem.) The act, process, or result of vitriolating.
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Vitriolic (?), a. [Cf. F. vitriolique.] 1. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste. Cf. .
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2. Biting, bitter or caustic; having or expressing strong and unpleasantly negative feelings; -- of speech or feelings; the vitriolic denunciations of opponents by partisan columnists.
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Coloq. Vitriolic acid (Old Chem.), (a) sulphuric acid. See (b). [Colloq.]
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Vitriolizable (?), a. Capable of being converted into a vitriol.
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Vitriolization (?), n. [Cf. F. vitriolisation.] (Old Chem.) The act of vitriolizing, or the state of being vitriolized; vitriolation.
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Vitriolize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. vitrioliser.] 1. To convert into a vitriol; to vitriolate.
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2. To injure (a person) with vitriol, or sulphuric acid, as by throwing it upon the face.
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Vitriolous (?), a. See . [Obs.]
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Vitrite (?), n. [L. vitrum glass.] A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
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Vitro-di-trina (?), n. [It. vetro di trina glass of lace.] A kind of Venetian glass or glassware in which white threads are embedded in transparent glass with a lacelike or netlike effect.
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Vitruvian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.
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Coloq. Vitruvian scroll (Arch.), a name given to a peculiar pattern of scrollwork, consisting of convolved undulations. It is used in classical architecture. Oxf. Gloss.
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Vitta (?), n.; pl. Vittæ (#). [L. vitta ribbon, fillet.] 1. (Bot.) One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
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2. (Zoöl.) A band, or stripe, of color.
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Vittate (?), a. [L. vittatus bound with a fillet, fr. vitta fillet.] 1. (Bot.) Bearing or containing vittæ.
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2. Striped longitudinally.
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Vituline (?; 277), a. [L. vitulinus, fr. vitulus a calf. See .] Of or pertaining to a calf or veal.
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Vituperable (?), a. [L. vituperabilis: cf. F. vitupérable.] Liable to, or deserving, vituperation, or severe censure.
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Vituperate (?; 277), v. t. [L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault + parare to prepare. See a fault, and , v. t.] To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
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Vituperation (?), n. [L. vituperatio: cf. OF. vituperation. See .] The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
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When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him. Donne.
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Vituperative (?), a. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. -- Vituperatively, adv.
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Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson.
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Vituperator (?), n. [L.] One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
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Vituperrious (?), a. Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.]
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Viva (?), interj. [It.] Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. -- n. The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it.
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A wilder burst of “vivas”. R. H. Davis.
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Vivace (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.
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Vivacious (?; 277), a. [L. vívax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See .] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.]
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Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. Fuller.
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The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. I. Taylor.
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2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. “Vivacious nonsense.” V. Knox.
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3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]
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Syn. -- Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted.
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-- Vivaciously, adv. -- Vivaciousness, n.
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Vivacity (?), n. [L. vivicitas: cf. F. vivacité.] The quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: --
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(a) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [Obs.]
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The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long. Fuller.
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(b) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance.
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Syn. -- Liveliness; gayety. See .
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Vivandier (?), n. [OF. & F. vivandier, fr. LL. vivanda, vivenda, provisions. Cf. .] In Continental armies, esp. the French, a sutler.
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Vivandière (?), n. [F. See .] In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
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Vivant (?), n. [F., p. pr., living.] In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.
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Vivarium (?), n.; pl. E. Vivariums (#), L. Vivaria (#). [L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See .] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
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Vivary (vīvȧr�), n.; pl. Vivaries (-rĭz). A vivarium. “That . . . vivary of fowls and beasts.” Donne.
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Viva voce (vīvȧ vōs�). [L.] By word of mouth; orally.
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Vivda (vĭvdȧ), n. See .
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Vive (vēv). [F., imperative sing. pres. fr. vivre to live, L. vivere.] Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport.
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Vive (vīv), a. [L. vivus: cf. F. vif. See .] Lively; animated; forcible. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Vively, adv. In a lively manner. [Obs.]
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If I see a thing vively represented on the stage. B. Jonson.
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Vivency (?), n. [L. vivens, p. pr. of vivere to live.] Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Viverra (vĭvĕrrȧ), prop. n. [L., a ferret.] (Zoöl.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
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viverrine (vĭvĕrrīn), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Viverridæ, or Civet family.
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vivers (vēvẽrz), n. pl. [F. vivres, pl. of vivre, orig., to live.] Provisions; victuals. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long. Sir W. Scott.
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vives (vīvz), n. [OF. vives, F. avives (cf. Sp. abivas, adiva) fr. Ar. ad-dhība. Cf. vives.] (Far.) A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
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Vivianite (?), n. [So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. G. Vivian.] (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
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vivid (vĭvĭd), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See , a., and cf. , , , .] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
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In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper.
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Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. Bp. Hobart.
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2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
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Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. South.
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Syn. -- Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active.
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-- vividly, adv. -- vividness, n.
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vividity (vĭvĭdĭt�), n. The quality or state of being vivid; vividness. [R.]
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{ vivific (vĭvĭfĭk), vivifical (vĭvĭfĭk�l), } a. [L. vivificus: cf. F. vivifique. See .] Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [R.]
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Vivificate (?), v. t. [L. vivificatus, p. p. vivificare. See .] 1. To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify. [R.]
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God vivificates and actuates the whole world. Dr. H. More.
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2. (Chem.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce. [Obs.]
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Vivification (?), n. [L. vivificatio: cf. vivification.] 1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. Bacon.
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2. (Physiol.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. McKendrick.
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3. (Chem.) The act or process of vivificating. [Obs.]
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Vivificative (?), a. Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
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Vivify (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vivified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vivifying (?).] [F. vivifier, L. vivificare. See , ; cf. .] To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate.
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Sitting on eggs doth vivify, not nourish. Bacon.
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Vivipara (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
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Viviparity (?), n. (Biol.) The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer.
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