n. [ Gr. 'a`gnoia ignorance + -logy. ] (Metaph.) The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L.; ad + nomen name. ] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To name. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. agnominatio. See Agnomen. ] 1. A surname. [ R. ] Minsheu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Paronomasia; also, alliteration; annomination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; knowing, &unr_; to know. ] Professing ignorance; involving no dogmatic; pertaining to or involving agnosticism. -- Ag*nos"tic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity, a future life, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to agnosticism; agnostic.
Syn. -- agnostic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Latinized fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to recognize. ] The unfolding or dénouement. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) the inability to estimate the weight of an object. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. , fr. campagne field. ] (Zool.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bombastic report from the French armies. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. a race of human-like hominids of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe, considered of the same species as modern humans (Homo sapiens). Their skeletal remains were found mostly in southern France. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a member of the Cro-Magnon race. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon.
Syn. -- diagnosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Diagnoses [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + &unr_; to know. See Know. ] 1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the act or process of identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon, especially the abnormal behavior of an animal or artifactual device; as, diagnosis of a vibration in an automobile; diagnosis of the failure of a sales campaign; diagnosis of a computer malfunction. [ PJC ]

3. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

My diagnosis of his character proved correct. J. Payn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Differential diagnosis (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; able to distinguish, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. diagnostique. ] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ From Diagnostic. ] To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

His rare skill in diagnostics. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. Named after Pierre Magnol, professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th century. ] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay (Magnolia glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as far north as Cape Ann. Other American species are Magnolia Umbrella, Magnolia macrophylla, Magnolia Fraseri, Magnolia acuminata, and Magnolia cordata. Magnolia conspicua and Magnolia purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern Asia. Magnolia Campbellii, of India, has rose-colored or crimson flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magnolia warbler (Zool.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of plants, a subclass of the Magnoliidae; it includes the genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia; and Michelia.
Syn. -- family Magnoliaceae, magnolia family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The state of Mississippi; -- a nickname. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A class of flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta).
Syn. -- Angiospermae, class Angiospermae, division Magnoliophyta, Anthophyta, division Anthophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A flowering plant.
Syn. -- dicot, dicotyledon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A class of seed plants that produce an embryo with two cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae.
Syn. -- Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, class Magnoliopsida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss. [ 1913 Webster ]