a. [ Cf. F. affectionné. ] 1. Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Kindly inclined; zealous. [ Obs. ] Johson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man, in his love God, and desire to please him, can never be too affectionate. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Strongly inclined; -- with to. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tender; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed; inclined. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Affectionated to the people. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [ Written also antimoniate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apportioned or in proportion. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells. -- n. An asiphonate mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. assonare, assonatum, to respond to. ] To correspond in sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + carbonate. ] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carbonate. ] (Chem.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

adj. companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. [ 1913 Webster ]

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [ R. ] Shak.

Syn. -- Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compassionated p. pr. & vb. n. Compassionating ] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compassionates my pains, and pities me. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. [ L. concionatus, p. p. of concionari to adress. ] To preach. [ Obs. ] Lithgow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t. ] Conditional. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona. See Crown. ] 1. Having or wearing a crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decurionatus, fr. decurio. ] The office of a decurion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. (Chem.) to remove ions from. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Detonated p. pr. & vb. n. Detonating ] [ L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See Thunder, and cf. Detonize. ] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Governed by deacons. “Diaconate church.” T. Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat. ] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.

-- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating. ] [ L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date. ] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. given freely especially to a cause or fund; as, the donated van made their meal-on-wheels venture possible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Strongly affected. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To separate (a mixture of chemical substances) into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) (Old Chem.) A hydrocarbon. [ Obs. ] (b) (Chem.) A hydrous carbonate, as malachite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Strongly affected. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affect powerfully; to arouse the passions of. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + passionate. ] Without passion or feeling. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impersonated p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating. ] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

a. Not proportionate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + conditionate: cf. F. inconditionné. ] Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + coronate. ] Crowned. [ R. ] Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Not embryonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

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