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- English Word Specie Definition abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
- English Word Specie Definition Coin; hard money.
- English Word Species Definition Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
- English Word Species Definition A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.
- English Word Species Definition In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
- English Word Species Definition A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
- English Word Species Definition Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- English Word Species Definition A public spectacle or exhibition.
- English Word Species Definition A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
- English Word Species Definition An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
- English Word Species Definition The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
- English Word Specifiable Definition Admitting specification; capable of being specified.
- English Word Specific Definition Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
- English Word Specific Definition Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
- English Word Specific Definition Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
- English Word Specific Definition A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
- English Word Specific Definition Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
- English Word Specifical Definition Specific.
- English Word Specifically Definition In a specific manner.
- English Word Specificalness Definition The quality of being specific.
- English Word Specificate Definition To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.
- English Word Specification Definition The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
- English Word Specification Definition The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
- English Word Specification Definition A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
- English Word Specified Definition of Specify
- English Word Specify Definition To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
- English Word Specifying Definition of Specify
- English Word Specimen Definition A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
- English Word Speciocities Definition of Speciosity
- English Word Speciosity Definition The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.