n. [ AS. angnægl; ange vexation, trouble + nægel nail. Cf. Hangnail. ] 1. A corn on the toe or foot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agnatus, p. p. of agnasci to be born in addition to; ad + nasci (for gnasci) to be born. Cf. Adnate. ] 1. Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor; as, agnate brother: a brother having the same father, but a different mother; in ths sense it is a correlative of uterine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied; akin. “Agnate words.” Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assume more or less of a fictitious character, but congenial and agnate with the former. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agnat. ] (Civil Law) A relative whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a class of eel-shaped chordates with a cartilaginous skeleton lacking jaws, scales, and pelvic fins. Among these are the lampreys and hagfishes. There are some extinct forms.
Syn. -- class Agnatha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages; a member of the Agnatha. The group includes the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
Syn. -- jawless vertebrate, jawless fish [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. agnatique. ] Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. “The agnatic succession.” Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnatio: cf. F. agnation. ] 1. (Civil Law) Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. be fully aware or cognizant of.
Syn. -- recognize, realize, agnize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. agnitio, fr. agnoscere. See Notion. ] Acknowledgment. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Formed like recognize, fr. L. agnoscere. ] To recognize; to acknowledge. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I do agnize a natural and prompt alacrity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`gnoia ignorance + -logy. ] (Metaph.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L.; ad + nomen name. ] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ] 1. A surname. [ R. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; knowing, &unr_; to know. ] Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to agnosticism; agnostic.
Syn. -- agnostic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Agnuses L. Agni [ L., a lamb. ] Agnus Dei. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Gr. &unr_; a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with &unr_; holy, chaste. ] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., lamb of God. ] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag. (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope. (c) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words “Agnus Dei.” [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., Scythian lamb. ] (Bot.) The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. bagno, fr. L. balneum. Cf. Bain. ] 1. A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brothel; a stew; a house of prostitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) the inability to estimate the weight of an object. [ PJC ]

a. Relating to biomagnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. magnetism. ] 1. Animal magnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. magnetic phenomena in living organisms. [ PJC ]

n. [ It. See Campaign. ] An open level tract of country; especially “Campagna di Roma.” The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. , fr. campagne field. ] (Zool.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bombastic report from the French armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Champaign. ] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf. Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L. coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney. ] 1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. a race of human-like hominids of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe, considered of the same species as modern humans (Homo sapiens). Their skeletal remains were found mostly in southern France. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a member of the Cro-Magnon race. [ PJC ]

n. the act or process of removing magnetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic. See Magnetize. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

-- De*mag`net*i*za"tion, n. -- De*mag"net*i`zer n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
Syn. -- diagnosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Diagnoses [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + &unr_; to know. See Know. ] 1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon, especially the abnormal behavior of an animal or artifactual device; as, diagnosis of a vibration in an automobile; diagnosis of the failure of a sales campaign; diagnosis of a computer malfunction. [ PJC ]

3. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

My diagnosis of his character proved correct. J. Payn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Differential diagnosis (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; able to distinguish, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. diagnostique. ] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ From Diagnostic. ] To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

His rare skill in diagnostics. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dia- + magnet. ] A body having diamagnetic polarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diamagnetic attraction. See under Attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet. Contrasted with paramagnetic and ferromagnetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetic substances, the magnetic moments of which tend to oppose an externally applied magnetic field. Contrasted with paramagnetism and ferromagnetism. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. AS. drægnet. ] A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a Bœotian marsh plant; &unr_; olive + &unr_; sacred, pure. ] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe. [ 1913 Webster ]