rhesian (reshian)

[ It is 18 inches long, the tail 6 or 8 inch es, and mostly of a yellowish-brown color. It is a near relative of the common Javan macaque, M. cynomol gus, of the Malay bruh, M. nemestri nus, and of the bon or net-macaque munga, M. sinicus, and in some respects, as length of tail and formation of the "bonnet," holds an intermediate position between the extremes in this large and varied genus. The rhesus is widely distributed in India, both in the hill-country and on the plains, where it is known by the native name bunder. It runs into several varieties, which have received technical specific names, and is among the monkeys commonly seen in zoölogical gardens and menageries. 2. [ cap.] [NL.] In mammal., same as Maca cus.-3. [ cap.] In entom., a genus of coleopterous insects. Lacordaire, 1869. Rhetian, a. and n. See Rhætian. Rhetic, a. Same as Rhætic. rhetizīte, n. See rhætizite. rhetor (ré'tor), n. [ Rhesus Monkey ( Macacus rhesus). rhetoric είρηκα; √ Fερ), say, speak: see verb.] 1. A rhetorician; a master or teacher of rhetoric. Myn English eek is insufficient; It moste ben a rethor excellent, That coude his colours longing for that art, If he sholde hir disc riven every part. Chaucer , Squire's Tale, 1. 30. Your hearing, what is it but as of a rhetor at a desk, to commend or dislike? Hammond, Works, IV. 514. ( Latham .) 2. Among the ancient Greeks, an orator. Specifically-( a ) One who made it his occupation to speak in the ecclesia or public a embly, and often to devote himself unofficially to some particular branch of the administration; a political orator or statesman. (b) One who made it his occupation to prepare speeches for other citizens to deliver in their own cases in court, and to teach them how to deliver them, act as an advocate, give instruction in the art of rhetoric, and deliver panegyrics or epidictic orations; hence, a profe or of rhetoric; a rhetorician. They are (and that cannot be otherwise) of the same profe ion with the rhetories [read rhetores ?] at Rome, as much used to defend the wrong as to protect and maintain the most upright cause. Bp . Hacket , Abp. Williams, i. 72. When a private citizen had to appear before court, the rhetor who wrote the speech for him often tried to make him appear at his best. Amer. Jour. of Philol ., VI. 341. rhetor i ant, a. [ ME.rethoryen ; rhetor + -ian .] Rhetorical. The suasion of swetene e rethoryen . Chaucer , Boëthius, ii. prose 1. rhetoric (ret'or-ik), n. [Early mod. E. rhetorick , rethoryck ; retorike , rethoryke, retoryke , retoryk (also rethorice , after L. rhetor ice ), rhetor i que , rector i que , F. rhétorique = Pr. retho rica = Sp. retórica =Pg. rhetoric a = It. retorica , ret to rica, rhetoric a (sc. ars ), also rhetor ice , ῥητορική (sc. τέχνη ), the rhetorical art, fem. of ῥητορικός (>L. rhetoric us ), of or pertaining to a speaker or orator, rhetorical, ῥήτωρ , a speaker, orator: see rhetor .] 1. The art of discourse; the art of using language so as to influence others. Rhetoric is that art which consists in a systematic use of the technical means of influencing the minds, imaginations, emotions, and actions of others by the use of language. Primarily, it is the art of oratory, with inclusion of both composition and delivery; secondarily, it also includes written composition and recitation. It is also used in narrower senses, so as to present the idea of composition alone, or the idea of oratorical delivery (elocution) alone. Etymologically, rhetoric is the art, or rather the technics ( τέχνη, somewhat different in scope from our art ), of the rhetor-that is, either the popular (political) orator or the judicial and profe ional rhetor. Accordingly, ancient writers regarded it mainly as the art of persuasion, and something of this view almost always attaches to the word even in modern use, so that it appears to be more or le inappropriate to use rhetoric of mere scientific, didactic, or expository composition. The element of persuasion, or at least of influence of thought, belongs, however, to such composition also in so far as accurate and well-arranged statement of views leads to their adoption or rejection, the very object of instruction involving this. On the other hand, poetry and epidictic oratory chiefly addre the imagination and emotions, while the most important branches of oratory (deliberative and judicial oratory) appeal especially to the mind and emotions with a view to influencing immediate action. The theory or science underlying the art of rhetoric, and sometimes called by the same name, is e entially a creation of the ancient Greeks. Rhetoric was cultivated on its more "sophists") and orators (Empedocles-considered the in practical side first of all by the carlier rhetors (so-called vent or of rhetoric-Gorgias, I so crates, etc.), many of whom wrote practical treatises ( τέχναι ) on the art. The philos ophers, on the other hand, among them Aristotle, treated subject from the theoretical side. The system of rhetoric which finally became established, and has never been superseded, though largely mutilated and misunderstood in medieval and modern times, is that founded upon the system of the Stoic philosophers by the practical rhetorician Her mag or as (about 60 B. c.). Its most important extant representatives are Hermogenes (about A. D. 165) among the Greeks, and Quintilian (about A. D. 95) among the Latins. This theory recognizes three great divisions of oratory. (See oratory.) The art of rhetoric was divided into five parts: invention, disposition, elocution (not in the modern sense, but comprising diction and style), memory (mnemonics), and action (delivery, including the modern elocution). With rethorice com forth Musice, a damsel of oure hows. Chaucer, Boëthius, ii. prose 1. Generall report, that surpa eth my praise, condemn eth my rethoricke of dulne e for so colde a commendation. Nashe , quoted in Int. to Pierce Penile e, p. xxv. For rhetoric , he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope. IMG:content-2193.jpg:[graphic] Butler , Hudibras, i. 81. 2. Skill in discourse; artistic use of language. - 3. Artificial oratory, as opposed to that which is natural and unaffected; display in language; ostentatious or meretricious declamation. Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetorick, That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence. Milton , Comus, 1. 790. Like quicksilver, the rhet'ric they display Shines as it runs, but, grasp'd at, slips away. Cowper, Progre of Error, 1. 21. 4. The power of persuasion; persuasive influence, IMG:content-2194.png:[ocr errors] rhetoric Every part of the Tragedy of his [the Son of God's] life, every wound at his death, every groan and sigh which he uttered upon the Cro , were designed by him as the most prevailing Rhetorick , to perswade men to forsake their sins, and be happy. Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. iii. She was long deaf to all the sufferings of her lovers, till the rhetoric of John the hostler, with a new straw hat and a pint of wine, made a second conquest over her. Fielding, Joseph Andrews, i. 18. Chambers of rhetoric. See chamber. Syn. Elocution, Eloquence, etc. See oratory. rhetorical (rē-tor'i-kal), a. thoric all; [Early mod. E. rePertaining to, of A telling quotation, when the whole point lies perhaps in some accidental likene of words and names, is perfectly fair as a rhetorical point, as long as it does not pretend to be an argument. E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 224. Rhetorical accent, in music. See accent, 8 (a). Rhetorical algebra, algebra without a special notation; an analysis of problems in the manner of algebra, but using only ordinary language. - Rhetorical figure. See figure, 16.-Rhetorical question. See question. - Rhetorical syllogism, a probable argumentation: so called by Aristotle, from the ancient notion that science should rest on demonstrative and not on probable reasoning - an opinion which constituted the great fault of ancient science. rhetorically (re-tor'i-kal-i), adv. In a rhetorical manner; according to the rules of rhetoric: as, to treat a subject rhetorically; a discourse rhetorically delivered. rhetoric a tet (re-tor'i-kāt), v. i. [ orator. South . A person ready to sink under his wants has neither time nor heart to rhetoric ate , or make flourishes. rhetoric at i on (rē-tor-i-kā'shon), n. [ rhetor i cate + -ion .] Rhetorical amplification. "When I consider your wealth I doe admire your wisdome, and when I consider your wisdome I doe admire your wealth." It was a two-handed rhetoric at i on , but the citizens [of London] tooke it in the best sense. Aubrey, Lives, Sir M. Fleet wood. Their rhetoric a tions and equivocal expre ions. Water land, Charge (1732), p. 9. rhetorician (ret-o-rish'an), n. and a. [ The ancient sophists and rhetoricians , who had young auditors, lived till they were a hundred years old. All a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. Bacon , IMG:content-2195.png:[blocks in formation] He speaks handsomely; What a rare rhetorician his grief plays! Fletcher, Mad Lover, iii. 4. Or played at Lyons a declaiming prize, For which the vanquish'd rhetorician dies. Dryden , tr. of Juvenal's Satires, i. 66. A man is held to play the rhetorician when he treats a subject with more than usual gaiety of ornament; and perhaps we may add, as an e ential element in the idea, with conscious ornament. De Quincey , Rhetoric. The "understanding" is that by which a man becomes a mere logician, and a mere rhetorician . F. W. Robertson . II. a . Belonging to or befitting a master of rhetoric. Boldly presum'd, with rhetorician pride, To hold of any question either side. Sir R. Black more, Creation, iii. 5150 (✓ ῥεν, orig. σρεF ), flow, = Skt. √ sru, flow: see stream. Hence rheumatism, etc.; from the same Gr. verb are ult. E. catarrh, diarrhea, rhythm, etc.] 1. A mucous discharge, as from the nostrils or lungs during a cold; hence, catarrhal discharge from the air-pa ages, nose, or eyes. Your Lordship doth 'write that by sleeping upon the ground you haue taken a pestilent Rheum. Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 134. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. Shak ., T. and C., v. 3. 105. A mist falling as I returned gave me such a rheume as kept me within doores neere a whole moneth after. Evelyn , Diary, Jan. 18, 1656. 2. A thin serous fluid, secreted by the mucous glands, etc., as in catarrh; humid matter which collects in the eyes, nose, or mouth, as tears, saliva, and the like. Rewme of the hed or of the breste. Prompt . Parv ., p. 432. You that did void your rheum upon my beard. Shak ., M. of V., i. 3. 118. Flows a cold sweat, with a continual rheum , Forth the resolved corners of his eyes. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. 3t. Spleen; choler. Nay, I have my rheum , and I can be angry as well as rheum a to i dal You two never meet but you fall to some discord; you are both, i' good troth, as rheumatic as two dry toasts. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 62. Acute rheumatic poly arthritis. Same as acute articu lar rheumatism. See rheumatism. Chronic rheumatic arthritis. Same as rheumatoid arthritis (which see, under rheumatoid ), or as chronic articular rheumatism (which see, under rheumatism ). - Eruptive rheumatic fever, dengue. Rheumatic amygdal it is, amygdal it is of rheumatic origin. Rheumatic anesthesia, anæsthesia a ociated with rheumatism. - Rheumatic apoplexy, the stupor or coma sometimes developing in the course of acute rheumatism. - Rheumatic atrophy, lo of size and strength of muscles after rheumatism. - Rheumatic bronchitis, an attack of bronchitis which is supposed to depend on a rheumatic diathesis or an attack of acute rheumatism. Rheumatic contraction. Same as tetany. - Rheumatic diathesis, the condition of body tending to the development of rheumatism. - Rheumatic dysentery, dysentery accompanied by rheumatic inflammation of one or several joints, with synovial effusion, pleurodynia, and catarrh of the bronchial mucous membranes. - Rheumatic fever. Same as acute articular rheum a tism. See rheumatism. Rheumatic gout. Same as rheumatoid arthritis (which see, under rheumatoid ).Rheumatic inflammation, inflammation due to rheumatism. Rheumatic iritis, inflammation of the iris resulting from cold, especially in weak subjects. II. n. 1. One who suffers from or is liable to rheumatism: as, a confirmed rheumatic . — 2. pl . Rheumatic pains; rheumatism. [Colloq.] When fevers burn, or ague freezes, Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes, Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us. Burns, To the Toothache. another, sir. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iii. 2. Rheum2 (rē'um), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1737), rheum , ῥῆον , the rhubarb; according to some, so named from its purgative proper- ties, ῥεῖν , flow (see rheum1 ), but prob. an accom. rheumatical (rö-mat'i-kal), a . [ rheumatic + form of på , rhubarb: see rha , rhubarb .] Age-- al .] Same as rheumatic . nus of apetalous plants of the order Polygon a- rheumaticky (rö-mat'i-ki), a . [ rheumatic + ceæ and tribe Rumiceæ . It is characterized by its y1.] Rheumatic. [Colloq.] (usually) nine stamens, and its six-parted perianth which remains unchanged in fruit, around the three-winged and exserted fruit. There are about 20 species, natives of Siberia, the Him a lay as, and western Asia. They are stout herbs from thick and somewhat woody rootstocks, with large toothed or lobed and wavy leaves, and loose dry stipular sheaths. The small white or greenish pedicel led bractle flowers are in racemed fascicles, the racemes panicled. The floral leaves are in some species small, in others large and colored, as in R. nobile, a remarkable species of the Sikhim Him a lay as. For this and other species, see rhubarb, the common name of the genus. See also cuts under plumule and rhubarb.