Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Icterus

‖Ic″te‐rus (?), n. [NL. See Icteric, a.] (Med.) The jaundice.

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Ictic

Ic″tic (?), a. [L. ictus blow.] Pertaining to, or caused by, a blow; sudden; abrupt. H. Bushnell.

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Ictus

‖Ic″tus (?), n. [L., fr. icere, ictum, to strike.] 1. (Pros.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.2. (Med.) A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke,...

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Icy

I″cy (?), a. [Compar.Icier (?); superl.Iciest.] [AS. īsig. See Ice.] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty. “Icy chains.” Shak. “Icy region.” Boyle. “...

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Icy-pearled

I″cy–pearl′ed (?), a. Spangled with ice.Mounting up in icy-pearled car. Milton.

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Id

Id (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus idus or Idus idus) of Europe. A domesticated variety, colored like the goldfish, is called orfe in Germany.

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Idalian

I‐da″li‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred. “Idalian Aphrodité.” Tennyson.

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Ide

Ide (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Id.

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Idea

I‐de″a (?), n.; pl.Ideas (#). [L. idea, Gr. �, fr. � to see; akin to E. wit: cf. F. idée. See Wit.] 1. The transcript, image, or picture of a visible object, that is formed by t...

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Ideal

I‐de″al (?), a. [L. idealis: cf. F. idéal.] 1. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.2. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellen...

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Ideal (2)

I‐de″al (?), n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole...

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Idealess

I‐de″a‐less (?), a. Destitute of an idea.

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Idealism

I‐de″al‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. idéalisme.] 1. The quality or state of being ideal.2. Conception of the ideal; imagery.3. (Philos.) The system or theory that denies the existence of...

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Idealism (2)

I‐de″al‐ism, n. The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patter...

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Idealist

I‐de″al‐ist, n. [Cf. F. idéaliste.] 1. One who idealizes; one who forms picturesque fancies; one given to romantic expectations.2. One who holds the doctrine of idealism.

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Idealistic

I‐de′al‐is″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to idealists or their theories.

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Ideality

I′de‐al″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Idealities (�). 1. The quality or state of being ideal.2. The capacity to form ideals of beauty or perfection.3. (Phren.) The conceptive faculty.

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Idealization

I‐de′al‐i‐za″tion (?), n. 1. The act or process of idealizing.2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important c...

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Idealize

I‐de″al‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Idealized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Idealizing (?).] 1. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and ex...

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Idealize (2)

I‐de″al‐ize, v. i. [Cf. F. idéaliser.] To form ideals.

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Idealizer

I‐de″al‐i′zer (?), n. An idealist.

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Ideally

I‐de″al‐ly, adv. In an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally.

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Idealogic

I‐de′a‐log″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to an idealogue, or to idealization.

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Idealogue

I‐de″a‐logue (?), n. [Idea + -logue, as in theologue: cf. F. idéologue.] One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator. Mrs. Browning.

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Ideat

{ I‐de″at (?), I‐de″ate (?), } n. [LL. ideatum. See Idea.] (Metaph.) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a t...

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Ideate (2)

I‐de″ate (?), v. t. 1. To form in idea; to fancy.The ideated man... as he stood in the intellect of God. Sir T. Browne.2. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mi...

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Ideation

I′de‐a″tion (?), n. The faculty or capacity of the mind for forming ideas; the exercise of this capacity; the act of the mind by which objects of sense are apprehended and retai...