a. [ L. accuratus, p. p. and a., fr. accurare to take care of; ad + curare to take care, cura care. See Cure. ] 1. In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact; as, an accurate calculator; an accurate measure; accurate expression, knowledge, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Correct; exact; just; nice; particular. -- Accurate, Correct, Exact, Precise. We speak of a thing as correct with reference to some rule or standard of comparison; as, a correct account, a correct likeness, a man of correct deportment. We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars. We speak of a thing as exact with reference to that perfected state of a thing in which there is no defect and no redundance; as, an exact coincidence, the exact truth, an exact likeness. We speak of a thing as precise when we think of it as strictly conformed to some rule or model, as if cut down thereto; as a precise conformity instructions; precisely right; he was very precise in giving his directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur. ] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [ Obs. ] C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an augur. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auratus, p. p. of aurare to gild, fr. aurum gold: cf. F. aurate. ] (Chem.) A combination of auric acid with a base; as, aurate or potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Aurate. ] 1. Resembling or containing gold; gold-colored; gilded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Combined with auric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ears. See Aurited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chlorine + aurate. ] (Chem.) See Aurochloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame. ] To tame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating. ] [ Pref. com- + mensurate. ] 1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a happiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure. ] To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

Known by the name of uniformity;
Where pyramids to pyramids relate
And the whole fabric doth configurate. Jordan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To triturate; to pulverize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Curé ] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

All this the good old man performed alone,
He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A curacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Aurocyanide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of cyanuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. deauratus, p. p. of deaurare to gild; de- + aurum gold. ] Gilded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To gild. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus clean, pure. Cf. Depure. ] Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depurated p. pr. & vb. n. Depurating ] To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depurate the mass of blood. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desulphurating. ] To deprive of sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exauguratus, p. p. of exaugurare to profane; ex out + augurari to act as an augur, fr. augur. ] To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See Figure. ] 1. Of a definite form or figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Figurative; metaphorical. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Figurate counterpoint or
Figurate descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). --
Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: --
. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
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a. Having a determinate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a figurate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. fulguratus, p. p. of fulgurare to flash, fr. fulgur lightning, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent. ] To flash as lightning. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + mensurate. ] Unmeasured; unlimited. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not accurate; not according to truth; inexact; not quite correct; incorrect; erroneous; as, in inaccurate man, narration, copy, judgment, calculation, etc. The term inaccurate is usually used when an assertion or result is near to the truth, but not exactly, or has some basis for belief; however, it is sometimes used as a gentle euphemism for wrong even if the error is flagrant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The expression is plainly inaccurate. Bp. Hurd.

Syn. -- Inexact; incorrect; erroneous; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inauguratus, p. p. of inaugurare to take omens from the flight of birds (before entering upon any important undertaking); hence, to consecrate, inaugurate, or install, with such divination; pref. in- in + augurare, augurari, to augur. See Augur. ] Invested with office; inaugurated. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inaugurated p. pr. & vb. n. Inaugurating ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if kings did choose remarkable days to inaugurate their favors. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To begin with good omens. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inauratus, p. p. inaurare to gild; pref. in- in + aurum gold. ] Covered with gold; gilded. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover with gold; to gild. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not commensurate; not admitting of a common measure; incommensurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not of equal of sufficient measure or extent; not adequate; as, our means are incommensurate to our wants.

Syn. -- Inadequate; insufficient; disproportionate.

-- In`com*men"su*rate*ly, adv. -- In`com*men"su*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. induratus, p. p. of indurare to harden. See Endure. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Hardened; not soft; indurated. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without sensibility; unfeeling; obdurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Indurated p. pr. & vb. n. Indurating ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make unfeeling; to deprive of sensibility; to render obdurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Instaurated p. pr. & vb. n. Instaurating ] [ L. instauratus, p. p. of instaurare to renew. See 1st In-, and Store. ] To renew or renovate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of lauric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lituratus, p. p. of liturare to erase, fr. litura a blur. ] 1. (Zool.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Maturated p. pr. & vb. n. Maturating ] [ L. maturatus, p. p. of maturare to make ripe, fr. maturus ripe, mature. See Mature, v. & a. ] 1. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tree may be maturated artificially. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To ripen; to become mature; specifically, to suppurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. mensuratus, p. p. of mensurare. See Measure, v. ] To measure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to pass urine through the ureter; to urinate. [ Medical ]
Syn. -- urinate, piddle, puddle, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, make, pass water. [ WordNet 1.5 ]