a. 1. Characterized by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Grown together. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From L. accretus, p. p. of accrescere to increase. ] 1. To grow together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adhere; to grow (to); to be added; -- with to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make adhere; to add. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [ Written also antimoniuretted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit., a sharp fish bone, ridge, sharp edge, fr. L. arista beard of grain. ] (Geog.) An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [ Also spelt arseniuretted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Chem.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.

[ Written also carburetted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. --
Light carbureted hydrogen, methane (CH4), also called marsh gas, and fire damp. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See Crescent. ] 1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) (a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract. Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concrete is opposed to abstract. The names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a particular object. --
Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such objects. Davies & Peck. --
Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws. --
Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body. [ 1913 Webster ]

To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concretes “father” and “son” have, or might have, the abstracts “paternity” and “filiety”. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Sugar Making) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n. Concreting. ] To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of blood. “The blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a concrete manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

‖n. [ F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L. tempus. ] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this unhappy contretemps. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Cres, Cretis. ] A Cretan [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decretum. See Decree. ] A decree. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To separate. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet. ] 1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, “I resign my life, but not my honor, ” is a discrete proposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. --
Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. --
Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Separately; disjunctively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting. ] [ L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis. ] To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. “The mucus thus excreted.” Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ferrets. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch. & Engin.) Concrete strengthened by a core or foundation skeleton of iron or steel bars, strips, etc. Floors, columns, piles, water pipes, etc., have been successfully made of it. Called also armored concrete steel, and most commonly reenforced concrete. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. To teach beforehand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Foretold p. pr. & vb. n. Foretelling. ] To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

Syn. -- To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter predictions. Acts iii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who predicts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Protected by turrets. [ Obs. ] R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. Great. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with hydrogen sulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [ Written also hypercarburetted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconcretus incorporeal. ] Not concrete. [ R. ] L. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. indiscretus unseparated. See Indiscreet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Indiscreet. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

An indiscrete mass of confused matter. Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator. ] One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of retaining power; forgetfulness. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who interprets erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Impregnated, or combined, with phosphorus. [ Obsoles. ] [ Written also phosphuretted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Phosphureted hydrogen. (Chem.) See Phosphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated in front of the temporal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. praetensus, for L. praetentus, p. p. of praetendere. See Pretend, and cf. Tension. ] 1. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Primogeniture can not have any pretense to a right of solely inheriting property or power. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

I went to Lambeth with Sir R. Brown's pretense to the wardenship of Merton College, Oxford. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Cæsar's death. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the Trojans, with a feigned pretense
Of proffered peace, delude the Latian prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Intention; design. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A very pretense and purpose of unkindness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See the Note under Offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mask; appearance; color; show; pretext; excuse. -- Pretense, Pretext. A pretense is something held out as real when it is not so, thus falsifying the truth. A pretext is something woven up in order to cover or conceal one's true motives, feelings, or reasons. Pretext is often, but not always, used in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a., a. See Pretense, Pretenseful, Pretenseless. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pretended; p. pr. & vb. n. Pretending. ] [ OE. pretenden to lay claim to, F. prétendre, L. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward, pretend, simulate, assert; prae before + tendere to stretch. See Tend, v. t. ] 1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest that too heavenly form, pretended
To hellish falsehood, snare them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

This let him know,
Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend
Surprisal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such as shall pretend
Malicious practices against his state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To hold before one; to extend. [ Obs. ] “His target always over her pretended.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to. “Countries that pretend to freedom.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

For to what fine he would anon pretend,
That know I well. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep. “[ He ] pretended to drink the waters.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pretender; a claimant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of pretending; pretense. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. Specifically, The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident pretenders to certainty. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]