Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Model (3)

Mod″el, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Modeled (?) or Modelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Modeling or Modelling.] [Cf. F. modeler, It. modellare.] To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to...

4241

Model (4)

Mod″el, v. i.(Fine Arts) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

4242

Modeler

Mod″el‐er (?), n. One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]

4243

Modeling

Mod″el‐ing, n.(Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. Also, in painti...

4244

Modelize

Mod″el‐ize (?), v. t. To model. B. Jonson.

4245

Modena

‖Mod″e‐na (?), n. [From Modena, in Italy.] A certain crimsonlike color. Good.

4246

Modenese

Mod′e‐nese″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.

4247

Moder

Mo″der (?), n. [OE. See Mother female parent.] 1. A mother. Chaucer.2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

4248

Moder (2)

Mod″er (?), v. t. To moderate.

4249

Moderable

Mod″er‐a‐ble (?), a. [L. moderabilis.] Moderate; temperate.

4250

Moderance

Mod″er‐ance (?), n. Moderation. Caxton.

4251

Moderate

Mod″er‐ate (?), a. [L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode.] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits;...

4252

Moderate (2)

Mod″er‐ate, n.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipl...

4253

Moderate (3)

Mod″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Moderated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Moderating.] 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; t...

4254

Moderate (4)

Mod″er‐ate, v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.2. To preside as a moderator.Dr. Barlow engaged... to moderate for him in t...

4255

Moderately

Mod″er‐ate‐ly (?), adv. In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.

4256

Moderateness

Mod″er‐ate‐ness, n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

4257

Moderation

Mod′er‐a″tion (?), n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. modération.] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.2. The state or quality of being mmoderate.In moderation placing ...

4258

Moderatism

Mod″er‐a‐tism (mŏd″ẽr‐ā̍‐tĭz'm), n. Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.

4259

Moderato

‖Mod′e‐ra″to (?), a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. — Andante moderato, a litt...

4260

Moderator

Mod″er‐a′tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. modérateur.] 1. One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies. Sir W. Raleigh.Angling was... a moderator of passions. Walton.2. The ...

4261

Moderatorship

Mod″er‐a′tor‐ship, n. The office of a moderator.

4262

Moderatress

Mod″er‐a′tress (?), n. A female moderator. Fuller.

4263

Moderatrix

Mod″er‐a′trix (?), n. A female moderator.

4264

Modern

Mod″ern (?), a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.] 1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or...

4265

Modern (2)

Mod″ern, n. A person of modern times; — opposed to ancient. Pope.

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Modernism

Mod″ern‐ism (?), n. Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.