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[ Eng.fast (2), v.: -er.] One who fasts or abstains from food. *fast-er-man, s. [FASTING MAN.] *fas-ternş-een, s . [FASTENS-EVEN.] făs-ti, s. pl. [Lat.] Roman Antiq .: The calendar in which were comprised the various days, feasts, games, holidays, . There were two kinds: Fasti mag ist rales and Fasti cal end a res . The latter were books containing a description of the whole year, with the peculiarities of its several days. They were subdivided into Fasti urban i and Fasti rustic i , the former con taining days to be observed in the city, the latter those celebrated in the country, where there would be fewer holidays. The Fasti mag ist rales contained everything relating to religion and the magistrates, and in later times to the emperors, such as their birthdays, . When the fasti became full of such details they were called Fasti magni , to distinguish them from the Fasti cal end a res . There were also Fasti consul a res , an annual register. Each year was known as that of such and such consuls, and this method of notation is useful in fixing dates. *fas-tid-1-os-I-ty, s . [ Lat.fastidiosus =fastidious (q. v.).] The quality of being fastidious; disdainfulne , contemptuousne , fastidiousne . fas-tid-1-ous, a . [Lat. fastidiosus disdainful, disgusting; fastidium =loathing, from fast us =arrogance, and tædium = disgust; Fr. fastidieux ; Sp., Port., & Ital. fastidioso .] *1. Causing disgust; loathsome. "That thing for the which children be oftentimes beaten, is to them ever after fastidious ."- Sir T. Elyot: Governor , bk. i., ch. ix. 2. Hard or difficult to please; over-nice, squeamish. "His temper placid and forgiving, but fastidious"Macaulay: Hist . Eng., ch. ii. Crabb thus discriminates between fastidious and squeamish : "A female is fastidious when she criticises the dre or manners of her rival; she is squeamish in the choice of her own dre , company, words, . Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious ; whoever restrains humor and caprice will cease to be squeamish.". (Crabb: Eng . Synon . ) fas-tid-1-oŭs-lý, adv . [Eng. fastidious ; -ly.] In a fastidious, over-nice, or squeamish manner. fas-tid-1-ous-ne , s . [Eng. fastidious ; -ne .] The quality of being fastidious; squeamishne , over-nicety. fas-tig-1-āte, fas-tig-i-at-ed, a . [Lat. fastig iatus = pointed, sloping, from fastigium = peak, or *1. Ord. Lang.: Narrowing toward the point; pointed, peaked. IMG:content-1461.png:[blocks in formation] fastigiately 2. Bot . Tapering to a point like a pyramid. A plant is said to be fastigiately branched when the plant is branches become shorter as they approach the apex. +fas-tig-i-ate-ly, adv . [Eng. fastigiate ; -ly.] In a fastigiate or tapering manner; pointedly. *fas-tig-i-ous, a . [Lat. fastigium =a peak or pinnacle. Pointed, rising to a point, pyramidal. făs-tig-I-ŭm, s . [Lat.] 1. The pediment of a portico, so called because it follows the form of a roof. 2. The comb or ridge of a roof. fast-ing (1), *fast-yng, pr. par., a. & 8. [FAST (2), υ.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive : I. Ord . Lang .: The act or state of abstaining partially or entirely from food. "In hunger and thirst, in man ye fastyngs , in coold and nakidne e." - Wycliffe : 2 Corinthians xi. 27. II. Technically : 1. Med .: Lo of appetite without any other apparent affection of the stomach; so that the system can sustain almost total abstinence for a long time without fainting. ( Dunglison .) For a number of years a lively discu ion has been carried on as to the length of time a human being could exist while voluntarily fasting-there being not a few who claimed to be able to duplicate the forty-day fast imputed to Jesus Christ. To set the matter at rest, early in the last decade Dr. Tanner, of New York City, attempted to fast for forty days, and although the friends and admirers of the gentleman claimed that he accomplished the feat, others there were who were not satisfied with the result. Nothing definite in a scientific point of view resulted; and since that time the Doctor has had numerous imitators, some going so far as to claim to be able to maintain life even when interred for that length of time. This last experiment, however, is as yet (1894) in abeyance. 2. Religious : (1) Among the Ethnic Nations : Its chief object was to produce religious exaltation, with visions, dreams and imagined intercourse with superior beings. As the Zulus say, "The continually stuffed body cannot see secret things." Fasting exists for this purpose among the North American Indians and many other tribes. Dreams, visions, ., thus produced are not supernatural, but morbid. (2) Among the Jews : It was practiced in seasons of affliction, nature having in a manner prescribed this by taking hunger away during keen sorrow (1 Sam. xxx i. 13; Estheriv.); to chasten or humble the soul (Psalm xxxiv. 15; lxix. 3); as a concomitant of prayer (Psalm xxxv. 13; Dan. ix. 33; Luke ii. 37, .); as an act deemed meritorious (Luke xviii. 12). (3) Among.Christians : Jesus miraculously fasted forty days and nights (Matt. iv. 2; Luke iv. 2), as Moses and Elijah had done previously (Exod. xxxiv. 28; 1 Kings xix. 8), and as several Roman saints claim to have done since. The practice is not, however, formally enjoined in the New Testament, though our Lord indirectly sanctioned it (Matt. vi. 16-18), as did St. Paul (1 Cor. vii. 5). The apostles and the church of which they constituted a part practiced it on specially solemn occasions (Acts xiii. 2; xiv. 23). Combined with prayer it could be rendered effective to expel evil spirits (Matt. xvii. 21; Mark ix. 29). In the Roman and Greek Obedience, Communion must be received fasting, except wher administered by way of viaticum. fast-ing (2), pr. par., a. & 8. [FAST (1), υ.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of making fast or binding. *fast-Ing-măn, *fast-er-măn, s. [Eng. fast ing (2); -man.] One who was surety, bondsman, or security for the peaceable conduct of another. *fast-ing-ong, s . [FASTING (1), s.) Shrove tide. ( Eng . Colloq .) fast-ish, a. [Eng. fast; -ish.] Rather fast or di ipated. fast-ly, *fast-el-ye, *fast-lye, adv. 1. Firmly, securely.