peptic1ty

[Eng. peptic; -ity.] The state of being peptic; good digestion; eupepsia. "Radiant with pepticity, good humor, and manifold effectuality in peace and war."- Carlyle: Miscellanies, iv. 264. pěp-tōne, subst. [Greek peptō -to digest; -one ( Chem.).) Chem. ( pl .): The products of the action of pepsin, or acid gastric juice on albuminous substances. They are only found in the stomach and small intestines, are highly diffusible, readily soluble in water, and are not coagulated with boiling. They *1. A grocer, from his dealing in pepper, . 2. A person of a hot, peppery, or impetuous temare not precipitated by acids, but corrosive subper or disposition. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; limate with ammonia gives precipitates. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f Pepuzian Pě-pu-zi-an, s. [See def.] Church Hist. (pl.): A name for the Mon tanists, because the patriarch of the sect lived at Pepuza, a small town in Phrygia, which they sometimes called also Jerusalem. për, prefix & prep . [Lat., allied to Gr. para , par =by the side of; Sansc. pará =away, from, forth; par am =beyond; Eng. from ; Fr. per-, par- , as a prefix.] A. As prefix : 1. Ord. Lang.: A Latin preposition having the force of, pa age through, by, by means of, through, throughout. It is largely used as a prefix in English, generally retaining its original meaning. In some cases it intensifies the signification of the word to which it is prefixed, taking the force of completely, entirely, as in persuade , peracute , . Per- in some cases, like the English for- , Ger. ver-, gives a bad meaning to the original word, as in perjure (cf. forswear ), perfidy , . In Middle English the form par- is usual, owing to French influence. Per becomes pel- before I in pellucid , and pil- in pilgrim (q. v.), in pursue it has become pur- , as also in appurtenance . 2. Chem .: A prefix used to denote that the compound is the highest of a certain series, e . g ., perchloric acid, HCIO4, peroxide of manganese, MnO2. 3. Metrical System of Weights, & c .: It denotes division of the quantity named before it by the quantity named after it. B. As preposition: 1. By the instrumentality or medium of; as, per bearer, per rail, per post. 2. For each; by the; as, He was paid a dollar per hour. 3. Her .: By; by means of. per accidens, s. 1. Phil .: An effect which follows from some accidental circumstance or quality, and not from the nature or e ence of the thing. 2. Logic : The conversion of a proposition by limiting the quantity from universal to particular. per annum, phr . (Lat.] By the year; in or for each year; annually. per capita, phr. [Lat.] 3060 *pěr-a-grā'-tion, subst . [Lat. peragratio , from per a grat us .] [PER A GRATE.] The act or state of pa ing through any state or space.