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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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Păt'ent-ōf/fice, n. p. 956An office for the granting of patents for inventions.Pāt'ent-rīght, n. p. 956An exclusive right to an invention for a certain number of years.Păt'ent-rōlls, n. pl. p. 956The records or registers of patents.Păt'e-ră, n. p. 956An ancient saucer-like vessel of earthenware or metal. 2. (Arch.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, &c.Păt'e-rē'ro, n. p. 956A small kind of cannon formerly used. [Obs.] See PEDERERO.Pa-tēr'nal, a. p. 956Pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; kindly guiding or instructing; as, paternal care or affection; paternal favor or admonition. 2. Derived from a father…Pa-tér'nal-ly, adv. p. 956In a paternal manner.Pa-tĕr'ni-ty, n. p. 956The relation of a father to his offspring; fathership; fatherhood; hence, origination or authorship. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and…Pā'ter-nōs'ter, n. p. 956The Lord's prayer.Paternoster Row p. 956a street in London occupied chiefly by booksellers. Simmonds.Pāth, n. p. 956A way, course, or track, on which any thing moves or has moved; road; route; passage; a customary track; an established way. 2. Specifically, a narrow way beaten by the foot; a foot-way. The dewy…Pāth, v. t. p. 956To make, as a path; to make a way for; to conduct on a track. “Pathing young Henry’s unadvised ways.” Drayton.Pāth, v. i. p. 956To walk abroad. [Rare.] Shak.Pāth'e-māt'ic, a. p. 956Pertaining to, or designating, emotion or suffering. Mackintosh.Pa-thĕt'ic, a. p. 956Expressing or showing passion; passionate. [Obs.] 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, as pity or grief; as, a pathetic song or discourse; pathetic expostulation. The effect of his discourses…Pa-thĕt'ic-al, a. p. 957Pathetic. [Rare.]Pa-thēt'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 957In a pathetic manner.Pa-thēt'ic-al-ness, n. p. 957The quality of being pathetic.Pāth'e-tism, n. p. 957The agency by which one person, by manipulation, is said to produce, in the system of another, emotion, feeling, passion, or other physical or mental effect; susceptibility of emotion or feeling, of…Pāth'-fly, n. p. 957A fly found in foot-paths.Pāth'ic, n. p. 957A male that submits to the crime against nature; a catamite; an ingle; a bardash. [Rare.] Gillies.Pāth'less, a. p. 957Destitute of paths; having no beaten way; untrodden; as, a pathless forest; a pathless coast. “Through the heavens’ wide, pathless way.” Milton.Pa-thŏg'e-nie, a. p. 957Generative of diseases.Pa-thōg'e-ny, n. p. 957(Med.) That branch of pathological science which relates to the generation, production, and development of disease. Dunglison.Pa-thŏg/no-mŏn'ic, a. p. 957(Med.) Characteristic of a disease; as, a pathognomonic symptom or sign is one that indicates with certainty the disease which produces it.Pa-thŏg'no-my, n. p. 957Expression of the passions; the science of the signs by which human passions are indicated.Pāth/o-lŏg'ic or Pāth/o-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 957Pertaining to pathology or to diseases.Pāth'o-lōg'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 957In a pathological manner.Pa-thŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 957One who treats of pathology.Pa-thŏl'o-gy, n. p. 957(Med.) The science which has for its object the knowledge of disease. Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease in general or of particular diseases. Its departments are…Păth'o-poe'ia, n. p. 957(Rhet.) A speech, or figure of speech, contrived to move the passions. Smart.Pā'thos, n. p. 957Passion; that which excites emotions and passions; especially, that which awakens tender emotions; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.Pāth'wāy, n. p. 957A path; usually, a narrow way to be passed on foot. 2. Hence, a course or method of action. In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Prov. xii. 28.Păt'i-ble, a. p. 957Sufferable; tolerable; that may be endured. [Obs.]Pa-tib'ŭ-la-ry, a. p. 957Pertaining to the gallows, or to execution on the cross.Pā'tience, n. p. 957The quality of being patient; the suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation, or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. His rage was…Pā'tient, a. p. 957Bearing; enduring; suffering with meekness and submission; sustaining pains, trials, or the like, without repining, murmuring, or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against that which is…Pā'tient, n. p. 957A person or thing that receives impressions from external agents; one who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often…Pā'tient, v. t. p. 957To produce patience in; to compose. [Obs.] Shak.Pā'tient-ly, adv. p. 957In a patient manner; with calmness or composure; without discontent or murmuring; as, to submit patiently to the unavoidable evils of life; with constant diligence; as, to examine a subject…Pāt'ile, n. p. 957A broad, flat-bottomed boat used for transporting the products of Upper Bengal down the Ganges. It is from forty to sixty-five feet long, lightly made, and capable of conveying a heavy cargo. It is…Păt'i-nă or Pa-tī'nă, n. p. 957(Fine Arts.) The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; the rust which covers ancient bronzes and medals, and which, being one proof of great antiquity, is often imitated by forgers…Păt'in, n. p. 957See PATEN. [Written also patine.]Păt'ly, adv. p. 957Fitly; convenient; pat.Păt'ness, n. p. 957Fitness or appropriateness; striking suitableness; convenience. Barrow.Patois, n. p. 957An uncultivated idiom; a dialect peculiar to the lower classes; a provincial form of speech.Pa-tônce', n. p. 957See POMME.Pā'tri-al, a. p. 957(Gram.) Of, or pertaining to, a family, race, or line of descent; designating a race or nation; gentile; — said of a certain class of words. Andrews.Pā'tri-al, n. p. 957(Gram.) A noun derived from the name of a country, and signifying a native or inhabitant of it. Andrews.Pā'tri-ārch, n. p. 957The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; — usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in biblical and Jewish history. 2.…Pā/tri-ārch/al or Pā/tri-ārch/ie, a. p. 957Belonging or relating to patriarchs; possessed by patriarchs; as, patriarchal power or jurisdiction; a patriarchal see. 2. Subject to a patriarch; as, a patriarchal church. Patriarchal cross (Her.)…Pā'tri-ārch'ate, n. p. 957The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch, or of an ecclesiastical superior. 2. The residence of a patriarch.Pā'tri-ärch-dŏm, n. p. 957The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.Pā'tri-ārch-īsm, n. p. 957Government by a patriarch, or the head of a family.Pā'tri-ārch-shĭp, n. p. 957The office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a patriarch. Ayliffe.Pā'tri-ārch-y, n. p. 957The jurisdiction of a patriarch; a patriarchate. Brerewood.Pa-tri'cian, a. p. 957Pertaining or appropriate to a person of high birth; senatorial; noble; not plebeian. This epithet is derived from the Roman patres (fathers), the title of Roman senators; as, patrician birth or…Pa-tri'cian, n. p. 957A person of high birth; a nobleman. ☞ In the Roman state, the patricians were the descendants of the first Roman senators. 2. One familiar with the works of the Christian fathers; one versed in…Pa-tri'cian-ism, n. p. 957The rank or character of patricians.Pa-tri'ci-ate, n. p. 957The patrician class; the nobility. Milman.