n. [ OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice. ] 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
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3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [ Obs. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing. ] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apprentissage. ] Apprenticeship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Apprenticeship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.] 1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. [1913 Webster]

To be avenged
On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Authoritative. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information. [1913 Webster]

4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested. [1913 Webster]

5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Authentic, Genuine. These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, “not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:” as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of “having an author, vouched for”); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts. [1913 Webster]

A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine. Bp. Watson. [1913 Webster]

It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of “produced by its professed author, not counterfeit.” [1913 Webster]

n. An original (book or document). [ Obs. ] “Authentics and transcripts.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Authentic. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Authenticated p. pr. & vb. n. Authenticating (&unr_;). ] [ Cf. LL. authenticare. ] 1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. established or certified as genuine.
Syn. -- attested, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
Syn. -- hallmark, assay-mark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. validating the authenticity of something or someone.
Syn. -- certification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. authenticité. ] 1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity, authenticity is often restricted in its use to the first of the above meanings, and distinguished from qenuineness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Authentically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ciwil Law) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + crescent. ] Having the form of a double crescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centiceps, -cipitis; centum a hunder + caput head. ] Hundred-headed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. “Conventical wages.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventical prior. See Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conventiculum, dim. of conventus: cf. F. conventicule. See Convent, n. ] 1. A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the violence of persecution. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of men who . . . attend its [ the curch of England's ] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crescent-shaped. “Crescentic lobes.” R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli. ] A small tooth or projecting point.

{ } a. [ L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle. ] Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enticed p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing ] [ OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier, entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin, cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand, or MHG. zicken to push. ] To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roses blushing as they blow,
And enticing men to pull. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, and thine erring brother gain,
Entice him home to be forgiven. Keble.

Syn. -- To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle; incite; persuade; prevail on. See Allure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being enticed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. enticement. ] 1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.

Syn. -- Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction; inveiglement; persuasion; inducement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That entices; alluring. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an enticing manner; charmingly. “She . . . sings most enticingly.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Identical. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. identique. See Identity. ] 1. The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not remember a thing that happened a year ago, without a conviction . . . that I, the same identical person who now remember that event, did then exist. Reid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. [ 1913 Webster ]

When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols which enter into it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. In diplomacy (esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; -- applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In an identical manner; with respect to identity. “Identically the same.” Bp. Warburton. “Identically different.” Ross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being identical; sameness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lenticelle, dim. fr. L. lens, lentis, a lentil. Cf. Lentil. ] (Bot.) (a) One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth. (b) A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Bot.) Lenticel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Lenticulas L. Lenticulæ [ L. See Lenticel. ] 1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Opt.) A lens of small size. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A lenticel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lenticularis: cf. F. lenticulaire. See Lenticel. ] Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a lens; with a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of kingfishes, including the whiting.
Syn. -- genus Menticirrhus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parenticida a parricide; parens parent + caedere to kill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of one who kills one's own parent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who kills one's own parent; a parricide. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. appentis a penthouse. See Append. ] A penthouse. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]