n. 1. a shortened version .
Syn. -- condensation, abridgment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. “An acknowledgment of fault.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone. [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks. Shak.
Syn. -- recognition [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allegation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. arrangement. ] 1. The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the Linnæan arrangement of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) (a) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written. (b) A piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of Beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. assouagement, asuagement. ] Mitigation; abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begemmed p. pr. & vb. n. Begemming. ] To adorn with gems, or as with gems. [ 1913 Webster ]

Begemmed with dewdrops. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those lonely realms bright garden isles begem. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + geminate. ] (Bot.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., “the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry, ” etc. ] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [ Slang ] “These Brummagem gentry.” Lady D. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dérangement. ] The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; lunacy; madness; delirium; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement. ] 1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. “Discouragements from vice.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Discouragement. [ Obs. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. désengagement. ] 1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier. [ 1913 Webster ]

A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. Bp. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dégorgement. ] The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. forced removal from a position of advantage.
Syn. -- dislodgment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. dislodgment. [ PJC ]

n. Release from obligation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desparagement. ] 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.

Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Divergence.

n. a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged.
Syn. -- bumper car. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Egg, v. t. + -ment. ] Instigation; incitement. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. encouragement. ] 1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All generous encouragement of arts. Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think of his paternal care,
Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. endommagement. ] Damage; injury; harm. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. engagement. ] 1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

Syn. -- Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. engorgement. ] 1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give enlargement to the swain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of envisaging. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. estrangement. ] The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. [ 1913 Webster ]

An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long estrangement from better things. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fissus (p. p. of findere to split) + E. gemmation. ] (Biol.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Forgemen A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud. ] 1. (Bot.) A bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the joints of thy prolific stem
A swelling knot is raised called a gem. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gemmed p. pr. & vb. n. Gemming ] 1. To put forth in the form of buds. “Gemmed their blossoms.” [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adorn with gems or precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. [ 1913 Webster ]

England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. ] (Jewish Law) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Gemara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See Gemini, and cf. Gimmal. ] (Her.) Coupled; paired. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bars gemel (Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the twins. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Heb.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. --
Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. --
Gemel window, a window with two bays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gemellipara, fem., gemellus twin + parere to bear, produce. ] Producing twins. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. geminus twin. ] A pair. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See Gemini. ] (Bot.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To double. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. geminatio. ] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. j&unr_;mi related as brother or sister. ] (Astron.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower. ] (Bot.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. geminus. ] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gemini. ] Twins; a pair; a couple. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]