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Excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.
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Situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.
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A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.
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Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
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Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
v. t.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
v. t.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
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Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.
v. t.
To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
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Extremely; excessively.
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Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
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An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
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The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.
v. i.
To labor excessively.
adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
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Excessively rude.
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One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
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Excessive; extreme; severe.
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A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
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