Webster's Dictionary 1913

5212

Simplification

Sim′pli‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. simplification.] The act of simplifying. A. Smith.

5213

Simplify

Sim″pli‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Simplified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Simplifying (?).] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.] To make simple; to make less comp...

5214

Simplist

Sim″plist (?), n. One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. Sir T. Browne.

5215

Simplistic

Sim‐plis″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. Wilkinson.

5216

Simplity

Sim″pli‐ty (?), n. Simplicity.

5217

Simploce

Sim″plo‐ce (?), n.(Gram.) See Symploce.

5218

Simply

Sim″ply (?), adv. 1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.make that now good or evil,... which otherwise of i...

5219

Simulacher

{ Sim″u‐la′cher, Sim″u‐la′chre } (?), n. [Cf. F. simulacre.] See Simulacrum.

5220

Simulacrum

‖Sim′u‐la″crum (?), n.; pl.Simulacra (#). [L. See Simulate.] A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; — now usually in a derogatory sense.Beneath it nothing but a gre...

5221

Simular

Sim″u‐lar (?), n. [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.] One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretende...

5222

Simular (2)

Sim″u‐lar, a. False; specious; counterfeit. “Thou simular man of virtue.” Shak.

5223

Simulate

Sim″u‐late (?), a. [L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.] Feigned; pre...

5224

Simulate (2)

Sim″u‐late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Simulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Simulating.] To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, false...

5225

Simulation

Sim′u‐la″tion (?), n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.] The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; — distinguished from dissimulation, which di...

5226

Simulator

Sim″u‐la′tor (?), n. One who simulates, or feigns. De Quincey.

5227

Simulatory

Sim″u‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. Simulated, or capable of being simulated. Bp. Hall.

5228

Simultaneity

Si′mul‐ta‐ne″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

5229

Simultaneous

Si′mul‐ta″ne‐ous (?), a. [LL. simultim at the same time, fr. L. simul. See Simulate.] Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events. — Si′mul‐ta″ne‐ous...

5230

Simulty

Sim″ul‐ty (?), n. [L. simultas a hostile encounter, drudge, originally, a (hostile) coming together, fr. simul together: cf. OF. simulté.] Private grudge or quarrel; as, domesti...

5231

Sin

Sin (?), adv., prep., & conj. Old form of Since.Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. Chaucer.

5232

Sin (2)

Sin, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. sünde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the...

5233

Sin (3)

Sin, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sinning.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by...

5234

Sinaic

{ Si‐na″ic (?), Si′na‐it″ic (?), } a. [From Mount Sinai.] Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.Sinaitic manuscript, a fourth centu...

5235

Sinalbin

Sin‐al″bin (?), n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline...

5236

Sinamine

Sin‐am″ine (?), n. [Sinapis + melamine.] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; — called also allyl melam...

5237

Sinapate

Sin″a‐pate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sinapic acid.

5238

Sinapic

Sin″a‐pic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a w...