n. (Med.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not vitiated. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Alluring; tempting; as, an inviting amusement or prospect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing is so easy and inviting as the retort of abuse and sarcasm. W. Irving.

-- In*vit"ing*ly, adv. -- In*vit"ing*ness, n. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Leviticus, Gr. Leyitiko`s. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Priestly. “ Levitical questions.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Levitical degrees, degrees of relationship named in Leviticus, within which marriage is forbidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Levitical. ] The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. novitiatus: cf. F. noviciat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: The time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The place where novices live or are trained. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. novitius, novicius. ] Newly invented; recent; new. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Synovia, -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Tendon, and Synovitis. ] See Tenosynovitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. te`nwn a tendon + E. synovitis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath of a tendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not vitiated; pure. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. uva a grape. So called because it may be produced indirectly from tartaric acid, which is found in the grape. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, CH3C6H3(CO2H)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vitiated p. pr. & vb. n. Vitiating. ] [ L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault. ] [ Written also viciate. ] 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitiatio. ] The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. viticula, dim. of vitis vine. ] (Bot.) Having long and slender trailing stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to viticulture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitis vine + E. culture. ] The cultivation of the vine; grape growing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One engaged in viticulture. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a kind of tetter, fr. vitium blemish, vice. ] (Med.) A rare skin disease consisting in the development of smooth, milk-white spots upon various parts of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. vitilitigare to quarrel disgracefully; vitium vice + litigare to quarrel. ] To contend in law litigiously or cavilously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cavilous litigation; cavillation. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitiositas. See Vicious. ] Viciousness; depravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The perverseness and vitiosity of man's will. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., adv., n. See Vicious, Viciously, Viciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a vine. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including all true grapevines. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Vulva, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the vulva. [ 1913 Webster ]