Nepotism

nep'o-tizm, n. undue favouritism to adv. one's relations, as in the bestowal of patronage. Nethermost, fate, far m€, h mine mOte: Nethermost «. Nep'otist, one who practises nepotism (L. lupous, a grandson, nephew, descendant nep'tun, «. {myth. the god of the sea a Urge planet discovered in 1846. [L. from a root seen in Gr. nipho, L. Zend ndpita, wet. Sans. tu’Pa, water.] nep-tu'ni-an, adj. pertaining to the formed by water [geol applied to strati rocks or to those due mainly to the agency water, as opposed to Plutonic or igneous. nc'ic-id, n. {myth.) a sea-nymph one of daughters of the sea-god Nereus, who at- Neptune riding on sea-horses: (eool.) a of marine worms like long myriapods. — Nereis—Gr. Nereis, -tdos Nereus a seaakin to tied, to swim, nab, to flow, and uara water.] nciv, u. \ortg. a tendon or sinew physical firmne courage {auat.) 011c of the which convey sensation from all parts of body to the brain [bot.) one of the fibres m leaves of plants —v to give strength or to: courage. [Fr. —L. nervus; Or. a smew orig form was with initial s, m h Snare, tier schnur, a Uce or tie.] miv’Jtiv adj. without nerve or strength. neiv'm, adj. acting on the nerves quiet nervous excitement — a medicine that neiums excitement. [L. nervinus nerv'us, adj having verve sinewy vigorous pertaining to the nerves: the nerves easily excited or weak. adv. —n. Nervousne .— Nerv'ou yB'- \an at the brain, spinal chord, and nerves — [Fr nerveux nervosus,] nerv'us, Nervose, ner-vus', Nerved, adj bot. having parallel fibres or veins. nesh'ens, n. want of knowledge. [L. m—nescio, to be ignorant ne, not, and 10 to know nes, u a promontory or headland. [A. S. promontory a doublet of Naze, and prob. with Nose nest, n the bed fumed by a bird for hatch her young the place in which the eggs of annual.lie Uni arid hatched a comfortable the abode of a large number, often a bad sense a number of boxes each inside next larger.—?'/, to build and occupy a {A h tusl Ger nest, Gael, tiead akui nidus, lor msdus, bans, nid a nes' v to lie close or snug as in a nest settle comfortably.— i.t to cherish, as a bird young. [A S ucsthan—utst nest'inig, adj. being in the nest, newly a young bird in the nest. ues-tori-an, aaj. pertaining to the doc of Nest on us, patriarch of Constantinople Nistor, aged warrior and couninenlionvd m Homer: experienced wise. net, an instrument of twine knotted into (or catching birds, fishes, . anything a net. a snare difficulty. v.t. to form network to take with a net.—v.i. to form netpr.p nett'ing pa and pa.p. nett'ed. net nett Dan. net, Ger nets: ety. dub.] net, adj clear of all charges or deductions to gro —v to produce as clear pr.p. nett'ing pa. and pa.p. nett'ed. nett, another form of Neat.] ne/A'er, adj., beneath another, lower [A.S. neothera, a comp. adj. duo to nither, downward Ger. nieder, low. ne/A'er-mS , adj., most beneath, mate mSOa Men 348 IMG:page-348.webp:Page 348 n Nethinim to went (A.S,, a coit. of nithemesta, a doubled superb of nither. For suffix -most, see After moat, For emo at.]