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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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Sŏlve, v. t. p. 1258To loosen or separate the parts of; to dissipate. 2. To explain; to resolve; to eclaircise; to unfold; to clear up, as what is obscure, or difficult to be understood; as, to solve questions; to solve…Sŏl'v'en-cy, n. p. 1258The state of being solvent; ability to pay all debts or just claims; as, the solvency of a merchant is undoubted.Solv-ĕnd', n. p. 1258A substance to be dissolved. [Rare.]Sŏl'vent, a. p. 1258Having the power of dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. 2. Able to pay all just debts; as, the merchant is solvent. 3. Sufficient to pay all just debts; as, the estate is solvent.Sŏl'v'ent, n. p. 1258A fluid that dissolves any substance; a menstruum.Sŏl'v'er, n. p. 1258One who solves, or explains.Sŏl'vĭ-ble, a. p. 1258Solvable. See SOLVABLE.Sŏl'y, adv. p. 1258Solely. [Obs.] “Seeing herself all soly comfortless.” Spenser.So-măt'ic or So-măt'ic-al, a. p. 1258Corporal; pertaining to a body. “Somatic, in distinction from molecular, death.” Dunglison.So-măt'ics, n. sing. p. 1258The science, or branch of science, which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Sō'ma-tist, n. p. 1258One who admits the existence of corporeal or material beings only; one who denies the existence of spiritual substances. Glanville.Sō'ma-tŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1258The doctrine of the general properties of bodies or material substances.Sō'ma-tōt'o-my, n. p. 1258The science of the dissection of animal bodies; anatomy.Sŏm'ber or Sŏm'bre, a. p. 1258Dull; dusky; cloudy; gloomy; melancholy; sad; grave. “Where nature nor too somber nor too gay.” Byron.Sŏm'ber or Sŏm'bre, v. t. p. 1258To make somber or dark; to make shady.Sŏm'ber or Sŏm'bre, n. p. 1258Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]Sŏm'ber-ly or Sŏm'bre-ly, adv. p. 1258In a somber manner; sombrously.Sŏm'ber-ness or Sŏm'bre-ness, n. p. 1258The state of being somber; darkness; gloominess.Sombrero, n. p. 1258A kind of broad-brimmed hat. Marryatt.Sŏm'broŭs, a. p. 1258Gloomy; somber. Stephens.Sŏm'broŭs-ly, adv. p. 1258In a somber manner; gloomily; somberly.Sŏm'broŭs-ness, n. p. 1258The state of being sombrous.Sȯme p. 1258A termination of certain adjectives, as in handsome, mettlesome, blithesome, fulsome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome. In these words, some has primarily the sense of like or same, and, in usage, it…Sȯme, a. p. 1258Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number, which is not stated; — used to express an indefinite quantity; as, some wine; some water; some persons; — used also…Sȯme'bod-y, n. p. 1258A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate. Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46. We must draw in somebody that may stand ’Twixt us and danger. Denham. 2. A person of…Sȯme'dēal, adv. p. 1258In some degree. [Obs.] Thou lackest somedeal their delight. Spenser.Sȯme'how, adv. p. 1258In one way or another; in some way not yet known; as, the thing must be done somehow.Sȯm'er-sault or Sȯm'er-sĕt, n. p. 1258A leap in which a person turns with his heels over his head, and lights upon his feet.Sȯme'thing, n. p. 1258Any thing unknown or undetermined; an indeterminate or unknown event. There is something in the wind. Shak. 2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. Something…Sȯme'thing, adv. p. 1258In some degree; somewhat. “Something too much of this.” Byron. We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke. My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce…Sȯme'tīme, adv. p. 1258At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. “Robert Scott, M. A., Prebendary of Exeter, sometime student of Christ-church, and late fellow of Baliol College.” Liddell & Scott's Gr.…Sôme'time, a. p. 1258Having been formerly; former. “Our sometime sister, now our queen.” Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismissed. Talfourd.Sōme'times, adv. p. 1258At times; at intervals; not always; now and then. It is good that we be sometimes contradicted. Taylor. 2. At one time;—opposed to another time.Sōme'what, n. p. 1258More or less; a certain quantity or degree, indeterminate; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer in this…Sōme'what, adv. p. 1258In some degree or quantity. See SOME. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton.Sôme'whêre, adv. p. 1258In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. “Somewhere nigh at hand.” Milton. By the vulgar often corrupted into somewheres.Sōme'while, adv. p. 1258Once; for a time. [Obs.]Sōme'whith-er, adv. p. 1258To some indeterminate place; to some place. “Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither.” Burrow.Sommeil, n. p. 1258Slumber; sleep. 2. (Mus.) An air of the old serious operas of the French;—so called because these airs were calculated to tranquilize the feelings, and lull, even to drowsiness. Moore.Sôm'mer-sêt, n. p. 1258See SOMERSAULT.Som-năm'bu-lā'tion, n. p. 1258The act of walking in sleep.Som-năm’bu-lā’tor, n. p. 1258A somnambulist.Som-năm'bu-lie, a. p. 1258Walking in sleep; pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.Som-năm'bu-lĭsm, n. p. 1258A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially…Som-năm'bu-list, n. p. 1258A person who walks in his sleep; a sleep-walker.Som-năm'bu-līst'ic, a. p. 1258Of, or pertaining to, a somnambulist, or to somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist. Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or a…Sôm'ner, n. p. 1258A summoner. [Obs.]Sŏm'ni-al, a. p. 1258Pertaining to, or involving, sleep. “The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind.” Coleridge.Sŏm'ni-a-tive, a. p. 1258Of, pertaining to, or causing, dreams. [Rare.]Som-nic'u-lous, a. p. 1258Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. [Obs.]Som-nif'er-oüs, a. p. 1258Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; as, a somniferous potion. Walton.Som-nif'ic, a. p. 1258Causing sleep; tending to induce sleep.Som-nif'ū-gōus, a. p. 1258Driving away sleep; preventing sleep. [Obs.]Som-nĭl'o-quence, n. p. 1258The act of talking in sleep.Som-nil'o-quism, n. p. 1258The act or habit of talking in sleep; somniloquy. [Rare.] Coleridge.Som-nil'o-quist, n. p. 1258One who talks in his sleep.Som-nil'o-quoûs, a. p. 1258Apt to talk in sleep.Som-nĭl'o-quy, n. p. 1258A talking or speaking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy. [Rare.] Coleridge.Som-nĭp'a-thĭst, n. p. 1258A person in a state of somnipathy.Som-nĭp'a-thy, n. p. 1258Sleep from sympathy, or by the process of mesmerism. [Written also somnopathy.]