v. t. [ L. administratus, p. p. of administrare. ] To administer. [ R. ] Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration. ] 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mild and popular administration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The administration has been opposed in parliament. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) (a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. (b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. administrativus: cf. F. administratif. ] Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy. -- Ad*min"is*tra`tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] 1. One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position or office of an administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. allatrare. See Latrate. ] To bark as a dog. [ Obs. ] Stubbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. altus high + L. & E. stratus. ] (Meteor.) A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level; a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Law) An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Arbitrated p. pr. & vb. n. Arbitrating ] [ L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See Arbiter. ] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To decide, or determine generally. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall your swords and lances arbitrate
The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To decide; to determine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari. ] The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award. Bouvier [ 1913 Webster ]

Arbitration bond, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. --
Arbitration of Exchange, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. relating to or resulting from arbitration. an arbitrational settlement
Syn. -- arbitral [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to arbitration; relating to or having the authority to arbitrate. an arbitrative board [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F. arbitrateur. ] 1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Heaven be shut,
And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See Judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fem. of arbitrator. ] A female who arbitrates or judges. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + rostrate. ] Having a double beak, or two processes resembling beaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. Ed. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. brevis short + E. rostral, rostrate. ] (Zool.) Short-billed; having a short beak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed. ] To curl or friz, as the hair. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave.

n. The act or process of curling the hair. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant. ] To kick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of kicking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter. ] (Zool.) Hooded; cowled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating. ] [ L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. çastra knife. ] 1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. deprived of reproductive organs or sexual attributes.
Syn. -- altered, neutered, unsexed, fixed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. castratio; cf. F. castration. ] The act of castrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate. ] A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cirrus + stratus. ] (Meteor.) See under Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Citric. ] (Chem.) A salt of citric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating. ] [ Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter. ] 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.

Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore. [ Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted) ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused. [ Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused; undivided ] [ Also See: compact. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Intense; in an extreme degree; -- of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of dilute or unsaturated. [ Narrower terms: supersaturated ]
Syn. -- saturated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Syn. -- condensed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; -- of actions; as, concentrated study.
Syn. -- intensive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. characterized by mental concentration.
Syn. -- intent. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. concentration. ] 1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concentration of the lunar beams. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intense concetration of thought. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Metal.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration. [ 1913 Webster ]

A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of concentrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) 1. An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.

2. (Firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ See Contra-. ] Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Counter tenor. ] (Mus.) Counter tenor; contralto. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. cultratus knife-shaped, fromculter, cultri, knife. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteor.) Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteor.) A form of cloud. See Cloud. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of deconcentrating. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to throw (something or someone) out of a window. [ PJC ]

n. the act of throwing (something or someone) out of a window. [ PJC ]

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 ]