Definition of matter

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Matter (v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate..

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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..
Defecate :: Defecate (v. t.) To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes..
Folkmote :: Folkmote (n.) a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court..
Blazer :: Blazer (n.) One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity..
Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Mattery :: Mattery (a.) Full of substance or matter; important.
Seborrhea :: Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
Fume :: Fume (n.) Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco..
Committee :: Committee (n.) One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together..
Subsizar :: Subsistent (a.) Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter..
Error :: Error (n.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..
Poake :: Poake (n.) Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc..
Carthamin :: Carthamin (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius..
Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.
Mould :: Mould (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
Ecphractic :: Ecphractic (a.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent..
Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..
Polyglot :: Polyglot (n.) A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages..
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