multipliable (multipliabl)

[F. multi pliable, Good deeds are very fruitful, and, not so much of their nature as of God's ble ing, multipliable. Bp. Hall , Meditations and Vows, iii. § 78. There is a continually increasing demand for popular art, multipliable by the printing-pre , illustrative of daily events, of general literature, and of natural science. Ruskin, Lectures on Art (1872), p. 10. multi pliablene (multi-pli-a-bl-nes), n. Capablene of being multiplied. cand, either directly, or with a cro (x) or a dot (.) interposed between them. All multiplication follows the distributive principle, expre ed by the formula (a + b ) ( c + d ) = ac + bc + ad + bd . Under certain restrictions, all multiplication follows the a ociative principle, expre ed by the formula a ( bc ) = (ab)c. According to the nature of the conjunction of units, multiplication does or does not follow the commutative principle, expre ed by the formula ab = ba. 3. Specifically, in bot., increase in the number of parts of a flower, either ( a ) in the number of whorls or spiral turns, or (b) in the number of organs (pistils, stamens, petals, or sepals) in any whorl, circle, or spiral turn. Also called augmentation. See chorisis.-4t. The supposed art of increasing gold and silver by alchemical means. Chaucer. Broils and quarrels are alone the great accumulators and multipliers of injuries. Decay of Christian Piety . 2t. An alchemist. Compare multiplication , 3. Alchymists were formerly called multipliers , although they never could multiply; as appears from a statute of Henry IV. repealed in the preceding record. I. D'Israeli, Curios, of Lit., I. 376. 3. The number in the arithmetical proce of multiplication by which another is multiplied. Also multiplicator .-4. A flat coil of conducting wire used as the coil of a galvanoscope. The tendency to deflection is proportional nearly to the number of coils.-5. An arithmometer for performing calculations in multiplication. E. H. Knight . -6. A multiplying-reel; an attachment to an anglers' reel which gathers in the slack with multiplied speed at each revolution of the crank. See reel . Indeterminate, last, etc., multiplier. See the adjectives. multiply (multi-pli), v.; pret. and pp. multi plied , ppr. multiplying . [ multiplien , mul tiplyen , multeplien , multiplier , malteplier , F.multiplier = Sp. Pg. multiplicar = It. multi plicare , moltiplicare , multiplicare , make manifold, multiply, increase, multiplex , mani When they are come to the bottome, another Caue pres- ently presents it selfe, which terrifieth those that enter with the multiplied sounds of Cymbals and vncouth min- strelsie. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 334. Nothing but Groans and Sighs were heard around, And Eccho multiply'd each mournful Sound. multi ramose (mul-ti-rā'mōs), a. [L. multus , many, + ramus , branch: see ramose .] Having many branches. multi ramous (mul-ti-rā'mus), a. Same as mul- tiramose . multi sae cate (mul-ti-sak'at), a. [L. multus , many, + saccus , a sac: see saccate .] Having many sacs. multi scient (mul-tish'ent), a. [L. multus, many, + sciens ( scient- ), ppr. of scire , know: see scient.] Knowing many things; having much learning. multi sci oust (mul-tish'us), a. [ multi- sci us , knowing much, multus , much, + sci us, knowing, scire , know.] Having variety of knowledge. Bailey . multi sect (multi-sekt), a. [L. multus , many, + sect us , pp. of secare, cut.] Having many 2. In arith ., to perform the operation of multi-segments, as an insect or a worm. plication upon. See multiplication , 2.-31. To increase (the precious metals) by alchemical means. See multiplication , 3. multi sect (mul-ti-sekt'), v. t. To divide into more than two parts. multi section (mul-ti-sek's hon), n. The act of multi sec ting. Evelyn , Diary, Dec. 14, 1650. Multiplying camera, gearing, gla , etc. II. in trans . 1. To grow or increase in Whoso that listeth outen his folye, Lat him come forth, and lerne multiplye . Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 282, multiplying-lens (multi-pli-ing-lenz), n. See multiplying-machine (multi-pli-ing-ma- IMG:content-1085.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1086.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1087.png:[blocks in formation] multiseptate (mul-ti-sep'tāt), a. [L. multus , many, + septum , a partition: see septate .] In zool . and bot . , having many septa, di epiments, multitudinary (mul-ti-tu'di-nā-ri), a . [L. as or partitions: as, multiseptate spores. IMG:content-1088.png:[blocks in formation] multitudinous (mul-ti-tu'di-nus), a. [L. as if * multitudinosus , multitudo (-din-), a multi- tude: see multitude .] 1. Consisting of a mul- titude or great number. Multitudinous echoes awoke and died in the distance. Long fellow , Evangeline, ii. 2. 2. Of vast extent or number, or of manifold di- versity; vast in number or variety, or in both. My hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red. multispiral (mul-ti-spī'ral), a . [L. multus , many, + spira , spire: see spiral .] Having many turns or whorls: applied in conchology 3t. Of or pertaining to the multitude. IMG:content-1089.png:[blocks in formation] many str iæ, streaks, or stripes. multisulcate (mul-ti-sul'kāt), a. [L. multus , many, + sulcus , furrow: see sulcate .] Having many sulci or furrows; much-furrowed. multi syllable (multi-sil-a-bl), n. [=It. molt i- sillabo , multus , many, + syllaba , syllable: see syllable .] A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. multi tentaculate (multi-ten-tak'ū-lāt), a. [ multus , many, + NL. tentaculum , tentacle: see tentaculate .] Having many tentacles. multi titular (mul-ti-tit'u-lär), a. [L. mul- tus , many, + titulus , title: "see titular .] Hav- ing many titles. multi tuberculate (multi-tu-ber kū-lāt), a . [ multus , many, + tuberculum , a small swell- ing, tubercle: see tuberculate .] Having many tubercles, as teeth. Micros . Science , XXIX. i. 20. multi tuberculated (multi-tu-bér kū-lā-ted), Same as multi tuberculate . W. H. Flower, Encyc. Brit., XV. 376. multi tubular (mul-ti-tū'bū-lär), a. [L. mul- tus , many, + tubulus , a tube: see tubular .] Having many tubes: as, a multi tubular boiler. multitude (multi-tud), n. [F. multitude = Sp. multitud = Pg. multitude , multidão multitudine , ine , moltitudine , multitudo (-din-), a great number, a multitude, a crowd, in gram. IMG:content-1090.png:[blocks in formation] the plural number, multus , OL. molt us , much, orig. pp. of alere , nourish, grow: see altitude , many, appar. orig. a pp. (cf. alt us , high, deep, old).] 1. The character of being many; nu- merousne ; also, a great number regarded collectively or as congregated together. A quinas from attending the periodic a emblies by cost of travel, Armed freemen scattered over a wide area are deterred by cost of time, by danger, and also by the experience that multitudes of men unprepared and unorganized are helple in presence of an organized few. The character or state of being multitudinous. Its [nature's] multitudinousne is commanded by a sen- ate of powers. J. Martin eau , Materialism, p. 151. multivagantt (mul-tiv'a-gant), a. [L. mul- tus , much, + vag an ( t- ) s , ppr. of vagari , wander: see vagrant .] Same as multi vag ous . II. n. A multi valve zoölogical shell. Multi val via (mul-ti-val'vi-ä), n. pl . [NL., multus , many, + valva , door: see multi valve .] In Linnæus's system of cla ification, a divi- ton and Lepas . sion of his Testacea , including his genera Chi- multi valvular (mul-ti-valvū-lär), a . Same as multi valve . IMG:content-1091.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1092.png:[blocks in formation] multi vor ous (mul-tiv'ō-rus), a. [L. multus , much, + vorare , devour.] Voracious. multocular (mul-tok'ū-lär), a. many, + oculus , eye: see ocular .] Having more than two eyes; having two eyes each of many facets or ocelli, as a fly. IMG:content-1093.png:[blocks in formation] [The imperative is often used as an interjection. mumble-the-peg (mum'bl-the-peg'), n. [ Mum then, and no more. Shak . , Tempest, iii. 2. 59. mumble, v., + the1 + obj. peg .] A boys' game But to his speach he aunswered no whit,. As one with griefe and anguishe overcum, And unto every thing did aunswere mum . I know what has past between you; but, mum . Goldsmith , She Stoops to Conquer, v.] mum2 (mum), v. i.; pret. and pp. mummed , ppr. mumming. [Also mumm; mummen ), mask, play the mummer, mom- me , D. mom = G. mum me , a mask; cf. G. mum- mel , a hobgoblin, bugbear; supposed to have been used orig., in connection with the syllable mum, by nurses to frighten or amuse children, at the same time pretending to cover their faces: see mum1.] To mask; sport or make diversion in a mask: as, to go a mumming . Disguised all are coming, Right wantonly a- mumming . G. mum me , a kind of beer, said to be so named from Christian Mumme , who first brewed it, in 1492.] A strong ale popular in the seventeenth century and in use down to a later time. It seems to have been made from wheat-malt, with a certain amount of oat-malt, and flavored with various herbs, with A sort of beverage called mum , a species of fat ale, brewed from wheat and bitter herbs, of which the present genera- tion only know the name by its occurrence in revenue acts of Parliament, coupled with cider, perry, and other excise able commodities. mum4 (mum or m'm), n. A dialectal variant of ma'am for madam . mumble (mum'bl), v.; pret. and pp. mumbled, ppr. mumbling . [ momelen = D. mommelen = G. mummeln = Sw. mumla = Dan. mumle , mumble; freq. of muml, v. Cf. mamble.] I. in trans. 1. To speak with the vocal organs partly closed, so as to render the sounds inar- ticulate and imperfect; speak in low tones, hesitatingly, or deprecatingly. mumbly - peg , mumblety - peg . mumbling (mum'bling), n . [ momellynge ; verbal n. of mumble , v.] The act of speaking in a low tone or with the vocal organs partly closed; an indistinct utterance. These makes hippynge, homerynge, Of medles momellynge. mumbo-jumbo (mum'bō-jumbo), n. [Said to be a native African name; but it may be a mere loose rendering in E. of African jargon.] 1. A god whose image is fantastically clothed, worshiped by certain negro tribes. Worship mighty Mumbo - Jumbo In the Mountains of the Moon. I come to her in white and cry mum ; she cries budget ; and by that we know one another. Shak ., M. W. of W., v. 2. 6. Avoir le vec gelé , to play mum budget , to be tongue-tyed, to say never a word. Cotgrave. "Nor did I ever wince or grudge it For thy dear sake." Quoth she, " Mum budget ." S. Butler , Hudibras, I. iii. 208. work food with the gums on account of lack or defectivene of teeth. IMG:content-1094.png:[blocks in formation] He singes the treble part, The meane he mumbles out of tune, for lack of life and hart. Gas coigne, Memories. Shak ., Lear, ii. 1. 41. The chiefe Bonzi in an unknowne language mumbleth ouer an hymne. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 532. He with mumbled prayers atones the Deity. Dryden. 2. To chew gently; work (food) by rubbing it Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, i. 11. ( Davies .) with the gums on account of lack of teeth. IMG:content-1095.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. To cover up or hide, as if by uttering in a mumbling, unintelligible fashion; say over in- articulately: with up . The raising of my rabble is an exploit of consequence, and not to be mumbled up in silence. Dryden. But leaving cardes, lett's go to dice awhile, To pa age, treitrippe, hazarde, or mum -chance. IMG:content-1096.png:[blocks in formation] catch a frogge, and then repent a unce make you mumble mumm (mum), v. i. See mum2. up a ma with miserere. Greene, Carde of Fancie. mummachog (mum'a-chog), n. Same as mum- mumble (mum'bl), n. [ mumble , v ., + obj. matins .] An ignorant priest. Davies . How can they be learned, having none to teach them but Sir John Mumble -matins? Bp. Pilkington , Works, p. 26. mumblement (mum'bl-ment), n. [Formerly also momblement ; -ment .] Low in- distinct words or utterance; mumbling speech. Carlyle, French Rev., III. iii. 8. [Rare.] mumble-newst (mum'bl-nūz), n. [ mumble , v., + obj. news.] A tale-bearer; a prattler. Some carry-tale,. some mumble -news. mumbler (mum'blér), n. One who mumbles. Ma momblers , holy-water swingers. mychog. mummanizet (mum'a-nīz), v. t. mumm-y + -an + -ize (cf. humanize ).] mummify. Deere Vault, that veil'st him, Mummanize his corse, mummet, n. See mum3 . mummer (mum'èr), n. [ OF.momeur , momer , mum: see mum2 .] One who mums, or masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a masked buffoon; specifically, in England, one of a company of persons who go from house to house at Christmas performing a kind of play, the subject being generally St. George and the Dragon, with sundry whims i- cal adjuncts. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1098.png:[blocks in formation] Disdain'd the mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton . This festival [of fools] was a religious mummery , usually held at Christmas time. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 308. 2. A ceremony or performance considered false or pretentious; farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade: applied in contempt to various religious ceremonies by people who are of other sects or beliefs. The temple and its holy rites prof an'd By mumm'ries he that dwelt in it disdain'd. Cowper, Expostulation, 1. 145. But for what we know of Eleusis and its mummeries , which is quite enough for all practical purposes, we are indebted to none of you ancients, but entirely to modern sagacity. De Quincey , Secret Societies, i.