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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Neg-léct’, v. t. p. 880Not to treat with due attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, or the like; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to…Neg-lēct’, n. p. 880Omission of proper attention; forbearance of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed any thing; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of…Neg-lēct'ed-ness, n. p. 880State of being neglected.Neg-lēct'er, n. p. 880One who neglects.Neg-lēct'ful, a. p. 880Full of neglect; heedless; careless; inattentive. Pope. 2. Accustomed or apt to omit what may or ought to be done. 3. Treating with neglect or slight. 4. Indicating neglect, slight, or indifference…Neg-lĕct'ful-ly, adv. p. 880In a neglectful manner; with heedless inattention; with careless indifference.Neg-lĕct'ing-ly, adv. p. 880Carelessly; heedlessly.Neg-léct'ion, n. p. 880The state of being negligent. [Obs.]Neg-léct'ive, a. p. 880Inattentive; regardless. [Obs.]Neg-lĭ-gee', n. p. 880An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; dishabil(l)e; also, a kind of easy dress or dressing-gown formerly worn by ladies. 2. A long necklace, usually of red coral.Neg'li-gence, n. p. 880The quality of being negligent; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. 2. A negligent act; an omission of what ought to be done. Remarking his beauties, . . . I must also point out his…Nĕg'li-gent, a. p. 880Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; careless; heedless. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent, is not far from being poor. Rambler. Be thou negligent of fame. Swift. Syn.—Careless…Nĕg'li-gent-ly, adv. p. 880In a negligent manner; carelessly; heedlessly; without exactness; as, a person negligently dressed; a piece negligently written; a farm negligently cultivated. 2. With slight, disregard, or…Ne-gōçe', n. p. 880Business; occupation. [Obs. and rare.]Ne-gō'ti-a-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 880The quality of being negotiable or transferable by indorsement.Ne-gō'ti-a-ble, a. p. 880Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.Ne-gō'ti-ant, n. p. 880One who negotiates; a negotiator. [Obs.] Raleigh.Ne-gō'ti-āte, v. i. p. 880To transact business; to treat with another respecting purchase and sale; to hold intercourse in bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm. 2. To hold…Ne-gō'ti-āte, v. t. p. 880To procure by mutual intercourse and agreement with another; to arrange for; to settle by dealing and management. Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago, the Morea, and Sicily…Ne-gō'ti-ā'tion, n. p. 880The act of negotiating; the transacting of business in traffic; the treating with another respecting sale or purchase. 2. Hence, mercantile business; trading. Who had lost, with these prizes, forty…Ne-gō'ti-ā'tor, n. p. 880One who negotiates; a person who treats with others, either as principal or agent, in respect to purchase and sale, or public compacts.Ne-gō'ti-a-to-ry, a. p. 880Of, or pertaining to, negotiation.Ne-gō'ti-ā'trix, n. p. 880A female who negotiates.Ne-gō'ti-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 880The state of being busy; engrossing occupation. [Obs.] Were this possible, yet would such infinite negotiosity be . . . altogether inconsistent with happiness. Cudworth.Ne-gō'tioŭs, a. p. 881Very busy; busily employed; active. [Obs.]Ne-gō'tioŭs-ness, n. p. 881The state of being busily occupied; employment; activity. [Obs.]Nē'gress, n. p. 881A black woman; a female negro.Nē'gro, n. p. 881A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, high cheek-bones, and thick…Nē'gro-cōrn, n. p. 881The Indian millet or durra; — so called in the West Indies. See DURRA. Simmonds.Nē'gro-hēad, n. p. 881(Com.) Tobacco prepared by softening with molasses, and then pressing it into cakes; — called also Cavendish. Simmonds.Nē'gro-loid, a. p. 881Pertaining to men who have a resemblance to negroes; resembling the negro.Nē-gŭn'do, n. p. 881(Bot.) A genus of small, handsome trees growing in America, having greenish flowers in delicate, drooping clusters, and including but a single species, N. aceroides (Acer negundo of Linnaeus…Nē'gus, n. p. 881A liquor made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon-juice; — so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.Ye-hŭsh'tau, n. p. 881The brazen serpent made in the wilderness by Moses. 2 Kings xviii. 4.Nēif or Nēife, n. p. 881A female born in the state of villeinage; a female serf. Blackstone. The child of a neif was free, if the father was a freeman. Southey.Nēĭf, n. p. 881The neaf or fist. [Obs.] Sweet knight, I kiss thy neif. Shak.Neigh, v. i. p. 881To utter the natural voice or cry of the horse; to whinny. 2. To scoff or sneer. [Obs. and rare.] “Neighed at his nakedness.” Beau. & Fl.Neigh, n. p. 881The natural voice or cry of a horse; a whinnying.Neigh'bor, n. p. 881A person who lives near one; one whose abode is not far off. 2. An intimate; a confidant. [Rare.] Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsels. Shak. 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting…Neigh'bor, a. p. 881Near to another; adjoining; next.Neigh'bor, v. t. p. 881To adjoin; to confine on; to be near to. These grow on the hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. 2. To acquaint with; to make near to, or make familiar. [Obs.] Shak.Neigh'bor, v. i. p. 881To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood. [Rare.]Neigh'bor-hōōd (nā'-), n. p. 881The quality or condition of being a neighbor, or of dwelling near. Consider several states in a neighborhood. Swift. 2. A place near; vicinity; adjoining district; a region the inhabitants of which…Neigh'bor-ing, a. p. 881Living or being near; as, the neighboring inhabitants; neighboring countries or nations.Neigh'bor-li-ness, n. p. 881State or quality of being neighborly.Neigh'bor-ly, a. p. 881Becoming a neighbor; kind; civil; social; friendly. Judge if this be neighbourly dealing. Arbuthnot. 2. Cultivating familiar intercourse; interchanging frequent visits; social.Neigh'bor-ly, adv. p. 881With social civility; as, to live neighborly.Neigh'bor-ship, n. p. 881State of being neighbors. [Obs.]Nei'ther p. 881(nē'ther, or nī'ther. The former is given in most dictionaries, and still prevails in America. In England, nī'ther is rather more common than in America, but the best speakers in both countries say…Nei’ther, conj. p. 881Not either;—used to introduce the first of two or more co-ordinate clauses, of which those that follow begin with nor; also, sometimes used for nor in the second of two negative clauses of which the…Nēm'a-cān'ēthus, n. p. 881(Paleon.) A genus of fishes found fossil in the liassic and oölitic strata. Agassiz.Nēm'a-līne, a. p. 881(Min.) Having the form of threads; fibrous.Nēm'a-līte, n. p. 881(Min.) A fibrous hydrate of magnesia. Dana.Nēm'a-toid, a. p. 881Thread-like;—said of a group of worms, many of which are intestinal, having a round body, with indistinct articulations. See WORM.Nē'me-an, a. p. 881Relating to Nemea, in Argolis, where games were celebrated every third year.Nēm'e-sis, n. p. 881(Myth.) The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.Ne-mōph'i-līst, n. p. 881One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods. [Rare.] Atlantic Monthly.Nē-mŏph'i-ly, n. p. 881Fondness for forests or forest scenery; love of the woods. [Rare.] Atlantic Monthly.Nēm'o-ral, a. p. 881Pertaining to a wood or grove. [Rare.]Nēm'o-rōus, a. p. 881Woody. [Obs.] Evelyn.