Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance..

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Report :: Report (v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry..
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..
Increment :: Increment (n.) Matter added; increase; produce; production; -- opposed to decrement.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Magma :: Magma (n.) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc..
Calcified :: Calcified (a.) Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous..
Mixture :: Mixture (n.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter..
Vomiturition :: Vomiturition (n.) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.
Dross :: Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement..
Mode :: Mode (n.) Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter..
Move :: Move (v. i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter..
Form :: Form (n.) Mode of acting or manifestation to the senses, or the intellect; as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, universal and necessary accompaniments or elements of every object known or thought of..
Secularist :: Secularist (n.) One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element..
Ross :: Ross (n.) The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees..
Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Sell :: Sell (v. t.) To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray..
Matter :: Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator..
Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
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