Webster's Dictionary 1913

1567

Paternity

Pa‐ter″ni‐ty (?), n. [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternité. See Paternal.] 1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity...

1568

Paternoster

Pa″ter‐nos′ter (?), n. 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version.2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.3. (Angling) A line with a row of...

1569

Paternoster (2)

Pa″ter‐nos′ter (?), n.(Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the...

1570

Patesi

‖Pa‐te″si (?), n.(Babylonian Antiq.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who we...

1571

Path

Path (pȧth), n.; pl.Paths (pȧt͡hz). [AS. pæð, pað; akin to D. pad, G. pfad, of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. πάτοσ, Skr. patha, path. √21.] 1. A trodden way; a footway.The dewy path...

1572

Path (2)

Path (pȧt͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pathed (pȧt͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n.Pathing.] To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one). “Pathing young Henry's unadvised ways.” Drayton.

1573

Path (3)

Path, v. i. To walk or go. Shak.

1574

Pathematic

Path′e‐mat″ic (păth′ē̍‐măt″ĭk), a. [Gr. παθηματικόσ, fr. πάθημα a suffering, παθει̑ν, to suffer.] Of, pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. Chalmers.

1575

Pathetic

Pa‐thet″ic (pȧ‐thĕt″ĭk), a. [L. patheticus, Gr. παθητικόσ, fr. παθει̑ν, πάσχειν, to suffer: cf. F. pathétique. See Pathos.] 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate.2. Affecti...

1576

Pathetical

Pa‐thet″ic‐al (?), a. Pathetic. — Pa‐thet″ic‐al‐ly, adv. — Pa‐thet″ic‐al‐ness, n.

1577

Pathetism

Path″e‐tism (?), n. [Cf. F. pathétisme.] See Mesmerism. L. Sunderland.

1578

Pathfinder

Path″find′er (?), n. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.The cow is the true pathfinder and pathmaker. J. Burroughs.

1579

Pathic

Path″ic (păth″ĭc), n. [L. pathicus, Gr. παθικόσ, passive, fr. παθει̑ν, πάσχει̑ν, to suffer] A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite. B. Jonson.

1580

Pathic (2)

Path″ic, a. [Gr. παθικόσ.] Passive; suffering.

1581

Pathless

Path″less (?), a. Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods.Trough the heavens' wide, pathless way. Milton.

1582

Pathmaker

Path″mak′er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes a way or path.

1583

Pathogene

Path″o‐gene (?), n. [See Pathogenic.] (Biol.) One of a class of virulent microörganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be th...

1584

Pathogenesis

Path′o‐gen″e‐sis (?), n.(Med.) Pathogeny.

1585

Pathogenetic

Path′o‐ge‐net″ic (?), a.(Med.) Pathogenic.

1586

Pathogenic

Path′o‐gen″ic (?), a. [Gr. πάθοσ disease + the root of γένοσ birth.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic ba...

1587

Pathogeny

Pa‐thog″e‐ny (?), n.(Med.) (a) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled. (b) That branch of pathology which treats o...

1588

Pathognomonic

Pa‐thog′no‐mon″ic (?), a. [Gr. � skilled in judging of diseases; πάθοσ a disease + � skilled: cf. F. pathognomonique. See Gnomic.] (Med.) Specially or decisively characteristic ...

1589

Pathognomy

Pa‐thog″no‐my (?), n. [Gr. πάθοσ passion + � a judgment, fr. �, �, to know.] Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.

1590

Pathologic

{ Path′o‐log″ic (?), Path′o‐log″ic‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F. pathologique.] Of or pertaining to pathology. — Path′o‐log″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

1591

Pathologic (2)

{ Path′o‐log″ic, Path′o‐log″ic‐al }, a.(Med.) Morbid; due to disease; abnormal; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition.

1592

Pathologist

Pa‐thol″o‐gist (?), n. [Cf. F. pathologiste.] One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes...

1593

Pathology

Pa‐thol″o‐gy (–jy̆), n.; pl.Pathologies (–jĭz). [Gr. πάθοσ a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, p...