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  • ASSENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASSENT

    Assensus,an agreement or acquiescence of the mind, to something proposed, or affirmed.—Thus, to assent to any proposition, is to allow it true, or to perceive its truth. See TRUTH. The Schoolmen observe, that to every proposition, however compound or...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ARSENIChttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/ARSENIC

    Arsenicum, in natural history, a ponderous mineral substance, extremely caustic or corrosive, to the degree of a violent poison. See FOSSIL, CORROSIVE, etc. The word is compounded of the Greek ἀρσεν, man, and νικᾶ, I overcome, kill; alluding to its...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • ABDOMENhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDOMEN

    in Anatomy, the lower Belly, or that Part of the Body between the Hips and the Diaphragm. See BODY. Anatomists divide the Body into three Regions, or Venters ; the Head ; the Thorax, or Breast ; and the Abdomen, or Belly, absolutely so call'd ; being...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy

  • ATTORNEYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ATTORNEY

    ATTORNEY, Attornatus, in law, a person appointed by another to do something in his stead; particularly to solicit and carry on a lawsuit. See AGENT, DEPUTY, etc. See also CAUSE, PROCESS, ACTION, etc. Attorneys in common law are much the same with...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Law

  • APPETITEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/physics/philosophy/APPETITE

    Appetitus, Appetency, in Philosophy, a Desire of enjoying something wanted; or a Complacency in the Enjoyment of a thing present. Some Philosophers define it more generally, a Passion of the Soul whereby we desire something; or a Propensity or Impulse...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Philosophy

  • ABDUCTORhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/biotechnology/anatomy/ABDUCTOR

    ABDUCTOR, or ABDUCENT, in Anatomy, a Name common to several Muscles, whose Action is the withdrawing, opening, or pulling back the Parts they are fix'd to. See MUSCLE. The Name is Latin, compounded of ab, from, and duco, I draw : Their Antagonists are...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Anatomy

  • AUDITORYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/AUDITORY

    AUDITORY, something belonging to the sense of hearing. See HEARING. AUDITORY, AUDIENCE, is also a collective name, denoting an assembly of persons, hearing, or attending to a person who speaks in public. See ASSEMBLY, ORATION, etc. AUDITORY is also used...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ARÆOMETERhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ARÆOMETER

    Aræometrum, an instrument wherewith to measure the density or gravity of fluids. See FLUID, GRAVITY, and DENSITY. The word is formed of the Greek ἀραιός (araios), rare, thin; and μέτρον (metron), measure. The ARÆOMETER, or Water-poise, is usually made...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ASPIRATIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ASPIRATION

    the Act of aspirating, i.e., of pronouncing any Syllable, or Word, strongly; with a good deal of Breath, and Vehemence. See ASPERARE and PRONUNCIATION. This we do, for instance, in those Words which have the Letter H, before them; as Harangue, Hook,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • DEGENERATION,https://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/zoology/DEGENERATION,

    Act of failing, or declining from a more perfect, or valuable Kind, or Condition, to a less.'Tis a great Dispute among Naturalists, whether or no Animals, Plants, &c. be capable of degenerating into other Species. The Affirmative being urged by many as...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Zoology

  • ACTUALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACTUAL

    ACTUAL, something real and effective; or that exists truly and absolutely. See REAL, EXISTENCE, etc. In Philosophy, we say, actual Heat, or Cold; in opposition to Virtual or Potential. See POTENTIAL, etc. Actual Heat, considered actively, is the act of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ANIMALhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ANIMAL

    Vegetables likewise have, is further endowed with Sensation, and spontaneous Motion. See BEING, SENSATION, and MOTION. The Word Animal is derived from the Latin Anima, Soul; and literally denotes something endued with a Soul. See ANIMA and SOUL. An...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ACADEMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACADEMY

    ACADEMY, is also used among us for a kind of Collegiate School, or Seminary; where Youth are instructed in the Liberal Arts, and Sciences; in a private way. See SCHOOL, SEMINARY, COLLEGE, etc. The Nonconformist Ministers, etc. are many of them bred up...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • AETITEShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/natural-history/AETITES

    in Natural History, the Eagle-Stone. See EAGLE-STONE.The Aetites, or Lapis Aetites, is a kind of Stone, vulgarly said to be found in the Eagle’s Nest; but this, as well as many of the Virtues ascribed to it, seem to be fabulous.It is found underground...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Natural History

  • ALCHYMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ALCHYMY

    or Alchemy, a higher or more refined kind of Chemistry, employed in the more mysterious Researches of the Art. See CHEMISTRY. The Word is compounded of the Arabic Particle of Augmentation, Al, and the Latin Chymia, Egyptian Kenia, or Greek χυμεία,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADEQUATEhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ADEQUATE

    Adequate, something equal to, or coextensive with, another; and filling the whole measure and capacity thereof. See EQUALITY. In this sense, the word stands opposed to Inadequate.See INADEQUATE. Adequate Ideas or Notions are such images or conceptions...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • CHEVERONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/rhetoric/heraldry/CHEVERON

    or CHEVRON, in Heraldry, one of the honourable Ordinaries of a Shield ; representing two Rafters of a House join'd together, without any Division. See ORDINARY, &c. It descends from the Chief towards the Extremities of the Coat, in form of a Pair of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Heraldry

  • ACEPHALUShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACEPHALUS

    ACEPHALUS, or Acephalous, something without a Head. See HEAD. The Word is composed of the Privative ἀ, and κεφαλή, Caput, Head. Pliny represents the Blemmyes as a headless or Acephalous nation. See BLEMMYES. Acephalous worms are frequent. See WORM, and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ATTACHMENThttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATTACHMENT

    of the plaintiff—A distress with a writ, is the taking of a man; a distress without a writ, is the taking of a man’s goods for some real cause, as rent, service, etc. See DISTRESS. ATTACHMENT out of the Chancery, is had of course upon an affidavit made...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Unclassified

  • ADVERBhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/grammar/ADVERB

    Adversum, in Grammar, a particle joined to a verb, adjective, or participle, to explain their manner of acting or suffering; or to mark some circumstance or quality signified by them. See PARTICLE, VERB, etc. The word is formed from the preposition ad,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Ephraïm Chambers
    • Category: Grammar
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