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Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

Rationality :: Rationality (n.) The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

Proprietor :: Proprietor (n.) One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill..

Involution :: Involution (n.) The relation which exists between three or more sets of points, a.a', b.b', c.c', so related to a point O on the line, that the product Oa.Oa' = Ob.Ob' = Oc.Oc' is constant. Sets of lines or surfaces possessing corresponding properties may be in involution..

Homogeneous :: Homogeneous (a.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial..

Type :: Type (n.) A general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group. Also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group..

Droitural :: Droitural (a.) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions..

Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass..

Preoccupy :: Preoccupy (v. t.) To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice..

Formalist :: Formalist (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion..

Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Destitute of, or wholly wanting (something once possessed, or something one should possess)..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession..

Seizor :: Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession..

Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Generalship :: Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general..

Ouster :: Ouster (n.) A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; disseizin.

Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.

Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset..

Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way..

Inheritance :: Inheritance (n.) Possession; ownership; acquisition.

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