Pathology (2)
Pa‐thol″o‐gy, n.(Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Pathopœia
‖Path′o‐pœ″ia (?), n.; pl.-ias (#). [NL., from Gr. παθοποιί̈α; πάθοσ passion + ποιει̑ν to make.] (Rhet.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion. Smart.
Pathos
Pa″thos (pā″thŏs), n. [L., from Gr. πάθοσ a suffering, passion, fr. παθει̑ν, πασ́χειν, to suffer; cf. πόνοσ toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That quality or property of any...
Pathos (2)
Pa″thos, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispo...
Pathway
Path″way (?), n. A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively. Shak.In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof is no death. Prov. ...
Patible
Pat″i‐ble (?), a. [L. patibilis, fr. pati to suffer.] Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. Bailey.
Patibulary
Pa‐tib″u‐la‐ry (?), a. [L. patibulum a gallows: cf. F. patibulaire.] Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution. Carlyle.
Patibulated
Pa‐tib″u‐la′ted, a. Hanged on a gallows.
Patience
Pa″tience (pā″shens), n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See Patient.] 1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance o...
Patient
Pa″tient (pā″shent), a. [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear.Patient...
Patient (2)
Pa″tient, n. 1. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often involves the agent and the pati...
Patient (3)
Pa″tient, v. t. To compose, to calm. “Patient yourself, madam.” Shak.
Patiently
Pa″tient‐ly, adv. In a patient manner. Cowper.
Patin
{ Pat″in (?), Pat″ine }, n. A plate. See Paten. “Inlaid with patines of bright gold.” Shak.
Patina
Pat″ina (păt″ĭ‐nȧ; It. pä″tē̍‐nȧ), n. [It., fr. L. patina a dish, a pan, a kind of cake. Cf. Paten.] 1. A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.2. (Fine Arts) The col...
Patio
‖Pa″ti‐o (pä″tē̍‐ō̍), n.(Metal.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and a...
Patio (2)
‖Pa″ti‐o (?), n. In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.
Pâtisserie
‖Pâ′tis′serie″ (?), n. [F. pâtisserie. See Pate.] Pastry. Sterne.
Patly
Pat″ly (?), adv. Fitly; seasonably. Barrow.
Patness
Pat″ness, n. Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience.The description with equal patness may suit both. Barrow.
Patois
Pa′tois″ (pȧ′twä″), n. A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.
Patolli
Pa‐tol″li (?), n. [Mex. patolli dice.] An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.
Patonce
Pa‐tonce″ (pȧ‐tŏns″), a. [Cf. F. patte d'once paw of an ounce.] (Her.) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; — said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.
Patrial
Pa″tri‐al (pā″trĭ‐al), a. [L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father.] (Lat. Gram.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; genti...
Patriarch
Pa″tri‐arch (–ärk), n. [F. patriarche, L. patriarcha, Gr. παριάρχησ, fr. παριά lineage, especially on the father's side, race; πατήρ father + αρχὄσ a leader, chief, fr. ἄρχειν t...
Patriarchal
Pa′tri‐ar″chal (?), a. [Cf. F. patriarcal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a patriarch or to patriarchs; possessed by, or subject to, patriarchs; as, patriarchal authority or jurisdicti...
Patriarchate
Pa′tri‐ar″chate (pā′trĭ‐är″kā̍t), n. [Cf. F. patriarcat.] 1. The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Jer. Taylor.2. The residence of an ecclesiastic patriarch.3. (E...