Definition of on

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On (prep.) At the time of, conveying some notion of cause or motive; as, on public occasions, the officers appear in full dress or uniform. Hence, in consequence of, or following; as, on the ratification of the treaty, the armies were disbanded..

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Exploit :: Exploit (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
Typhotoxin :: Typhotoxin (n.) A basic substance, C7H17NO2, formed from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. It induces in small animals lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta..
Moth :: Moth (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing..
Blastogenesis :: Blastogenesis (n.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.
Inflectional :: Inflectional (a.) Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection..
Monarchize :: Monarchize (v. t.) To rule; to govern.
Adducent :: Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
Particular :: Particular (n.) Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc..
Anthozoan :: Anthozoan (n.) One of the Anthozoa.
Vennation :: Vennation (n.) The act of poisoning.
Hyosternal :: Hyosternal (a.) Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck..
Orgies :: Orgies (n. pl.) A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute revelry..
Facework :: Facework (n.) The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing..
Perfidious :: Perfidious (a.) Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend..
Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..
Steeve :: Steeve (v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc..
Post :: Post (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station..
Mouthpiece :: Mouthpiece (n.) One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party..
Ecballium :: Ecballium (n.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared..
Declare :: Declare (v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass..
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