n. [ L. assuefacere to accustom to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to make; cf. OF. assuefaction. ] The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assuetudo, fr. assuetus accustomed. ] Accustomedness; habit; habitual use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } [ Chin. (Cantonese) shap sui odds and ends, fr. shap for sap to enter the mouth + sui small bits pounded fine. ] A mélange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. consuetudo. See Custom. ] Custom, habit; usage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinalis. ] According to custom; customary; usual. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. consuetudinarius. ] Customary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Consuetudinaries A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse. ] Disused; out of use. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. désuétude. See Custom. ] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ensued p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing. ] [ OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue. ] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [ Obs. ] “Seek peace, and ensue it.” 1 Pet. iii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Intertissued.

v. i. See Ensue, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. insuetudo, from insuetus unaccustomed; pref. in- not + suetus, p. p. of suescere to be accustomed. ] The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of use or habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Interwoven. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. Ambition, Count a nobleman, Commence, Errant, Exit, Eyre, Initial, Yede went. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the king
Should without issue die. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of contention; a matter in controversy. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

10. (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned. Blount. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. [ 1913 Webster ] As much at issue with the summer day
As if you brought a candle out of doors. Mrs. Browning. --
Bank of issue,
Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc. --
Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. --
To join issue, or
To take issue, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Issued p. pr. & vb. n. Issuing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place. [ 1913 Webster ]

From it issued forced drops of blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of thy sons that shall issue from thee. 2 Kings xx. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no issue or progeny; childless. “The heavens . . . have left me issueless.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who issues, emits, or publishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mansuetus, p. p. of mansuescere to tame; manus hand + suescere to accustom: cf. F. mansuet. ] Tame; gentle; kind. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mansuetudo: cf. F. mansuétude. ] Tameness; gentleness; mildness. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state of something that has outlived its relevance.
Syn. -- dead letter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

An overissue of government paper. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To issue in excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pursued p. pr. & vb. n. Pursuing. ] [ OE. pursuen, porsuen, OF. porsivre, poursuivre, poursuir, F. poursuivre, fr. L. prosequi; pro forward + sequi to follow. See Sue, and cf. Prosecute, Pursuivant. ] 1. To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

We happiness pursue; we fly from pain. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiness of men lies in purswing,
Not in possessing. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To seek; to use or adopt measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fame of ancient matrons you pursue. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To proceed along, with a view to some and or object; to follow; to go in; as, Captain Cook pursued a new route; the administration pursued a wise course. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. “ Insatiate to pursue vain war.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To follow as an example; to imitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To follow with enmity; to persecute; to call to account. [ 1913 Webster ]

The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued me, they shall pursue you also. Wyclif (John xv. 20). [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To follow; chase; seek; persist. See Follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go in pursuit; to follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wicked flee when no man pursueth. Prov. xxviii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men hotly pursued after the objects of their ambition. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go on; to proceed, especially in argument or discourse; to continue. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A Gallicism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I have, pursues Carneades, wondered chemists should not consider. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. & Scots Law) A plaintiff; a prosecutor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To issue a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or repeated issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sued p. pr. & vb. n. Suing ] [ OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. sac to accompany, and probably to E. see, v.t. See See, v. t., and cf. Consequence, Ensue, Execute, Obsequious, Pursue, Second, Sect in religion, Sequence, Suit. ] 1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. [ 1913 Webster ]

For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was beloved of many a gentle knight,
And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. (b) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sue out (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. [ 1913 Webster ]

By adverse destiny constrained to sue
For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caesar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. R. H. Dana, Jr. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., Sweden. ] Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, suede gloves; blue suede shoes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ]

a. Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant. Thoreau. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Evenly; smoothly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sues; a suitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. Soap, Sebaceous. ] The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text. ] 1. A woven fabric. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

In their glittering tissues bear emblazed
Holy memorials. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion. A. J. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tissued p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing. ] To form tissue of; to interweave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clothed in, or adorned with, tissue; also, variegated; as, tissued flowers. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

And crested chiefs and tissued dames
Assembled at the clarion's call. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]