Definition of given

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Given (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given..

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Occasionalism :: Occasionalism (n.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body..
Intimation :: Intimation (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design..
Autotheist :: Autotheist (n.) One given to self-worship.
Locus :: Locus (n.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
Osier :: Osier (n.) A kind of willow (Salix viminalis) growing in wet places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North America. It is considered the best of the willows for basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind of willow..
Date :: Date (n.) Given or assigned length of life; dyration.
Angel :: Angel (n.) An appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.
Excellency :: Excellency (n.) A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes..
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..
Donary :: Donary (n.) A thing given to a sacred use.
Inebriate :: Inebriate (a.) Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..
Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Nonagesimal :: Nonagesimal (n.) The middle or highest point of the part of the ecliptic which is at any given moment above the horizon. It is the ninetieth degree of the ecliptic, reckoned from the points in which it is intersected by the horizon..
Residue :: Residue (n.) Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues..
News-letter :: News-letter (n.) A circular letter, written or printed for the purpose of disseminating news. This was the name given to the earliest English newspapers..
By-stroke :: By-stroke (n.) An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
Prickmadam :: Prickmadam (n.) A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop..
Free-liver :: Free-liver (n.) One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking.
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