‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a behavioral response to a stimulus that has been acquired by experience or conditioning.
Syn. -- CER, conditioned emotion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding. ] [ Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre. ] 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. [ 1913 Webster ]

None of them [ the forms of Sidney's sonnets ] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [ Atterbury ] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macaulay.

Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. correspondance. ] 1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The letters which pass between correspondents. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A school that teaches by correspondence, the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets. In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school may be used to include any educational institution or department for instruction by correspondence, as in a university or other educational bodies, but the term is commonly applied to various educational institutions organized on a commercial basis, some of which offer a large variety of courses in general and technical subjects, conducted by specialists. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Correspondencies Same as Correspondence, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. correspondant. ] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will be correspondent to command. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a corresponding manner; conformably. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. -- Cor`re*spon"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Despondency. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The slough of despond. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Desponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Desponding. ] [ L. despondēre, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spondēre to promise solemnly. See Sponsor. ] To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others depress their own minds, [ and ] despond at the first difficulty. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that the foundations of our national power still stand strong. D. Webster.

Syn. -- Despond, Dispair. Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Despondency. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [ and ] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despondēre. ] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who desponds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a desponding manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. desponsus, p. p. See Despond. ] Betrothal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See Despond. ] To betroth. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation. ] A betrothing; betrothal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Desponsories A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incongruous. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Despond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dispondeus, Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; spondee. ] (Gr. &unr_; Lat. Pros.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. disponere. See Disposition. ] 1. (Her.) To dispose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dispose of. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Scots Law) To make over, or convey, legally. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + sponge. ] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [ Poetic & Rare ] [ Written also dispunge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Hellespontus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the mythological Helle, daughter of Athamas + &unr_; sea. ] A narrow strait between Europe and Asia, now called the Daradanelles. It connects the Aegean Sea and the sea of Marmora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Hellespont. Mitford.

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + &unr_; a sponge.] (Zool.) An order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinæ. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. Lack of correspondence; disagreement; disproportion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not corresponding; disagreeing. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. irresponsabilité. ] 1. Lack of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trait causing one to act without a proper sense of responsibility; acting without giving proper weight to one's responsibilities. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + responsible: cf. F. irresponsable. ] 1. Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; innocent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not to be trusted; unreliable; lacking a proper sense of responsibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the habitual failure to behave in a responsible manner; irresponsibility.
Syn. -- irresponsibility. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. So as not to be responsible. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an irresponsible{ 2 } manner; without due care or diligence. [ PJC ]

a. Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'i`sos equal + &unr_;, &unr_;, a vertebra. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Isospondyli; having the anterior vertebræ separate and normal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. iasponyx, Gr. &unr_;. See Jasper, and Onyx. ] (min.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; plaited + &unr_;, &unr_;, a vertebra. ] (Zool.) An extensive suborder of fresh-water physostomous fishes having the anterior vertebræ united and much modified; the Eventognathi. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Plectospondyli. [ 1913 Webster ]