n. (Meteor.) The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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

n. pl., 1. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds,
Could send such message to their sovereign. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A common; public pasture ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

To shake his ears, and graze in commons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doctors' Commons, a place near St. Paul's Churchyard in London where the doctors of civil law used to common together, and where were the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts and offices having jurisdiction of marriage licenses, divorces, registration of wills, etc. --
To be on short commons, to have a small allowance of food. [ Colloq. ] [ 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. The state of a demon. Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF. demonstrable, F. démontrable. ] 1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proved; apparent. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. demonstrance. ] Demonstration; proof. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. demonstratus, p. p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show. See Monster. ] 1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation). [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having been proved or verified beyond doubt; proved by demonstration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Demonstrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. demonstratio: cf. F. démonstration. ] 1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called “proofs;” and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show. See also sense 7 for a more specific related meaning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. a public gathering of people to express some sentiment or feelings by explicit means, such as picketing, parading, carrying signs or shouting, usually in favor of or opposed to some action of government or of a business. [ PJC ]

8. the act of showing how a certain device, machine or product operates, or how a procedure is performed; -- usually done for the purpose of inducing prospective customers to buy a product; as, a demonstration of the simple operation of a microwave oven. [ PJC ]

Direct demonstration, or
Positive demonstration, (Logic & Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to
Indirect demonstration, or
Negative demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. démonstratif, L. demonstrativus. ] 1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. “Demonstrative figures.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. “Demonstrative eloquence.” Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, “this” and “that” are demonstratives. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being demonstrative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. démonstrateur. ] 1. One who demonstrates; specif. (a) one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence. (b) one who shows how a certain device operates or a procedure is performed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a person who participates in a demonstration{ 7 }. [ PJC ]

a. Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being indemonstrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indemonstrabilis. See In- not, and Demonstrable. ] Incapable of being demonstrated. -- In`de*mon"stra*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Messeigneurs [ F., fr. mon my + seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur. ] My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.) [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Monsel's salt. ] (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Messieurs [ F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur. ] 1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [ Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The oldest brother of the king of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Frenchman. [ Contemptuous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Monsignors [ It., my lord. Cf. Monseigneur. ] My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Malay mūsim, fr. Ar. mausim a time, season: cf. F. monson, mousson, Sr. monzon, Pg. monção, It. monsone. ] A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A heavy rainfall in India associated with the southwest monsoon{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

3. The season in which the monsoon{ 2 } occurs. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster. ] 1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. [ 1913 Webster ]

A monster or marvel. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Monstrous in size. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Enormous or very powerful; as, he drove a monster Harley. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

v. t. To make monstrous. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Monstera; they are often grown as houseplants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A tropical cylindrical pineconelike fruit with pineapple-banana flavor.
Syn. -- ceriman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. monstrantia, fr. L. monstrare to show: cf. OF. monstrance. See Monster. ] (R. C. Ch.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. monstratio. ] The act of demonstrating; proof. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain monstration. Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Monstrosities [ Cf. F. monstruosité. See Monstrous. ] The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. Adanson (Trans.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster. ] 1. Marvelous; strange. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

So bad a death argues a monstrous life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Abounding in monsters. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide
Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Exceedingly; very; very much. “A monstrous thick oil on the top.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

And will be monstrous witty on the poor. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. “Who with his wife is monstrously in love.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Monstrosity. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Monstrous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Premonstratensian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. praemonstratus, p. p. of praemonstrare; prae before + monstrate to show. ] To show beforehand; to foreshow. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prémontré, fr. Prémontré, fr. L. pratum monstratum. ] (R. C. Ch.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Prémontré, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstratio. ] A showing beforehand; foreshowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonstrator. ] One who, or that which, premonstrates. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To demonstrate again, or anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituent of character or a guide in action. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. remonstrance, F. remonstrance. See Remonstrate. ] 1. The act of remonstrating; as: (a) A pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You may marvel why I . . . would not rather
Make rash remonstrance of my hidden power
Than let him be so lost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R.C.Ch.) Same as Monstrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. remonstranc, -antis, p. pr. of remonstrare: cf. OF. remonstrant, F. remontrant. ] Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something. [ 1913 Webster ]