Negative, neg'-a-tiv a

implying denial, absence, or refusal; having the, power of vetoing: s. proposition by which something is denied; a word that denies; the right of veto; the opposite of the affirmative; photograph in which the lights and shades 459 NEMESIS ] of the object are the roverse of those in nature v.n to prove the contrary;to reject by vote. Negative: electricity, deficiency of the electric fluid: resinous electricity. Negative pregnant, the negation of the thing implying the affirmation of another [Law]. Negative quantity, a minus quantity [Alg.] Negatively, neg'-å-tiv-le, ad. in a negative manner. Negativene , neg'-a-tiv-nes, s. the quality of being negative. design; to disregard; to slight; not to notice: s. omi ion; forbearance to do anything that should be done; slight; habitual want of regard; state of disregard (L. ne, not, and lego, lectum, to gather). lectedne , neg-lekt'-ed-nes, s. state of being neglected. treating with neglect; indicating neglect. Neglectfully, neg-lekt'-ful-le, ad. with neglect. tive. See Neglect. Negligently, neg'-le-jent-le, ad. carele ly. being negotiable. or transferred by a ignment. treat with another respecting purchase and sale; to treat with respecting peace or commerce: v.a. to procure by mutual intercourse and agreement; to sell; to transfer for value ( L. negotium, busine , nec, not, and otium, leisure). busine ; the treating with another respecting sale or purchase. treats with others. tiation. found in certain islands of the Malayan archipelago (Sp. diminutive negroes). negroes (L. niger, black). and pre ed into cakes. a Negroid, ne'-groyd, a. of negro type (L. negro, and Gr. eidos, like). and sometimes nutmeg and lemon-juice (a Col. Negus a in Queen Anne's reign who invented it). s. the cry of ahorse; a whinnying (from the sound). a join; to be near to: a. near to another; adjoining (A.S. ing district; the state of being near; the inhabitants who live near each other. civil; cultivating familiar intercourse; social: ad. a with social civility. Neighborline , na'-bur-le-nes, s. the state of being neighborly. (A.S. na, not and hwæther, whether). thread, or thing spun, from neo, to spin.) [Min. ] (Gr. nema, and lithos, a stone.) toza, with filiform, elongated bodies [Zool.] radiate, including such of that cla as have the nervous filaments directly traceable (Zool.) (Gr. nema, and neuron, a nerve.) remarkable for their length of body. tributive justice (Gr. nemo, to distribute).