Webster's Dictionary 1828

1135

MESPRISE

MESPRISE, noun Contempt; a French word. [Not in use.]

1136

MESS

MESS, noun [Latin mensa.]1. A dish or a quantity of food prepared or set on a table at one time; as a mess of pottage; a mess of herbs; a mess of broth.2. A medley; a mixed mass...

1137

MESSAGE

MES'SAGE, noun [Latin missus, mitto, to send.]1. Any notice, word or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. We send a servant with a verbal or writte...

1138

MESSAGER

MES'SAGERMES'SENGER, noun1. One who bears a message or an errand; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice or invitation from one person to another, or to a publi...

1139

MESSIAH

MESSI'AH, adjective [Heb. anointed.] Christ, the anointed; the Savior of the world.I know that when messiah cometh, who is called Christ, he will tell us all things. Jesus answe...

1140

MESSIAHSHIP

MESSI'AHSHIP, noun The character, state or office of the Savior.Josephus--whose prejudices were against the messiahship and religion of Jesus.

1141

MESSIEURS

MES'SIEURS, noun [plu. of monsieur, my lord.] Sirs; gentlemen.MESS'-MATE, noun An associate in eating; one who eats ordinarily at the same table.

1142

MESSUAGE

MESS'UAGE, noun In law, a dwelling house and adjoining land, appropriated to the use of the household, including the adjacent buildings.

1143

MESTEE

MESTEE', noun A person of a mixed breed.

1144

MET

MET, preterit tense and participle passive of meet.

1145

METABASIS

METAB'ASIS, noun [Gr. from beyond, and to go.] In rhetoric, transition; a passing from one thing to another.

1146

METABOLA

METAB'OLA, noun [Gr. beyond, and a casting.] In medicine, a change of air, time or disease. [Little used.]

1147

METACARPAL

METACARP'AL, adjective [from metacarpus.] Belonging to the metacarpus.

1148

METACARPUS

METACARP'US, noun [Gr. beyond, and the wrist.] In anatomy, the part of the hand between the wrist and the fingers.

1149

METACHRONISM

METACH'RONISM, noun [Gr. beyond, and time.] An error in chronology, by placing an event after its real time.

1150

METAGE

ME'TAGE, noun [from mete.] Measurement of coal; price of measuring.

1151

METAGRAMMATISM

METAGRAM'MATISM, noun [Gr. beyond, and a letter.]Anagrammatism, or metagrammatism is a transposition of the letters of a name into such a connection as to express some perfect s...

1152

METAL

METAL, noun met'l. [Latin metallum.] A simple, fixed, shining, opake body or substance, insoluble in water, fusible by heat, a good conductor of heat and electricity, capable wh...

1153

METALEPSIS

METALEP'SIS, noun [Gr. participation; beyond, and to take.]In rhetoric, the continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or mo...

1154

METALEPTIC

METALEP'TIC, adjective Pertaining to a metalepsis or participation; translative.1. Transverse; as the metaleptic motion of a muscle.

1155

METALEPTICALLY

METALEP'TICALLY, adverb By transposition.

1156

METALLIC

METAL'LIC, adjective [Latin metallicus.] Pertaining to a metal or metals; consisting of metal; partaking of the nature of metals; like a metal; as a metallic substance; metallic...

1157

METALLIFEROUS

METALLIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin metallum, metal, and fero, to produce.]Producing metals.

1158

METALLIFORM

METAL'LIFORM, adjective Having the form of metals; like metal.

1159

METALLINE

MET'ALLINE, adjective Pertaining to a metal; consisting of metal.1. Impregnated with metal; as metalline water.

1160

METALLIST

MET'ALLIST, noun A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.

1161

METALLIZATION

METALLIZA'TION, noun The act or process of forming into a metal; the operation which gives to a substance its proper metallic properties.