n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.
Syn. -- genus Anemonella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Anemone. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; unequal + &unr_; warp, thread; &unr_; to stand. ] (Bot.) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make monstrous or like a monster. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; demon: cf. F. cacodémon. ] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caerimonialis: cf. F. cérimonial. See Ceremony. ] 1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. [ In this sense ceremonious is now preferred. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

He moves in the dull ceremonial track. Druden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being ceremonial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cérémonieux, L. Caerimoniosus. ] 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [ In this sense ceremonial is now preferred. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ceremonious part of His worship. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. “Ceremonious phrases.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too ceremonious and traditional. Shak.

Syn. -- Formal; precise; exact. See Formal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ceremonious way. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ceremonies [ F. cérémonie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make. ] 1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [ the Passover ]. Numb. ix. 3 [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring her up the high altar, that she may
The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The heralds ] with awful ceremony
And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim
A solemn council. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . .
But where there is true friendship there needs none. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Disrobe the images,
If you find them decked with ceremonies.
. . . Let no images
Be hung with Cæsar's trophies. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cæsar, I never stood on ceremonies,
Yet, now they fright me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. --
Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in cheese. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of contraremonstrants and remonstrants. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a. See Demon, Demonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. démon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. [ 1913 Webster ]

The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human. Sydenham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [ Often written dæmon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An evil spirit; a devil. [ 1913 Webster ]

That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female demon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as demonetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized; specificially, the declaration by a government that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ gold mohurs ] have been completely demonetized by the [ East India ] Company. R. Cobden.

n. 1. A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire. Bates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. démoniaque. See Demon. ] 1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. “Demoniac frenzy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; as, demoniac energy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
Syn. -- amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, possessed(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a demoniacal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a demon. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. “Demonian spirits.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Demonianism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s. ] Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. “Demonic ambushes.” Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. démonisme. ] The belief in demons or false gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in, or worshiper of, demons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Demonized p. pr. & vb. n. Demonizing. ] [ Cf. LL. daemonizare to be possessed by a demon, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To control or possess by a demon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + kra`tos strength: cf. F. démonocratie. ] The power or government of demons. [ 1913 Webster ]

A demonocracy of unclean spirits. H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + -graph + -er. ] A demonologist. [ R. ] Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, &unr_; to serve, worship: cf. F. démonolâtrie. ] The worship of demons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in demonology. R. North.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. démonologique. ] Of or pertaining to demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + -logy: cf. F. démonologie. ] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + magei`a magic. ] Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Demon + mania. ] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. dai`mwn demon + no`mos law. ] The dominion of demons. [ R. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Demoniacal influence or possession. J. Baillie. [ 1913 Webster ]