"Matter" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Facts; substance as distinguished from form; the merits of a case
Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is
thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent
substance.
Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything
disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
To be of importance; to import; to signify.
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do;
concern; affair; business.
That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies
are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is
perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance;
significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no
matter, and the like.
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.
Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy;
also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in
printing.
That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place
or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of
action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or
the like; theme.
That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in
or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical
processes and relations; -- opposed to form.
There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride more than the passions, and gave to the intellect a quickened sense of joy, greater than any joy they brought, or could ever bring, to the senses.
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n. dirt, anything dirty - usually in child’s talk.
Read the complete definitionOne to whom anything is legally abandoned.
Read the complete definitionAnything forfeited or confiscated.
Read the complete definitionor ABANDUM. Anything sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned. Abandon, i. e., in bannum res missa, a thing han-ned or denounced as …
Read the complete definitionabát-abát - To follow closely without going beyond, be barely sufficient; just enough without anything to spare, living from hand …
Read the complete definitionAnything diminished. Mon-eta abatuda ls money clipped or diminished in value. Cowell; Dufresue
Read the complete definitionA primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
Read the complete definitionOne who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.
Read the complete definitionThe destruction, abrogation, or extinguishment of anything; also the leave given by the sovereign or judges to a criminal accuser …
Read the complete definitionThat which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a …
Read the complete definitionAny fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured …
Read the complete definitionabrigána - (Sp. abrir, gana) Stimulant, appetizer, hors d’oeuvre, anything taken before a meal to whet the appetite.
Read the complete definitionAnything which absorbs.
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the …
Read the complete definition(wlthout rendering anything therefrom.) A grant from the crown reservlng no rent 2 Rolle, Abr. 502.
Read the complete definitionThe taking and receiv-ing of anything in good part, and as it were a tacit agreement to a preceding act, …
Read the complete definitionAnything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.
Read the complete definitionAnything which ls joined to another thing as an ornament, or to ren-der it more perfect, or which accompanies it …
Read the complete definitionA property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Read the complete definitionWhatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in …
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