a. [ Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; power. ] (Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aristocrate. See Aristocracy. ] 1. One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. [ 1913 Webster ]

A born aristocrat, bred radical. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. [ 1913 Webster ]

His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. Romilly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aristocratique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The principles of aristocrats. Romilly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aristocrats, collectively. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_; strength, &unr_; strong: cf. F. autocrate. See Hard, a. ] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The autocrat of the breakfast table. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. -- Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] An autocrat. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or dignity of an autocrat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bureaucratique. ] Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An advocate for, or supporter of, bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consceratus, p. p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred. ] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consecrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Consecrating. ] 1. To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Ex. xxix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. Burke.

Syn. -- See Addict. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Consecrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consecratio: cf. F. consécration. ] The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemnly declares it so. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [ Written also consecrater. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. krataigo`s. ] (Bot.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cracche, crecche, F. crèche crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe crib. See Crib. ] A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Begin from first where He encradled was,
In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also scratch cradle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cratis hurdle; perh. akin to E. cradle. See Hurdle, and cf. Crate a framework. ] 1. A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crated; p. pr. & vb. n. Crating. ] To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity contained in a crate.
Syn. -- crate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. çrī to mix, çir to cook, çrā to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail. ] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cratera + -form. ] (Bot.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [ R. ] R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. démocrate. ] 1. One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever they call him, what care I,
Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ capitalized ] A member of the Democratic party. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. démocratique. ] 1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. belonging to or relating to the Democratic party, the political party so called. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States. Presidents of the United States who belonged to the Democratic party in the twentieth century were Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Democratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The democratical embassy was democratically received. Algernon Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a democratic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles or spirit of a democracy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A democrat. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. To render democratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Democracy. [ Obs. ] Milton.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Desecrated p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating ] [ L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred. ] To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The [ Russian ] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. Salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who desecrates. “Desecrators of the church.” Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman.
Syn. -- States' Rights Democratic Party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. &unr_; self-disciplined; &unr_; in + &unr_; strength. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Execrated p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating ] [ L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred. ] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. “They . . . execrate their lct.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. exécration. ] 1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.

Syn. -- See Malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. -- Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]