‖n. [ Heb. adōnāi, lit., my lord. ] A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word “Lord”. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The later Jews used its vowel points to fill out the tetragrammaton Yhvh, or Ihvh, “the incommunicable name, ” and in reading substituted “Adonai”. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. condonatio a giving away. ] 1. The act of condoning or pardoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp. doña. See Duenna. ] 1. Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lady or gentlewoman; -- used in Spanish-speaking countries. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate. ] Capable of being donated or given. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. donarium, fr. donare. ] A thing given to a sacred use. [ R. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Donatus, a famous grammarian. ] A grammar. [ Obs. ] [ Written also donet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Donatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating. ] [ L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date. ] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. given freely especially to a cause or fund; as, the donated van made their meal-on-wheels venture possible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. donatio; cf. F. donation. ] 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [ U.S. ] Bartlett.

Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. Donatisme. ] (Eccl. Hist.) The tenets of the Donatists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Donatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See Donate. ] 1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. “The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. Cf. Donor. ] (Law) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. guerredonable. ] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. impardonnable. ] Unpardonable. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A class of plants comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: grasses; lilies; palms; and orchids. It is divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae.
Syn. -- class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth. ] (Zool.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pardonnable. ] Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + cotyledonary. ] (Anat.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudonavicullæ [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Pseudonavicula. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudonaviculæ [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + NL. navicula, a genus of diatoms. See Navicular. ] (Zool.) One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinæ and some other Protozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not admitting of pardon or forgiveness; inexcusable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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