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Definition of c

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C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Et

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Unlawful :: Unlawful (a.) Not lawful; contrary to law.

Chagrin :: Chagrin (n.) To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined..

Triseralous :: Triseralous (a.) Having three sepals, or calyx leaves..

Recliner :: Recliner (n.) One who, or that which, reclines..

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint..

Agenesic :: Agenesic (a.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Versicular :: Versicular (a.) Of or pertaining to verses; designating distinct divisions of a writing.

Falculate :: Falculate (a.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon..

Supervise :: Supervise (v. t.) To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book..

Farrago :: Farrago (n.) A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.

Length :: Length (a.) The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line..

Propend :: Propend (v. i.) To lean toward a thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend.

Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Degrade :: Degrade (v. i.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera..

Whisk :: Whisk (n.) A game at cards; whist.

Rally :: Rally (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite..

Diastyle :: Diastyle (n.) See under Intercolumniation.

Thermochrosy :: Thermochrosy (n.) The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances..