celarent (selarent)

In logic, the mnemonic name of a mood of the first figure of syllogism. Its major premise is a universal negative, its minor a universal affirmative, and its conclusion a universal negative proposition. For example: No one enslaved by his appetites is free; every sensualist is enslaved by his appetites; therefore, no sensualist is free. See mood2. Cel as traceæ (sel-as-trā'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL., to the natural order of plants Cel as trace a. 877 = Syn. 1. To laud, magnify, glorify.-2, 3. Keep, Observe, Solemnize, Celebrate, Commemorate. Keep is an idiomatic word for observe: as, to keep the Sabbath; to keep Lent or feast-days. To observe is to pay regard to, in a reverent and especially a religious way. (See observance.) We speak of observing the Sabbath, of observing the wishes of one's father. To solemnize is to celebrate religiously. To celebrate is to mark, distinguish, or perform with joy and honor: as, to celebrate an anniversary; to celebrate a mar riage. To commemorate is to keep in memory public and solemn acts: as, to commemorate the resurrection by observing Easter. The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart. Long fellow, Holidays. With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies, Which I have seen thee careful to observe. celestial celeomorphic (selē -ō-môr'fik), a. [ Celeo- morph a + -ic.] Picine; of or pertaining to the Celeomorpha. celer1t, n. An obsolete spelling of cellar1 . celer2t, n. See celure . IMG:content-3343.png:[blocks in formation] On theatres of turf, in homely state, Old plays they act, old feasts they celebrate . Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, iii. 286. Sir, we are a embled to commemorate the establishment of great public principles of liberty. D. Webster, Speech, Bunker Hill, June 17, 1825. celastrin, cel as trine (sē-las'trin), n. [ obscurus.