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Conventionalism :: Conventionalism (n.) That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage..

Atrium :: Atrium (n.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea..

Pattern :: Pattern (n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it..

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.

Paradoxical :: Paradoxical (a.) Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions..

Stipendiate :: Stipendiary (n.) One who receives a stipend.

Rock Shaft :: Rock shaft () A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, -- usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; -- called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft..

Solidism :: Solidism (n.) The doctrine that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease..

Inadmissible :: Inadmissible (a.) Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation..

Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress..

Learn :: Learn (v. i.) To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly..

Elatrometer :: Elatrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump.

Advance :: Advance (v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand..

Novice :: Novice (n.) One newly received into the church, or one newly converted to the Christian faith..

Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage..

Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange..

Charge :: Charge (v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time.

Genus :: Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus..

Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.

Actual :: Actual (n.) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts..

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