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ver, v. i. [veered (verd). veering.] To change veins direction, turn. — v. t. To direct to a different j course: to turn. vas- Vegetable, vej'e-ta-bl, n. A plant; an organized living bodv destitute of intelligence and voluntarv motion, deriving its nourishment from inorganic or disorganized matter, and in general, propagating itself bj Vas'- seeds; specifically, in common parlance, a plant used for culinary purposes. — a. Beexlonging or relating to, consisting of, or comprising, or having; the nature of, plants. — Veg eta waste ble ivory. A close-grained and a vast very hard vegetable substance obtained from a species of palm n. — — tree; ivory nut. — V. kingdom. (Nat. Hist.) That portion of the department of life in nature in-; esp. cludingplants. — Vee'etal, -etal, a. Pert, to, or in the nature a dry of, a vegetable; vegetable. {Physiol.) Of, or pert, to, a cla of vital phenomena com- Vegetable Ivory in with mon to plants and animals. —; end, eve, term; in, Ice; 5dd, tone, 8r Nut. 485 VEHEMENT. Vegeta'rian, -rT-an, n. One who holds that vegetables constitute the only proper food for man.— a. Of, or pert, to, vegetarianism. — Vegeta'rianism, -izm, n. The theory and practice of living solely on vegetables. — Veg'etate, -e-tat, v. i. To grow, as plants; to sprout, germinate; to lead a life too low for an animate creature; to do nothing but eat and grow.— Vegeta'tion, n. Act or proce of vegetating; vegetable growth; the sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general. (Med.) A morbid excrescence on the valves of the heart, in syphilis; a fleshy granulation at the surface of a wound or ulcer.— Veg'eta'tive, -tiv, a. Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; having power to produce growth in plants. (Zobl.) Partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition and generation, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions. 497