Hospice
Hos″pice (?), n. [F., fr. L. hospitium hospitality, a place where strangers are entertained, fr. hospes stranger, guest. See Host a landlord.] A convent or monastery which is al...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Hospitable
Hos″pi‐ta‐ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. hospitable, LL. hospitare to receive as a guest. See Host a landlord.] 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without...
Hospitableness
Hos″pi‐ta‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being hospitable; hospitality. Barrow.
Hospitably
Hos″pi‐ta‐bly, adv. In a hospitable manner.
Hospitage
Hos″pi‐tage (?), n. [LL. hospitagium, for L. hospitium. See Hospice.] Hospitality. Spenser.
Hospital
Hos″pi‐tal (?), n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. hôpital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia a...
Hospital (2)
Hos″pi‐tal, a. [L. hospitalis: cf. OF. hospital.] Hospitable. Howell.
Hospitaler
Hos″pi‐tal‐er (?), n. [Written also hospitaller.] [F. hospitalier. See Hospital, and cf. Hostler.] 1. One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick...
Hospitalism
Hos″pi‐tal‐ism (?), n.(Med.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital.
Hospitality
Hos′pi‐tal″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Hospitalities (#). [L. hospitalitas: cf. F. hospitalité.] The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or g...
Hospitalize
Hos″pi‐tal‐ize (?), v. t.(Med.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
Hospitate
Hos″pi‐tate (?), v. i. [L. hospitatus, p. p. of hospitari to be a guest, fr. hospes guest.] To receive hospitality; to be a guest. Grew.
Hospitate (2)
Hos″pi‐tate, v. t. To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest. Cockeram.
Hospitium
‖Hos‐pi″ti‐um (?), n. [L. See Hospice.] 1. An inn; a lodging; a hospice.2. (Law) An inn of court.
Hospodar
‖Hos″po‐dar′ (?), n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.] A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as ...
Host
Host (hōst), n. [LL. hostia sacrifice, victim, from hostire to strike.] (R. C. Ch.) The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a s...
Host (2)
Host, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See Guest, and cf. Host a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war.A host so great as cove...
Host (3)
Host, n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. hôte, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, en...
Host (4)
Host, v. t. To give entertainment to. Spenser.
Host (5)
Host, v. i. To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment. “Where you shall host.” Shak.
Host (6)
Host, n.(Biol.) Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.
Host plant
Host plant. (Agric.) A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are used for nurse crops.
Hostage
Hos″tage (?), n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F. ôtage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L. hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a guest,...
Hostel
Hos″tel (?), n. [OE. hostel, ostel, OF. hostel, ostel, LL. hospitale, hospitalis, fr. L. hospitalis. See Hospital, and cf. Hotel.] 1. An inn. Poe.So pass I hostel, hall, and gra...
Hosteler
Hos″tel‐er (?), n. [See Hostel, and cf. Hostler.] 1. The keeper of a hostel or inn.2. A student in a hostel, or small unendowed collede in Oxford or Cambridge. Fuller.
Hostelry
Hos″tel‐ry (?), n. [OE. hostelrie, hostelrye, ostelrie, OF. hostelerie, fr. hostel. See Hostel.] An inn; a lodging house. Chaucer. “Homely brought up in a rude hostelry.” B. Jon...
Hostess
Host″ess (?), n. [OE. hostesse, ostesse. See Host a landlord.] 1. A female host; a woman who hospitably entertains guests at her house. Shak.2. A woman who entertains guests for...