MODERATION
MODERA'TION, noun [Latin moderatio.] The state of being moderate, or of keeping a due mean between extremes or excess of violence. The General's moderation after victory was mor...
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MODERATOR
MODERA'TOR, noun He or that which moderates or restrains. Contemplation is an excellent moderator of the passions.1. The person who presides over a meeting or assembly of people...
MODERATORSHIP
MODERA'TORSHIP, noun The office of a moderator.
MODERNS
MOD'ERNS, noun Those who have lived in times recently past, or are now living; opposed to the ancients.
MODEST
MOD'EST, adjective [Latin modestus, from modus, a limit.]1. Properly, restrained by a sense of propriety; hence, not forward or bold; not presumptuous or arrogant; not boastful;...
MODESTLY
MOD'ESTLY, adverb Not boldly; not arrogantly or presumptuously; with due respect. He modestly expressed his opinions.1. Not loosely or wantonly; decently; as, to be modestly att...
MODESTY
MOD'ESTY, noun [Latin modestia.] That lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance. This temper when natural, springs in some measure fro...
MODESTY-PIECE
MOD'ESTY-PIECE, noun A narrow lace worn by females over the bosom.
MODICUM
MOD'ICUM, noun [Latin] A little; a small quantity.
MODIFIABLE
MOD'IFIABLE, adjective [from modify.] That may be modified or diversified by various forms and differences; as modifiable matter.
MODIFICATION
MODIFICA'TION, noun [from modify.] The act of modifying, or giving to any thing new forms, or differences of external qualities or modes.If these powers of cogitation, volition ...
MODIFIER
MOD'IFIER, noun He or that which modifies.
MODIFY
MOD'IFY, verb transitive [Latin modificor; modus, limit, manner, and facio, to make.]1. To change the form or external qualities of a thing; to shape; to give a new form of bein...
MODIFYING
MOD'IFYING, participle present tense Changing the external qualities; giving a new form to; moderating.
MODILLION
MODILLION, noun modil'yun. [Latin modiolus, from modus.]In architecture, an ornament in the cornice of the Ionic, Corinthian and composite columns; a sort of bracket serving to ...
MODISH
MO'DISH, adjective [from mode.] According to the mode or customary manner; fashionable; as a modish dress; a modish feast.
MODISHLY
MO'DISHLY, adverb Fashionably; in the customary mode.
MODISHNESS
MO'DISHNESS, noun The state of being fashionable.1. Affectation of the fashion.
MODULATE
MOD'ULATE, verb transitive [Latin modulor, from modus, limit, measure.]1. To form sound to a certain key, or to a certain proportion.2. To very or inflect sound in a natural, cu...
MODULATED
MOD'ULATED, participle passive Formed to a certain key; varied; inflected.
MODULATING
MOD'ULATING, participle present tense Forming to a certain proportion; varying; inflecting.
MODULATION
MODULA'TION, noun [Latin modulatio.]1. The act of forming any thing to a certain proportion; as the different proportion and modulation of matter.2. The act of inflecting the vo...
MODULATOR
MOD'ULATOR, noun He or that which modulates. The tongue is a principal modulator of the human voice.
MODULE
MOD'ULE, noun [Latin modulus.] A model or representation.1. In architecture, a certain measure or size taken at pleasure for regulating the proportion of columns, and the symmet...
MODUS
MO'DUS, noun [Latin] A compensation for tithes; an equivalent in money or other certain thing, given to a parson or vicar by the owners of land in lieu of tithes. The whole phra...
MODWALL
MOD'WALL, noun A bird.
MOE
MOE, adjective More. [Not used.]