Definition of matter

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Matter (v. i.) To be of importance; to import; to signify.

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Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ..
Weld :: Weld (n.) Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
Besmear :: Besmear (v. t.) To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil..
Report :: Report (v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.
Revise :: Revise (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type..
Must :: Must (v. i. / auxiliary) To be morally required; to be necessary or essential to a certain quality, character, end, or result; as, he must reconsider the matter; he must have been insane..
Ulcer :: Ulcer (n.) A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues..
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..
Counsel :: Counsel (n.) One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel..
Grime :: Grime (n.) Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained..
Expiration :: Expiration (n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound..
Fallacy :: Fallacy (n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism..
Plenum :: Plenum (n.) That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum.
Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..
Inactive :: Inactive (a.) Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive..
Smatterer :: Smatterer (n.) One who has only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist..
Pulp :: Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter..
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
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