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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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Phĭl'o-lŏġ'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 980In a philological manner.Phi-lŏl'o-ġist, n. p. 980One versed in philology.Phi-lŏl'o-ġize, v. i. p. 980To offer criticisms. Evelyn.Phĭl'o-lŏgue, n. p. 980A philologist. [Rare.] Carlyle.Phi-lŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 980The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and the historical development of any…Phĭl'o-măth, n. p. 980A lover of learning; a scholar.Phĭl'o-măth'e-măt'ic, n. p. 980The same as PHILOMATH.Phĭl'o-măth'ic, a. p. 980Pertaining to the love of learning. 2. Having a love of letters.Phi-lŏm'a-thy, n. p. 980The love of learning.Phĭl'o-mĕl, n. p. 980The nightingale.Phĭl'o-mē'lȧ, n. p. 980(Ornith.) A genus of birds, including the nightingale. 2. The nightingale; philomel.Phĭl'o-mēne, n. p. 980The nightingale. [Obs.] Gascoigne.Phĭl'o-mŏt, a. p. 980Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] Addison.Phĭl'o-mū'sic-al, a. p. 980Loving music. Busby.Phĭl'o-pē'nȧ, n. p. 980A small present made in accordance with a custom said to have been introduced from Germany. A person who, in eating almonds, finds one containing two kernels, presents one of them to a person of the…Phĭl'o-po-lĕm'ic or Phĭl'o-po-lĕm'ic-al, a. p. 980Ruling over opposite or contending natures; — an epithet of Minerva.Phĭl'o-pro-ġĕn'i-tive-ness, n. p. 980(Phren.) The love of offspring or of young children.Phi-lŏs'o-phăs'ter, n. p. 980A pretender to philosophy.Phi-lŏs'o-phāte, v. i. p. 980To play the philosopher; to moralize. [Obs.] “Among such as philosophate.” Barrow.Phil·lōs'o-phâtion, n. p. 980Philosophical discussion. [Obs.] Sir. W. Petty.Phi-lōs'o-phēme, n. p. 980A philosophical proposition or principle. [Obs. or rare.] This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme. Chancellor.Phi-lōs'o-pher, n. p. 980One versed in, or devoted to, philosophy; one who philosophizes. Philosopher's game, a game played with men of three different forms on a board resembling two chess-boards united. — Philosopher's…Phil'o-sōph'ic or Phil'o-sōph'ic-al p. 980c. [Lat. philosophicus, Fr. philosophique, Sp. & It. filosofico.] 1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, philosophy; as, philosophic pride. 2. Skilled in, or evincing, philosophy; hence…Phil'o-sôph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 980In a philosophical manner; according to the rules or principles of philosophy; hence, calmly; wisely; rationally.Phi·lôs'o-phism, n. p. 980The love of fallacious arguments or false reasoning; the practice of sophistry.Phi-lô's'o-phist, n. p. 980A lover of sophistry; one who practices sophistry. “The philosophers and the philosophists.” Southey.Phi-lôs'o-phist'ic or Phi-lôs'o-phist'ic-al, a. p. 980Pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry; using sophistical arguments or reasoning.Phi-lŏs'o-phīze, v. i. p. 980To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena and assign rational causes for their existence. Man philosophizes as he lives. He may…Phi-lŏs'o-phīz'er, n. p. 980One who philosophizes.Phi-lŏs'o-phy, n. p. 980Literally, the love of, or search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws. ☞ When applied to any particular…Phĭl'os-tôr'ġy, n. p. 980Natural affection, as of parents for children. [Obs.]Phil'o-têch'nie or Phil'o-têch'nie-al, n. p. 980Having an attachment to the arts.Phil'ter, n. p. 980A potion or charm intended or adapted to excite love. [Written also philtre.]Phil'ter, v. t. p. 980To impregnate with a love potion; as, to philter a draught. 2. To charm to love: to excite or charm by a potion to love or animal desire.Phī-mō'sis, n. p. 981(Med.) A contraction of the prepuce in which it can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis.Phiz, n. p. 981The face or visage. [Colloq. or humorous.]Phle-bō-ī'tis, n. p. 981(Med.) Inflammation of a vein.Phle-bōg'ra-phy, n. p. 981(Anat.) A description of the veins. Dunglison.Phlĕb'o-līte, n. p. 981(Med.) A small concretion of organic and mineral matter found in the veins.Phle-bōl'o-gy, n. p. 981That branch of anatomy which treats of the veins. Dunglison.Phlēb'or-rha'gē or Phlēb'or-rha'gi-a, n. p. 981(Med.) Rupture of the veins.Phle-bōt'o-mist, n. p. 981One who practices phlebotomy, or blood-letting.Phle-bōt'ō-mize, v. t. p. 981To let blood from, as a vein; hence, to drain.Phle-bōt'o-my, n. p. 981(Surg.) The act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood for the cure of diseases or preserving health; blood-letting.Phlĕgm, n. p. 981One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. 2. (Physiol.) The tenacious mucus of the respiratory and digestive passages. 3. (Chem.) Water, or the water of…Phlĕg'ma-gōgue, n. p. 981(Anat. Med.) A medicine supposed to possess the property of expelling phlegm. [Obs.]Phleg-mat'ic, a. p. 981Abounding in phlegm; as, phlegmatic humors; a phlegmatic constitution. Harvey. 2. Generating phlegm; as, phlegmatic men. Shak. 3. Watery. [Obs.] Newton. 4. Not easily excited into action or passion…Phleg-māt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 981In a phlegmatic manner. Warburton.Phlég'mon, n. p. 981(Med.) Inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.Phleg'mon-ous, a. p. 981Having the nature or properties of a phlegmon; as, a phlegmonous pneumonitis. Harvey.Phlēme, n. p. 981See FLEME.Phle'um, n. p. 981(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the timothy (P. pratense), which is highly valued for hay; cat's-tail grass. Gray.Phlo-gis'tian, n. p. 981A believer in the existence of phlogiston.Phlo-gis'tic, a. p. 981(Chem.) Partaking of phlogiston; inflaming. 2. (Med.) Inflammatory; exciting or tending to produce inflammation.Phlo-gis'ti-cāte, v. t. p. 981To combine phlogiston with.Phlo-gis-ti-cā'tion, n. p. 981The act or process of combining with phlogiston.Phlo-gis'ton, n. p. 981(O. Chem.) The supposed principle of inflammability, or the matter of fire in composition with other bodies; an hypothetical element, supposed, by Stahl, to be pure fire fixed in combustible bodies…Phlo-rē'tic, a. p. 981(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, phloridzine; — said of a certain acid.Phlōrē'tine, n. p. 981(Chem.) An insoluble, crystalline substance obtained from phloridzine by boiling with dilute acids.Phlo-rīd'ēlne or Phlō'ri-ēlne, n. p. 981(Chem.) A crystallizable substance closely allied to salicine, of a bitter, astringent taste, obtained from the bark of the root of the apple, pear, and some other trees.